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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time from Boise, Idaho.

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This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we

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are going to get into today's first episode of Danger

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with Granger. But first I do want to encourage you.

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dollars per month at Patreon dot great Detectives dot net. Today,

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I'm bringing you one of the most confusing series to

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figure out even its basic origin that I've ever dealt

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with for many years, I thought Danger with Granger originated

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in South African and so we couldn't play it. But

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that turned out to be incorrect, and that just brought

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us question was it Australian or American? I thought I

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found definitive proof that it was an American show, But

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then a bit of a twist, and I'll talk a

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bit more about that. If I try to go into

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all of that will be five minutes before getting into

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the first episode, so I'll just briefly introduce the series.

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Danger with Granger stars Harp McGuire as a private detective

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in New York named Steve Granger. Now. McGuire was an

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American born actor who spent many years in Australia. He

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played the police spoil character Lieutenant Brooks in the Mister

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Malone series, which was adapted from American scripts. And if

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you grew up listening to Australian old time radio, Randy

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Stone was not Frank Lovejoy, he was Harp McGuire. However,

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McGuire did return to the United States and spent the

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last part of his acting career working in many television

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programs and movies, which is part of what led to

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my confusion. But we'll get to all that after today's broadcast.

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We don't have firm air dates, but these would have

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originally played in either nineteen fifty six or nineteen fifty seven.

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And here's today's episode, the FBI and the scientist.

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Speaker 2: Danger. Where's Granger?

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Speaker 3: Is that? You're darling?

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Speaker 4: You're home early?

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Speaker 2: Yes, I know Grace has been already.

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Speaker 4: I must seat quickly and get back to the laboratory,

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Robert Playfield, you've been at that laboratory every night for

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the past two weeks.

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Speaker 3: Well, it can't be helped. I'm working on a very

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important project.

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Speaker 4: What is this important project?

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Speaker 2: I can't tell you.

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Speaker 3: It's an extremely secret matter.

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Speaker 4: May I go over to the laboratory with you.

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Speaker 2: No, that's impossible.

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Speaker 3: I'll be back around minute, Robert. Now what is it?

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Speaker 2: Now?

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Speaker 3: I've told you all, I'm going to this note.

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Speaker 4: I found it crumpled up in the waste paper basket

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in your room.

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Speaker 2: Grace, have you been snooping through my things?

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Speaker 4: Yes, I have, and I think I'm entitled to an explanation.

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Just why would anyone write you or letters threaten to

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kill you?

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Speaker 3: Mister Steve Granger, private detective for the story about a

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well known scientist, the FBI and a worried wife, a

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combination which had me going dizzy And just a moment,

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I'll take you back to one of my most interesting cases,

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Missus Granger. It was late afternoon when a woman walked

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into my office and identified herself as missus Robert Playfield.

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She was a very beautiful woman in her middle thirties,

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and she was also very worried mister.

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Speaker 4: Granger, I'm here because of my husband, Robert Playfield. You

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may have heard of him. He's the electronics expert.

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Speaker 3: Yes, yes, seems to me I've read about him in

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the papers, a lot of development work for the government.

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Speaker 4: That's right, mister Granger. I have reason to believe that

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someone intends to kill my husband. Friend of mine. I

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recommended you as a capable man. I thought you could

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handle this matter.

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Speaker 3: If I did, the first thing who would be to

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check the FBI and.

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Speaker 4: Mister Granger, I don't care how you handle this. I

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simply want my husband protected at any cost. Do I

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make myself playing?

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Speaker 3: You certainly do, and I'll be glad to help.

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Speaker 4: But mister Grainger, there's one thing to remember. My husband

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is to know nothing about this. You understand nothing.

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Speaker 3: As soon as missus Playfield left, I picked up the

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phone and called a contact of mine with the FBI.

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This is Steve Granger, says Peter around. Thanks, Hi have Pete.

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What have you got in Robert Playfield, electronics expert? Uh,

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I see you keeping an eye on him. Of course

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I've got a reason for asking. His wife was just

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in here. She hired me to see it didn't get hurt.

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Speaker 2: Uh uh sure, sure, yeah.

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Speaker 3: I'll be roun. I hung up, got on my coat

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and beat it over to take a look at doctor

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Playfield's laboratory. His research spots was on the Lower West Side,

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located on an inconspicuous side street. It was as gloomy

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as the Morgue. Even at this hour of the day.

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The street was deserted, except for a derelict who moved

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up to me. Hey, Mystery, what do you want?

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Speaker 5: Can you spare two bits for something to eat?

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Speaker 2: Two bits?

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Speaker 3: What are you doing in this neighborhood? Looks like pretty

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poor pickings for a handout. I just happened to be here,

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that's so Yeah, two bits? He thinks, Mystery, you're a

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real pal. I watched him shuffle off. He might have

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been a derelict, but I had a glimpse of sharp

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brown eyes peering at me from a decrepit old hat.

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I decided to check further on him. Hey, you wait,

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what do you want? Come back here? H wey west Maynord. Okay,

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I'll get this and a licensed private eye. They're not

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your pockets. I want to find out.

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Speaker 2: Who you are.

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Speaker 3: I ain't done a lease. Turn out those pockets or

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I'll do it for you. Sure shoe, mister, it's a second.

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I haven't got a gun at least me. Yeah, I

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wouldn't know what to do with again mine, get going

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with the pockets. Oh here, mister, half a loaf of bread.

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I got some sausage too. Got a wallet? What would

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neither with a wallet? All I got is this though,

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sixty cents. What's your name, Bill Walk Where do you live?

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The Senator Hotel in the bar? Okay, let's go. Never

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mind the questions, let's go. I held on, tied to

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the guy and called the FBI, told him I'd found

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a character they're hiding suspiciously hanging around Playfield's laboratory, that

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I wait until they showed up and took the direct

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off for questioning. I went back to patrolling the street

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where doctor Playfield had his laboratory, to the point where

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my toes began to resemble frosterday Claire's. Then I had

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an idea for men to relieve me a taxicab drive

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A pal of mine named Frankie Smith. I used him

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occasionally on steakhouts of this kind. I got the hecky

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down to the corner of eleventh Avenue and twelfth Street

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told him what I wanted, after which I went up,

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turning my office and draped my lower extremities over a radiator.

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Three hours went by and the door opened. What are

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you doing up here, Frankie? I told you to keep

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an eye on doctor Playfield. Grain Git, you're looking at

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what I term an abject for you. What happened? Well?

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Like you tell me too. I watched Playfield's laboratory. I

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parked my heck on the corner, and when things get chilly,

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I claim inside touched my tortom. Mind up, build up?

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What happened while I'm sitting in the car, like I said,

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all of a sudden, this man Playfield walks out his

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front door. He beats it down the street towards me. Well,

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I'm lost. If I follow him, I have to leave

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my cat or you follow him in the cab. No,

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because when he gets to my corner, he motions me over.

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Now this looks good to me, So I accept this call.

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He tells me fifty fifth Street and six seven old rank.

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He cut the verbosity. How did you lose, doctor Playfield?

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Speaker 5: Simple?

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Speaker 3: He climbs out of fifty to fifth and six seven. Ou,

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I run the cabin hextan and take out after him.

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I stayed glued to him the coin of foot. Yeah yeah,

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go on, only I become unstuck. He walks into a

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drug store through the only door. I wait outside. He

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comes charging her like a cat with a turbentine tail

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and brushes me off my feet. So by the time

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I recover, he is but glaw. Well, that's just great.

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As a watchdog. You're about as useful as a four

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week old kitten. I didn't like the son of it.

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If Frankie Smith hadn't been able to keep on doctor

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Playfield's tail, there was something peculiar going on, because Frankie

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was a good tale man. I just added the check

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dial the doctor's number. He answered the phone himself, I'm

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out of wrong number and hung up. So he's home. Huh, well,

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you should get yourself in no panic for nothings up.

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You lit my fancy friend here. This is Playfield's address

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out on Long Island. Get out there and keep an

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eye on a place all evening. I'll relave you at

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ten o'clock here to sit you watch with mine. Get

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out there, I said, ok, s, Simon'll agree, I'm going

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Frankie left the office. I grabbed myself a quick bite

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of food at the ConA Beanery, went back towards eleventh

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Avenue and twelfth Street in a half gloom of early dust.

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The laboratory looked even worse than during the daytime. I

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stopped at one of the windows, but the black paint

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on it eliminated any chance of looking inside. Then suddenly there.

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Speaker 2: Was a voice behind me. What's your name? Why what

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are you doing down here?

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Speaker 3: Why?

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Speaker 2: Federal Bureau of Investigation? Oh, pardon me.

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Speaker 3: Here is my card? Yeah, Steve Granger, license number two

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for eighty six.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Grange Gyms. You know how it is.

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Speaker 3: Forget it. What happened with that litt walker? Had you

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fellas take downtown? I don't know.

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Speaker 2: Peter was still interviewing him when I left.

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Speaker 3: Anything's staring around here, nothing except the wind.

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Speaker 2: I wish I had died down.

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Speaker 3: This was ten o'clock. I don't know. Time to relieve Frankie.

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On watch. I've got a cab ride out to the

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Playfield Place, a large house set back from the street,

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looming like a white ghost in the night. Frankie's cab

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was down the street and been snowing. There was a

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kind of hush quiet about the place. I circumnavigated the

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entire house looking for him. Through one win though I

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could see missus Playfield, plus a beautiful young girl, plus

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a man who must have been doctor Playfield himself, but

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no sign of Frankie Smith. Okay, mister, that far enough,

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put up your hands for you. What's the idea of

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the gun? I'll ask the questions. What are you looking for?

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Maybe I forgot my lawnmower last summer. All right, funny man,

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march into the house, call the police and you can

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have a detective as a street Just a minute, let

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me show you don't reach for anything. I'm only getting

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my identification here s you've Grainger licensed private investigator. That's

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all little about Why are you here? You know the

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Playfields on Michael Grant, doctor Playfield, the system. I had

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a man watching this place. He seems to have disappeared.

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Came in that cab up the streets. Have you seen him?

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So I'm standing by the kebs time ago. How'd you

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happen to come on outside? We were playing cards after

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Playfield went into the kitchen to make a drink.

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Speaker 2: If I got the card game and talked.

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Speaker 3: I wanted the breath of fresh air or I heard somebody.

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I wonder where Frankie could have gone to its light

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enough to look for tracks. I'll be clear in the snow.

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Speaker 2: I want to make a try.

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Speaker 3: Man, here's something that don't belong to us. Yeah, yeah,

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that lean over that way. Look the tracks go around

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the back of the house. Yeah. Did you hear that? Yeah?

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I hear and that's what I think it is. Then

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somebody's gonna have to pay for it. And plenty that

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groans sounding on the winter night, one chill feeling. If

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anything had happened to Frankie Smith, there was gonna be

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a mighty big blow up. And I was feeling like

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just the boy to press the switch. In just a minute,

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I'll bring you the climax of the case. When we

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heard the groan coming from the back of the playfield house,

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Michael Grant and Eye crunched fast through the snow. All

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the time, I couldn't help a feeling of apprehension. And

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then we saw it, the figure behind the wood box.

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As we raced up, I recognized Frankie Smith trying hard

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to raise himself onto his feet. Frankie, you are right.

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Oh my god, hit you got I got eyes in

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the back of my head. They came up from behind you.

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Oh yeah, well, come on, I gotta get you to

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a doctor. Granton eyehloaded Frankie in. It was his cab

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and I drove into a doctor. While the medico was

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making his check up, I called Cal Hendrix. Hi, se,

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how's the name Muram? Save the comedy for the newspaper, pals.

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Will you wastn't cal call the FBI for me when you?

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Speaker 2: Stevie?

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Speaker 3: What just ask for Pete and asked him to run

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a quick check on a man named Michael Grant. He's

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a sort of assistant to doctor Robert Playfield. Yeah, yeah, Look,

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do you have to ask so many questions? I know

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how you make a living, my friend out of my

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sweat and tears. I get myself beaten up regularly, and

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you get the story. Well, one of us is to

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come out with some get onto the FBI, cal and

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tell him to call you back. I'll drop by and

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find out what I tell you. Okay, Stevie, one thing? Yeah,

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tell me too careful? In doc ellies, will you give

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an even break? I don't eat this week? I hung

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up and went back to the doc who was patching

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up Frankie Smith. Cabby was okay, so we got back

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into his taxi and he dropped me off at my place.

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The following morning, I was in my office bright and early.

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I checked with Cal Hendricks, found the FBI had given

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Michael Grant a clean bill of health. Then I got

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my first surprise of the day. Doctor Robert Playfield walked

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in and started talking without preamble. You are Steve Granger,

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are you not? I am, doctor Playfield. Mister Granger, my

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wife has told me about employing you. At first, I

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was inclined to be angry at her interference, but when

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I remembered what happened.

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Speaker 2: Last night, I agreed with her.

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Speaker 3: Oh what happened last night? It was at our place

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in Long Island. First I noticed the taxi parked up

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the street. The driver was watching the house. Oh later,

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Michael Grant went outside. He was gone for some time.

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When he returned, he was quite evasive. Michael Grant. He's

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been my laboratory assistant lately. However, just recently, I've begun

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to distrust him.

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Speaker 2: Why.

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Speaker 3: Well, I can't tell you precisely. It's just a feeling

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he's too curious about my work. He snoops around, he

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gets into things that are confidential. Frankly, my work is

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highly secret. If this invention would have fallen into the

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wrong hands, it would be disastrous. And do you want

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me to accompany you to the laboratory? Oh, that won't

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be necessary. My wife is giving a costume party tonight,

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one she's planned for months in spite of being extremely busy.

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I have agreed to be there. I want you there too,

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or what time the party gets under way? At eight?

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I'll be there's sudding. Oh you agreed you?

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Speaker 2: What'd you phone me for?

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Speaker 3: Go to a party? Frankie, my boy party? It's right

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down my alley, so doctor Playfield's house.

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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 3: Oh, i'd better wear an iron skullcat, You are going

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as a clown as a costume a clown? Hey, don't

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cat hafee? And I'm going as one two and hurry up.

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We haven't got much time. Hey, I don't get this

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business about both of us wearing the same costume. Hey,

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do I have to wear the mask that goes with it?

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Speaker 2: You certainly do.

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Speaker 3: Might be a time during the evening when I'd like

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to have somebody think you were me. Uh, oh, I

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just know I'm gonna get it in the head again.

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Speaker 4: Mister Granger. I'm so glad you could come.

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Speaker 3: Your name, Missus Playfield. May I present Frankie Smith.

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Speaker 4: How do you do Hi?

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Speaker 3: He's acting as masters.

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Speaker 4: Oh, we'll come in, please, darling. Mister Granger's here.

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Speaker 2: Oh glad to have you, Granger.

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Speaker 3: Granger. My suspicions regarding Grant are becoming stronger every minute.

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Speaker 2: Please be very alert.

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Speaker 3: This year, Doctor Robin Playfield was a tide and a

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fake suit of armor that added a grotesque note to

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the conversation. The guests began arriving eighteen in all. Grant

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was there in costume. Also a girl I'd seen at

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this house the right before. Her name was Linda Miller.

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Her job Playfield's private secretary. A while later, Doctor Playfield

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motioned to me and I followed him.

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Speaker 2: What's wrong, Doctor Clay, close the door please.

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Speaker 3: This morning I told you that I'd been working on

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a very hush hush device for the government. It happens

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to be an improvement on the prison guided missile. Huh.

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I have developed a new electronic follower, the performance of

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which has amazed everybody there. Go on What I didn't

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tell you this morning is that I have been approached

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several times by other interests. How were these approaches made?

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Telephone calls, letters, and so forth. Recently, these people, whoever

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they are, have become more than insistent. This is the

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latest threat. I just found it on my desk. Huh,

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you have one hour in which to make up your mind.

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You found us on the desk, you know how it

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got there. All I'm afraid, Doctor Playfield, that this is

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out of my hands. I'm telephoning the FBI. I told

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Playfield to rejoin his guests and say nothing, and I

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suited my action to my words. It took me almost

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a half hour to find Pete, a federal man, and

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make my report. I barely hung up when I heard it.

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Out of that studying into the living room, quicker than

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a dog after a bone.

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Speaker 2: All right, it's a granger. Any alcohol?

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Speaker 3: A guy in.

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Speaker 4: Doctor Playfield.

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Speaker 3: Stabbed is? He doesn't seen him any puffs? Let me

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lift his advisor.

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Speaker 2: My good grade.

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Speaker 3: Yeah? And how did he get into your husband's costume?

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Speaker 1: I don't know.

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Speaker 4: Robert was wearing it when he was here a little

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while ago.

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Speaker 3: I heard a lot of commotion in here.

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Speaker 2: Granger, what's going on?

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Speaker 3: Ranky? Where are you being? What's the matter with you?

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I feel awful, sleepy, Granger, awful sleepy. I've been drinking

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with home a nice girl, loom the miller, awful, nice girl.

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She gave you this drink. Yeh, you lie down hardly.

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Somebody gave him a mickey.

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Speaker 2: You mean knockout? Drops?

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Speaker 3: Now look heard these guests into the other room. Nobody

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is to leave the house. I'll put frank down this couch,

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and Missus Playfield, yes, tell your husband. I want to

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see him right away. Missus Playfield did as I asked.

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I hoisted the unconscious Frankie Smith out of a couch.

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This room, like most of the others, had a telephone.

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I called the local police first, the FBI. Second, I

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just hung up. When I saw a figure outside the

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house holding up a tree, I slipped out the back door.

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All right, put up your hands. Now listen here and

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still well. If it isn't Bill Walker recently of the Bowery,

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you kept me wrong, Oh no, I haven't. You're worrying

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about a suit of clothes and a nice a Robacoat

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those eyes, I couldn't miss you wrong. No, I'm just

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to play it safe walking in that garage. I gotta

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tie you up for safe keeping until law shows up here.

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Not doing anything of a time, I think not. I

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dragged Bill Walker into the garage, found a length of clothesline,

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and tied him up. Then I went back to the

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house looking for two missing people, Linda Miller, the doctor's secretary,

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and Robert Playfield himself. Granger, Well, doctor Playfield, where have

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you been? I went downstairs for a few more bottles.

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Grace just told me about poor Michael.

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Speaker 2: This is terrible.

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Speaker 3: Whoever killed him must have thought he was me. How'd

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you happen to change costumes? Well, we were going to

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play a little joke on Grace and my wife. How

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about a drink? I could use one, so could I.

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But first, where's your secretary? Of Linda Miller in the room?

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Were the other people the way she was when the

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knife thing took place in the cellar with me? They see,

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let's go into my study right here. Do you have

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any suspicions about.

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Speaker 2: Who did the killing?

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Speaker 3: Not at the moment. Here, take this drink.

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Speaker 2: I'll be right back.

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Speaker 3: I want to see how Grace is feeling. I took

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a swig of the drink. Play feel ahead of me

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as he left the room, but didn't swallow it. I

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got rid of it in the flower pot. Win singer

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that as I tasted the drug in it. Then I

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decided to play along. See what went on?

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Speaker 4: That's mister Granger. Is he one of them too?

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Speaker 2: Yes he is, Linda.

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Speaker 3: I found out that he and that Frankie Smith are

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after my invention.

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Speaker 2: They're both spies. What are you going to do?

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Speaker 3: Tell them over to the police when they arrived. Now,

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run along very well and don't say a word to anyone,

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all right. I am a semi recumbent position, pretending to

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be unconscious. Doctor Playfield with a long second, and pulled

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a revolver out of his pocket and looked towards me.

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He held a gun and a towel to deaden the sound.

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Speaker 4: Doctor Playfield, I wanted to tell you that what are you.

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Speaker 3: Doing with that gun? He might come too and get violent. Now, now,

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please stay out of here.

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Speaker 4: You're going to shoot you, weren't you.

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Speaker 3: I'm going on to Dodo. You're cheaping that pretty mouth

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shut crazy.

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Speaker 2: I thought you weren't.

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Speaker 3: Sorry to disappoint you.

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Speaker 2: Why you order Playfield?

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Speaker 5: Huh?

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Speaker 3: I'm call some federal Borough of investigation. You're under arrest

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for the murder of a federal agent. No, well, friends,

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that's the story. I'll be back to wrap up the

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case in just a minute. A man in the doorway

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was the same one who had been guarding Robert Playfield's

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laboratory in downtown New York. His brother took the doctor

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through the shoulder. After medical treatment, Playfield was taken in

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the city for booking. The FBI. N Carlson filed in

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matters pony. We couldn't afford to have you know the truth, Granger.

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We're being suspicious of Playfield.

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Speaker 2: For a long time.

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Speaker 3: We planned a grand him a lab to keep an

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eye on him. Granted found out the Playfield was dealing

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with a subversive group. That's why Playfield killed him. And

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what about those threatening letters? Playfield planted those himself. He

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was due for a big payoff tomorrow when he was

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gonna disappear. And his secretary in the Miller and Playfield

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fool that she's innocent. You know, she dedfeat Frankie Smith

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knock out drops and I guess there wasn't much of help, Mitchell,

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were Granger?

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Speaker 2: Well, missus Playfield employed he was a guard. It brought

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matters the way ahead.

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Speaker 3: At least that's a minor comfort. I imagine it was

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Playfield has slugged Frankie the night before. It must have

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been oh what is that? Well, there's only one more thing,

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but one of our undercover men was a sign to

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watch this house.

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Speaker 2: He's disappeared.

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Speaker 3: Say would he be the guy I spotted in front

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of Playfield's the guy whose name should be Bill Walker?

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You know what? I discovered him on the prov outside.

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I thought he was one of aspiring. When he got tough,

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I slugged him, dragged him into the guy I and

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tied him up. Walker brother, is that funny look? I'll

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see you later, won't you hurry? I just don't want

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to be around when he won't tie him. Steve Granger again,

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you just had one of the most interesting cases in

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my files. I'll have another one for you, so be

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next time.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. A decent mystery, though the scientist's final act

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wasn't really the sign of a brilliant mind. Was trying

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to drug our hero after also having drugged the sidekick,

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and I really also appreciated the of this. It was

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very snappy, very quick, but feeling like a complete story

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despite a little bit of an audio skip. So overall

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just a really fun first episode. If this was indeed

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the first again, this is still a confusing story. Now.

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I discovered this series was broadcast over mutual and mutual

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stations found ads for it in nineteen fifty six, and

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I thought that's settled it. This was an American production.

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It was something that Hart mcgunt wire made when he

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returned to the States. But I actually have to credit

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a man, and I have no clue if he listens

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to this podcast. But if you know Trip Wiggins, you

473
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can tell him that his research was really helpful in

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helping me understand this series because he was researching another

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series called Peril and found some information very relevant. Peril,

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just like this series, was produced by Harry S. Goodman.

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Now longtime listeners may recognize the name of the man

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who syndicated left George do It to a Canadian audience

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as well as to Upstate New York, taking the standard

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oil commercials out of old episode so they could be

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replayed anywhere. Goodman decided to produce detective and mystery dramas

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in Australia for syndication in the United States as opposed

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to Australia. He started doing this in nineteen fifty four,

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or at least he was talking about it to a magazine,

485
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and this really would address a problem. As radio dramas

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became less profitable, many aspects of their production remained just

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as expensive thanks to the contract with the union AFTRA.

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When the deal was struck for paying radio actors, it

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was a boon to radio actors who could often make

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serious money, you know, taking half an hour to an

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hour appearing on multiple shows in the same day, and

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they got paid really well, and certainly with the advertising

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money the network could afford to do that and still

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be quite profitable. But the economics of radio had changed

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which made radio drama too expensive, particularly when you could

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easily filled time with news and recorded music. And so

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Goodman's idea was to produce all of these audio dramas

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in Australia away from the AFTR and outside that and

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then sell them to stations in the United States. And

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for these productions, Goodman used a much higher percentage of

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US born expats then you typically heard in your average

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Australian radio drama, even if it was supposed to be

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set in the United States so that it would sound

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a little less foreign to American ears. Goodman had claimed

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to have over a thousand episodes that he would be

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able to sell, and he sold two hundred and sixty

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comprising five episodes to Mutual and delivered one hundred and

508
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fifty three and received partial payment, and then the Union

509
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raised a stink with Mutual. Mutual decided not to take

510
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delivery of the rest of the order and Goodman ended

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up suing them in court. Goodman's radio dramas did continue

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in syndication at some stations across the country. The latest

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that Wiggins could find was in nineteen sixty at a

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station in South Carolina. Now, Danger with Granger was one

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of those five series that was recorded, and Option to

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Mutual would have been completed while McGuire was still in Australia,

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and not necessarily in nineteen fifty six when it aired.

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It could have been completed in nineteen fifty four or

519
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fifty five. Now, the information that mister Wagan's found regarding

520
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the series Danger with Granger does require me to revise

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some of my thoughts on some other series because they

522
00:31:29,279 --> 00:31:32,960
also identified it's a crime. Mister Collins and The Crime

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Files of Lamont. Now in old time radio circles, it

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had been talked about that there was an American version

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of its a Crime, Mister Collins, and I kind of

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00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:50,599
questioned that at this point, knowing that the version of

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It's a Crime, Mister Collins that was aired over Mutual

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would have actually originated in Australia. I'm not entirely sure

529
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that they would have had two separate productions with two

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00:32:07,119 --> 00:32:12,119
different groups of actors to bring the same set of

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scripts to life for both the United States and Australia.

532
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I mean, we do technically speak the same language, although

533
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some people might challenge me on that assertion, so I

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really am not certain there was ever a separate Australian

535
00:32:28,519 --> 00:32:31,799
version different from the one that aired in the States,

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or different from the one we played back during season eleven.

537
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And also this does explain why there was something a

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bit odd about the last few episodes of The Crime

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00:32:44,799 --> 00:32:48,519
Files of Lemont and those that were dated nineteen fifty

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00:32:48,559 --> 00:32:55,599
six were likely made in Australia, although the original episodes

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of the series from the nineteen forties were of course

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still made in Chicago. Some very interesting discoveries and I've

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00:33:05,279 --> 00:33:10,960
got a good idea I think of where Danger with

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Granger fits and no specific air dates for episodes, but

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we're kind of just going off the best order of

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episodes we can find.

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Speaker 2: All right.

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Speaker 1: Well, now it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of

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the day, and I want to thank Shauna, Patreon supporter

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since June twenty nineteen, currently supporting the podcast at the

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Detective Sergeant level of seven dollars and fourteen cents or

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more per month. Thanks so much for your support, SHAWNA.

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That'll do it for today. If you're enjoying the podcast,

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please follow us using your favorite podcast software and be

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sure to rate and review the podcast using your favorite

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podcast software. We'll be back next Monday with another episode

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of Danger with Granger, but join us back here tomorrow

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for Charlie Chan.

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Speaker 5: Where sorry to have alarmed. I am inspected chain of

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Honolulu Police and this is my number one son, Lee Chan.

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Speaker 4: Highway people, but what are you doing here? I we

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didn't even hear you come.

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Speaker 5: Aboard bug at sea blankets ears as well as eyes,

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so that even great help of men like self seems

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to walk on a pussy cat feet. Was the road

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here from police boat in totally inadequate dinghy by number one. Son.

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You should have seen Papola way over. He was just

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as comfortable as he would have been the merry go

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round with sant paper seats. This is no time for levity,

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my son. You are miss Bromfield. Please, yes, yes, I am.

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But how did you remember of cruise so informed me

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when he directed me here?

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Speaker 2: Uh?

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Speaker 4: And you, sir, this is dartenheavy inspector. He he's my fiancee.

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Speaker 2: Then you have not yet informed Barton's my decision.

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Speaker 1: I hope you'll be with us then in the meantime,

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send your comments to Box thirteen at Greatdetectives dot net.

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Follow us on Twitter at Radio Detectives. Check us out

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This is your host, Adam Graham signing off.