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Great Detectives dot net. Well, now it is time for this week's episode
of Dragnet. The original air date March the thirtieth, nineteen fifty and this
one is the Big Gangster Part two. The story you're about to hear is
true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Drag Mett.
You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A notorious hoodlum
in your city has been shot to death. A gang war is threatened if
his followers seek revenge. Your job find the killers, drag Mitt That document
a drama, an actual crime. For the next thirty minutes, in cooperation
with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the
side of the law through an actual case, from official police fiolence, from
beginning to end, from crime to punishment. Dragnet is the story of your
police force in action. It was Saturday, July twenty second and was hot
in Los Angeles. We were working the night Watch out of Homicide Detail.
My partner's Ben Romero, the boss's Thad Brown, Chief of Detectives. My
name is Friday. It was ten pm when we walked out of the murder
room at the Ferndale Sanitarium and went down to the end of the hall the
emergency room. Oh, I'm sorry, I know you have to irrigate the
rooms. Where are the bullets who were removed from his Stalling? Right there
they are, Captain Oliver, Thank you, lame you want to mark prividence?
All right? Doctor yes, I wonder if it'd be all right if
we asked Miss Stalling's a few questions, I think so. She's still in
the bad st of Shark as brief as possible, the miss sterlings, these
mental police officers. This is Captain Elia, This is Sogeant Friday, all
right, that's right, that's my partner, Sergeant Ramiro. Yes, you
were in the Roman Gus Valentine was shot. Yes, do you feel up
to telling us what happened? No? Excuse me, please, for surely
I have to think you get a contest on it. You were visiting Valentine.
You better wait until the nurse Whinish is up there. All right,
Sorry, she got hit twice. Just flesh wounds, but they're very painful.
Yeah, excuse me, surely you're all right? I think you too,
m M all right. You were in the Roman Valentine was shot?
Yes, I thought. Did you get a look at the men that did
the shooting? I don't remember you described them. I don't know. You're
sure you're feeling up talking now? I don't know you any idea who the
men were. No, maybe we can talk to you later. I don't
care what you do. I don't care what you do. You hear me.
I was shocked. I'm sorry. We didn't mean to upsetter you.
Didn't thought maybe she might be able to help you a little bit. I
guess not, but to make it sometime tomorrow morning. She'd be all right
then, okay, thanks, I don't know. I don't know how should
I know. Let's go, it's too bad. Better have an ambulance mover
up the county hospital. I don't think you should try to move the night.
She needs the rest. All right, we'll I have a detail of
men. Stand watch here till she's moved. What time tomorrow? Could we
see? Hey? If you can make it close to knowing to me,
be better? Would rest? She'll be all right? Better? Let me
give you a ring right, could you give us her full name and address?
Yes, I was right here. I had a may Stallings eight twenty
seven down the Whu Street, Lindwood. I thank you. Anybody else here
in the Senate term see the shooting, well, I saw the man.
I couldn't describe them, just their backs as they ran down the hall after
shooting. How were they built? You remember? Out average? I'd say,
I had to tell how are they dressed? One of them was wearing
a hat looked like some kind of summer hat straw. No, it was
one of those who one of my trying to say, you know the kind
is it an open weather? You know, very common in the summer Panama,
Panama? Should I was it white? What kind of suits? Did
Damn? I couldn't tell you. I was in my office when I heard
the shots. They came out in the car that they were just making to
the back door. Anyone else, said Sylvia Proctor, the nurse who was
in the room at the time. Why'd they kill her? I don't know
any of the patients. Is it possible one of them might have seen?
Yes, one of them did see something. Bert Anderson like to talk with
him. Yes, we would and on this way. He's in room thirty
eight, just down the half from the shooting. Huh. I should tell
you mister Anderson lost his speech about nine years ago, us as a child
slate to write out. Why is he here in the sanitarium. He's old
seventy three, lives under pension except for losing his speech. He's a shot
as a high school boy. Hello, Bert, Sorry to bother you after
all the excitement. Yeah all right, you won't keep you up long.
It's after your bedtime. Would you hand me that box of chalk over there?
Oh? Yeah? But these men are police officers. I want you
to tell them what you know about the shooting. Ton I I thought you
might have seen it. This is Captain Elliott from the Homicide Department. How
you do, mister Anderson? And this is Sergeant Friday right, yes,
how are I said? And this is Sergeant Romera Doshi. Where were you
at the time of the shooting, mister Anderson, sitting in here with the
door open, did you get a good look at the men what they look
like? Question mark. I don't think he understands what you want to know.
Yes, that's a tough Let's put it this way. Mister Anderson,
how many men were there? Let's take one of these two men. Can
you describe one of them? That's the way, captain, that's slate through
rather small, and he can only get so much on it at a time.
He's like all of us. He wants to talk fast and this is
the only way he knows, so we have to make it easy for him.
I understand built black, the captain, you're a bill skipper. The
same man had a thin mustache. That's all I can tell you about him.
How about the other man, mister Anderson, can you describe him?
Please? What's that second word? I can't make it out? Understand her?
They were running very fast. Thanks, Yes, we understand. Did
you see the other man at all? Fine? What can you tell us
about him? Well? He could see was man was wearing a hat,
a white Panama hat. Mister Anderson, he says, yes. Was there
anything peculiar about the way they walked or ran? Or did one of them
have a limp? For instance? Didn't notice anything? He says, he
didn't notice anything. Could you tell us anything about the men's faces? They
passed by so quickly? I was worried about the gun shots. Yes,
we can understand that, but do you think you could identify them if you
ever saw them again? He says he could try. Could mister Anderson come
downtown if we have a show up? I don't say why not, but
gets around fine. He wants to know why they killed miss Pott to the
night she says she was one of his best friends. We don't know,
mister Anderson, so as you wish, as he could talk, maybe he
could help you more. Sorry, Bert, you talk loud enough. Monday,
July twenty fourth, a round up of all known racketeers and their gang
members was ordered by the Chief of Detectives. Three show ups were scheduled,
one at ten am, one at two and another one at three pm.
The witnesses that we had were unable to identify any of the men. The
incomplete descriptions we had of the suspects was not enough to help the artist in
the crime lab to build a composite picture of the killers. No matter what
approach we took, it seemed that we were getting nowhere. The immediate apprehension
of the killers was not only important because of their danger to the private citizen,
but because of the ever present threat of an open shooting war between Gus
Valentine's followers and members of the murder gang wherever they were. Three point fifteen
pm. I gut it homicide frommel Oh yelly, all right, thinks crime
lab. They make a run on those slugs you got at the hospital.
Yeah, no match, that's great? How fouled up? Can I get?
Yeah? I come on, I'm with you, dram waves message her
to call you. Why yeah, I better do it right away. Just
know the skip for TOLSTROMI me to work with you guys in the Valentine thing.
We can use all the help we can get. Joy your slide the
phone over. Oh yeah, here you go. It's matter change your mind.
You let a ring once she knows the signals, she's over to mother
in laws. You know, mother in law's got lots of money and a
limited phone. Let her call me. You got any ideas, sir,
I don't know anybody would like villains. H A lot of them could have
killed him. Just cut word from the crime lab. There's no match on
those slugs. And you didn't get anything out of the show. Ups.
No, no, Maybe that the Starling's woman can give us something. Huh,
you haven't been out there yet. No, not yet. We've been
sweating out the show ups. Stromy and I ready report it's rough gold.
We had an idea, yeah, well a dance times boys. You didn't
get around to yet. Who's there, Anny Davis? He was pretty close
to him, thought a lot of him. Anybody figures to take over his
interest as probably David. Do you think advancement could have been the motiform?
No, he wouldn't kill him anyway. He couldn't have just got in from
Florida this morning, And doesn't mean he couldn't have engineered it. Possible,
but I doubt it. Stromie, and I know his operation pretty well pulled
him in on that Patterson killing six months ago. Check back through his record.
If he picked up carrying a gun, well, it doesn't mean he
couldn't get one in a hurry. I'm not going to guarantee Davis, but
I don't think he's your man, Joe. You gotta line on him.
Lives at the Church of Arms out in Wiltshire U s c LA. All
right, we'll talk to him. What was the name of that girl who
was wounded the one of the sanitarium? I had him Mane stalling, So
we'll go out and talk to her at you fine, who's gonna see the
Stallings moment at the senatory? Well, yeah, the doctor just called in
from out there. Oh eh, so she got something important to tell us.
What do you think she ran with Valentine? She knew his friends,
you know, maybe she knows his enemies. As we planned detectives wrong,
Bow and strong Wall went out to the Ferndale Sanitarium to talk to idam A
Stallings, Ben and I drove out to the church Alarms apartments to see Benny
Davis, one of Gus Valentine's close friends. He left a message with the
desk clerk that he would beat his tailors most of the day. Clerk gave
us the address was an exclusive custom shop on Crescent Drive in the heart of
Beverly Hills. Franklin Smith Limited was one of those places that featured imported Scotch
tweeds and fine English woolens. A good afternoon, gentlemen. May I serve
you can tell us if Benny Davis is in here? Mister Davis. Yes,
their third fitting room to the rear on you left, Thank you man.
Hm. Look at that brown cloth, thi Ergill, Yeah, it's
Donegal tweed. That's nice fabric. I had been one of them once.
Where's lack iron? Oh? Yes? This spin stripe? Certain if it's
a good deal. Bennett in the brown one turn, yes, yes,
excellent fit. Yeah, looks fine. I don't know if I like that
right shoulder looks at low mister Davis, excuse me, it's fitting room.
I'm taking gentlemen, Benny Davis in here? Yeah, what is it?
What if we could see you alone? What about confidential et cedric? Not
like that? Pull the shoulder up? More padding? I mean, do
you think so? I don't know if I agree, mister Davis. Well,
you can see how it slopes off there. I like a good full
shoulder. Well, you've got a good full cut here. Of course,
too much padding is going to ruin the line of the jacket. I'd like
more padding very well. The number two patt in the right shoulder, he's
the on holes number two pad right shoulder, he's on horse. What is
an income tax? What's a secret where police officers like talk to you a
loan for a minute? All right, be finishing in the second. It
takes care of this one, mister Davis. You want two inch cuffs in
the trousers, yeah, Olivant, be sure to get these sleeve short and
if i'd like lots of linen the show, yes, yeah, if you'll
slip on the green traffical okay, I'll take your jacket. Thanks, Hey,
and tell me what it's all about, rather don't tell you alone.
Here are the trousers, okay, good looking suit? Huh fine? Yeah,
get all my stuff made here. I'll let Smith here make you a
suit sometime. Got some fine suit of clothes than give us to Davis.
Do you have jackets? Went to dinner? Right? That looks fine?
You have to trousers just drying? Formed us in the back of the jacket
here, Uh huh, I'm taking the sentence. Taking sentence how much?
Here's the back, raise the back. It sh looks that's fine. That's
a nice software, all of the little pels, isn't it. Yeah,
I'm good, all right, mister Davis. Now how about the white pom
beach nice panama hat to go good with that one. I never wear a
mine like a coconut palm with a wide puggery band. I wonder if you
could hold off the next footing for a minute. We won't keep you long.
All right, any place around here where it's private, we can hear
Smith's office. Okay, Frank certainly, go right ahead, gentlemen, thank
you. Which way back here? Okay? What's on your mind? Gus
Valentine. Yeah, that's a tough one to lose. You got any idea
who killed him? We're working on it. What do you mean just that?
Tell it makes us even? There's only one difference. Yeah, we
get paid for it. You don't. We thought a lot more Gus than
you did. Any law against striking down the killers? Oh again shooting him?
Now tell that to the boys who cut down Gus. I don't think
you can get to him bout us. We've done before. You're a little
late with Gus. We try to keep him alive. We warned him for
a month. You know what was coming. We talked to him. Yeah,
he told me. A funny guy. He had a mind of his
own. He had a reason for not telling you. What was it?
When we get there, we can ask it. You think you know who
did? Won't be too tough to find out. Meantime, you can work
it from your end, and if you get to him first, maybe we'll
give you a call. Now, you listened, Davis, I'll tell you
the same thing we told Valentine. It's not open season for murder this time,
said all the shooting, it's gonna have Valentine's killer's gonna go to the
gas chamber. That's the only way he's gonna go. You understand. Nobody
said any different. Alright, and you can tell us what you know.
Who do you think shot Valentine? I can't be sure you've got somebody in
mind. There's a dame who Audrey Thompson? What about her? She runs
around a couple of guys. Yeah, there's never any love loss between them
and Gus. They were always talking big about what they do if Gus got
on the line. What did they have against him? Business claimed Gus was
squeezing them out. I never knew much about Gus. Is out of town
business. That's where these guys are from. They're new in town. Figured
Gus was cutting them off out here on the coast. Who are they Shaker
brothers, Button Carl? Where can we find them? I don't know they're
tom somewhere. What about this Audrey Thompson, nice dame, hard to figure.
Husband died a year ago. Real nice woman. Been doing the town
with a shaker boys, nobody could figure it. Do you think she's in
on her? No, but she could finger them if anybody could. There
was a eighty seven hundred North Serrano. All right, Davis, Thanks,
what's the new wardrobe for going east to catch new Broadway shows? Leaving Wednesday?
Better hold off for a week? Huh? All right Monday. Think
he's got anything? Could be we'll run it down that way. Yeah,
m shure, we do. Like a brown cloth, it's nice, so
help you. How long does it take you to make up a suit?
Anywhere from three days to a week. M You're interested in having us make
one up for you? Yeah? Yeah, how do they run? Prices
start from one hundred and seventy five and up. It's Donegal tweet here makes
up for two hundred and fifty dollars. Oh well, I guess not.
Thanks. Whereas like a four point thirty PM. We drove out to eighty
seven hundred North Surround out to the home of Audrey Thompson. There was nobody
home. We went back to the office to check with Rombo and Stromwall.
We drove in the Spring Street entrance to the City Hall garage. Rombu and
strom must have just got in a rumbo. Hi, how'd you make out
Starling's woman tell you anything? Oh, we talked to her. I think
maybe we gotta lead. What's that girl around tom by the name of Thompson,
Audrey Thompson. Yeah, that's right. What you say about her said,
if anyone put the finger on Valentine's killer, that Thompson girl could many.
Davis told us the same thing. What do you think her two and
two makes four? Let's find her. You are listening to Dragnet for the
step by step solution to an actual police case. Five o'clock Monday afternoon,
we tried for three hours to get in touch with Audrey Thompson. A few
minutes after eight pm, we contacted her landlady. She told us that the
Thompson girl was out of town and would be gone for two days. She
didn't know where she'd gone, but she told us that she would be back.
We checked her apartment and found all of her clothing and personal effects.
A stakeout was placed at eighty seven hundred North Serrano, and then we went
back to the office and got out a local broadcast on Audrey Thompson. Tuesday
morning, eight o'clock. Ben and I met with Captain Elliot and detectives Rombo
and straw Wall. Get a line on the Shaker Brothers. No kid them
in the Eagle Tower's apartments. Cut him on his saven. I don't think
it'd be a good idea to pull them in yet. See what the Thompson
girl has to say that we can move on him. That's what Week put
the packages on him. Yeah, they both get fair records. Been up
on three ramps. One conviction, second Drougie robbery and Tulsa. That's where
they're from. Couple of tough ones, always ready to use a gun.
Cradley got a lot of does somewhere. They've been throwing a lot of money
around town. Pick up any rumbles about him. Well, we've been nosing
around. We can't get anything on them for sure. They're not known around
here. Showing the mug shots at the Shaker Brothers to mister Anderson the sanitarium,
but doctor too, you know, looks like the guys to them.
Everything hinges on the Thompson's ground. Check her out. Yeah, she used
to be married to a newspaper for a man. Blaine Thompson died last year
in an auto accident. No children went to high school here in town.
Local girl reputations good all the way. Why the sudden switched the tough guys.
I don't think she knows you. Satisfied Davis as leveling with you,
I don't if he's not. He did a good job briefing in Stallings woman,
and they both came up with the same lead. The Thompson girl.
We had him in on the Patterson killing. You remember that skipper. He
cooperated them at the time. It was his skin. This time, it's
not all I laid it out for him. He's been told there's a feel
to you. Fella's pretty quiet around town. Yeah, it seems to be.
I wouldn't make book on what might happen if we don't wrap this thing
up quick. I think after Joe and Ben gave Davis a word, he
passed it down along the line. Anyway, it's an outside chained. They
just brought in the Thompson girl to send her in right here. I'm gon
shit there, miss Thompson. All right, I detect this Friday Romero?
How do his Bramo Rombo? How you do? I guess you're wondering why
you've been picked up. Yes, I was rather surprised. I was down
Palm Springs for a few days. I don't often get away. My boss
gave me a two day holiday. What do you know about the Shaker brother
Christmas Thompson. They're friends of mine. I go out with them. We
have reason to believe that they might be mixed up in the murder. I
do believe that. What's it all about Gus Valentine killing? Do you think
they're mixed up in that? How well do you know the Shaker boys?
It would be truthful. I don't know them at all. Really. I
met him at a dance. Who introduced you? Nobody. I go to
the Brookdale barroom every Wednesday night with some of the girls from the office.
It's open to the public crowd. Shaker asked me for a dance one night,
and that's how I met him. You ought to pick your companions a
little more carefully. Both of these men have criminal records. I didn't know
that You've been out with them quite alive. I've known him a little over
a month. Yes, they ever said anything that might lead you to believe
that they were mixed up in any rackets? No, I never heard anything
like that. You're sure you never heard them discuss any business dealings of any
kind. Yes, I'm sure you've been seeing quite a few night spots around
those things, just with them, is that right? Yes? They always
take me to some nice place. You always go along with him. How
do you mean which one happen? Do you go with but or Carl?
I never really thought about it, both of'em. I guess when you
go out there, I never take another girl along the party. No,
just Bud Crell myself. You go to most of the expensive clubs around Town's
all right? Yes, like I said, we always go to some nice
place. Do you ever wonder where they got the money? Well, they
told me they worked for one of the aircraft plants. I thought you told
us they didn't discuss their business with you. Well, I didn't consider telling
me where they worked was discussing business. Did you consider that an aircraft worker's
salary wouldn't even handle the cover charge at most of the places they've been taking
you? No, I guess I was having too good a time to question
you, seem Miss Thompson, you could spend a great amount of time with
people and not remember things about them. Are you sure you've told us everything
you know about the Shaker Brothers. Yes, all right, that's all.
If you find out something you think we should know, we'd appreciate it.
If you'd give us a call. Well, i won't be knowing anything about
them cause I'm gonna stop seeing them. I didn't know they had criminal records.
That's entirely up to you. I think it's only fair to warn you
that if you do have any information you're withholding, you are liable to you
the first. Excuse me, I understand, and I'm not going out with
them anymore. I wouldn't let them know you've talked with us. They are
the men we're looking for. Her might put you in danger. I'm not
afraid of it. Neither was Gus Valentine. For the next ten days,
Audrey Thompson, along with the Shaker Brothers, was kept under close surveillance.
Was obvious that she'd either lied to us or changed her mind. She continued
going out with him. She was seen in all the important night spots around
town. Thursday, August ninth, we met with Captain Elliott skip her.
Maybe we better pull the tom from girl in again for questions. He told
off for a few more days. I'm afraid if we bring her down here
again, the Shaker brothers could get wise. So she decided to ignore.
We told her they might get rough with her. Why can't we move on
them, shake down their apartment. If we're lucky enough to come up with
a murder again, we will work from there. I don't think so,
Joe the record and only one conviction. I think we'd be playing a long
shot. That's the way it looks to me. Or maybe something will break
if we can hold out just a few days more. Yeah, being watched
off and close, they try to move in any direction, our men will
be with him, right, Yeah, I can't stop out here from it,
right, excuse me for sure? Back when you're through. Yes,
yeah, let me out here to see him, Thanks, mister Friday.
Oh oh, miss Thompson. I didn't stop seeing the Shaker boys. Yes,
we know. What you men told me a couple of weeks ago.
Just made me sick to think I'd been going out with these men, been
seeing with them. I've never done anything like that in my life. Yes,
ma'am, I decided to try and find out what you wanted to know.
You didn't ask him any leading questions. Oh, no, I knew
better than that. Last night we were out and they had a little too
much to drink and they got to talking. Yeah. I didn't say anything.
I let them talk and acted interested. Yeah, I confess now I'm
terribly frightened. I spent the night with my sister in law. Could I
stay here till you get this thing straightened out? Certainly we'll give you a
protection, Miss Thompson. How what'd they tell you? First? They got
talking about some girl called item May I didn't catch the last name. Said
they wondered if she saw them at the sanitarium. Yeah, said they wish
they'd finished the job that night, whatever that meant. Then Bud said,
I don't think I think she saw us, or we'd have heard anything else.
Yes, Carl said, did you see the look on Gus's face when
we opened up? That? What? They laughed? Why? I had
a stenographer take Audrey Thompson's statement, and I filled in Captain Elliott Rambo,
Stromwall and Ben. We checked the steak out on the Shaker brother's apartment.
Suspects hadn't been seen since early that morning when they'd gone in detectives. Rombo
and strom Wall together with Ben and I had rove to the Eagle Tower's apartments.
It was four thirty five pm. Stromy and I'll go up the back
way. We'll notify the men on steakout to keep a sharp eye all around.
Right, let's go. Apartment fourteen is a tough floor. Yeah,
let's take the elevator. Yeah, push for just thinking. Yeah, I
have Thompson along on the nerve. It's this week there. It just covered
me. Yeah. Yeah, police officers, you all right, Ray hit
the door. Come on when that's open. The forest game, come on.
They they go over. But the event ladder. Watch it strumming,
rumble coming out the door into the road, rumbo watching they're up here.
There goes one of them. Come on, all right, hold it right
there. I go up there goes to the other one. He's making for
that cable. I'll stay with us one. I'll get him, all right,
Shaker, let's put the gun away. You make a break onto the
roof. They'll cut you down, older shaker. All right, Joe,
Yeah, did you shoot him? No, I was trying to make it
to the roof. You grab that hot terminal over there and knocked him cold.
Yeah, move your foot will you yeah, what's there white pan in
my hand? The story you have just heard was true, only the names
were changed to protect the innocent. On November nineteenth, trial was held in
Superior Court, Department eighty nine, City and County of Los Angeles, State
of California. In a moment the results of that trial, Adolph Budd Shaker
and his brother Carl Shaker were tried and convicted of murder in the first degree.
On recommendation of the jury, they received life sentences. They are now
serving their terms in the state penitentiary. You have just heard dragnets authentic cases
from official police files. Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief
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another solid case, and thankfully Gus's allies were far more amenable to letting the
police take care of this than Gus himself had been. Also thought the tailoring
scene was a big highlight just for the show's dedication to showing real stuff.
Happening, and of course we got a reminder that honest cops can't afford anything.
The Donegal tweet that Ben Romero found so appealing priced at two hundred and
fifty dollars. In today's money, that would be three thousand, three hundred
and eight dollars. Now we turn to listener comments and feedback, and we
have some comments regarding the thin Man episode. Barbara writ's good job, it's
the first radio thin Man story I've heard, and says this is an entertaining
story, a really good fine and certainly worth a like and a smile.
Thanks Adam. Another listener says, maybe it's time to run through the thin
Man again. This was excellent, on par with the movies. Tuesdays are
the days I look forward to the most now because you never know what surprise
awaits here on the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. Well, thank you
so much. Appreciate the comments. And it is nice in a way to
have a period where you're just jumping into different series where we've had episodes come
in for it, although I do like having some stability in the lineup,
which we'll have after next week when we get into Bulldog drumming, but still
just kind of unwrapping an episode of something here or there is a bit of
a treat as well. I'm definitely not opposed to considering a replay of The
Thin Man, although we have another comment that kind of addresses one of the
challenges we face with that. Aileen writes, ooh so nice to be able
to hear a thing. Episodes so many are grainy, and that is a
challenge that even with the complete episodes we have, the sound quality is often
not the best. The Thin Man is such a tantalizing series because we've got
few episodes of it, but we've got enough that gives us a hint that
at its height, this was a really fun series to listen to. So
I would love to get better quality episodes. I'm not saying I won't replace
some of the other ones. It definitely is a challenge, you know,
once we get into replaying it. The good is is that if you enjoy
sort of husband and wife detective programs, we're only a few months away from
beginning our journey through Mister and Missus North with Joseph Curtin Alice Bross, and
we'll be playing those episodes for forty weeks, and of course even with that
series, that's less than ten percent of the episodes that Curtin and Frost did,
but still far more than we have from The thin Man, and most
of those are in better shape than your average thin Man episode. But again,
thank you so much, really appreciate your comments. Now it's time to
thank our Patreon supporter of the day, and I want to go ahead and
think Ralph. Ralph has been one of our Patreon supporters since August of twenty
twenty two, currently supporting the podcast at the rookie level of two dollars or
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and listen where I owe you fifteen thousand dollars fifteen. That's an awful lot
of money, Junia. I'm a little surprised. I'll pay off. Don't
you worry. I never worry about anybody paying off. Let's face facts.
Where will you get fifteen thousand dollars? Wait, I'll get it where I'll
borrow it. You couldn't borrow fifteen bucks. Well it'll take a few days,
of course. Cracker up your lips more when you're whistling the dark kid,
I give you six months. You couldn't raise the money anyway short of
killing your old man. You've been playing me for a sap, and I'm
getting sore. You said I could have all the credit I wanted you let
me watch shut up anything. I hate it to a whiny loser. I'm
not whiny. You get right on tumbling up until you find your I'm having
a spot. I'm having a spot. Oh no, well guess again,
Junia, You're in a real spot. I hope you'll be with us then
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