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But we referenced a lot when we were doing Casey Crime. 19 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:15,400 Photographer and others on the project are going through and every day they are posting 20 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:23,960 an episode of suspense and background information, details about various available versions of a 21 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:30,080 given story and how they deffer just some great information, really valuable for anyone 22 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:36,680 who cares about the golden age of radio. And they posted The High Wall. 23 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,639 We did the Lux Radio Theater version of The High Wall. It was 24 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:46,520 actually a play before it was a movie, and it was adapted from Bradley 25 00:02:46,879 --> 00:02:54,680 Foot's play to an episode of suspense, and doctor Webb speculates this may have 26 00:02:54,919 --> 00:03:00,719 been in an effort to get the play turned into a movie, and of 27 00:03:00,759 --> 00:03:06,080 course that worked out. I thought it would be interesting to hear the Spence 28 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,960 version of The High Wall, so we're going to take a listen to that. 29 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:15,039 It stars Robert Young, best known for his lead role on Father Knows 30 00:03:15,159 --> 00:03:23,039 Best. Here it is from June sixth of nineteen forty six. No Romo 31 00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:30,840 wains R. O m a made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 32 00:03:30,599 --> 00:03:40,879 Romo Wains present Suspense Night, Roma Wines bringing mister Robert Young as star of 33 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:46,479 the High Wall. Suspence played, produced, edited and directed by Romo Wines 34 00:03:46,639 --> 00:03:57,960 by William Spears, Suspense Radio's outstanding theater of thrillses presented for your enjoyment by 35 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:03,400 Romo Wains. That's our m a Roma Wines, those excellent California wines that 36 00:04:03,439 --> 00:04:06,800 can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, to your happiness and 37 00:04:06,919 --> 00:04:13,599 entertaining guests to your enjoyment of everyday meals. Yes, right now a glassful 38 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,519 would be very pleasant, as Romo Wines bring you. Robert Young in a 39 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:28,560 remarkable Tale of Suspense. I woke up in bed. Nothing strange about that 40 00:04:28,639 --> 00:04:31,319 except that it was a hospital bed. I couldn't imagine how I got there. 41 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:35,240 I didn't remember any accident. I didn't feel sick. Why the hospital? 42 00:04:36,399 --> 00:04:41,920 I laid there trying to puzzle it out. Last night was Christmas Eve. 43 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,800 I was stopping at the Beacon Hotel in Boston. I was going to 44 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,600 get up early this morning and go to Fitchburg and find Helen, my wife. 45 00:04:48,399 --> 00:04:50,720 After three years of separation. It would be nice to be with her 46 00:04:50,759 --> 00:04:55,920 again. On Christmas Day, I turned in bed and looked out of the 47 00:04:55,959 --> 00:05:01,920 window. Christmas. Why it was summer. There were trees and grass and 48 00:05:01,959 --> 00:05:09,079 flowers and bloom. I guess I twisted around or something, because the next 49 00:05:09,079 --> 00:05:11,879 thing I knew, a girl was leaning over me, smiling, Hello, 50 00:05:11,959 --> 00:05:16,600 there, feeling better? I guess, so, am I supposed to be 51 00:05:16,639 --> 00:05:19,519 sick? Well? No, not if you feel all right. We were 52 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,040 beginning to get worried about you. You didn't seem to want to wake up. 53 00:05:23,399 --> 00:05:27,319 We who's we? Oh, doctor Dunlap and all of us? Well, 54 00:05:27,399 --> 00:05:30,600 what happened to me? Why am I in a hospital? You've been 55 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:32,480 very ill? Don't try to think about it, mister Lewis. Just get 56 00:05:32,519 --> 00:05:38,399 well. You're a Amy, aren't you? That's right? Good for you? 57 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:44,399 Amy? How did I know her name? Why was her face so 58 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,600 familiar to me? I tried to think, and suddenly I remembered I'd been 59 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,560 dreaming about her. In one dream, I was up to my neck in 60 00:05:51,639 --> 00:05:55,800 quicksand and she was trying to save me. She was crying, and her 61 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,199 tears fell on my face, and she kissed me. I would have to 62 00:05:59,199 --> 00:06:01,519 be a dream, wouldn't still. As I looked up into her eyes, 63 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:08,079 it seemed very real. I could almost feel her lips. I dozed off 64 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,600 thinking of her, and when I woke up, Doctor Dunlap was standing beside 65 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,680 my bed. Well, mister Lewis, Miss Adams tells me your brighton's snappy 66 00:06:14,759 --> 00:06:17,920 this morning. Yeah, any reason why I have to stay in bed? 67 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,360 Oh, none at all. If you feel able, we'll get your clothes 68 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,680 and Miss Adams will take you down to the silarium and you can sit at 69 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:30,319 the sun. Now, how's that? Miss? Silarium was a big glassed 70 00:06:30,319 --> 00:06:32,920 in Veranda where the patient sat around and took it easy, played cards and 71 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,480 read and talked. It was quite a crowd when we walked in that nobody 72 00:06:36,519 --> 00:06:41,439 seemed to notice us. Amy. Miss Adams introduced me to a girl who 73 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,879 ran the news stand. Her name was Ella. She sold cigarettes, candy 74 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,120 bars, magazines. I sat down over to one side and looked the people 75 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:56,079 over. Nobody seemed very sick, but they said silly things and laughed a 76 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,360 lot. One man acted like he was catching a ball and throwing it to 77 00:06:59,399 --> 00:07:02,279 second base. Then he'd argue with the umpire were a bad decision and Suddenly 78 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:06,480 it hit me like a smash in the face. This wasn't a hospital, 79 00:07:06,959 --> 00:07:13,800 was an insane asylum. I jumped up and Amy put her hand on my 80 00:07:13,879 --> 00:07:15,560 arm. Doctor Dunlap appeared out of nowhere and pushed me back into the chairs. 81 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:17,800 Louis, easy, now, don't get excited. I'm not excited. 82 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,160 I just found out where I am. That's all. Go up to your 83 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,680 room and talk it over. Fuck what over? I'm in the wrong place. 84 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,639 Maybe I'm a little sick, but I've got all my buttons. Get 85 00:07:27,639 --> 00:07:30,240 me out of here. Ster Lewis, Please, you're making it a Stevens. 86 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,519 Go along with doctor. I can manage. Then, please do it. 87 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,160 We'll have a riot here if he doesn't quiet down. Mister Lewis, 88 00:07:36,199 --> 00:07:39,639 you don't want to get me into trouble, doing you. We were getting 89 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:44,279 along so nicely, and she put it that way. I let them take 90 00:07:44,279 --> 00:07:46,879 me out of there and up to my room, but then I put up 91 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,199 an argument, demanded to see the head man. Amy backed me up too. 92 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,560 She said she was sure I was okay and didn't belong in such a 93 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:56,720 place. Doctor Dunlap hit the ceiling, had a battle of pip. He 94 00:07:56,839 --> 00:08:00,160 slammed out of the room, and she had a fit of crying. The 95 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,040 net result was that I was taken to the office of Professor Bird, the 96 00:08:03,079 --> 00:08:07,240 man who ran the asylum. He was a strange little guy for a head 97 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:11,040 cocked at one side, like he was listening to something nobody else could hear. 98 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:15,480 Oh, mister Lewis, feeling better? Why does everyone ask me that? 99 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,920 Yes? I feel great? Good? Do you remember me? Should 100 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,360 I? Well? Not necessarily? What seems to be the trouble. You 101 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,800 just made a mistake, that's all. Got the wrong fellow. I don't 102 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,439 belong here. Well, that's strange. Jallomippin papers seem to be an order. 103 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,399 I don't care about that. Listen to me, Yeah, mister Lewis, 104 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,519 let's discuss this calmly. We are not in the habit of picking people 105 00:08:35,519 --> 00:08:39,279 off the streets haphazarically. Someone had to sign you in. Who was it? 106 00:08:39,399 --> 00:08:43,240 Your parents? My folks have been dead for years. Your wife, 107 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,960 perhaps she doesn't know I'm back in America, probably thinks I'm dead. Come 108 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,480 on, professor, stop stalling. You've got it all on that paper. 109 00:08:50,639 --> 00:08:54,879 Never mind this paper. Tell me about yourself. Were you in the war. 110 00:08:56,120 --> 00:09:00,679 No, it wouldn't take me blood pressure or something. I went to 111 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:05,039 Burma for the International Oil Company. Oh, how was it in Burmah? 112 00:09:05,159 --> 00:09:09,240 And pretty rugging? I was there for three years. I'd be there yet 113 00:09:09,279 --> 00:09:11,720 only I fell in front of a bulldozer and got my leg crushed. They 114 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:15,759 shipped me back to San Diego, thinking they'd have to cut it off. 115 00:09:15,799 --> 00:09:18,840 Fortunately they didn't have to. Humph. Did your wife know you were hot? 116 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:22,960 It's funny you should ask that. No, she didn't. You see 117 00:09:24,039 --> 00:09:28,679 Yer, we used to go to dances a lot. I see you didn't 118 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:33,519 fancy yourself with a crutch does anybody? But after you were distart from the 119 00:09:33,519 --> 00:09:37,840 hospital in San Diego, did you communicate with her then? No? I 120 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,519 wanted to surprise her. She thought I was still in Burmah. I took 121 00:09:41,519 --> 00:09:45,399 a train for Boston, arrived on December twenty third at Thursday. Yes, 122 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:50,000 so I went home looking for Helen. She wasn't there. Somebody else lived 123 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,960 in the house she'd sold. It knocked me a twister. I was born 124 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,879 in that house, my grandfather built it, and it was gone. Where 125 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,200 was your wife, Helen? She was in Fitchburg working in a defense plant. 126 00:10:03,759 --> 00:10:05,960 But I didn't find that out until I ran into an old pal of 127 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,960 mine that night. He almost keeled over when he saw me, because everybody 128 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,759 thought I was dead, you know, not hearing from me for more than 129 00:10:13,799 --> 00:10:18,039 a year. And did you go to Fitchburg see your wife? No? 130 00:10:18,279 --> 00:10:24,759 I I didn't want to see her right then? Why not? Oh? 131 00:10:24,879 --> 00:10:28,879 I was upset, I guess about her selling the house. Besides, I'd 132 00:10:28,919 --> 00:10:33,320 been away more than three years. One day more wouldn't hurt. So I 133 00:10:33,399 --> 00:10:37,039 checked into a hotel, the Beacon House, room three oh five. I 134 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:41,720 remember, I stretched out on the bed and tried to think things out. 135 00:10:41,879 --> 00:10:48,240 Yes, yes, you were lying on the bed, and m oh I 136 00:10:48,279 --> 00:10:52,879 fell asleep, That's all I see. No use telling him how I laid 137 00:10:52,879 --> 00:10:56,879 there and thinking of Helen and wishing I'd gone on to Fitchburg. How I 138 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:01,960 kept seeing her face like a great big pain eating on the ceiling. He 139 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:05,200 think I was nuts if I told him how I could smell that queer perfume 140 00:11:05,279 --> 00:11:09,240 she used, and the feeling I got that she was there in the room 141 00:11:09,279 --> 00:11:13,320 with me. And how long did you sleep, mister Lewis. I don't 142 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:18,799 know what woke me up. Was it someone knocking on the door. I 143 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:26,320 got up and opened it and that's all. I remember. Who was it 144 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:31,600 at the door? I don't know. It's just like like the lights went 145 00:11:31,639 --> 00:11:35,679 out. I don't remember a thing until I woke up here this morning. 146 00:11:35,039 --> 00:11:41,000 I see. Do you know where you are? No, this is a 147 00:11:41,039 --> 00:11:45,759 hospital for the mentally ill. This is the Flowerdale Hospital for the criminal insane? 148 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:50,399 Criminal insane. I'm not insane, and I'm not I've had a blackout, 149 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:54,159 that's all. Does that make me a criminal? Oh no, it's 150 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,679 the other way around. The crime caused the blackout? Crime? What crime? 151 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,120 What did I do? I com'ted that. I'll say, you can't. 152 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,799 You got the wrong man, and you're afraid to admit it. I 153 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,360 wish that were true for your sake, mister Lewis. However, I attended 154 00:12:07,399 --> 00:12:11,720 your trial. State called me as an authority on mental diseases. It was 155 00:12:11,759 --> 00:12:16,759 of my suggestion that you were sent here for treatment. How how long do 156 00:12:16,799 --> 00:12:20,879 I have to stay until I'm convinced you are no longer a menace to society? 157 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,399 All right, give me a test. I'll get out of here in 158 00:12:24,399 --> 00:12:31,320 a hurry. I've just given you a test and you failed badly. Why 159 00:12:31,519 --> 00:12:33,799 because I can't remember being in trouble? Well, that could happen to anyone. 160 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,799 No, not in your case, mister Lewis, your mind is drawn 161 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:43,159 a sudden a curtain across something it doesn't want to remember. The crime you 162 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:48,080 committed is bettered in your subconscious mind until you can remember everything that happened from 163 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,919 the time you opened that door down to the present moment. I should have 164 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:56,240 to detain you. When you remember your crime and the reason you committed it, 165 00:12:56,919 --> 00:12:58,799 you can walk out of here a free man. But you're pretty sure 166 00:12:58,799 --> 00:13:01,519 I won't do it, aren't you. Okay, I'm going to fool you. 167 00:13:01,879 --> 00:13:05,200 Doctor dun Lammers, Adams, your witnesses to what he said. Understand, 168 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:09,960 mister Lewis, I'm interested in reasons. You'll get everything. You're a 169 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:11,840 man of your word. I'll be on the street tomorrow. Come on, 170 00:13:11,879 --> 00:13:20,320 miss Adams outside in the corridor. I felt so relieved. I threw my 171 00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:24,279 arms around Amy and gave her a big kiss. Then we walked hand in 172 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,759 hand toward the stairway. We met a couple of nurses, and Amy stopped 173 00:13:26,759 --> 00:13:31,840 to talk to them. I walked back to Professor Bird's office and listen at 174 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:35,799 the door. He and doctor dun Lamp were still talking about I heard them 175 00:13:35,799 --> 00:13:39,039 mention my name. Really, I opened the door real easy so they wouldn't 176 00:13:39,039 --> 00:13:43,240 notice it. Why he's been a walking zombie. He couldn't talk, had 177 00:13:43,279 --> 00:13:46,080 to be fed, bathed, and put to bed like a child. I'm 178 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:50,200 really very encouraged. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if you recovered. Don't 179 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,519 be absurd done that. Such cases never recover. You'll struggle a few weeks, 180 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,720 try to remember, then check it. Oh, by the way, 181 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,879 I think I ought to know. What did he do? Well? I 182 00:14:01,919 --> 00:14:05,279 understand I don't want it noised around, but you'd better tell his nurse that 183 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:09,600 he's dangerous, especially when he thinks he smells perfume. Oh yes, yes, 184 00:14:09,639 --> 00:14:13,720 he did mention perfume. For your information alone. The man's a killer, 185 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:16,519 really, a rattlesnake. He strangled a woman with his hands, and 186 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:22,759 he'll do it again. He read his history. That's all I heard, 187 00:14:24,279 --> 00:14:26,720 because Amy picked that moment to come and get me. But I'd heard enough 188 00:14:26,759 --> 00:14:33,320 to realize that something was terribly wrong. Me a killer? Why I never 189 00:14:33,399 --> 00:14:37,159 heard anyone in my life. I'd been framed. Somebody had committed a murder 190 00:14:37,159 --> 00:14:41,720 and pinned on me because I'd lost my memory and couldn't defend myself. The 191 00:14:41,759 --> 00:14:45,000 only way to get free was to recall everything that happened, every single thing 192 00:14:45,039 --> 00:14:50,200 from the moment I opened that door. What if I couldn't remember, What 193 00:14:50,279 --> 00:14:54,000 if I never remembered? It meant being kept here, locked up her life 194 00:14:54,519 --> 00:15:09,559 for a crime I didn't commit. Nice spot for an innocent man. For 195 00:15:09,799 --> 00:15:13,120 suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star Robert Young in The High Wall, 196 00:15:13,519 --> 00:15:18,080 a radio drama by Bradberry Foot from his play of the same name, 197 00:15:18,639 --> 00:15:33,159 Romo Wine's presentation Tonight in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills suspense between the acts of 198 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:39,360 suspense. This is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 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I was. I 217 00:17:30,079 --> 00:17:33,720 racked my brain for a clue, lay awake nights, torturing myself until I 218 00:17:33,759 --> 00:17:38,960 nearly had a nervous breakdown. Then after about three months, I gave up, 219 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:45,519 just like Professor Bird said I would chucked it. When I did, 220 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:49,440 a great feeling of relief came over. It was like a heavy weight had 221 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:53,559 been lifted off my chest. Amy noticed the change in me, and I 222 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,759 told her the reason one night, very late, when she came in. 223 00:17:56,559 --> 00:18:00,640 She didn't like it a bit. Bob, No, you d give up. 224 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,640 Don't stop trying. Maybe there must be some easier way to get out 225 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:07,079 of this place. Escape. You mean you can't do it, Bob. 226 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:12,440 There's a high wall. Well, there is another way, a sure way. 227 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:18,119 I can go out feet first, feet bob, Bob, you wouldn't 228 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:21,440 do that. I'm not going to spend the rest of my natural life in 229 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,599 this insane asylum. If there's no other way to escape, I'll go out, 230 00:18:23,759 --> 00:18:29,480 like I said, in a box. Suddenly she was crying like a 231 00:18:29,559 --> 00:18:33,559 kid. Helen used to cry like that. It never struck me before, 232 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:37,720 but Amy was a lot like Helen. As I watched her, it almost 233 00:18:37,759 --> 00:18:41,680 seemed like she was Helen. I guess I got a little mixed up because 234 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,960 I put my arm around and lifted her face up to mine. For a 235 00:18:47,079 --> 00:18:52,400 second I seemed to be holding Helen. Then I got things straightened out in 236 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,480 my mind. I stepped back. Sorry, Amy. I guess I got 237 00:18:56,519 --> 00:19:00,359 a little out of line. That's all right, Bob. I wouldn't want 238 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:07,039 you to think I was, well, you know, no, why not? 239 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,359 M Wow, you're you're going to be missus doctor Dunlap. No, 240 00:19:11,559 --> 00:19:19,319 that's off, Bob. There's somebody else. Oh who is it? She 241 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:25,119 didn't answer, didn't have to. I knew she stood there looking like she 242 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:29,319 expected me to do something about it, but I didn't. Then she beckoned 243 00:19:29,319 --> 00:19:30,200 to me and made a hush sign, and I followed her out of the 244 00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:34,920 room. The ward was quiet, everyone was asleep. We tiptoed into the 245 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:41,240 silarium and shut the door. I suppose you know this is liable to cost 246 00:19:41,279 --> 00:19:47,839 me my job. Look at that moon, Bob. You you wouldn't really 247 00:19:48,079 --> 00:19:51,920 do anything to yourself, would you? Why not? I'm not doing myself 248 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:55,039 or anyone else much good locked up in this place, Bob, Dying isn't 249 00:19:55,079 --> 00:19:59,079 the answer, Yes it is. Amy. Dying is the answer to everything. 250 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,799 Oh, Bob, don't talk like that, you know? And Burma. 251 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:04,240 Once in the jungle, I saw a snake right close to me, 252 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:08,839 a king cobra. It was. I stood perfectly still, hoping it hadn't 253 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:14,279 seen me. I didn't breathe. Then finally I couldn't stand it anymore. 254 00:20:14,279 --> 00:20:17,799 I made a quick jump, but he got me right through the leg here. 255 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:22,519 It was a swell chance to die, but I didn't want to. 256 00:20:22,519 --> 00:20:26,119 I crawled through the jungle to a first aide station and I managed to pull 257 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:32,640 through. For what I'd have been better off to die right there. Oh 258 00:20:32,759 --> 00:20:37,440 no, no, I kept on talking like that, hardly knowing what I 259 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,160 was saying, because I had a queer feeling that I was telling it to 260 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:45,359 Helen and letting her know what I'd gone through for her. Helen always wanted 261 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,839 security, and I went out there to get it for those oil companies paid 262 00:20:48,839 --> 00:20:52,680 big money. Bob, if you could only remember who it was when you 263 00:20:52,759 --> 00:21:02,920 opened that door. Yeah, what's that perfume you're wearing? What perfume? 264 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:07,039 You know? We aren't allowed to use perfume? Funny, I could swear 265 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:12,839 lean closer, of course you are. It's that same stuff that go on. 266 00:21:15,039 --> 00:21:22,279 Why don't you Why kiss me? I want you to, Sily to 267 00:21:22,319 --> 00:21:25,880 interrupt, but we do have rules here, hold of doctor dun laughed. 268 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:27,279 The light isn't necessary. Go to your room, mister Lewis. That's all 269 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,359 right, But don't throw the hooks into Amy. It wasn't her fault. 270 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:36,079 Never mind, Bob, I can defend myself. Go along. I knew 271 00:21:36,079 --> 00:21:38,000 she could handle him, so I went up to my room. Besides, 272 00:21:38,039 --> 00:21:42,680 I had something on my mind. While I was holding Amy in my arms, 273 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:48,839 I had a vision, I guess you'd call it. I saw Helen. 274 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,240 She was lying on the bed. The doctor was bending over her. 275 00:21:53,039 --> 00:21:57,279 The room was crowded with people. Everyone was tense, frightened. Then the 276 00:21:57,319 --> 00:22:07,079 doctor straightened up and said, she's dead. Helen, my wife was dead. 277 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:14,200 I remembered it now distinctly, but that was all. I couldn't remember 278 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:18,960 how or why it happened. It was just like a photograph. Nothing led 279 00:22:18,039 --> 00:22:22,920 up to it, and what happened after was perfectly blank. But the fact 280 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,720 that Helen was dead didn't seem like a surprise. Exactly. After a while, 281 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,519 I heard doctor Dunlap come up and locked me in. He hesitated outside 282 00:22:30,559 --> 00:22:33,519 the door, like he wanted to come in and bawl me out. Then 283 00:22:33,559 --> 00:22:37,839 he went away. The next thing, Amy was shaking me, trying to 284 00:22:37,839 --> 00:22:41,359 wake me up. Bob, Bob, what's the matter. We're sunk, 285 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,119 Bob. He was furious. I'm discharged and you're going to be put in 286 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:49,200 another ward by the louse. He can't get away with. I know how 287 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:55,000 you can escape? Well, oh, Ella quit her job. She's leaving 288 00:22:55,039 --> 00:22:59,000 in the morning. Her car will be parked in the driveway outside the silarium. 289 00:22:59,079 --> 00:23:00,160 All you have to do is get in the car, lie down on 290 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,720 the floor and pull a rug over you, Amy, that's screwy. How 291 00:23:03,759 --> 00:23:06,359 would I get outside? The silarium door is always locked, that's it. 292 00:23:06,599 --> 00:23:10,799 Ella's going to unlock it before she turns in her keys. Yeah, but 293 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:12,920 i'd be seen. Oh no, they'll all be in church. It's Sunday, 294 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,920 Bob. The minute they start to sing, open the door and slip 295 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,680 out. Bob, it's the chance of a lifetime. Ella leaving makes it 296 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,960 easy. She'll drive right through the front gate and they won't even stop her. 297 00:23:22,559 --> 00:23:26,519 Oh, Bob, say, you'll do it. I can't go away 298 00:23:26,559 --> 00:23:33,079 and leave you here. Well, what did I have to lose? Besides 299 00:23:33,279 --> 00:23:36,920 she started to cry and carry on, So I said, all right. 300 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,079 The funny part of it was it did work. I'll bet we were fifty 301 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:44,559 miles from the asylum before they knew I was missing. Ella picked up Amy 302 00:23:44,559 --> 00:23:52,960 at the edge of town and hit for the open road. We kept going. 303 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,240 The girl's got me a hot dog at a roadside stand. We kept 304 00:23:56,279 --> 00:24:00,960 time. We began to wonder where we'd spend the night. I didn't know 305 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,519 where I was, but Ella said she knew of a little motel, one 306 00:24:03,559 --> 00:24:07,599 of those places where they don't ask any questions. It was late before we 307 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:11,079 found the place. We took two bungalows, the girls and one me and 308 00:24:11,079 --> 00:24:15,720 the other. I got them settled for the night and then started to leave. 309 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:22,599 Amy followed me outside. Yes, it's dark. Where are you here? 310 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:33,799 You forgot something? Bob? Oho? You're sweet? Are you trembling 311 00:24:33,839 --> 00:24:38,359 like a leaf? Scared? It could be there? We've been very lucky 312 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:42,440 all day. Yes, but I think we'd better split up tomorrow. Oh 313 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,359 no, don't you see they're only looking for me. They don't connect me 314 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,480 with you girls. But doctor Dunlap's no fool. He's probably figured it out. 315 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,480 But this time, if we traveled together, we're sure to be corn. 316 00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:53,799 No. No, if we separate, I'll never find you again. 317 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:00,000 Bob, don't you want me? Amy? Don't talk like that. If 318 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:06,519 you're still thinking of Helen, I'm not. She's dead. Oh you know 319 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:14,599 sure, But who told you? Doctor Dunlap Funny never mentioned it to me? 320 00:25:15,799 --> 00:25:17,960 What else did he tell you? Oh, Bob, she isn't here 321 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,720 anymore, and we are. I pulled away from her and walked across to 322 00:25:22,759 --> 00:25:26,039 my bungalow. I guess you thought I was sore. I wasn't. It 323 00:25:26,079 --> 00:25:30,240 was just that I knew I couldn't make her understand. It was something I 324 00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:34,160 couldn't explain to anyone. Helen wasn't gone. She'd never be gone, not 325 00:25:34,279 --> 00:25:40,160 to me. I opened the door and went in. Bungalow is a crummy 326 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:45,799 little place. Reminded me of that hole I lived in in Burma. I 327 00:25:45,839 --> 00:25:49,599 was groggy from driving all day. Amy had started me thinking of Helen. 328 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:56,440 I lay there on the bed, remembering things the night I met Helen, 329 00:25:57,599 --> 00:26:03,720 the first time we danced at it, our wedding, our honeymoon, and 330 00:26:03,799 --> 00:26:07,279 Jack Pomeroy's cottage in the Berkshires. I didn't know Jack very well then, 331 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:14,240 but she did. Those were happy days. What you don't know doesn't hurt 332 00:26:14,279 --> 00:26:19,359 you. I was happy afterwards. Two Each time I forgave her we'd go 333 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:27,079 on another honeymoon. She called it starting over from scratch. But I never 334 00:26:27,079 --> 00:26:32,440 should have gone away. That's what did it. She couldn't take it. 335 00:26:33,279 --> 00:26:38,119 Well, I'll go up to Fitchburg tomorrow and we'll patch things up. Someone's 336 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:44,400 knocking at the door. That's funny. Nobody knows I'm back in town. 337 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:52,440 Hello, let me in. Who is it I want to talk to you? 338 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:07,920 Well, I'll be who told you I was here? What come in, 339 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,160 Bob? Listen? I was talking it over with Ella and she thinks 340 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:17,400 you're right. I met Sam Bradley today. He must have phoned you, 341 00:27:18,039 --> 00:27:22,359 Bob, your half asleep, or maybe phoned Jack Pomeroy in the world, 342 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,240 that's the answer. You and Jack want to beat me to the punch. 343 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:32,440 Oh no, no, why didn't Jack come with you? Didn't he have 344 00:27:32,519 --> 00:27:36,599 the guts? Easy now, Bob, let's sit down and talk. Get 345 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:41,319 away from me very well, I'll have to call doctor Dunna away from that 346 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:51,759 phone. Sit down, better, sit down, m Merry Christmas Helen. 347 00:27:52,880 --> 00:28:03,079 So that's it all right, I'm sitting Who did you say you'd call doctor 348 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:07,880 Dunlap Is that a new one or doctor Hoffmann. He'll give you a nice 349 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,759 cold bath. That's supposed to be funny. What do you want here? 350 00:28:11,799 --> 00:28:15,079 Anyway? You've been sick. I thought you might need me, need you. 351 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,079 I never needed you. I know it all right, all right, 352 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:22,240 then maybe I need you. And that's a lie because I happen to know 353 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:26,279 what the score is. Sam Bradley told me, what about my home? 354 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:32,079 Somebody else is living in it? What a rotten deal. I'm fighting snakes 355 00:28:32,079 --> 00:28:34,720 and mud and slime, sweating it out in swill piles, and wondering if 356 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,799 I'll ever see daylight again. And you're here in Boston, having the time 357 00:28:37,839 --> 00:28:41,680 of your life on my money. You didn't want me to come back, 358 00:28:41,279 --> 00:28:45,359 but me like a fool, I used to drop off to sleep thinking of 359 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:51,000 you and then pick you up my dream. I could hear you laugh. 360 00:28:52,079 --> 00:28:56,200 See you're dancing. Smell the perfume in your hair. I talked to you 361 00:28:56,440 --> 00:29:00,160 and you answered me. We planned things we do when I got back, 362 00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:07,759 and all the time you were hoping I'd never come back. Bob, do 363 00:29:07,839 --> 00:29:14,279 you don't cry? Don't cry. Come on, let's go talk to Ella. 364 00:29:15,039 --> 00:29:21,000 I'm only trying to help you, help me up. I promised Bradley 365 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,880 I'd kill you when I found you. I've got to go through with it, 366 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:30,400 Bob. I love you, Oh not frighten her. You won't hurt 367 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:36,440 me, Bob. I love you. Last time you begged for mercy, 368 00:29:36,839 --> 00:29:41,400 Bob, Bob, I'm Amy. This is Amy. I'm Amy. Don't 369 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:57,759 do it, Bob. I was pressing my fingers into her throat. She 370 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,960 died game this time, didn't kick or make much of a struggle like she 371 00:30:02,039 --> 00:30:06,720 did before. It was almost like she wanted me to do it, and 372 00:30:06,799 --> 00:30:11,200 yet as long as she lasted it, she seemed to be begging me with 373 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:15,799 her eyes not to do it. It didn't take long. 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However, he could play a villain or someone 400 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:30,319 who was unbalanced, and there could be something really unsettling about those type of 401 00:33:30,359 --> 00:33:36,480 performances. But it does speak to the type of performer and the type of 402 00:33:36,519 --> 00:33:40,240 talent he was that he could pull those things off, and I think certainly 403 00:33:40,319 --> 00:33:45,400 he does it here, as I think for most of the episode there is 404 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:52,599 a lot of uncertainty is he really insane or did something else happen? But 405 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:59,599 up until the end, it's of course a very different story than the Lucks 406 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:04,640 Righty, a theater or movie version, which had a different ending to it. 407 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,599 I think it was an interesting lesson and we can be a little bit 408 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:14,199 looser with some of these listener support specials. Now it's time to thank our 409 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:20,639 Patreon supporter of the day. Thank you to Stuart, Patreon supporter since November 410 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:24,920 of twenty twenty two, currently supporting the podcast at the Shamas level of four 411 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:29,960 dollars or more per month. Again, thank you so much for your support, 412 00:34:30,039 --> 00:34:32,800 Stewart, and that will do it for today. If you're enjoying this 413 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:38,079 podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. We'll be back next 414 00:34:38,119 --> 00:34:44,199 Sunday with our final listener support special, which will be a twicethole tale. 415 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:51,800 But join us back here tomorrow for Sam Spade, where I guess now what 416 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,119 is this interesting job? First, let me say I don't know much about 417 00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:59,159 your personally, but you come well recommended. I've tried. Second, this 418 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:00,800 is a confidential matter and I wanted to remain that way. Of course, 419 00:35:01,199 --> 00:35:04,480 I'm going to trust you as I would one of my own staff members. 420 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,480 The police have to find out about it until it's all over, and if 421 00:35:07,519 --> 00:35:10,719 any other newspaper gets it, you might as well leave town. Woody, 422 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:14,519 old boy, the man doesn't live. Who can say I ever double cross 423 00:35:14,679 --> 00:35:16,960 him for money or love or anything else. I had to say it so 424 00:35:17,039 --> 00:35:21,679 we'd understand each other. I think I look at this news photo. Yes, 425 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,199 one of our boys snapped it. What do you see a street intersection? 426 00:35:24,199 --> 00:35:27,960 Old final, I'd say two automobiles hit head on an ambulance. A 427 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,559 couple of people will injure the sordid crowd. We took that picture three days 428 00:35:30,559 --> 00:35:35,079 ago, Tuesday night, routine accident picture. But this morning, when we 429 00:35:35,079 --> 00:35:37,519 were filing it, I looked at it again and I noticed something stoptling. 430 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,559 Look at it. It's a shop in the dock. But I smell a 431 00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:45,159 story. Well maybe I have a cold, but whatever it is escapes. 432 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:49,159 On the right side of the pictures an apartment house now cut up six floors, 433 00:35:49,159 --> 00:35:52,280 and look at the fourth window. Ah, cross the left scares. 434 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:57,679 Use this magnifying glass. Oh what do you know? Somebody just fired off 435 00:35:57,679 --> 00:36:00,320 a gun. That's it. Or you can see as a hand then the 436 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:04,159 smoking gun. You can't even tell whether the hands mail a female. But 437 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,559 somebody shot at something, probably a person, just a second before that picture 438 00:36:07,599 --> 00:36:09,679 was taken. Do you want me to find out why this calls for a 439 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:15,280 detective not a reporter. There hasn't been a single homicide, suicider, gunshot 440 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,840 wound reported in the city since that happened. Oh, I want to sorry, 441 00:36:19,199 --> 00:36:22,639 get it, okay, Chief, get ready to rip our page one. 442 00:36:22,199 --> 00:36:25,079 I hope you'll be with us. Then in the meantime, do send 443 00:36:25,079 --> 00:36:31,039 your comments to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net, follow us on Twitter 444 00:36:31,159 --> 00:36:37,320 at Radio Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com 445 00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:43,199 slash Great Detectives From Boise, Idaho, This is your host, Adam Graham's 446 00:36:43,199 --> 00:36:43,880 Son and Off