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episode the Fiery Santa Claus.
Speaker 2: The incomparable Hollie Chan.
Speaker 3: We proudly present the uncomparable Charlie Chan in a new
and exciting series. Join the famous detective every week at
the same time as he combines the wisdom of the
East with the science of the West in a dramatic,
complete story from the Adventures of Charlie Chan and.
Speaker 4: Charlie Chan hamble bitch you could evening and extends wrong welcome.
Sage has said, most dangerous enemy is one who con
seals knife. With gifts to night, we meet similar persons
who presented Christmas gifts of death. Listen to.
Speaker 5: Thank the night's adventure. The fiery Santa.
Speaker 3: Claus Bolton's department store in San Francisco is crowded with
last minute Christmas shoppers, but pretty Misspokee that counter fourteen
jewelry neccessities ignores everyone else to concentrate on the shy
young men before her. It's light, dretful and sharping. His
fiery red hair falls across his brows. He bears at.
Speaker 6: Her with innocent eyes and says, well, I.
Speaker 4: Don't know, memma. My name is Laura. Thank you, miss her.
I'm not hanging around trying to pick her up.
Speaker 7: Honestly, well, I just can't make up.
Speaker 4: My mind about Just lock it.
Speaker 8: You want my back, take it. It's a good bye.
It will make a lovely Christmas pleasant.
Speaker 4: Honestly, this house, I haven't got much money, and honestly
I trust you.
Speaker 9: I want four cents. Oh, I haven't got four girls.
I haven't in a girl at all easy for my
old school teachers, I always send them presents to Christmas.
Speaker 10: You know that's terribly sweet.
Speaker 4: Thank you, ma'am. I mean this hope now on the
back of each one. I want the grave from Gary
with all my life Gary, and above that, I want
to Martha on the first, Betty on the second, then
to Glories and for more.
Speaker 8: Martha, Betty, Glories more that.
Speaker 4: I've got all the addresses on this cast. They'll right
tomorrow morning. Let's see. Yeah, that would be thirty dollars.
Don't you charge for the engraving. I ought to, but
I wouldn't charge you ask me get truthfully, you won't
have to pay.
Speaker 6: Gosh, miss Pope.
Speaker 8: You can call me Laura.
Speaker 7: I was wondering, I don't know any girl, and you're
so nice.
Speaker 11: I was wondering if well, sure any day at six
o'clock outside the employer's entrance.
Speaker 9: Thanks next Friday. Sure well, I I guess i'd better
be going.
Speaker 4: So long, Laura, so long Arry.
Speaker 8: You've heard it, Yes, sir, what can I do for you?
Speaker 12: Sir?
Speaker 4: May this personal examined list of names and addresses left
accounted by the party young man with the red.
Speaker 8: Hair really Sir Thoton does not dive out the personal
business of its clime to you, so.
Speaker 4: Storry to insist. Extremely large person before you was owner
of name Charlie Chen inspect the chair of police police
your ale nine quick to understand her a present on
police metal which requires few of card.
Speaker 8: Thank you, I don't understand, said the chan.
Speaker 4: What mishope, how do you know my name? You're up
to me? Share mishope, gently overheard entire conversation with young man.
Heaves dropping necessary because this abandoned person following same very
good have covered names and addresses? Are you may now
have luckets and graved and sent to fortunate precipices.
Speaker 8: But why were you following?
Speaker 6: Gay?
Speaker 4: Ah forgive these ancient witches that refused answer. Be you
do not know with him? But Charli Chan offers one
word of adbalance. Do not meet young man fighting. Do
not meet him any day. Business of Charli Chan will
make sure he never meets any young lady again. Master
Lord smooth, details have suspicious dreams.
Speaker 10: I must have patience.
Speaker 4: Y have no further news from Seattle police. AH then
must wait patiently for saying. When number one son arrives,
please send him straight in we'll see no one else.
Just send his character visions swiftly. Not that Betty, the
lords rud these ladies improbable need of protection. Hah here
I am part this person places with normal eyesight. There's
surely no need to burst into office back exploding the rockets.
If you told me the horry pop look how I
got the pictured for you, then undignified haste is forgiven.
Speaker 13: I got four shots of him while he was waiting
for the elevator in Balton right here.
Speaker 4: Ah, very good.
Speaker 5: They did a rush job down the photo lab.
Speaker 4: I have excellent pictures of mister Gary Holland. Oh yes,
too full face to improve that.
Speaker 12: Well, I did my part of it job.
Speaker 8: And now how will you please explain what it's all about?
Speaker 12: Why you are of this red headed character?
Speaker 4: Kindly sew uplips and remove sound of own voice from ears.
Father will explain, I'm like a clam. Recently received work
from Seattle police are searching for young men who owns
large income through shyness and good looks.
Speaker 12: Shyness and good looks that Gary Holland all.
Speaker 4: Right specializes in victimizing all their lonely women. It becomes
acquainted with thing pro poses a poor young man of
great sincerity and honesty. I get it.
Speaker 13: Then he proposes to him, and after them, and gay
the broads ladies of all available men, and that Gary
Holland father not yet certain a pick up trail of
young men from descriptions of light by Seattle Police. Now
necessary to maintain constant watch on activities until son's photographs
checked by Seattle police, and when they give us the okay,
whack o, one red headed Romeo and a jag.
Speaker 4: For ten years please. It was a great philosopher who
said man who sold limes skinned while they still lived
was killed hunting, said honorable mister Shakespeare.
Speaker 14: William Why Garry, hello, Martha coming.
Speaker 6: I just dropped around for a minute to ask you something. Mother.
Speaker 4: Your Christmas present came this afternoon with a big sticker
on it.
Speaker 10: Do not open until Christmas. You shouldn't have, Gary, How.
Speaker 4: You know it was from me?
Speaker 2: Did you open it?
Speaker 10: Of course not?
Speaker 9: Who else would sit in the present except you have
not well mein friends.
Speaker 10: So gay, I'm a lonely woman. I was lonely all
my life until I met you. It's so kind, so different.
Speaker 4: You look deeper than a place I think you're pretty.
Speaker 10: I think you're dearly sweet.
Speaker 6: My prison isn't much, Matt. I couldn't afford to say,
but I wanted.
Speaker 4: To say that. I know I love it.
Speaker 10: What did you want to ask me?
Speaker 4: I got a job today, not much.
Speaker 6: I guess it's all I'm good for. I'm going to
be a center clause.
Speaker 7: For the welfare family down at the corner of Vironment,
speaking locust having a bell and people drop.
Speaker 6: Money in a big kittle.
Speaker 4: Ohay, I've got to answer money. Mar I've offered to
land your money. No, I won't borrow money from it.
Speaker 10: I've got plenty of money.
Speaker 4: I won't borrow from you. I'm not. I thought we
were free because well, because I want to marry you.
Speaker 9: Yeah, oh Gary, that's what I wanted to ask you, Martha.
Speaker 4: Would you done done?
Speaker 10: Of course?
Speaker 4: Okay, you've given a lonely woman her bird Christmas a
beautiful Christmas. I've been in love with you for weeks,
my die, and I thought i'd give a nerve to ask.
Speaker 11: You you knew.
Speaker 4: I guess I'm a world's biggest set.
Speaker 6: I'm gonna be going garry.
Speaker 4: Can't you stay a minute?
Speaker 10: I mean, I'm.
Speaker 4: Mixed up of it. That won't make sense anyway. I've
got to be up early tomorrow. I be jobbed enough.
Speaker 11: I want you to leave. I've got enough money for
the two of this. I'm going to listen to me. Please,
I'm in love with you. You're the only woman in
the world for me. Well, I'll do anything for you
except quit my job. I've got pride, Martha.
Speaker 7: I didn't want you ever to feel that I'm marrying
you for your money.
Speaker 10: I think.
Speaker 4: Is making me cry that you don't want you to see
the cry.
Speaker 6: Come and see you ringing my bill tomorrow earning the
money for the license. Good Christmas present.
Speaker 4: I'm living.
Speaker 2: Well.
Speaker 4: Police call park at any moment. Number one son will
kindly be positive. Appropriate anaphony and seat of the idle
pacing will not make time pass more quickly. I'm all
lady this morning, what happened with Holland? Last night? At
nine p m. Mister Hallan visited Miss Martha Draper, unmarried
lady of forty five. At ten he visited misthetic grunt
aged forty five, also unmarried. During following two hours, mister
Hoven visited two other spinster ladies of mature years. There's
certainly four free's looks are most hungry for romance. It
is mister Holland's stock in trade. Has other them proved?
Speaker 1: What other events?
Speaker 4: Each lady esquoted mister Holland to daughter poose there in
full view of public and us embarrassed. Alice embraced him
with tears streaming down their gosh. Evidently mister Holland making
rapid progress for fitness. This person's almost positive. Seattle Police
will conferm identity and provide evidence of ah. This our
inauspicious voice of shotty Jan.
Speaker 2: This is Captain Maldoon calling from.
Speaker 4: Have inspected photographs email to you Captain.
Speaker 3: Yeah, nice work him.
Speaker 5: We'll get extradition papers ready.
Speaker 4: Many thanks. Set In Maldoon.
Speaker 10: Very careful with him.
Speaker 4: Removed veil of ambiguity from words to.
Speaker 5: Face for him, and these vicious are dangerous. We've got
proof of embezzlement and.
Speaker 2: There's a murder waiting to be hung on him too.
Speaker 3: Some girl about out who was falling out and got
herself taken care of.
Speaker 15: By mister Holland.
Speaker 4: Many thanks Captain Maldoon. It's written one wing to wise
man speaks more than page of pictures to pull well
popped the devil wagon fronts. We'll proceed to speak Connor
where mister Holland operates, hand the impostume of Santa Claus
and make arrest.
Speaker 3: In a few moments we will resume the fiery Santa Claus.
Speaker 2: Meanwhile, there has God.
Speaker 3: Announcer and now back to the uncomparable Charlie chan. On
the corner of Bene and Locust Streets stands Gary Holland.
He is best in Santa Claus costume, his bright red
coat patted out to the necessary proportions, his red hair
covered with a traditional fur bordered cap, and his appealing.
Speaker 6: Young face half covered with white beard and whistays.
Speaker 5: He's taking fun for Christmas welfare.
Speaker 3: And all around him is the warm and generous spirrit
of as the nickel tinkle into his kepple.
Speaker 7: Give something for the welfare funds, folks, anything would be appreciated, penny.
Speaker 4: Nickels, dimes, anything, Give as much.
Speaker 2: As you can spare, folks. Christmas is giving.
Speaker 4: Time the generous. Please be kind to the media.
Speaker 5: Give something to the welfare funds.
Speaker 16: Okay, hey, hello there, other dive down to make a contribution, darling,
have here certain their darling?
Speaker 2: You wrong?
Speaker 4: You look angry. Who did you buy that Christmas present?
For Christmas present? Martha?
Speaker 6: Who didn't open it? Did you wait until Christmas? Then
I opened it?
Speaker 8: I want to know who you bought it for? Who
I bought it?
Speaker 12: I mean for me, Gary.
Speaker 8: It was said to me by mistake.
Speaker 6: I don't understand that.
Speaker 8: Look at that lock he was engraved on the back
to Getty from Gary with all.
Speaker 16: My Love's decky, some kind of a mistake. How many
women have you bought? How many are the one woman
in the world for you?
Speaker 4: Garry?
Speaker 8: How could you do this for me? How could you
beat the crawl?
Speaker 4: And you don't understand?
Speaker 11: Get out of my car.
Speaker 4: Don't make a spectacle of yourself there over you're not
I'm driving.
Speaker 12: There you go some.
Speaker 6: Place where it's quiet up in the mountains.
Speaker 12: Maybe my song quiet Drive.
Speaker 6: I've explained it to Darling.
Speaker 4: You don't have to by y.
Speaker 12: Old.
Speaker 8: I'm part Lockers and Vine coming up.
Speaker 4: Hi, miserable sons more dangerous than twenty.
Speaker 8: Hey, Paul, take a look. There's a Christmas kettle, have
no Sana cla to go with it?
Speaker 4: Where's Holland? This most odd you? Holland took job to
maintain closes honest poverty. One moment the ploman this such
anitad inquiring into play.
Speaker 6: Sorry, sir, I didn't recognize it. Can I help you?
Speaker 4: I'm looking for when mister Gary Holland, I don't know.
Speaker 6: Anyone called Holland, and he was here dressed up of Sanaclaus,
playing for the welfare fanned as.
Speaker 4: I have seen him.
Speaker 6: I trade, you're a few minutes too late.
Speaker 4: Inspectories gone continue Pleae, where is sentige Christmas kettle there
on the curves?
Speaker 8: The funny thing to do?
Speaker 4: Quickly pleased?
Speaker 6: What happened well, it seems like he had an argument
with the lady drove up here in a little red
roadster she did, and Santa Claus put down his kettle
and went to talk to her.
Speaker 4: A little red roster you know who whom, Miss Martha
Drinker has vehicle of that species.
Speaker 6: But what happened him, well, it seems I had an argument, sir.
Mighty angry she was, and a little lady in the
car as Santa Claus kept his voice quiet, I couldn't
hear what he said. But finally she threw something at
him and he and didn't decide it. They broke off
up that way.
Speaker 4: What object did lady throw?
Speaker 6: No idea, sir, there's something small, heard a tinkle as
it fell.
Speaker 12: Maybe it was a coin.
Speaker 8: Maybe she should be gave a contribution to the fire.
Speaker 6: Said she was a noble to give contributions. Actually she
thought no.
Speaker 4: Object could thought sinking onto snow covered paper, mus straightfore
had fallen into monnikit that's such same piece?
Speaker 8: Yes, yeah, anything there?
Speaker 6: Yes, yes, here it is.
Speaker 4: It's a locket.
Speaker 10: Oh, gosh, he's the lock and he brought.
Speaker 4: From darkling parp. Some of these as perceived it an
the same piece. Oh? Was I myself a sea path? Gosh,
yes there is.
Speaker 8: Look you were wrong about being, miss Draper.
Speaker 4: It's been great.
Speaker 8: A someone named Betty.
Speaker 4: Some most of seven. The deduction they thought name Betty
explains source of rage and reason for pipe. Evidently the
parking stuff delivered wrong locker to miss Creaker. Gosh, she
said of what he was doing. Yes, and knowledge of
mister Holland's career seattle makes Miss Draca's position extremely dangerous.
Speaker 6: Well, I'll get a call out for the prodcast right away.
Speaker 4: Many things, but will not solve problem. Mister Holland must
be located inside one hour.
Speaker 8: What are we gonna do?
Speaker 4: This person exerts feeble brain.
Speaker 8: Find a red headed killer the red cat.
Speaker 4: Now a very good son has provided for them. Me I,
mister Holland drove off in the custom of Santa Claus
that right so will now bribe small children with large toys.
Will locate mister Holland at once. Only hope can do
so before gentlemen adds additional murder charge through black career.
Speaker 12: Get out and walk, mad dear.
Speaker 4: Still up here.
Speaker 6: It's so cool and co.
Speaker 4: The time designed does very romantic?
Speaker 6: Come on walking the snow?
Speaker 4: Would this little log cat?
Speaker 8: I said, no, yeah, it's easy. I don't want to
talk to you.
Speaker 4: I don't want to walk in the snow with you.
Speaker 12: I don't ever want o.
Speaker 10: Darling.
Speaker 12: Now, come on, okay, I don't.
Speaker 8: All the way up to I kept my I never
said a word. You told me you'd explain when we
got here. Now I want the explanation.
Speaker 12: We're having a lover's horror, Martha.
Speaker 6: I guess it's the usual thing. It is, upset Smith.
Speaker 12: I don't like to fight.
Speaker 8: I want to know about the name on.
Speaker 12: The lock master. Don't be so generous, don't you see
I'm doing my bestin it's easy.
Speaker 10: That's why we took this dry, just to give you
a childhood.
Speaker 12: Ah, Kevin, just go in there. No, who is Betty Darling?
Speaker 6: I'm in love with you, I'm engaged to you.
Speaker 4: Don't you believe you're the only woman for me?
Speaker 12: Who is Betty?
Speaker 4: I don't know, Mark, I couldn't tell you back in
the city. I'm so angry that here you wouldn't have
believed me. I don't know any bits.
Speaker 8: Then why is the name on the locket?
Speaker 4: The storm made a mistake, and you don't lie to me.
It only makes it worse, Musweet.
Speaker 8: I called Wholtons. You ordered that name me Grave and
they told me so.
Speaker 4: You call Bolton's Martha. You didn't trust me.
Speaker 8: You ordered four lockets, Gary, He's one for a different woman.
Speaker 6: I know that I'm subtle, Martha.
Speaker 8: I can up it with you because I'm a fool,
because I hope him play.
Speaker 16: Do you have an explanation when all the time I
knew you couldn't explain away the truth. I'm supposed to
be a smart woman, Gary, but I can't see. I'm
ugly and I'm forty, and that means I'm a fool
for any pretty romantic peace women like me ought to
be locked.
Speaker 8: Up instead of you, Instead of me, Martha.
Speaker 16: What do you think do you suppose I'm going to
let you get away with this? No, gay, If you
turn me into a fool, I'm getting some of my
own deck.
Speaker 4: You're an expert at this, aren't you.
Speaker 8: The police probably have an icon alright, Sorry.
Speaker 6: Martha, you're not going to tell the police.
Speaker 8: No silent path. But we must be on the right track, mustn't.
Speaker 4: We are working on most reliable information and only hope
for this.
Speaker 8: Sea car traction US now is still a fresh horry son. Howdy,
fresh Pap, I never knew you to be such as
speed being.
Speaker 4: I'm doing the best position, not mistrape on our business.
Must sacrifice own love of quiet cattle too urgently was
wise sage who said help given too late, there's no
help at all. May soon be too late for mis
draper gully pop.
Speaker 8: I know, but we will be much helpful to finish
up in the valley.
Speaker 4: Either Sun has genius for stating the obvious. Kindly concentrate
on business in hand.
Speaker 8: Not the track to stopped. No, No, they haven't they
they turn off the ride here is the pine.
Speaker 4: Wood must now be leaving end request Look, Pap, they've
a red car pulled up around the three think it
was deserted to stop? Get a wagon quickly? Will we
proceed on foot? Thank you? Pop? Parente Un Pap, did
you hear that? What's called for him? And only hope
I am not too late? Just wait up and maybe
our roses will murder away. Better to lose him now
than the draper should forfeit life. I'm coming the draper, Hey,
say the draper, Pap? What's that? Look Pap? Spark from
what heaven to time to lose now? Son Holland has
said fire to Kevin, maybe hoping to destroy evidence of crime.
Speaker 8: It'll go like a volcano set quickly.
Speaker 4: She must be inside fish yes.
Speaker 8: I think so, Hold on, Pop, say we are, I'm
going in.
Speaker 1: After us.
Speaker 4: Out of sight of badness? State the number one. So
I'm also pleasant you are in city hospital. A most
definitely said so sorry you celebrate Christmas in sick bed.
Speaker 8: You had a pretty close colness breaker. If we've been
five minutes later, you'd have.
Speaker 4: Been dead, mister Harland dead mistaper.
Speaker 10: Oh no, I wouldn't want.
Speaker 4: What's bad man mispaper does not deserve your simpleton. After
a tempt of metal you paid that's approaching, tried to
escape by starting fire and rock Kevin. Unfortunately what we're
in Santa Claus costumes, cotton beard and whiskeys stay caught fire,
loose garments and cotton stopping burned piculously got trapped his
own fire. We were so busy pulling you out we
couldn't get to him in time. I'm located your fire
with assistance of children of San Francist had announcement talked
on radio. The chardy chains and Santa Claus and wife
would drive in red body from a large Christmas toy
to every child reported sight of Santa Claus to this person.
Speaker 8: Yes, the kids got you all the way up to
the mountain. You know, Harvey spending all his money buying
Christmas presents for them?
Speaker 10: Did your man and the change? Thank you Christmas present
you gave me now Christmas present? Distress great later? How
beautiful present?
Speaker 6: Why happens?
Speaker 10: It's generally this thanklest brain does not understand.
Speaker 4: So what present is straighter my life? Ah, you are
most welcome. The straighter was why sage?
Speaker 10: She said, he who values life as divine given keeps
Christmas all year. Before this person has further words with you.
Here is a nonsense with the words of wisdom the
first day and good night, sary Chan would like to
repeat for your words of ancient philosophers. He who shuts
his eyes to the truth is like blind man on
edge of physipists one day even falling. Good night.
Speaker 4: Thank you.
Speaker 6: Be sure to join us next week at the same
time for the Adventures of Charlie Chen, based on the
famous character created by Earl Derbigger.
Speaker 5: This is a please getson radio production produced by a
lot on sagh setl.
Speaker 1: Welcome Back. I hadn't thought of this when we started
doing Charlie Chan as something that should have been played
at Christmas time, because there are episodes that contain Santa
in it that don't really have a Christmas theme. But
I guess that made up for when I played a
Halloween episode of Sam Spade right before Christmas in twenty
twenty three. Of course, this one does have a somewhat
happy ending, as an innocent person isn't killed, but I
think any Christmas episode that ends with Santa being caught
on fire is a bit dark. Probably the most Christmas
y thing about this episode may have been the simplicity
of the plot and of the clue that Charlie Chan
used to find the potential murder victim in time. It's
the type of show you listen to in order to
turn off your brain and relax after too much Christmas shopping.
And this will actually bring our look at Charlie Chan
on radio to a close. And I hope you enjoyed
the radio adventures of this detective best known for his
film work. We've obviously covered quite a bit of ground
over the last few months. I probably enjoyed the Landini
murder mystery more than anything else, although I do appreciate
some people didn't enjoy that as much. But I have
to appreciate these episodes, if for nothing else, and all
the unique ways that Charlie Chan chastises Lee. But now
it is time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day,
and I want to thank Sarah, Patreon supporter since March
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Speaker 15: Where I'm George Mason. She's mine in the wheelchair. Dane's
my wife. Good evening, miss Mason. Dan Dan do you Dane?
We've got a visit? He said, Good evening to you.
Say hello, I am This is from the police, mister Mason.
There was some trouble earlier across the street from how
to talk to her? You know, I'm trying something. Maybe
it'll do her some good talking to her. No one
ever dies, you know. You just talked to her and
I'll answer you all right. There was a man stabbed
across the street from you, missus Mason, in the park. Yes,
I heard about it when I came home. Have you
found the man? No, Missus Mason. I understand that you
sit by a window every day. That's right, that one
ge sits there watches. It's her pleasure today every day.
Then she must have seen what happened.
Speaker 4: She must have been pretty pretty.
Speaker 15: What what are you trying to say, Dane?
Speaker 5: You see how it is?
Speaker 15: I'm sorry, George, Yes, what is it?
Speaker 4: I a man today. I saw a knife today.
Speaker 15: Is there anything you can do? Can you talk to Dan?
Speaker 10: A man today, a knife today.
Speaker 1: I hope you'll be with us then in the meantime,
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