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The original air date October twentieth, nineteen 17 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:01,519 forty eight, and this is the case of Voices from the Dad. Next 18 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:35,439 Mister Chameleon, the Man of Many Faces. To night, we again present 19 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,599 the famous mister Chameleon of Central Headquarters in his most famous cases of crime and 20 00:02:39,719 --> 00:02:46,240 murder, brought to you by the makers of Bayer Aspirin. As all of 21 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:50,240 you know, mister Chamileon is known in the police as Chameleon, the man 22 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,560 of many faces, who appears in various disguises to track down his prey. 23 00:02:54,759 --> 00:02:59,879 The audience always knows who mister Chameleon is, but the criminal he is tracking 24 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:05,960 seldom does. Tonight we give you mister Chameleon and the Case of the Voices 25 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:17,759 from the Dead. It is late at night and silence has fallen over the 26 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:23,599 charming old house where Rose Martinson and her widowed sister Susan Black lead a lonely 27 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:28,759 existence. And in the midnight quiet of Susan Black's bedroom, the sisters are 28 00:03:28,759 --> 00:03:32,319 sleeping in adjoining beds. Susan is tossing restlessly, and suddenly she sits upright, 29 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:38,680 staring into the darkness did somebody call? I thought I heard a voice. 30 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:46,280 Mother, it's me Roddy. Oh, Roddy, Roddy. I knew 31 00:03:46,319 --> 00:03:49,800 you'd come to me. Who do you want, Darling? What can I 32 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:59,400 do? Mother? If you love me, if you love Susan, Susan, 33 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,240 what's the matter. It's Roddy. Oh. I know you won't believe 34 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,800 me, Rose, But he's here in this room. Are you out of 35 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:10,319 your mind? Roddy was killed nearly two years ago with John, your husband. 36 00:04:10,759 --> 00:04:13,599 The dead don't come back to life. They do, Rose, They 37 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:18,319 do come back, they do come Rose. Did you hear that? Didn't 38 00:04:18,319 --> 00:04:21,959 you hear my Roddy's voice? Oh, Susan, it breaks my heart to 39 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,079 see you like this, Ever since that fake who pretended to be a spiritualist 40 00:04:27,079 --> 00:04:30,040 got his hands on you don't see that he's not a fake. I'm going 41 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:34,160 to prove that he's a fake here tonight. Don't listen to her, Mother. 42 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:39,680 I'll have to leave you and never come back. Roddy. No, 43 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,560 Rose, you're driving him away. I won't let you drive the spirit of 44 00:04:44,639 --> 00:04:47,319 my child with I'm going to turn on that light, Susan and see who's 45 00:04:47,399 --> 00:04:51,920 here. See what unspeakable deception this is, and then I intend to send 46 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:55,800 for the police. Rose, Please, please, I beg If you don't, 47 00:04:55,959 --> 00:05:02,399 where's that light switch? S he's the man of Rose. Put on 48 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:13,240 the light. Oh she's been stabbed with a paper knife. Rose, Oh 49 00:05:13,519 --> 00:05:25,920 kill Rose. Less than an hour later, in the same room stands the 50 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:30,480 famous detective mister Chamillion, the man of many faces, the underworld's most feared 51 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,759 man. He has just finished examining the body of Rose Martinson and her sister, 52 00:05:34,879 --> 00:05:38,639 Susan Black, overcome with grief and horror, as saying to him, 53 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:43,279 half hysterically, mister Chamillion, this dreadful thing. How could it have happened? 54 00:05:44,199 --> 00:05:47,720 If I'm going mad? Missus Blake, Your sister Rose was found in 55 00:05:47,759 --> 00:05:50,560 this room, stabbed to death with a paper knife. You were the only 56 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,560 person in the room with her, and you admit the paper knife is yours. 57 00:05:54,759 --> 00:05:58,600 Yes, But if I killed Rose, I didn't know I was doing 58 00:05:58,639 --> 00:06:01,480 it. I've done in a dream, in a nightmare. That might be 59 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:06,519 very difficult to prove, mister Blake. Mister Chamillion, you must help me. 60 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:11,519 I intend to if you're innocent, But my job is to find the 61 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,560 murderer, whoever it is. And if I'm guilty. If I killed my 62 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,199 own sister, I want to be convicted. Tell me something. Did you 63 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:23,480 and your sister live alone in this house except for Tompkins, your mudlan. 64 00:06:23,879 --> 00:06:30,439 Yes, we lived here alone. That is after my husband and my son, 65 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,040 Roddy, they were killed in an automobile accident. Yes, two years 66 00:06:34,079 --> 00:06:38,600 ago. But as I told you, Roddy has come back to me lately, 67 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:43,920 back from the dead. I heard his voice right here in this room. 68 00:06:44,439 --> 00:06:46,680 Did your sister hear it too? If she did, she wouldn't have 69 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,920 told me, mister Chamillion, Rose didn't usually sleep in this room with me, 70 00:06:51,519 --> 00:06:55,759 but she she was worried about me, and that's why she was here 71 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,519 tonight. She had reason to be worried. What is the name of the 72 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,160 man that you've been consulting? What this man who makes you think that you're 73 00:07:02,199 --> 00:07:09,199 hearing your son's voice? What's his name? I can't remember. I only 74 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,519 went there once. I can't remember his name, sir, mister Chamillion. 75 00:07:12,959 --> 00:07:15,399 Yes, Dave, come in, missus Black is a detective Sergeant Donald. 76 00:07:15,519 --> 00:07:18,079 How are you? What's on your mind? Dave? It's Tompkins, the 77 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,759 butler here. He's got something pretty interesting to tell you. Good, good, 78 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,839 What is the Tompkins. It's about to night, sir. Before the 79 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,279 murder. About ten o'clock the door bell rang and a very odd looking woman 80 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:33,639 practically pushed her way in. And there was a man with her too, 81 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:38,879 but he wasted outside. And this woman ordered me to go upstairs and tell 82 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,240 missus Black she was here. What was the strange woman's name? She didn't 83 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:46,360 give any name, mister mccamillion. She simply said to tell Missus Black that 84 00:07:46,399 --> 00:07:49,480 madam was here. Only I met miss Rose on the upper landing and she 85 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,560 told me to put the woman out of the house, did your Tompkins? 86 00:07:53,959 --> 00:07:57,600 That was the strange part, sir. When I reached the lower hall, 87 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,000 the front door stood open, and the woman and the and we're both gone. 88 00:08:01,079 --> 00:08:03,199 I see, Missus Black. Do you know who the woman was? 89 00:08:03,759 --> 00:08:09,040 Must have been Madame Lola. She tells fortunes with cards. I was only 90 00:08:09,079 --> 00:08:13,240 there at once, and you remember her name. She must have made quite 91 00:08:13,279 --> 00:08:16,839 an impression. Are you sure, Missus Black, that you can't remember the 92 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:22,000 name of that man who says that he's a spiritualist. No, no, 93 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:39,240 I can't remember. I take it you're pretty well convinced, Kamilian that Missus 94 00:08:39,279 --> 00:08:41,759 Black is lying. Why of course she's lying, Commissioners. She's protecting that 95 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:46,960 man, whoever he is. Now she's one of those highly nervous women. 96 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,159 It's quite possible that she killed her sister Rose in a fit of madness. 97 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:56,759 But I'm not entirely convinced. I think there's something horrible behind it all. 98 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:00,519 What about this fortune teller, Madame Lola and the man was with her? 99 00:09:00,799 --> 00:09:03,840 Could they have hidden themselves in the house? Oh? Yes, very easily, 100 00:09:03,159 --> 00:09:07,519 huge oel plays while Tompkins, the butler, was upstairs. They might 101 00:09:07,519 --> 00:09:11,200 have gotten in. Certainly is a weird case. It is that Commissioner, 102 00:09:13,039 --> 00:09:16,919 two sisters, perfectly respectable women, alone in their bedroom. One thinks she 103 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,039 hears the voice of a dead child, and a moment later, the other 104 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:24,879 sister stabbed to death in the dark. So far, no clue to the 105 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,759 murderer and no apparent motive. No, no, come in, did you 106 00:09:28,799 --> 00:09:31,759 want to see me, Commissioner? Yes, come in, Madeline. Mister 107 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,720 Camillion wants you to work with him on the Rose Martins and murder kid. 108 00:09:35,799 --> 00:09:39,960 Madeline, you'll have to move out of your very comfortable apartment and into the 109 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:45,120 Crown Hotel. Yes, and make yourself inconspicuous. No one must suspect you 110 00:09:45,159 --> 00:09:48,799 of being a detective. But mister Camillion, why the Crown Hotel, Missus 111 00:09:48,799 --> 00:09:52,080 Susan Black, the murdered woman's sisters moving them. She's out on heavy bail 112 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:58,679 and she's closing her house though she's keeping Tompkins's chauffeur. I want you to 113 00:09:58,759 --> 00:10:03,399 watch her discreetly, Madeline, I see is that all? NO want you 114 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:07,279 to do something else too. I want you to go and question a fortune 115 00:10:07,279 --> 00:10:13,879 teller named Madame Lola. My guess is that she's affront for this pseudo spiritualist 116 00:10:13,879 --> 00:10:18,440 whom Missus Black has been consulting. Madame Lola looks the victims over and then 117 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:24,240 passes them along to him. She and her kind are the vultures of the 118 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,200 world. When do you want me to go to this Madame Lola's, mister 119 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:31,759 Camillion, this afternoon. Oh and Madeleine, while you're there, you may 120 00:10:31,799 --> 00:10:35,720 meet an old gentleman, Henry Lowry by name, wealthy, the soul of 121 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:41,080 gallantry, and well over sixty years old. You, mister Chamillion, in 122 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:45,720 disguise. That's right, Madeleine, I shall be disguised as mister Lowry, 123 00:10:46,279 --> 00:10:50,759 poor nervous old soul. He was made to order for Madame Lola and her 124 00:10:50,919 --> 00:11:11,720 pals. I consider it an outrage the police questioning me, Madame Lola. 125 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:15,840 I'm a hard working woman trying to make an honest living by telling fortunes. 126 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,799 I have a client waiting for me right this minute. He can wait, 127 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,879 No, he can't. It's Henry Lawry of Larry Industry. I'll apologize to 128 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:24,960 him on my way out. Good day, Madame Lola, and you'll probably 129 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,879 hear from us again. I don't doubt it, mister Lorry. Will you 130 00:11:30,919 --> 00:11:35,039 go in please. Madame Lola is ready for you. Thank you, madam, 131 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,440 thank you very much. She's a tough customer, Mister Camelian. I 132 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:41,480 couldn't get a thing out of her. All right, Madelin, I see 133 00:11:41,519 --> 00:11:48,080 what I can do as old mister Laura. Mister Lorry, Yes, Madam 134 00:11:48,279 --> 00:11:54,559 Lola. What was that young woman saying to you? Why? Nothing fascinating 135 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,679 place you have here, Madame Lola. All those stars in the ceiling in 136 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:05,120 this dim lighting, Hm, how different from the outer world. I feel 137 00:12:05,159 --> 00:12:09,320 that I'm about to be in communion with the unknown. Mister Lorry. I 138 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:13,480 am highly honored that you should come to me. How did you hear about 139 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:18,519 me? You're more famous than you think, Madame Lola. I've been to 140 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:22,480 all of them, palmists, crystal gazers, but they haven't brought me in 141 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:30,000 contact yet, in contact with my little grandson who was dead and who was 142 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,279 so dear to me. Perhaps, mister Lorry, you're asking too much of 143 00:12:33,399 --> 00:12:39,519 fortune tellers to put you in contact with the spirit world. Do you mean 144 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:43,679 I should see a spiritualist, Madame Lola. Suppose I read the cards. 145 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:48,960 They may tell us the proper step for you to take. Would you do 146 00:12:48,039 --> 00:12:52,840 that for me? Madam Here, Now, let us see what the cards 147 00:12:52,919 --> 00:12:56,600 can tell us. I always take them off the top of the packet. 148 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:03,360 The Ase of Spades, Yes, the Ace of Spades. The card mains 149 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:09,000 death does man, Yes it does. I I'm going to shuffle the cards 150 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:15,759 again, Madame Lola. I am not the least bit afraid of death. 151 00:13:16,159 --> 00:13:22,799 Well I am, mister Lorry. Let us try again the Asa Spades, 152 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:28,559 Oh, Asa Spade a second time, Madame Lola. Something something is wrong 153 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:35,320 somewhere, mister Lorry. I I don't know whether it means your death or 154 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:39,440 that someone is calling to you from the dead. Vibrations there they're confused. 155 00:13:39,519 --> 00:13:45,159 I why I can't continue. You will have to excuse me, Madame Lola. 156 00:13:45,279 --> 00:13:48,519 Perhaps I ought to consult a spiritualist. Can you tell me the name? 157 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,200 No? No, no, no, I am sorry. There's there's 158 00:13:52,279 --> 00:14:07,399 no one I care to recommend. My dear young lady. How nice to 159 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:11,440 see you here at the Crown Hotel. Oh, mister chameleon, it's you. 160 00:14:11,799 --> 00:14:16,120 No, no, my name is now Henry Lowry. I just moved 161 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:20,000 into the Crown Hotel this afternoon, mister Chamillion, I got nowhere when i'd 162 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:24,240 fortune tell her, Madame Lola, she's badly frightened. Either she knows who 163 00:14:24,279 --> 00:14:28,200 I am, penetrated my disguise, or else She couldn't make up a mind 164 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,279 whether to give me the name of that fake spiritualist. What's she afraid of? 165 00:14:31,559 --> 00:14:37,159 The mysterious mister X whom Missus Black was consulting before her sister Rose was 166 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:41,960 murdered. But I oh, here she comes, So let's see if there's 167 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:46,240 a way to make her remember that name, Missus Black, Missus Black whose 168 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:50,039 sister Rose, believe it or not, Henry Lowry was once very much in 169 00:14:50,120 --> 00:15:09,360 love will But mister Lorry, I'm sure I never heard my sister mention you, 170 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:15,480 Missus Black. I worshiped Rose from the distance. I danced with her 171 00:15:15,519 --> 00:15:20,960 at one of the Debutante cotillions when she was twenty and I was fought. 172 00:15:20,159 --> 00:15:24,240 Ah. Yes, those days of joy are gone forever from my life. 173 00:15:24,399 --> 00:15:30,200 Will you have had your sorrows, my dear, Your sister's death was a 174 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:35,440 horrible shocks, horrible well, I shan't speak of it, Missus Black. 175 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:41,039 Won't you have dinner with me? Give me so much pleasure, I'd be 176 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:52,759 delighted. Mister Lorry, I feel as if I'd known you always, and 177 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,000 yet this is only the second time we've done together. I feel the same 178 00:15:56,039 --> 00:16:02,200 way, Susan. I hope I haven't bored you with all my talk about 179 00:16:02,279 --> 00:16:07,120 my little dead grandson. Oh no, your Jamie was just the age of 180 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:11,639 my son Roddy. F Only I could get in touch with my grandson and 181 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,720 the spirit world. I'd give anything I have to hear his voice again. 182 00:16:15,919 --> 00:16:22,799 Yes, to hear his voice again, My dear Susan. We both know 183 00:16:22,879 --> 00:16:27,840 what sorrow is, how deep the yearning to commune with one that death is 184 00:16:27,879 --> 00:16:32,600 taken from us. Mister Lorry, I'm going to tell you something that I 185 00:16:32,639 --> 00:16:37,360 wouldn't even tell the police, not even the great detective mister Camillia. I 186 00:16:37,399 --> 00:16:41,679 wouldn't tell him because I wouldn't have them persecuting Saint. Saint. Oh. 187 00:16:41,759 --> 00:16:45,399 Yes, he brought my son Roddy back to me, back from the dead, 188 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,559 and I know that he can put you in touch with your grandson. 189 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:55,559 He's a very great man, mister Lorry. I'll give you his address. 190 00:16:53,840 --> 00:17:11,920 His name is Professor Astrol, mister Chamillion. And the case of the Voices 191 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:17,799 from the Dead continues in just a moment. Next time you want relief from 192 00:17:17,799 --> 00:17:21,440 an ordinary headache, neuretic or neuralgic pain, remember that one thing you can 193 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:26,640 take with complete confidence is genuine bay or aspirin. 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Be sure with bay or aspirin when you buy, ask for 203 00:18:04,799 --> 00:18:08,279 it by its full name, bay or Aspirin, not just for aspirin alone. 204 00:18:08,759 --> 00:18:11,960 Get the one hundred tablet bottle and you get bay or Aspirin tablets for 205 00:18:12,039 --> 00:18:22,079 less than a penny apiece. And now back to mister Chamillion and the case 206 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:26,680 of the Voices from the Dead. It is the following afternoon, and we 207 00:18:26,759 --> 00:18:32,079 find mister Chamillion disguised as old mister Lowry, the wealthy believer in the spirit 208 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:34,720 world, with his partner, Detective Sergeant Dave Arnold, on his way to 209 00:18:34,759 --> 00:18:40,960 see the mysterious Professor Astro. So you've finally got the name of the fawny 210 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,200 spiritual, a stout of Susan black game, mister Chamillion, Yes, Dave, 211 00:18:44,319 --> 00:18:48,400 his name is Professor Astrol, a guy who brings voices back from the 212 00:18:48,559 --> 00:18:52,000 dead, and disguised as old mister Lowry. I'm gonna have a seance with 213 00:18:52,079 --> 00:18:55,000 him in just a couple of minutes all. Isn't that kind of dangerous for 214 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,440 you? Mister Chamillion, looks like a long chance. It is dangerous. 215 00:18:57,759 --> 00:19:02,839 It is a long chance. If they know that I'm not Lowry but Chameleon, 216 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:06,880 the cop man Astral Dave is connected in some way with the murder of 217 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:11,160 Susan Black sister, You'd better leave me from here on. I am old, 218 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:23,680 mister Lowry. Yes, I am Henry Lowry. I'm here to seek 219 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:30,119 Professor Astrol. Missus Susan Black sent me come in. I am Professor Astall. 220 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:37,559 You were exactly as Missus Black described jo your eyes and hypnotic. She 221 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:42,279 told me you were very particular about who you accepted. I am mister Lowry. 222 00:19:44,039 --> 00:19:49,920 I feel my phenomenal powers are too precious to be used indiscriminately. They 223 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:55,039 were bestood on me by supernatural forces. I am sure they were, Professor 224 00:19:55,119 --> 00:20:00,240 Astral. Missus Black tells me you had a dearly beloved grandson. Yes, 225 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:04,720 his name was Jamie. He was seven years old at the time he was 226 00:20:04,799 --> 00:20:10,720 drowned, the same age as Missus black son. Ruddy. Jamie was the 227 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:17,119 dearest little boy, always singing and laughing. Used to whistle that tune I 228 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:25,759 got sixpence. Can't hear it now without I know, my dear mister Lowry, 229 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,680 did you want me to put you in touch with your grandson in the 230 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:36,400 spirit world? If you could, Professor Restro, I would give you anything 231 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:41,559 you asked for. I want nothing for myself, mister Lowry. Suppose you 232 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,440 come to me at nine o'clock tonight. I think I'll be able to bring 233 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:52,680 your Jamie back to you, back from the grave. Bless you, bless 234 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:56,960 you. I'm a rich man, Professor Restro, and I assure your rest 235 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:03,759 I'm sorry to interrupt you with Missus Black, mister Lorry and I'm Lola. 236 00:21:03,559 --> 00:21:08,000 You too know each other. This is a friend of missus Blake, a 237 00:21:08,279 --> 00:21:14,359 friend of Missus Black, very dear friend. But Professor Estell, do you 238 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:18,759 know that Madame Lola wouldn't tell my fortune? She kept turning up the ace 239 00:21:18,839 --> 00:21:25,799 of spades, the death card. Mister Lowry, I reach my greatest power 240 00:21:26,759 --> 00:21:32,359 at nine o'clock at night, So could you come back then at nine to 241 00:21:32,519 --> 00:21:45,400 night? And now, mister Chameleon, the famous detective, still disguised as 242 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:49,400 old mister Lorry, is with Susan Black. But mister Lorry, why is 243 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,920 it so important? That I do as you ask. My dear Susan Black 244 00:21:53,559 --> 00:21:59,119 is frightfully important. Yet I can't explain why you've been wonderful for me. 245 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:04,359 Mister Lorry. You know it's possible that I killed my sister Rose. I 246 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,559 may have had some dreadful nightmare. Would you like to prove it otherwise? 247 00:22:07,599 --> 00:22:11,400 Oh? Yes, yes, it may be dangerous. But if you find 248 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:15,640 your sister's murdering, if you cleared yourself, wouldn't it be worth it? 249 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:21,039 Mister Lorry? Oh are you concerned in it? I can't tell you that 250 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:26,880 either. I can only keep on asking you to trust me. I trust 251 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:33,319 you, bless you. Now. I have a nine o'clock appointment with Professor 252 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:49,920 Astrom. Sure you've come, mister Lowry. I was beginning to worry, 253 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:56,319 Professor Astro. You know I'm so anxious to establish contact with my little dead 254 00:22:56,359 --> 00:23:00,079 friends and Jamie than many people who terrified at their first encounter with the spirit 255 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:07,319 world. It is a terrifying experience, Professor Astroll. I want to contact 256 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:11,000 my dead grandson. If you succeed in doing that for me, I shan't 257 00:23:11,079 --> 00:23:17,559 be able to do enough for you. Mister Lorry. Sit down, I 258 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:25,359 will sit down across from you now, please, you'll be silent. Place 259 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:30,480 your hands on this table, your finger tips touching mine. That's an interesting 260 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,559 screen you have over there. Looks like something from India. PRIs mister Laurry, 261 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:41,000 sorry, Professor Astroll. Is there anyone else in the spirit world you 262 00:23:41,079 --> 00:23:48,039 might like to contact first, anyone who might act as conductor to your dead 263 00:23:48,039 --> 00:23:55,799 grandson, Jamie, perhaps your late wife. No, no, let her 264 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:03,160 rest? Is it perfectly quiet? Relax, relax, Let the spirit flow 265 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:22,480 into you as it is flowing into me, Professor Astro. Professor Astro, 266 00:24:22,799 --> 00:24:30,720 yes, who speaks? It's completely dark. I can't see you at all. 267 00:24:30,839 --> 00:24:44,039 Side, Jamie, Jamie, your grandfather is here. He wishes to 268 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:49,440 speak to you. Give us a sign, Jamie, if you were near, 269 00:24:51,920 --> 00:25:02,799 give us a sign. It's jam mis tune is the tune who always 270 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:12,000 used to whistle, Jamie. Jamie's at you really speak to us? Speak 271 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:23,519 to your grandfather, Jamie, grandfather. Are you happy, Jamie? I 272 00:25:23,559 --> 00:25:30,480 can't believe it. Speak to me again, grandfather. If you want to 273 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:38,480 be truly happy, give everything you can to Professor asked, I will, 274 00:25:40,519 --> 00:25:45,000 I will, indeed, let me hear your voice again, little Jamie. 275 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:52,599 Grandfather if you help, Professor asked, would I throw these boys? Let 276 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,920 my son's boys? I know it's the same voice. I'd recognize it anywhere. 277 00:25:56,079 --> 00:25:59,400 Thank you. Like that's all I want to know, Madeline, turn 278 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:03,359 on the light. The devil is this? Missus Black? How did you 279 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,039 get in here? She came with Madeline Evans. Miss Evans is a police 280 00:26:06,079 --> 00:26:08,440 detective. Professor Astroll's day. Where you are, Professor Astrol? I have 281 00:26:08,559 --> 00:26:12,480 you covered? This is an outrage, Missus Black. Why do you still 282 00:26:12,519 --> 00:26:15,279 at me like that? Because the head voice was Roddy's, my son's, 283 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:19,400 There's no mistake about it. And yet you told poor mister Lorry that it 284 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:23,119 was his grandson's voice. It was, it was. It couldn't have been, 285 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,240 Professor Astroll, since I have no grandson. In fact, I am 286 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:33,480 a bachelor. My name isn't even lower its chameleon. You're mister comedion here 287 00:26:33,559 --> 00:26:37,759 in disguise? Yes, and I place you under arrest. Keep them covered, 288 00:26:37,799 --> 00:26:41,759 Madeline dave Way. Well, mister Chamillion, what are you arresting me 289 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,240 for? Surely you don't think I murdered Missus Black's sister Rose Martinson. No, 290 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:51,440 Rose Martinson's murderer is behind the door in that closet, Open that door 291 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,640 and come out. Who is it? Who is it, mister comedian, 292 00:26:53,839 --> 00:26:57,640 It is the voice of Roddy, Missus Black, Roddy and Jamie and probably 293 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:03,000 dozens of others. Come that closet. Or I'll shoot, don't shoot, 294 00:27:03,279 --> 00:27:06,880 don't shoot. I haven't got a gun. Tompkins, Tompkins, my butler. 295 00:27:07,079 --> 00:27:11,400 Yes, Missus Blank, dependable Tompkins, your butler and chauffeur, and 296 00:27:11,519 --> 00:27:15,279 also the silent partner of Madame Lola and Professor Astrol, only not so silent. 297 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,799 His specialty, my dear, was imitating the voices of children. He 298 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,319 used to be on the vaudeville stage as of ventriloquist. How did you find 299 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:29,119 that out? Detective Sergeant Dave Arnold found it out. You alone were in 300 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,640 the house with Missus Black and a sister the night of the murder you killed 301 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,640 Miss Rose, and she threatened to turn on the light. She surprised her. 302 00:27:36,039 --> 00:27:37,559 You didn't know she was there in the room. They're in it too, 303 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:41,319 Madame Loler and Professor Astro, Oh, yes, yes, the three 304 00:27:41,319 --> 00:27:45,279 of you had this ragget for years. You made a practice of getting jobs 305 00:27:45,319 --> 00:27:49,480 with lonely bereaved women and led them to Madame Lola, who stared them to 306 00:27:49,519 --> 00:27:56,960 Professor Astrol. But you, and you alone, committed the murder, Tompkins, 307 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:15,160 mister Chameleon, I can't believe that I'm actually free. I mean free 308 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,960 in my mind as well as literally free. The evidence looked very black against 309 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,720 you in the beginning, but you see that motto on the wall of my 310 00:28:22,799 --> 00:28:27,640 desk. The innocent must be protected, the guilty must be punished. And 311 00:28:27,759 --> 00:28:33,039 I wish I could tell you how glad I am, Susan, that you 312 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:38,119 were proven innocent. And mister Laurie was such a charming old gentleman. I'm 313 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:42,279 sorry I've lost him. Well, now don't forget. You've acquired a younger 314 00:28:42,319 --> 00:29:00,039 friend in this place, Susan Chameleon the cup, and with these words, 315 00:29:00,119 --> 00:29:17,079 mister Chameleon concludes to Night's murder case. The way that millions get amazingly fast 316 00:29:17,119 --> 00:29:21,079 relief from common headache, neuretic or neuralgic pain is to take quick acting bay 317 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:25,759 or aspirin. 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Get Bayer aspirin tablets for less than a penny apiece. Listen 327 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:14,880 next Wednesday night at the same time for mister Chameleon, the man of many 328 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:21,160 faces in the case of Murder from Across the Seas. The part of mister 329 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:26,039 Chamillion is played by Carl Swenson, with dialog by Marie Baumber from the original 330 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:30,559 story by Frank and Anne Hummert music directed by Victor Arden. Your announcer is 331 00:30:30,599 --> 00:30:41,920 Howard Claining. Friends. There's a new toothpaste in the market that you'll want 332 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:48,039 to try. 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At this time, this is CBS, 341 00:31:33,799 --> 00:31:59,799 the Columbia Broadcasting System. Welcome back him and that sign. Okay, I've 342 00:32:00,039 --> 00:32:04,759 talked about that before, but overall I thought this was a really good episode 343 00:32:05,319 --> 00:32:09,880 and Chameleon, because of course Chameleon's played by Carl Sweatson, had a very 344 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:17,680 good character here that was quite believable, and you could believe that scummy khn 345 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:25,400 man falling for Chameleon's act. This episode also features Madeleine and it's a welcomed 346 00:32:25,519 --> 00:32:30,319 return. Now for those who were with us when we had our first run 347 00:32:30,359 --> 00:32:37,119 through previously uncirculated episodes of Mister Chameleon. We had ten of the first eleven 348 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:44,519 episode from nineteen forty eight, and then there was one episode in January nineteen 349 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:49,319 forty nine in which Madeleine didn't appear, and then by the time we got 350 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:54,079 back to larger groups of Mister Chameleon episodes, Madeleine wasn't in there. So 351 00:32:54,119 --> 00:32:59,319 it was a mystery what had happened to hers. So I'm curious to see 352 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:05,000 if we will find out what happened to the character. We're not guaranteed to, 353 00:33:05,599 --> 00:33:10,160 because one, there are still some lost episodes, and two, even 354 00:33:10,319 --> 00:33:15,720 if her fate isn't in a lost episode, it could be that she just 355 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:22,039 disappears from the show without explanation, which has been known to happen. Still, 356 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,359 it's nice to have her back. Although it is weird to describe a 357 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:32,720 policewoman's apartment as very comfortable, I have a feeling that there were very few 358 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:39,079 real life policewomen who could relate to that in the nineteen forties and probably today. 359 00:33:39,519 --> 00:33:47,000 Also, I don't think I recall a chameleon trying to get a date 360 00:33:47,279 --> 00:33:52,160 with an ex suspect, so that's a bit different. Listener comments and feedback 361 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:58,240 now and Thank you so much to Frank, who left a comment on Spotify 362 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:02,640 saying the first episode of Mister Chameleon was great. Now it's time to thank 363 00:34:02,839 --> 00:34:07,279 our Patreon supporter of the day, and I want to go ahead and thank 364 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:14,280 Christine. Christine has been one of our Patreon supporters since August of twenty twenty, 365 00:34:14,559 --> 00:34:17,480 currently supporting the show at the Shamus level of four dollars or more per 366 00:34:17,519 --> 00:34:22,920 month. Thank you so much for your support, Christine, and that will 367 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,960 do it for today. If you are enjoying this podcast, please follow us 368 00:34:27,159 --> 00:34:31,719 using your favorite podcast software and be sure to rate and review the podcast wherever 369 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:37,719 you download it from. We'll be back next Thursday with another episode of Mister 370 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:44,400 Chameleon. But join us back here tomorrow for the conclusion of this week's Yours 371 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:52,599 Truly, Johnny Dollar. Where it's no use, mister Dollar. I've gone 372 00:34:52,599 --> 00:34:57,360 through the whole place twice now and I'm certain that nothing's been taken. But 373 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,360 they had to have some reason to break in here, go through anything this 374 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:05,280 way sober well, I'm positive there's nothing missing, all right, there is 375 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,239 the reason. Well they suppose that coffee's right now? Oh, I think 376 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:14,320 so. Come on in the kitchen. I guess you'll believe me now. 377 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:19,079 Somebody was hanging around here earlier today. I just wish I could figure out 378 00:35:19,079 --> 00:35:24,199 what they're after. Looks plenty strong. There's sugar there on the table. 379 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:29,239 I'll get some cream from the refrigerator. Don't bother on my account. I 380 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:32,760 don't get black, Well, not me. I use plenty of boats, 381 00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:39,119 lots of cream, two heaping spoons of sugar. They must have had a 382 00:35:39,159 --> 00:35:44,320 reason of breaking here. There wasn't a steel something, then, what was 383 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,920 the reason? Sugar looked funny? Doesn't make sense at all. I guess 384 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:52,159 I how to keep it covered the sugar I was saying it looked funny. 385 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:57,599 Well, wait a minute, maybe they broke into leaves something leaves something. 386 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:02,880 Yeah, here me that cut on the spoon. I hope you'll be with 387 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:07,400 us then. In the meantime, do send your comments to Box thirteen at 388 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:13,360 Great Detectives dot net, follow us on Twitter at Radio Detectives, and check 389 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:19,039 us out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com, slash Great Detectives from Boise, 390 00:36:19,159 --> 00:36:22,679 Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham signing off.