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to Patreon dot Great Detectives dot net. Well, it's another Monday and time
to introduce another new actor playing the Falcon al, though this one is going
to be the last one for a while. In many ways, The Falcon
is reminiscent of other New York based programs that ran for a really, really
long time featured many actors in the lead role, only left behind a few
episodes. Examples include The Thinman, The Amazing Mister Malone, and the Adventures
of Ellery Queen, where these series had massive runs for cases near to a
decade, but in terms of having any representation of the season, we just
left a smattering of episodes. Well, the actor we're going to hear from
today makes that different. Less Damon took over the role of The Falcon on
either January first or January eighth, nineteen fifty and we've heard a lot of
series that he's been in, though not a whole lot of him. He
was the first actor to play Charles in The thin Man Radio series. Had
to step away from the show when he was called into military service in nineteen
forty three. During the time he was away, David Gothard and Less Tremaine
filled in for him as Nick Charles, but he took over the role when
he returned, and he played that probably close to six years in and out
of the series. He we have a handful of those series. He also
was the second actor to star in ABC's Mystery Theater and he did multiple seasons
of that after he did The Falcon, and we have only one episode from
that entire run. He also played Pat Abbot, and thankfully we've got about
ten episodes I think from his playing Pat Abbot in the Adventures of the Abbots
in the nineteen fifties. It's for him, percentage wise is pretty good,
but The Falcon is the series that most fans remember him for, just because
that's what we've actually got the most episodes of, at around eighty episodes total.
There are more episodes with less Damon playing the Falcon than there are episodes
with Howard Duffis, Sam Spade or episodes of The Saint or many other programs,
And he did end up getting to play the role for more episodes than
either Men or Tremaine did, but not all that manymore. It's mainly just
more lock in terms of episodes surviving. The series also shifted from Mutual to
NBC. That's not to say there aren't plenty of lost episodes during this run.
In fact, Maine, as I said, took over the role of
the Falcon in January. The episode We're going to play for you is in
May, and then the next episode is from August of nineteen fifty. But
still, at least we're headed in the right direction and we're going to get
enough of a run to really have an idea of how the Falcon sounded.
With Less Tremaine in the leads. So with that introduction out of the way,
let's get into today's episode now. From May fourteenth, nineteen fifty,
here is the Case of the Amorous Bookkeeper, The Adventures of the Falcon,
starring Less Damon. Hello, Yes this is the Falcon speaking, Oh Rita.
I'm glad you called angel, but we'll have to make it another time.
A man has disappeared with some of his company's money. His employers can't
wait to find out what's become of them. In fact, it looks like
the suspense may kill them once again. The National Broadcasting Company brings you the
Adventures of the Well dedicated to private investigators everywhere, those hard hitting detectives who,
like Mike Wearing, risk their lives to aid law enforcement agencies. You
met the Falcon first in his best selling novels, then you saw him in
his thrilling motion picture series, and now NBC is happy to bring you his
adventures on the air. He has It's Michael Waring, that freelance detective who's
always ready with a hand for oppressed men and an eye for repressed women.
So join him now and the Falcon falls. The Case of the Amorous bookkeeper.
It's late Sunday night in New York, and Lucille Landis is worried.
Lucille is the tall, willowy brunette who is gliding down the hall of the
third floor in the Tremont Building. She stops at the door of the Style
centered Dress company, pauses briefly with her hand on the knob, then shrugs
daintily and opens the door. Her partner, large Ponche Bonnie Murdoch, looks
up from the books on the desk in front of him as she enters.
Oh, at last, come in, Come in, all right, Bonnie,
Now what is it? He was so excited on the phone. I
here, sit down. Well, I've been suspicious for some time. Didn't
say anything because I didn't want to alarm you if well, if I was
wrong. Unfortunately, I am not well. For heaven's sake, will you
tell me what it's all about? It would be pretty important to get you
to the office on Sunday and then have you sent for me? Yes,
it's pretty important. I've had an accountant down here all day. What do
you think? Something wrong with the book? Hard to believe. Finch has
been with us for well, almost from the beginning, and he's such a
mild little guy. What's wrong with you? Made a mistake? Mistake,
Yeah, quite a mistake to think he could get away with it. He's
been taking us Lucille for the last six months. Are you sure? Oh?
I can't believe it's all here, black and white? How much?
Nearly thirty thousand dollars? Oh no, that's impossible. Thirty thousand dollars in
six months. I thought our profit was off for the volume we were doing,
but I couldn't find anything. So I've had an expert go over it.
He's found where Finch has been juggling? What do we do? What
can we do? Have the police here when Finch comes to work tomorrow.
I hope he hasn't spent it all. Yes, I suppose so, poor
little fellow. But if he's a thief thirty thousand, we can wave sympathy.
Well, now, come on, let me show you. That's why
I asked you down. I want you to see what the accountant pointed out,
so you'll understand. You know, I can make heads of tails out
of figures. I leave all that part of the business to you. If
you say Finch has been rotting us, well, that's it. You ought
to take more of an interest. Well, I do in designing and production.
But believe me, body, when it comes to bookkeeping, I don't
know a debit from a ledger. All right, Lucy. If that's the
way you wanted, that's the way. Now that's called the police. Shall
we here? I am I've been looking for you. I didn't see you
in this back booth. Oh, that's why I picked it. I don't
want it to be seen down. You don't have to worry. Cora doesn't
know about us. Your wife we have to worry about any more. Since
she What do you mean? The jig's up? Fannie had an account of
work on the books day. To put it mildly, what do we do?
Well, you've got to get out of town. I knew it would
come to this sooner or later. I knew it good. Nothing like being
prepared. We'll go to California. We Oh, were you taking cornor?
No? No? Oh? You? Oh? She don't be silly.
What I don't want to leave you. You don't have much choice. You'll
join me later. No, I think about it. You won't join me.
You want to get rid of it now? Sin Well, you're acting
so so cold. I'm worried, that's all. I should think you'd want
to go with me if you really love me. Let's not go to that
now. Sometimes I think I just wonder if you've just been using me to
juggle the books for you. Now that I'm no more use to it,
I'm tipping you off and I so you can get away. Yes, but
maybe you don't want me talking. But I don't. But I've got to
know the truth. I've got to let go my Brits. Do you love
me, Anthony? Look see you? Do you love me? Do you
well? You asked for it? I know it. I know it all
the time, look in them theres Sometimes since she did you think for one
minute? Stop, don't say it. I didn't think even for one minute,
Not really. I pretended that's all. The whole thing was just like
a dream, just a daydream. Now it's turned into a nightmare. I'm
sorry, honestly, you better be for yourself. You're in this with me
to see you, and I may decide not to go to California. I
may stay see and I may talk. I think she don't be silly.
You juggled the books, You took the money and there's nothing to prove you
gay any of it to me, or that I knew anything about it.
But you wanted me to get out of town with hell, partly for your
sake and Boddy, because I don't like unpleasantness. I can deny anything you
say, but i'd rather I'll be bothered a little unpleasantness, that's all you're
afraid of. Well, just don't underestimate me. You'll see what I'm warning
you now. Don't underestimate me. Thanks for the tip. Bonnie Murdoch underestimated
me. It cost him thirty thousand dollars. Cora underestimated me. She wouldn't
believe I could ever have a woman like you. Well I did. Maybe
someday people will find out that Elliott interesting? Is what am I talking about?
Lucille, don't leave me, please, don't scare? Good night?
And she hates me, No, she doesn't even hate me. What am
I gonna do? What am I going to do? Yes, Michael Willing,
that's right. My name is Bonnie Murdoch Style Center Dress company. I
want to hire. I never was much good on Hampsteachen. All right,
you've had your joke. Now may I come in sure? Thanks? They
called you the folk and some such father out, don't they? Oh,
I haven't called every kana follow all in the book. Well, I'm not
much for fancy names, but I understand your shop can deliver the goods.
That's what I want? Or just what goods do you have in mind?
I want you to find a man for me. What man name's Elliott Finch?
Bookkeeper worked for us until the day, didn't show up for work this
morning, and his wife doesn't know where he is. How much did he
get away with? How do you know about that? When the bookkeeper disappears
and his boss rushes frantically to a detective. Good you're on the board thirty
thousand wearing thirty thousand nice round simoleans to coin a couple of cliches. Finch
certainly believed in making hay and brother that ain't hay much in his me are
your fee fifty dollars a day in expenses? I'll give you five hundred dollars
if the job's done in less than ten days. Keep the change not fair
enough? Tell me something without that? Why did you discover Finch's defaultation yesterday?
And today Finch disappears? Yeah, I've been wondering about that. Don't
see how he knew he'd found out about him? Well, who didn't know
besides yourself? Just the accountant I had work on the books, and my
partner Lucy Landers. But surely neither of them will trust them implicitly, of
course, as much as you trusted Finch until this happened. What are you
trying to suggest? Just thinking out loud? And in my business, you
don't get very far if your thoughts are all sweetness in life, very good
wearing, suspicious of everyone, probably just as well, although I don't think
then I leave the speculation to you, all right, Murdak, And as
soon as I have something concrete, i'll let you know what is it?
Are you missus Finch? Yes, my name is Michael Waring. I am
looking for your husband. He isn't here. I know that. How do
you know? What do you want with him? Are you from Style Center?
In a way? Get out of here? Going back to mister Murdoch,
tell him all he's lost is thirty thousand dollars off to a husband.
Perhaps I can help help. Elliot's gone run away and he's not too well.
Mister What did you say your name was I'm telling you this jail would
kill him. He's never been strong, but he was a good husband and
a good employee for twenty five years and then well we all make mistakes,
temptations. How you feel, Missus Finch, No you don't. You wouldn't
be here trying to find him, so you can take him to jail,
so you can kill him, all right, Missus Stranger? What was that?
What a door closed in the back of the apartment. I didn't hear
anything. Maybe the wind, maybe a husband. No, he isn't here.
How do you know? Maybe he just came in the back, didn't
He wouldn't know. Elliott, Elliott, if you're here, get out.
There's somebody here looking for you, all right, Coral Elliott. He wants
to take you to jail. Not going to take me to jail. Where
did you get that done? I found it? Please, I don't want
to listen to any lectures. I took the money, I admit it.
I can't pay it back either, but I'm not going to jail. I'm
sorry about this, curR, but you know the whole story. You know.
There's nothing I can do, So this is all that's left. Goodbye,
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Falcon. Half an hour has passed since Elliot Finch tried to shoot his way
out of his troubles by putting a bullet in himself. Finch has been rushed
to a hospital and now Mike is talking to Korra Finch, who was just
recovering from the shock. Is there anyone you'd like me to get to stay
with you? Only Elliott? That's impossible. Well, if you'd help me,
perhaps, could I do you say? Mister Finch was a model husband.
He was Men don't just change overnight unless something happens. Happened to make
him suddenly take money from the firm. I told you, temptation finally got
the better of him. What temptation money? And it took its time.
He'd been with the company for years. It grows with time, and that's
all. He didn't have any sudden need for money. No, what did
he do with the money? Please? After what I've been through, do
I have to go through this third degree? I'm just trying to help like
you helped Elliott. Holen didn't killed him. Oh look, missus Finch.
In the first place, I had nothing to do with your husband shooting himself.
In the second place, he's not dead. And then the third place,
no, not dead. Well, didn't you know? But did they
carried him out? The doctor told you. I was so dazed. You're
telling me the truth. Yes, of course, you're just trying to fool
me. Call the hospital. He's really live. Elliott's really live. I'm
sorry. Now that's better. Now do you want to call? Yeah,
give me the sound, yes, wearing a all right? Send him in
already, oh, wearing come in, Come in and in news. Yeah,
I found Finch, what good boy? That was first. And I'd
love to take Bowers Murdoch, but I'm afraid I don't break one on this.
He walked in on me that' song walked in on you? Where at
his home? I thought he'd skipped No, he had no place to go.
Well, where is he in the hospital? He tried to kill himself,
tried to tried to you see, they're working on him now. He's
still unconscious. But the doctor's give me a good chance. He tried it
while you were still at his place. That's right. Why do you let
him do it? He had a gun? What could I do? Guns
don't usually stop the folk, and do they sometimes? I don't want to
get in a rut. Did he say anything about the money to his wife.
It's gone all of it. So she said, where gambling? So
she didn't say another woman? Maybe maybe where's your partner? You'll see you.
She hasn't come in yet today. Interesting coincidence, wouldn't you say?
What? They have to finish? His dirty workers discovered he doesn't come to
work, and neither does Lucian. Oh, she often doesn't come in until
afternoon. It's afternoon. You're hinting at something, Wearing. You hinted at
it before. I'm just trying not to overlook any possibilities. Well, but
the recharging corporate of the police here, you weren't talking or just a minute,
must be something about the robbery, Wearing. I'll see him in a
minute. Till that's not just a robbery, murder. Corpet is with a
homicide squad. Homicide, but who what what homicide? Ask Corbett? Send
the sergeant in. You said Pins tried to kill himself, Wearing, that's
suicide, not murder. Besides it didn't work, that's right, hello,
Corbett, Wearing. Well, now my day is complete, and what can
we do for you? We can sit tight and keep your mouth shut.
I want to talk to mister Murdach. But what's it about, Sergeanty your
partner Litui sale Landers Lucie, he's been murdered. What what do you know
about it, Murdoch? I guess that's about all I can tell you.
Sergeant. All right, Murdach, stick around. We may want to talk
to you again. Sure thing, Good day, Sergeants hong By Wearing Bye
bye, Corbett. I'll see you down a headquarters later. There are a
few things I like to find out, and you think we can help you.
You flatter the department wearing. I thought you're the guy who likes to
tell us, not ask us. Oh you're all right for routine, Corbett.
If it's simple, he expects us to give him what we got.
After that, he will call it in spite of yourself, your irresistible charm,
no doubt. Why Carbett, you do care? I've got work to
do, all right, Wearing your friend the sergeant's gone. You can stop
being cute. I want results, and I want him fast. What results?
Proof that Finch killed Lucille, and if he didn't, he did,
must have you got him to jockey the book that Shane. Look, it's
your idea. You've been hinting at it right along yeah, tell me something,
Murdoc. What just when did you catch on to my hint a way
to merit? Wearing? I don't like that kind of a question. You
are supposed to be working for me. Why so touchy, Murdoc all I
said, I know what you said. Now listen to me. I hired
you to find Finch. You did, okay, Now I'm hiring you to
prove he killed Lucille. Were in additional thousand dollars? You want the job,
don't you? Why are you so anxious to pin this on Finch?
Because he killed Lucille? She was double crossing you. Get out of here
wearing. I'll get somebody who can take order. Now now, now,
not so fast, murdoctor. Job's a job, and money's money. You
want me to nail Finch? Okay, I'll nail him. I just wondered
why you're so anxious because he's guilty? All right? If you say something,
well, if you don't think so I do? I do? All
right? Then? After all, Murdoct, the customer is always right?
What more proof do I need? Hello? Sergeant told you I'll be around,
yeah, wearing Hell, what have you got for me? Feel nothing?
And I look Corbett. If you want me to solve this case for
you, light Wearing, We've taken care of that little detail already. You've
made an arrest me. Well, we know who we want, we know
where to fire. You got the wrong man? Oh, we have not
truly you know I'm talking about no need to I know you Corbett bound to
be wrong. I don't know why I put up with this guy. You
can't do without me. Now, would you like me to tell you who
really killed the landess girl? Yeah? Tell me Elliott Finch? Oh,
Finch, that's right. Just how do you know it was Finch? Because
I know which side my bread is Butter done. That makes a lot of
sense to me. I like Butter all right. Now, would you like
me to tell you who pulled a job? Yeah? Who did it?
Pinch? What? Only I happened to be able to prove it. I
don't believe it. I took the bullet out of Fincher's shoulder. It came
from the same gun that did the murder. No, there must be some
mistake. There's no mistake, Wearing the sergeant. If you and I agree
with each other, one of us is bound to be wrong. Next Sunday,
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next Sunday over most of the same NBC stations. YEA, now back to
the Adventures of the Falcon. It's twenty minutes since Mike Wearing and Sergeant Corbett
startled each other by seeing I do lie on the case. Now they're at
the hospital to see Eliot Finch. They find Missus Finch in the waiting room.
Hello, missus Finch, how's your husband? He's regained consciousness, but
I haven't been able to talk to him yet. They're giving him a transfusion,
and then they say I can go in again, not until I do.
Who are you? Oh? Excuse me, missus Finch. Is is
Sergeant Corbette of the police? I might have known? Can't they give him
any rest? Even now? I'm sorry, missus Finch. I'll bet you
are. I can see it written all over you. Why do they always
have to have families? You stay here with her wearing I'm going in and
I had better do as he says, Missus Finch. I don't know why
you all have to pick on Elliott anyway. He doesn't have the money.
He only took it because that woman made him. She's the one who has
it, Lucy Landers. Yes, if you want the money, ask her.
We like to. But there's one catch. Well, what's that she's
dead? How did that happen? Somebody killed her? But what I'd like
to know, Missus Finch, since you know about your husband and miss Landers,
how come you didn't tell me about her before? Because I didn't want
to. I don't have to account to you now, But you did account
to me everything except that you knew about miss Landers. Why do you make
so much of that? Because you must have had some reason for holding back.
I'm not holding back. I've just told you about her. I know.
That's what puzzles me. It must be awful what your kind of work
makes you suspicious of everybody and everything? Still is better than being afraid of
everybody and everything? What do you mean by that? I'll tell you later.
He comes to sergeant again. Well, covidnch can go in now.
She wants what did he say to you? Covied He has a story.
Yeah, he admits he was at Lucy Orlandis's, but he says he got
there after the murder. He found the gun then and took him with him.
He got it gun. You won't hear about the money. This was
about the murder, easy, missus Finch. You can't think Elliott did it.
You'd never hurt anyone. He didn't do it. Why can't you leave
him alone? A man has a murderer gone, you don't just leave him
alone? Yeah, yeah, yeah, you buyer his alibi coma. But
now he's not going anywhere. That's right. But suppose I could rip his
alibi right down the middle? Right? How I suppose I could prove he
took the gun with him too. Miss Landers's that he went there to kill
her? He can't. It's a lie. Missus. Finch told me her
husband admitted taking the money, but she tried to conceal his connection with Miss
Landers. Now why I told Was it because she knew what was going to
happen and she wanted to protect Finch? No? Couldn't you see him take
the gun? That would frighten her to trying to hide his affair with miss
Landers. No, you must believe me. I wouldn't shield Elliot, not
if he were a murderer. You try to protect him when you knew he
was a thief. I didn't. You didn't want him jailed for it.
You seem to think it was all right for him to take the money.
He said, he was just healing the temptation. Your only criticism was of
the police and me for wanting to catch him. What could I do?
He's my husband and I love him naturally. I don't want to see him
go to jail. Nice code of ethics. Anything he does is okay as
long as he's your husband embettlement. You don't understand the trouble is I do,
Corbett. I think you have a case. You can make an arrest.
No, Elliot didn't kill that woman. I tell you he didn't.
I will see. But he's sick. This, this might kill him.
Let him alone till he's stronger. Then you'll see he'll be able to mean,
there'll be time to think up another alibi. It's no use, missus.
Why do you have to be so hard, so unfeling? You know
it's another side of that rotten work. I'm in well, Corbett, Okay,
please, nothing else will stop you. I'll confess I killed him.
I did. She's sure determined to protect that guy. Only she happens to
be telling the truth. Ah, but you said I didn't say anything.
I simply asked some hypothetical questions. But now I am saying, Missus,
Finch killed miss Landis. Corbett. You said before I can arrest for the
murder? No, No, I said you could make an arrest. You
can, So what are you waiting for? She's wearing is on nine on
to that right? Hello? Wearing what news? Hell? I've wrapped it
up? You did, Finch? Yep? I hung it on him.
It's been an arrest yep, right, come on over and tell me about
it. I'll give you a check. I was not much to tell.
You wanted me to prove Finch killed miss Landers, So I did good.
Yeah, forced the real murderer into confessing. What. Yes, Missus Finch
didn't like her husband being ruined by another woman, so she eliminated the other
woman, Missus Finch, and that's right, murder. She's the one who
killed your partner. But I didn't think you'd mind a turning out like this.
All you really wanted was me to prove you didn't do it right.
You're wearing But I was so sure that I know you want to be careful
about that Murdoch. You know there's a theory we're supposed to operate on that
a man is innocent until he's proved guilty. Not a bad idea. I'll
see you around good, looks so smart where and you were lucky? That's
all, was like all. But you thought Finch was our boy. It
just happened, Missus Finch broke down, and I had nothing to do with
it, not intentionally, I suppose. I tell you. I suspected her
almost from the first minute I met her more hypothetical questions. No, no,
on the level. Okay, you suspected her, You suspect everyone,
That's what she said. But I picked her as the best bet. Why
because one of the first questions she asked me was are you from Style Center?
Why does that prove nothing? But she followed it up with get out
of here, go on back to mister Murdoch. The Style Center isn't just
mister Murdoch. It is, or was Murdoch and Lucille Landis. But Korra
Finch had already crossed off Landis, and I couldn't help wondering why, I
say. Then what clinched it was her holding back on me about Finch's tie
up with the Landiss woman, although she knew about it all the time God
abandoned. She was protecting her husband like you suggested that the hospital, except
that when she heard her husband was better, that he would live and could
talk, suddenly she told me about him and Lucille Landis. Oh, I
didn't know that, so she couldn't have been trying to protect him, or
she would have continued to keep quiet. So you figured she wasn't covering for
him. But for herself. Sure, she didn't want us to know that
she was wise to her husband and the Landis woman, because then we wouldn't
know she had a motive to kill her. Uh huh. But when she
found out her husband was gonna live and might admit he had told her the
whole story, she decided to spell the works. That's right. She thought
it look better coming from her than it. What if we latched on to
with ourselves, but instead it cooked her? Well, she's not cooked yet,
Corbett just about with the confession and all. But I reserved final judgment
until the jury comes in. Why so cautious all of a sudden, Mike,
just like to practice what I preach, and I've been preaching. Is
not a little lot of character for you? It could be the fact seems
to me this whole case is out of character for you. I'll come and
there are only two gals in it. One of them gets herself bumped off.
You pin the job or the other one, and that leaves your holding
hands with me. No, no, no, you're overlooking one thing.
Corbett. White sat Mike the receptionist in Murdo's office. She's waiting, you
know, just have time to pick her up. So here's where you get
off. Good night, Sergeant The Case of the Frozen Lettuce. The Case
of the Frozen Lettuce. That's the title of next week's Adventure of the Falcon,
when Mike Waring learns that a person who tries to keep his mouth shut
may wind up silent as the grave. So be sure to listen next week
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Drake. The story is the highly dramatic trial of Mary Dugan. Here all
three top stars in the Trial of Mary Dugan. Later on Theodore Guild on
the Air. This program came from New York. Peter Robert speaking Welcome Back.
I had to love it when Wering used the story logic of a radio
series to show that either he or Corbin were faded to be wrong. I
do wonder if the show's dedication to private detectives was a bit tongue in cheek
spoof on radio programs that dedicated themselves to the police. Even though The Falcon
had only been on NBC a couple of weeks, unless Damon had only been
in the role for five months, Clearly its conventions were familiar to the audience
who expected The Falcon would get a girl, and the show tried not to
disappoint. The promos on the program were really interesting. Some programs like Not
Beat or Dangerous Assignment we've already played or are playing. We may hear Kloak
and Dagger when we get to the adventure podcast later on. The Big Guy
is actually a series we played many many years back in which I really enjoyed
and I love the concept of this really large private investigator who's just seen as
this sort of bigger than life character by his children, and that he is
raising them on his own as his wife passed, which wasn't a typical backstory
for a detective in the nineteen fifties, and I'm disappointed that we don't have
more episodes, and also I think they could have done a lot more with
the concepts. So well, now it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of
the day, and I want to go ahead and thank Guy. Guy has
been one of our Patreon supporters since September of twenty twenty two, currently supporting
the podcast at the rook key level of two dollars or more per month.
Thank you so much for your support, Guy, And that will do it
for today. We'll be back next Monday with another episode of The Falcon.
But join us back here tomorrow for the start of another Yours truly, Johnny
Dollar Cereal where well, at least I know it was Harry Crystal Lake.
Now you you haven't seen him since, you know, just once that same
night he was in the bar at the hotel talking to Betty Norton, who
she heirs to the Norton Estate mining. She's got a big place on the
other side of the lake and your lookout point know anything about him? Sure?
All I want to Oh, she travels at a pretty good clip,
let's see. Well, thanks for the information, as you know, what
are you gonna do now? Try to find Edward Russell alive or otherwise?
Is that a hunch of yours still operating? It hasn't gotten any weaker.
Oh, just one thing, Johnny, this is a pretty high grade resort
here. Things are nice and peaceful. I like to keep bit that way.
Sure, So don't go off half cocked, huh. For instance?
For instance, don't start accusing anybody of murder unless or until you find a
body. And if I do find a body, oh, then looks like
we'll have to start doing a little accusing. I hope you'll be with us
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This is your host, Adam Graham signing off.