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Where's Danger? 21 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:16,039 Speaker 3: Iron? 22 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 2: Nets. 23 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,199 Speaker 3: How do you do? Nch, We want to talk to 24 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:25,599 you that of course, come in, Hey, you gotta knife 25 00:02:25,719 --> 00:02:29,199 start you in that? Let you like it? See you 26 00:02:29,319 --> 00:02:34,120 still do a little engrave the too oh that I 27 00:02:34,479 --> 00:02:36,159 was working on a design for a coupon. 28 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 2: I want to be included in a sofa? 29 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 3: Mitch? 30 00:02:41,439 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 4: What have I done? 31 00:02:42,199 --> 00:02:46,159 Speaker 3: Why are you slapp me? Matt? Where are they they? 32 00:02:46,759 --> 00:02:50,120 What is this day you speak of? I'm on that 33 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,719 we haven't got all day? Where are the plates for 34 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:56,240 the coupons? I've not started them near here? You see? 35 00:02:56,319 --> 00:02:59,000 This is yet the design I've made up. Okay, Mat, 36 00:02:59,080 --> 00:02:59,960 you can cut the fairy tale? 37 00:03:01,159 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 2: How much? 38 00:03:01,879 --> 00:03:04,199 Speaker 3: How much for work? We're gonna tip match you're back 39 00:03:04,199 --> 00:03:06,680 in business again. We'll pay money, good money for that 40 00:03:06,759 --> 00:03:07,319 set of plates? 41 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: How much? 42 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 3: I think you better leave? Of course, if money doesn't 43 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,159 make you talk matter, there are other ways like this child. 44 00:03:17,599 --> 00:03:21,080 This is Steve Granger, private detective with a story about 45 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,120 a character who had ideas about going for killing. The 46 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,159 killing got there first. Just a moment, I'll take you 47 00:03:27,199 --> 00:03:41,199 back to one of my most interesting cases. This is Granger. 48 00:03:41,919 --> 00:03:45,759 I was seated in my office feeling calm, peaceful, full 49 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,080 of goodwill, why not. The rent had been paid for 50 00:03:49,159 --> 00:03:52,360 two months in advance. Nobody had been using my thoughts 51 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:53,120 over a target. 52 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:53,479 Speaker 2: Lately. 53 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 3: I had plans for pleasant evening. The plans disappeared in 54 00:03:59,039 --> 00:04:08,680 the shrill of my oppone. Hello Granger, Yeah, who's that? 55 00:04:09,479 --> 00:04:11,039 Speaker 2: This is the printer? 56 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 3: What's wrong? Then come down here right away. 57 00:04:14,719 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 2: Twenty fourteen is thirteen in the basement and bring a doctor. 58 00:04:28,319 --> 00:04:33,959 Speaker 3: Matt, Holy what happened? They came and took them my plates. 59 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,319 You've got to get them back for the doc. Should 60 00:04:37,319 --> 00:04:40,879 be here any minute. But you got to find those plates. 61 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,120 What plates? I always want to make a pair of 62 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:45,079 perfect ones. 63 00:04:45,879 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 2: I finished in this afternoon and made one print. Crincher, 64 00:04:50,639 --> 00:04:51,160 I get it. 65 00:04:52,439 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 3: Cannot eat plates again. 66 00:04:53,879 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: You've got to get them back. 67 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 3: Grainger, I did it. Don't live for a hobby. That 68 00:04:58,079 --> 00:04:59,839 kind of hobby got you ten years, and a ten 69 00:05:02,079 --> 00:05:05,160 got you up like this. Matt who taught you? It 70 00:05:05,399 --> 00:05:08,079 was Mitch? Mitch what's his last name? I don't know. 71 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,920 He's been coming around for some time. Found out that 72 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:17,360 what I was doing. Was he alone? Another man or 73 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:22,600 looked like big Man was his name, I don't know. 74 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 2: He just stood there and watched. 75 00:05:26,199 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 3: He was enjoying himself. I wonder what happened to that doctor. 76 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,120 Range got anything in the medicine chest. Maybe I can 77 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:36,079 ease your pain a little bit. 78 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 2: Nothing, Jersey's get get back my plates. 79 00:05:49,519 --> 00:05:52,079 Speaker 3: Knap the printer closed his eyes for the last time. 80 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,000 I picked up his phone, called the police department, and then, 81 00:05:55,199 --> 00:05:58,040 because the government boys would be interested in NAT's plates, 82 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,000 had it called to a friend of mine named He 83 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:05,920 was there in five minutes. Hey, somebody really gave it 84 00:06:05,959 --> 00:06:09,800 to him, didn't Hey, yeah, before he died. And that 85 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:15,759 mentioned one name, mitch Man. That doesn't mean much. He's 86 00:06:15,759 --> 00:06:18,120 say anything else. He mentioned. There was another man in 87 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,680 the party, an older guy, looked like he had money. 88 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,439 No names, right, you look around this place. No, I thought, 89 00:06:25,439 --> 00:06:27,800 I'd wait for you. It'll be your baby. If the 90 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,560 man of Stolea's plate starts using him another day, another 91 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,240 kind of there. Well, fellas you find out anything about 92 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:34,519 the crime? 93 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:36,199 Speaker 2: Oh are you bad? And how did you get him? 94 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 3: One of the news I heard they might be young 95 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:39,839 down here, Well, there isn't I don't get me that. 96 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,279 Aren't you a government man? I said, there is no 97 00:06:42,639 --> 00:06:45,399 story down here. And the guy in the couch looks 98 00:06:45,439 --> 00:06:46,160 like he's suffering from me. 99 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 2: Looks bad. Get out of here. 100 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:49,639 Speaker 3: We've got a lot to do on my paper. Not 101 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,360 worried about your paper now where you beat it? 102 00:06:51,519 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 4: Yeah? 103 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,439 Speaker 3: Sure, if that's the way you feel, see it? Hey, 104 00:06:56,439 --> 00:06:57,240 aren't you Granger? 105 00:06:57,319 --> 00:06:57,959 Speaker 2: The private eye? 106 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,319 Speaker 3: Oh? What if? He quite a deal? The copp government men, 107 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:10,120 even a private eye goodbye. I always welcome a chance 108 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,399 to work with a government boys. So when Ed suggested 109 00:07:12,439 --> 00:07:15,199 i'd check with him later in the day, I agreed. Also, 110 00:07:15,279 --> 00:07:17,160 I wanted a chance to get next to this Mitch, 111 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,920 the man who tortured, not the printer. I'd liked going that, 112 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,279 even if he was a counterpet artist. However, I had 113 00:07:25,319 --> 00:07:28,079 a conversation that was taking place in another part of 114 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,000 town just then. I might not have been so eager. 115 00:07:31,759 --> 00:07:33,279 Speaker 2: Well why did you find out? 116 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,439 Speaker 3: I went back and pretended I was a newspaper man. 117 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 2: Wasn't that dangerous? I have no credential. 118 00:07:37,639 --> 00:07:40,839 Speaker 3: Who cares about credentials? I found out something that wasn't 119 00:07:40,879 --> 00:07:42,879 dead when we left, But I thought, yes, so did I. 120 00:07:43,319 --> 00:07:45,079 But he've been long enough to call that private detective 121 00:07:45,079 --> 00:07:48,879 Steve Granger. Seems that that new Granger told him my 122 00:07:49,079 --> 00:07:50,439 first name before he died. 123 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 2: We'll have to do something about Granger. 124 00:07:52,959 --> 00:07:55,439 Speaker 3: No more killing. We killed Granger, we could get the 125 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:56,800 trouble you got plenty of friends. 126 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,519 Speaker 2: Don't worry. I think I know just how to handle 127 00:08:00,639 --> 00:08:01,439 mister Granger. 128 00:08:04,839 --> 00:08:07,079 Speaker 3: I'll continue with this interesting story in a minute. 129 00:08:17,519 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 2: I was sitting in my office checking with people. 130 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,439 Speaker 3: In Manhattan who might know somebody named Mitch. So far 131 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,040 had come up with fifty men by that name, none 132 00:08:25,079 --> 00:08:28,199 of them the right one. Then the man walked in 133 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:33,279 strictly Wall Street, gray, business suit, Hamburg, and a million 134 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:34,440 dollars worth of a plum. 135 00:08:34,919 --> 00:08:37,519 Speaker 2: Mister Granger, you have been recommended to me. 136 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,279 Speaker 3: Thanks who did the recommending? And why? 137 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,039 Speaker 2: I have a delicate matter on my hands. It concerns 138 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:47,279 my daughter, Jijan Headstrom. She's in Philadelphia. 139 00:08:47,399 --> 00:08:48,399 Speaker 3: It's a nice combination. 140 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 2: I want her brought back to New York. 141 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 3: But tactfully, of course, it'll be more explicit. Mister. 142 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:56,399 Speaker 2: My daughter is in love with a young man there. 143 00:08:57,039 --> 00:08:59,279 Your youth is to come home. I want that brought back. 144 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 3: She over twenty one. I'm afraid she's mistress of her 145 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,039 own future. It's nothing you can do. 146 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:09,159 Speaker 2: I thought that perhaps you could induce, So shall we 147 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:10,000 pay to return. 148 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 3: If I try to induce her as you say, and 149 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,960 she resented it, I could wind up in a Philadelphia poke. 150 00:09:17,039 --> 00:09:19,519 I'm afraid I'll have to turn you down, dear me. 151 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:24,639 Speaker 2: That's most importantly, couldn't I urge you to change your mind? 152 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:29,159 Speaker 3: And not just this minute? No, however, I might reconsider 153 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:37,799 in case you should miss Granger my car goodbye. I 154 00:09:37,879 --> 00:09:40,120 waited the proper length of time, after which I set 155 00:09:40,159 --> 00:09:43,840 sailah stern of the portly gent. I stayed ten feet 156 00:09:43,879 --> 00:09:45,879 behind him, keeping an eye on his humbering hat, which 157 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:48,039 stuck out of the rest of the crowd. Hey, Granger, 158 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,519 you're just the guy I want to see, Not now, reporter, 159 00:09:50,639 --> 00:09:52,720 I got things to dobeat it, Papa, listen, I want 160 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:54,639 the answer to a very important question. Well you let 161 00:09:54,799 --> 00:09:56,799 go of me. I'm trying to keep an eye on somebody. 162 00:09:59,279 --> 00:10:00,840 A few seconds in which I was delayed by the 163 00:10:00,919 --> 00:10:03,240 reporter enabled mister Hamburg had to be swallowed up in 164 00:10:03,279 --> 00:10:05,879 the crowd, and when I turned round to do a 165 00:10:05,919 --> 00:10:12,159 little verbal pasting in the reporter, he disappeared too. I 166 00:10:12,279 --> 00:10:14,519 fished out the car the pompous character had left with me. 167 00:10:15,159 --> 00:10:17,559 It gave the name of Henry Glazer, and the address 168 00:10:17,799 --> 00:10:20,360 when I found it turned out to be an automobile dealers. 169 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,759 But it also turned out that Henry Glazer at that 170 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,039 address for no resemblance whatsoever, that the guy in the 171 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:30,200 Hamburg had. My deductive powers were really working that morning. 172 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,039 It didn't take me more than ten minutes to figure 173 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:39,000 out that I'd been fooled. I left the place wondering 174 00:10:39,039 --> 00:10:41,559 why mister Hamburg had a lie to me. Then I 175 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,559 got that feeling up and down the spine and realized 176 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:48,039 I was wearing more tails than a minx stole. I 177 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,759 couldn't catch a glimpse of my follower, but I decided 178 00:10:50,799 --> 00:10:52,759 to make a small detour on my way back to 179 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,440 the office and calling on my friend Cal Hendrix. Well, well, 180 00:10:56,639 --> 00:10:59,919 how's a peripatetic private eye this fine morning? Hey, that's 181 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,960 twenty five dollar word. I'm only a twenty dollars defective. 182 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:07,240 Perapethetic simply means walking from place to place. Yeah, well, 183 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,559 walking is something I'm not too fond of right now, 184 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,559 I've got company someone on your tail? Yeah, I mean 185 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:15,879 keeping one eye over my shoulder, one across the street, 186 00:11:15,919 --> 00:11:17,480 and one when I could spurred in front of me. 187 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 2: Something growing. 188 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I got a call from Matha Frind. I's already 189 00:11:21,519 --> 00:11:26,759 gone out of business. He has as of today. Somebody 190 00:11:26,799 --> 00:11:29,720 wanted a set of plates you'd made, and they weren't 191 00:11:29,759 --> 00:11:31,639 too squeamish about how they got them. 192 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:33,879 Speaker 2: Don't tell me I've got a tended stomach. 193 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:35,919 Speaker 3: Just keep your ears flapping and see what you can 194 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:38,600 pick up. Kel, my friend, you may have three eyes, 195 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,360 but I don't have fingers on my ears. However, I 196 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,480 should attempt class A team. Whatever information is available, well, 197 00:11:44,519 --> 00:11:46,039 if you get it, they just be a good guy 198 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:53,879 and translate it before you pass it on. I was 199 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:56,799 feeling kind of dizzy from mister Hendrick's verbal gymnastics, so 200 00:11:56,879 --> 00:11:59,360 I nearly walked straight into the lobby of my office 201 00:11:59,399 --> 00:12:02,519 building without looking. It was lucky I didn't, because the 202 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,080 lobby was currently being inhabited by someone I didn't want 203 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,679 to meet, one of the local gun boys, and it 204 00:12:07,799 --> 00:12:10,080 was a cinch I was his target for the day. 205 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:15,120 I beat it, run to the back entrance, hoping there 206 00:12:15,159 --> 00:12:18,480 wasn't another one stashed there. There wasn't. I waited till 207 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,360 the gun boy moved towards the street entrance. Then I 208 00:12:20,399 --> 00:12:22,639 made my break up The stairs into my office. I 209 00:12:22,759 --> 00:12:27,000 made straight from my phone and put in a call. Hello, Ed, 210 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:32,080 this is Granger. Oh hi, gunshoo outther than a bride 211 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,039 burned broccoli? What's with me anyway? 212 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 2: Who hates me? 213 00:12:36,159 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 4: I don't be concerned. 214 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 3: Grant you. 215 00:12:37,919 --> 00:12:40,679 Speaker 2: You had a man at you, Davie if a we predicted. 216 00:12:40,279 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 3: You, mab any of the men who were after me. 217 00:12:43,399 --> 00:12:48,679 Next time, here we go again. Hey, somebody's coming down 218 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:53,039 the hall head. Yeah, looks like a woman through the glass. 219 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,159 I listen. I'll unlock the door and let her in. 220 00:12:55,639 --> 00:12:57,480 I'll put a paper over the telephone so she won't 221 00:12:57,519 --> 00:12:59,559 notice it's off the hook. That way you can get 222 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:01,480 an ear for in case she's got anything to do 223 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:13,519 with the counterfeat place right in one second? Let me quick, sure, baby? 224 00:13:16,279 --> 00:13:17,039 Speaker 4: Why did you lock that. 225 00:13:17,159 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 3: Door for my own protection? What's on your mind? 226 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,519 Speaker 4: There was something stolen today from a man named Nat. 227 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:25,200 Do I make myself clear? 228 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 3: You're doing the talking? 229 00:13:26,799 --> 00:13:28,759 Speaker 4: Would you like to get back what was stolen? 230 00:13:29,039 --> 00:13:31,679 Speaker 3: The lady before this oral Shenanigan goes an they father, 231 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,559 Let me explain, I'm not the literate type. Any talking 232 00:13:35,639 --> 00:13:38,919 you do, do it in simple direct words. Now if 233 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,159 I want was stolen. You mean Counterfeat twenty dollars place? 234 00:13:42,399 --> 00:13:42,720 Say so? 235 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:45,559 Speaker 4: Suppose I do. 236 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,279 Speaker 3: I don't want to suppose anything. You came up here. 237 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,120 You do the talking very well. 238 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 4: Would you like to get back to the Counterfeat place? 239 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 3: Have you got them? No? 240 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 4: But I can arrange for them to be handed to 241 00:13:58,240 --> 00:13:59,080 you tonight. 242 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 3: This what part do you play? 243 00:14:02,399 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 4: I'm just a. 244 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:07,159 Speaker 3: Messenger, Okay, beautiful, I'll take those plates tonight. If you 245 00:14:07,399 --> 00:14:08,720 hand them to me in person. 246 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 4: Be done at Peer seven. You know where that is 247 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:12,360 off Cortland Street. 248 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,519 Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's twenty dark down there. 249 00:14:15,759 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 1: You won't be hurt. 250 00:14:17,519 --> 00:14:18,559 Speaker 4: Be there at eight o'clock. 251 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,559 Speaker 3: That's a large pier in a special place, directly. 252 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,639 Speaker 4: In front of the entrance. That shouldn't be hard to find. 253 00:14:23,879 --> 00:14:25,159 Speaker 3: Thanks, I'll see you then. 254 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 4: And by the way, the people who sent me told 255 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,200 me to tell you this. Don't tell anyone where you're going. 256 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 3: I wouldn't dream of it. 257 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,519 Speaker 4: I'll see you at eight, By the way, who are you? Nobody? 258 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:42,200 So the night, mister Granger. 259 00:14:44,039 --> 00:14:49,759 Speaker 3: Friendly type. It's still a red Yeah, I got the lot. 260 00:14:50,159 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 5: Don't harry, we'll get those birds. 261 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,879 Speaker 3: Ed sounded very confident. I wasn't so sure. The whole 262 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:06,679 setup felt phony. There were too many mysterious elements floating around. 263 00:15:07,279 --> 00:15:09,320 There was one thing I don't like. It's a floating 264 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,480 mysterious element. You only have to hit it hard enough 265 00:15:13,039 --> 00:15:17,080 and you're able to find yourself sunk. And just a minute, 266 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:28,879 I'll bring you the crimax of the case. I hung 267 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,360 up after talking to the government man, feeling that maybe 268 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,559 his confidence was not misplaced. Maybe tonight would tie up 269 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,919 this peculiar business of the missing counterfeit plates. But just 270 00:15:38,039 --> 00:15:42,639 as I was thinking these happier thoughts, my door opened. Granger, Oh, 271 00:15:42,759 --> 00:15:43,559 so you came back. 272 00:15:43,879 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 4: Our arrangement was that you wouldn't tell anyone where you 273 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,720 were going. I didn't, no, but it was very conveniently 274 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,159 to have the telephone hidden under the newspaper, so I 275 00:15:52,159 --> 00:15:55,559 wouldn't notice it was off the hook. Oh I didn't 276 00:15:55,559 --> 00:15:58,240 trust too, Granger. I came back and listened to the door. 277 00:15:58,279 --> 00:15:58,840 It makes sense. 278 00:16:00,039 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 3: Oh what now, I don't know. 279 00:16:03,759 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 4: I'll have to make sure you keep your part of 280 00:16:05,559 --> 00:16:08,759 the bargain. You may hear from me later. 281 00:16:12,559 --> 00:16:14,559 Speaker 3: I didn't know what the girl meant by a bargain, 282 00:16:15,159 --> 00:16:16,600 so I got on the phone and told ed the 283 00:16:16,639 --> 00:16:20,159 government man what had taken place. It was as despondent 284 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,799 as I that nothing could be done for the moment. 285 00:16:23,639 --> 00:16:25,720 I killed several hours watching the minute hand on my 286 00:16:25,799 --> 00:16:29,679 office clock make the rounds. At eight o'clock things started 287 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,759 to pop. Hello, s granger. 288 00:16:33,399 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, will you give me your word that you won't 289 00:16:35,519 --> 00:16:36,840 have yourself covered if I'm. 290 00:16:36,679 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 3: Make enough dates with you? Where when? 291 00:16:39,399 --> 00:16:39,559 Speaker 4: Oh? 292 00:16:39,679 --> 00:16:43,559 Speaker 3: No, your word first? Okay, you got it. 293 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 4: The same case I mentioned earlier. 294 00:16:46,519 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 3: One hour from now. 295 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 4: Walk down the street from the north towards the pier. 296 00:16:51,039 --> 00:16:51,679 I'll be waiting. 297 00:16:56,039 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 3: When the girl hung up, I got out my gun, 298 00:16:58,559 --> 00:17:02,039 looks it over carefully, and because I'm the cautious time, 299 00:17:02,159 --> 00:17:05,440 I oiled a small pot here and there. Finally I 300 00:17:05,559 --> 00:17:09,279 replaced all the cottages, and as an extra precaution, dropped 301 00:17:09,279 --> 00:17:22,400 a few spears in my jacket pocket. Per seven was 302 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,200 occupied by a crater wearing rusty sides, dribbling a small 303 00:17:26,319 --> 00:17:28,519 plume of smoke from a stack and dirty water from 304 00:17:28,519 --> 00:17:32,000 the sign. As I neared the entrance, I could spot 305 00:17:32,039 --> 00:17:36,160 an occasional figure moving about the day. I wondered if 306 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:37,680 the girl could have come from there. 307 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:39,799 Speaker 4: Unger over here. 308 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:43,799 Speaker 3: You've gone? 309 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:45,519 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, take. 310 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 3: Them, thanks baby. The mind if I unwrap this package 311 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,359 and make sure you're not kidding Greg, But h okay, 312 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:00,599 because you are on a level, might explain why you 313 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:02,039 were turn these over. 314 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 4: To me, you know why? Goodbye, Grace. 315 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 3: Hey, hey, wait a minute, quick here, hurry. They shut 316 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,400 at me, and they shot at me too. Rose in 317 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:15,359 that doorway, two of them. 318 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:16,519 Speaker 4: I couldn't get out of me. 319 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 3: I know you don't wear leaving together. There's a police 320 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,599 car heading this way. I should worry him enough to 321 00:18:23,599 --> 00:18:38,039 give us our chance. As the police siren came nearer, 322 00:18:38,319 --> 00:18:41,440 the guys in the doorways stopped shooting, took a chance, 323 00:18:41,559 --> 00:18:43,759 beat it around the corner well, lucky enough to pick 324 00:18:43,839 --> 00:18:46,319 up a passing cabin. Ten minutes later, we were in 325 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:52,319 a secluded booth the back of midtown restaurant. Now, baby, 326 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:58,079 what's all this about? Your pals try to shoot you down? Why? 327 00:18:58,799 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 4: I don't know, honestly, I don't. I did everything the 328 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:02,799 men told me. 329 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 3: Who are these men? How come they told you to 330 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:05,720 come to me? 331 00:19:06,279 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 4: They said that you were holding my uncle, that you 332 00:19:08,759 --> 00:19:11,119 wanted to count of pat twenty dollars plate. But if 333 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:12,759 I gave him to you, you let him go. 334 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 3: Who is this uncle? Uncle? Nt uncle Net you mean 335 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:18,279 not the printer? 336 00:19:18,559 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 2: Of course, maybe, don't you read the newspapers. 337 00:19:23,319 --> 00:19:26,880 Speaker 3: Why Matt died this morning in his basement apartment on 338 00:19:27,039 --> 00:19:31,799 Thirteenth Street. He didn't torture then knife, he said, when 339 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,200 you say they, it's one of them, an older man 340 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,160 who has a gray business suit in the Hamburg hat. 341 00:19:36,759 --> 00:19:39,119 His name isn't Glazier. How did you know? And the 342 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,880 other one he called Mitch. Yes, the police want Mitch, 343 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,480 little lady, he's the one who killed your uncle, Matt. 344 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:47,720 Matt told me before he died. 345 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:48,640 Speaker 4: You're not lying. 346 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 3: I can prove that. 347 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 4: Then why did they give back the plate? Why did 348 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:53,720 they shoot at me? 349 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 3: Why the two men that must have been the well 350 00:20:01,599 --> 00:20:04,119 dressed older man and Mitch had tried to kill both 351 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,359 of us just as much of a mystery to me. 352 00:20:07,599 --> 00:20:10,160 Rita Swanson and I got another taxicab and went down 353 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,200 to Church Street to see Ed. First, he printed the 354 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,680 counterfeit twenty dollar bill from the plates. I gave him. Well, 355 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:22,359 here's your sample. Oh no, Ed, not anything that bad. 356 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:26,000 I agree that the printer was a real craftsman. These 357 00:20:26,079 --> 00:20:28,640 plates print like the engraver used a crowbar and that 358 00:20:28,839 --> 00:20:31,440 thing so obviously phony. It wouldn't get past a five 359 00:20:31,519 --> 00:20:36,880 year old child. That is bad. I'm as Swanson. I'll 360 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,160 get a stnargrapher any to take down your statement. Are 361 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:47,839 you willing? Of course? When Rita Swanson started talking, I 362 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,839 heard a lot of things that hadn't been explained before. Also, 363 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,799 the setup she revealed was a honey for passing counterfeit 364 00:20:54,839 --> 00:20:58,279 money in New York, and the reason for killing the 365 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:01,599 girl and me became obvious. What are you talking about? 366 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:02,039 Speaker 2: Greens? 367 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:04,880 Speaker 3: The girl hands me the plates right and we're both 368 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,759 knocked off. The plates are in opposition when our bodies 369 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:10,599 are found. That puts on two friends and the clear 370 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,920 to stop using the plate's map made the good ones? 371 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,200 And what a place to pass counterfeit money? I feared 372 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,880 the ticketing they get away with that requires a license. 373 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,279 You know, one of my men's checking the license bureau. 374 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,359 Now I will get your ten and up licenses. They 375 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:27,440 never stand investigation. 376 00:21:27,559 --> 00:21:28,880 Speaker 2: Well that's not what bothers means. 377 00:21:29,799 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 3: But how to get them start passing the bills? Does 378 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:33,480 I think I got it? 379 00:21:33,559 --> 00:21:33,599 Speaker 5: In? 380 00:21:34,759 --> 00:21:37,559 Speaker 3: Miss Winston and I are at l W Hospital condition critical. 381 00:21:37,759 --> 00:21:40,440 Guards at door go on issue a bullet into the 382 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,200 papers all of a sudden, we both take a turn 383 00:21:42,279 --> 00:21:46,240 for the worse. We die. That disposes of the only 384 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:48,680 two witnesses. I get I'm it right away. I tell 385 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:58,319 the newspaper boys, I don't mind dying on paper. Ed 386 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:02,519 set the stage as carefully for a Broadway play. A 387 00:22:02,599 --> 00:22:05,759 spotter watched the two men operate their theater ticket agency, 388 00:22:06,839 --> 00:22:11,279 one located mainly to out of towner's. Two days later, 389 00:22:11,799 --> 00:22:17,240 the trap was made. It it was late afternoon, after 390 00:22:17,319 --> 00:22:20,519 the banks had closed. A government man, posing as a tourist, 391 00:22:20,519 --> 00:22:24,200 approach the ticket agency. A big window opened on a 392 00:22:24,279 --> 00:22:31,000 main hallway of the building. The agency occupied, how do 393 00:22:31,039 --> 00:22:33,279 you do sir? And what can we do for you? 394 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,680 While I was wondering, what about some seats for my fair. 395 00:22:37,599 --> 00:22:41,279 Speaker 2: Lady, my fair lady, the ticket next summer? 396 00:22:42,079 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 3: All all but my wife and I will be here 397 00:22:45,559 --> 00:22:55,200 only this week. I'd pay in almost anything, almost anything, ah, yes, 398 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,200 even scalpings prices. 399 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 5: Sorry, we are a licensed and recognize ticket agency. However, 400 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,480 under the circumstances I could ask around. 401 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 2: Perhaps I could obtain a pair slightly over normal pen 402 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:24,240 slightly about thirty five dollars, that is, thirty five dollars each. 403 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:33,039 Speaker 3: Oh, my Oh yeah, well, my wife said not to 404 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,680 come back to the hotel without them, so I guess 405 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,160 i'd i'd better get. 406 00:23:40,039 --> 00:23:45,839 Speaker 2: Them very well, sir. That will be seventy dollars in advance. 407 00:23:46,559 --> 00:23:50,000 In advance, yeah, thank you. The tickets will be waiting 408 00:23:50,039 --> 00:23:51,160 here for you in one hour. 409 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:57,519 Speaker 3: Thank you. Oh can't can you change one hundred? 410 00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,319 Speaker 2: One hundred? I certainly, sir. 411 00:24:00,559 --> 00:24:03,599 Speaker 5: Here you are, sir, your receipt presented when you pick 412 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,400 up the ticket, and your change ninety one? 413 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 3: Thank you. 414 00:24:09,319 --> 00:24:11,559 Speaker 2: Let's go just a minute. 415 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,079 Speaker 3: Well, why, what's wrong in the United States government? 416 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:14,319 Speaker 4: Yeah? 417 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 3: Let me see that twenty dollars bill? Standstill? Merlin, what 418 00:24:17,319 --> 00:24:21,720 are you doing up? Crainger? Yeah, alive and aching to 419 00:24:21,839 --> 00:24:26,079 be kicking you. You saw this bill pass, Changer, I did, Merlin, 420 00:24:26,559 --> 00:24:30,160 you'll have to come with me. You're under arrest passing 421 00:24:30,319 --> 00:24:31,119 counterfeit money. 422 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:32,519 Speaker 5: Let's say, Merlin, I would. 423 00:24:32,319 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 3: Just go it. Cranger, Well, well, I'll report a friend Alia. 424 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,400 It's the mysterious mich I presume come here, Pal, I 425 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:39,680 want you. I don't think so. 426 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:41,519 Speaker 1: I do. 427 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,599 Speaker 3: Nice work, Granger, you're coming along with me and these 428 00:24:45,759 --> 00:24:55,200 two birds. But obviously, well friends, that's the story. I'll 429 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,039 be back to wrap up the case in just a minute. 430 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,279 Merling the big one and Mitch the wounded one. We're 431 00:25:09,319 --> 00:25:12,000 taking places by head. The government man and locked out. 432 00:25:13,039 --> 00:25:15,720 I went along when things had been settled, got out 433 00:25:15,759 --> 00:25:18,240 of there. I wanted to break the news to Rita Swanson. 434 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:20,759 Speaker 4: Cranger did it work? 435 00:25:21,039 --> 00:25:24,319 Speaker 3: Went off like a three dollars alarm clock. Baby. Merling 436 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,160 and Mitche are in jail for uncle Nette murder, presently 437 00:25:27,279 --> 00:25:30,640 for counterfeating. The government and the local police will not 438 00:25:30,759 --> 00:25:31,839 I'd get together on no matter. 439 00:25:32,279 --> 00:25:33,839 Speaker 4: I hope they'd both go to the chair. 440 00:25:34,519 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 3: They were then walking distance. Now they look great up 441 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:39,559 in the witness chair. 442 00:25:40,079 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 4: Thanks, yes, sir, you'll do all right. I'd feel better 443 00:25:45,279 --> 00:25:48,680 if I were occupying another chair right now, another chair 444 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,400 where in a restaurant. I'm hungry. 445 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 3: Oh, I think I get it, and I just love 446 00:25:56,279 --> 00:25:59,720 to have you with me. I know, paying the check 447 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:23,359 Steve Granger again next time, welcome back. Well. 448 00:26:23,559 --> 00:26:27,799 Speaker 1: I know that it was not in line with his profession, 449 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:32,000 but Printernat should have taken a page from Barton Drake 450 00:26:32,519 --> 00:26:37,759 and shows mystery rather than designing the perfect counterfeit plates 451 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,799 as his hobby. I personally prefer hobbies that won't land 452 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,680 me in a federal penitentiary for the rest of my life. 453 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:46,920 But that's just me. 454 00:26:47,599 --> 00:26:47,759 Speaker 3: Now. 455 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 1: This is one of those cases, and there're a lot 456 00:26:51,279 --> 00:26:54,880 of them, where adding scenes with the criminals doesn't do 457 00:26:55,039 --> 00:26:58,160 anything to add to the story. At least on Boston 458 00:26:58,279 --> 00:27:02,440 Black your file of vans, you'd get colorful characters coming 459 00:27:02,559 --> 00:27:06,240 up with some verbal tech because they can't stand no 460 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:10,839 mistakes or whatever. But here it just means the mystery 461 00:27:11,279 --> 00:27:16,359 is getting somewhat blunted since we already know stuff about 462 00:27:16,599 --> 00:27:21,480 the criminals involved here. Now, one might be tempted to 463 00:27:21,559 --> 00:27:25,640 call out granger slang of a twenty five dollar word 464 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:31,960 as inaccurate, since the saying is usually a ten dollar word. However, 465 00:27:33,079 --> 00:27:37,960 parapthetic is really a lot bigger than your typical ten 466 00:27:38,039 --> 00:27:40,799 dollar entry, so I think it's warranted. I think it's 467 00:27:40,839 --> 00:27:44,920 a twenty five dollar word. I think that if it 468 00:27:45,079 --> 00:27:47,599 was a ten dollar word, you probably have to adjust 469 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:54,400 for inflation. Now. Also, while parapateetic originally referred to walking, 470 00:27:54,599 --> 00:27:58,839 in the modern usage, it just means traveling from place 471 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,480 to place. In fact, I used to live a parapatetic 472 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:06,640 life when my dad was traveling all over the country 473 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,359 with us, and certainly we have many people listening who 474 00:28:10,559 --> 00:28:14,920 are parapethetic, and now you can say that probably better 475 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,240 than I have been doing, all thanks to Cal wanting 476 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:23,519 to show off his education and vocabulary. On another linguistic 477 00:28:23,599 --> 00:28:27,680 related note, I have to say that I have enjoyed 478 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:33,559 some of Granger's similes this week, not pat Novak for 479 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:38,000 higher level. They tend to be pretty solid, and my 480 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,200 favorite of this week was it went off like a 481 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,960 three dollars alarm clock, and in the mid nineteen fifties, 482 00:28:45,039 --> 00:28:47,880 three dollars would buy you a decent alarm clock, so 483 00:28:48,039 --> 00:28:50,759 that definitely works. I do want to go ahead and 484 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,039 let you know that we are actually nearing the end 485 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:59,000 of Danger with Granger. I believe we will be out 486 00:28:59,079 --> 00:29:02,319 of episodes in about three weeks. It's a little bit 487 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,599 to tell because of the labeling of some of the programs, 488 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,200 but I think we are looking at three more episodes 489 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,400 and then coming in four weeks, we are going to 490 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,720 go through a series we've done previously, and my Patreon 491 00:29:14,799 --> 00:29:18,960 supporters decided what Monday series we're doing again, and it 492 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,559 is going to be The Saint, So tune in for 493 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:26,799 that coming up in four weeks. The listener comments and feedback. Now, 494 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,720 and we start with Valerie, who writes, Hi, Adam, I 495 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:34,680 listen to your shows via my serious XM app, especially 496 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,720 like yours truly, Jonnie Dollar, Dragnet, Let George Do It, 497 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,720 Love Ball Bailey, Sherlock Holmes, and more. Thank you for 498 00:29:41,799 --> 00:29:45,880 the great programs and interesting discussions. Thank you so much, Valerie. 499 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:51,319 And then I have a comment over on Spotify, and 500 00:29:51,799 --> 00:29:56,119 this one comes from Mechanic sixty six rights regarding the 501 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:01,279 Seafarer Mystery. Two hundred and ten pounds isn't that big? 502 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,480 And the saying goes, the bigger they are, the harder 503 00:30:04,559 --> 00:30:08,440 they fall. I think two hundred and ten pounds is 504 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:12,880 not particularly hefty today, but I think that both in 505 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:22,519 terms of muscle and in terms of being overweight big people. Today, 506 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:28,200 your average larger person is larger than the person who 507 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:32,640 would have been around in the nineteen forties and fifties. 508 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:38,079 So two hundred pounds lots of muscle probably a lot 509 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:42,000 more impressive in the mid nineteen fifties than today. And 510 00:30:42,119 --> 00:30:48,000 then have a comment from say Soft regarding the episode 511 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:53,599 The Wandering Weapon Case. Hey, Adam, in addition to the 512 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:57,680 problems you sided with rank And there's another problem that's 513 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,559 common with a lot of old time radio detect shows. 514 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:04,039 It's that whenever there's a shooting and someone appears to 515 00:31:04,119 --> 00:31:06,440 have been framed for it, nobody ever thinks to do 516 00:31:06,519 --> 00:31:10,000 a paraffin test on the subject's hands to see if 517 00:31:10,079 --> 00:31:12,599 you or see had recently fired a gun. I would 518 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,079 think that would be basic routine police work in these 519 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,359 type of cases, but apparently not in the world of 520 00:31:18,559 --> 00:31:23,200 detective fiction. Fair point. The thing with a paraffin test, though, 521 00:31:23,759 --> 00:31:28,319 is that you can fool it if you used blobs 522 00:31:28,359 --> 00:31:32,480 when doing the shooting. In addition, the paraffin test is 523 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:38,119 really only effective for three days after the killing, so 524 00:31:38,319 --> 00:31:40,599 there are big limits on it. Where I think it 525 00:31:40,759 --> 00:31:45,920 could be very exculpatory is if you found fingerprints on 526 00:31:46,119 --> 00:31:49,400 the gun and we're able to run the paraffin test 527 00:31:50,039 --> 00:31:53,039 within a reasonable amount of time, and then you didn't 528 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:57,640 find paraffin residue. And certainly there are cases where it 529 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:02,079 could be suggestive of having fired a gun, but even 530 00:32:02,119 --> 00:32:05,240 then that's not conclusive, particularly if you can come up 531 00:32:05,359 --> 00:32:08,599 with some other reason that you might have the residue there, 532 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,519 like if you went to a shooting range. So I 533 00:32:11,599 --> 00:32:15,000 think there are some limitations with that particular cast. Don't 534 00:32:15,079 --> 00:32:17,920 know how much it would have told in this particular incidence, 535 00:32:18,359 --> 00:32:21,359 but thanks so much for the comment. All right, well, 536 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,279 now it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day, 537 00:32:24,279 --> 00:32:27,519 and I want to thank Andrew, Patreon supporter since August 538 00:32:27,599 --> 00:32:30,839 twenty twenty one, currently supporting the podcast at the Shawmus 539 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,319 level of four dollars or more per month. Thanks so 540 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:35,480 much for your support, Andrew. And then we'll do it 541 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,519 for today. If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us 542 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,000 using your favorite podcast software and be sure to rate 543 00:32:43,079 --> 00:32:46,640 and review the podcast wherever you download it from. We'll 544 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:50,440 be back next Monday with another episode of Danger with Granger. 545 00:32:50,559 --> 00:32:53,440 But join us back here tomorrow for the big story? 546 00:32:53,599 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 3: Where what is it? What do you want to ask 547 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:01,200 it out of him? Kurt? 548 00:33:02,079 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 2: We get out of that car. Pet your hands, okay, 549 00:33:07,279 --> 00:33:08,839 step closerbody so I can see you. 550 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,839 Speaker 3: I don't know what is this all about? Moriarity? 551 00:33:13,079 --> 00:33:15,759 Speaker 2: P Troman, Fred Moriarity, that's you. 552 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:20,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, fine, sweat you gave me to here. I am 553 00:33:20,079 --> 00:33:23,759 a reporter being held up by Kaine's Only Night cor Yeah, 554 00:33:23,799 --> 00:33:26,519 and the guy that called a friendly cop Kinsky. I 555 00:33:26,599 --> 00:33:29,119 didn't know with you? The matter with you? Moriarity, What 556 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,599 are you so trigger happy about? Well, there's a hoodlum 557 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,519 here in town. He's threatened to get me the cook 558 00:33:33,599 --> 00:33:34,279 cutting for me. 559 00:33:34,519 --> 00:33:36,359 Speaker 1: Hold on, Oh, name's Leicester. 560 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,519 Speaker 3: Steve Lester say, wait a minute. We got a tip 561 00:33:38,599 --> 00:33:40,319 of there with some shooting here in Docaine. 562 00:33:40,359 --> 00:33:42,640 Speaker 2: You know anything about it, friend, No, no, I haven't 563 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:43,119 heard anything. 564 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 3: Why I jump in the car and I have a 565 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,119 look around. No, no, no, you go ahead. 566 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 2: I've got some business. 567 00:33:47,599 --> 00:33:49,880 Speaker 1: I hope you'll be with us then in the meantime. 568 00:33:50,079 --> 00:33:54,240 Send your comments to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net, 569 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,680 follow us on Twitter and Radio Detectives, and check us 570 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:01,720 out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com, home slash. Great Detectives 571 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:06,759 from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham, signing off.