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The Whistler - "Death Sees Double" (Old Time Radio, 1944) · The Whistler | Old Time Radio

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Mona and Martha Spencer are identical twin sisters, and Mona's
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: engagement to Bill Everett brings their long-simmering jealousy into the open.
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  Speaker 1: From The Whistler comes Death Sees Double, Episode 130, broadcast
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  Speaker 1: on the CBS Pacific Network, November 20, 1944. Lorene Tuttle
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  Speaker 1: plays both Spencer sisters, as a plan built around their
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: resemblance takes shape. Bill Foreman is the whistler, with Ralph
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  Speaker 1: Rose's script directed and produced by George W.
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  Speaker 2: Allen.
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  Speaker 1: Contemporary coverage noted Tuttle's use of two microphones for the
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  Speaker 1: dual role. Here is the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 3: Let every go signal remind you that you do go
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  Speaker 3: farther with Signal Gasoline.
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  Speaker 4: The Signal Oil Program.
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  Speaker 3: The Signal Oil Company and your neighborhood signal dealer bring
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  Speaker 3: you another curious story by The Whistler.
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  Speaker 2: Tonight, death sees double.
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  Speaker 4: I am The Whistler. And I know many things, for
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  Speaker 4: I walk by night. I know many strange tales, many
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  Speaker 4: secrets hidden in the hearts of men and women who
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  Speaker 4: have stepped into the shadows. Presently I'll tell you of
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  Speaker 4: nameless terrors of which they dare not speak.
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  Speaker 3: But first, Signal Oil Company is happy to devote this
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  Speaker 3: time to an announcement from the United States government on
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  Speaker 3: today's most important event. The opening of the sixth war
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  Speaker 3: loan drive. Many Americans, unfortunately, won't be hearing this announcement
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  Speaker 3: beside their home radios tonight. Some are crouching in rain-filled
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  Speaker 3: foxholes in the Philippines or Burma.
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  Speaker 2: Others are slogging.
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  Speaker 3: Through cold and mud in northern Italy or in France,
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  Speaker 3: plagued by the new German stratosphere bomb. But they're not complaining.
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  Speaker 3: They're just asking for the weapons they need to get
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  Speaker 3: the fighting over and get them home again as soon
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  Speaker 3: as possible. That's where you come in. It's going to
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  Speaker 3: take more B-29s, lots more... at $ 600, 000 each... and M4
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  Speaker 3: tanks at $ 67, 000 each. Yes, millions and millions more dollars.
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  Speaker 3: But you're not being asked to give your dollars. Just
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  Speaker 3: invest them in the world's safest investment... a United States
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  Speaker 3: war bond. Make it a $ 100 bond this time. Your
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  Speaker 3: war bond dollars not only pay you excellent interest... while
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  Speaker 3: ensuring your future security... But they say to the boys
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  Speaker 3: we sent over there, you're not quitting, neither am I, till.
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  Speaker 2: It's over over there.
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  Speaker 3: And now, The Whistler.
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  Speaker 4: You've heard of identical twins, haven't you?
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: You don't run across them very often, but once in
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  Speaker 4: a while you'll find two people who look so much
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  Speaker 4: alike that even their own parents can't tell them apart.
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  Speaker 4: And that can lead to all sorts of complications. There's
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  Speaker 4: one case I have in mind especially. The case of
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  Speaker 4: Mona and Martha Spencer, identical twin sisters. They were exactly alike.
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  Speaker 4: Their friends couldn't tell them apart. Their mother and father,
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  Speaker 4: before they died, had trouble distinguishing between them. After their
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  Speaker 4: parents' death, they were alone in the world. Two devoted,
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  Speaker 4: loving sisters. At least that's what everyone thought. Two loving sisters, beautiful, popular,
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  Speaker 4: surrounded by admirers. Then along came Bill Everett, handsome, successful,
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  Speaker 4: the catch of the season, as they say. And Mona
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  Speaker 4: caught him. Yes, they became engaged, and Mona bought out
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  Speaker 4: the stores for her trousseau. And one night, she and
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  Speaker 4: Martha stood in Mona's room, admiring the beautiful dresses and
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  Speaker 4: lingerie she had purchased.
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  Speaker 6: And this dress, and this robe, and... What's the matter, Martha?
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  Speaker 4: Hmm?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, nothing. I think they're beautiful, all of them. Especially
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  Speaker 6: this dress. I wonder how I'd look in it. Well,
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  Speaker 6: you'd look lovely, dear, the same as I will. Why
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  Speaker 6: don't you try it on? You mean it? Well, of course.
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  Speaker 6: It'll be like looking in the mirror as myself. Go ahead.
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  Speaker 6: I'd like to see how it will look on me. Look,
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  Speaker 6: you're sure you don't mind? Of course I don't mind.
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  Speaker 6: Go ahead. Try it on. Oh, you're a very lucky girl, Mona. Lucky?
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  Speaker 6: Be so lovely and have Bill. Well, if I'm lovely,
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  Speaker 6: so are you. We're both alike. Yes, except for one thing. Martha,
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  Speaker 6: what is it? We've never had secrets from each other.
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  Speaker 6: How aren't we alike? You have Bill. Oh, I do
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  Speaker 6: believe you're jealous. Are you in love with Bill, too?
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  Speaker 2: Nonsense.
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  Speaker 6: I just can't help feeling a little jealous, naturally. You
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  Speaker 6: found your man, and I.
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  Speaker 6: Well, you blame me. We're not alike in another respect, Martha.
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  Speaker 6: You're weak, and I'm strong.
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  Speaker 4: Weak? Yes.
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  Speaker 6: I found my man, as you put it, because I
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  Speaker 6: made up my mind to find him. You should do
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  Speaker 6: the same. Stein, what's happened to all your boyfriends? You've
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  Speaker 6: been staying home so much lately.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I.
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  Speaker 6: I just haven't felt like going out, that's all. Martha,
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  Speaker 6: sometimes I don't understand you. You're so moody lately. Oh,
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  Speaker 6: that's probably Bill. Run down and let him in like
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  Speaker 6: a good girl. I'll be dressed in a minute.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 6: I'm coming. Hello, Bill.
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  Speaker 2: Hello, Mona. Oh, wearing your new dress, huh?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, yes, but I.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, it's beautiful. I'll get your coat. We're late.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, but Bill, I.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot.
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  Speaker 6: Well, that's hardly the way to kiss a sister.
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  Speaker 4: Huh?
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  Speaker 5: Oh.
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  Speaker 6: I've been trying to tell you, Bill. I'm Martha.
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  Speaker 4: Poor Bill can't tell his fiancée from her sister. Yes.
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  Speaker 4: It's too bad that incident at the door had to happen...
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  Speaker 4: because it gave Martha an idea... She tried to put
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  Speaker 4: it out of her mind, but she couldn't. She thought
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  Speaker 4: about it all evening while Mona and Bill were out
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  Speaker 4: having a good time.
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  Speaker 6: He couldn't tell me from Mona. He couldn't tell me
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  Speaker 6: from Mona. Not even when he kissed me, he couldn't tell.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, that little voice kept whispering to her over and
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  Speaker 4: over and over again. It wouldn't go away. A thought
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  Speaker 4: was there, insistent, growing. If even Bill couldn't distinguish between them,
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  Speaker 4: why not? Why not? By the time Mona came home,
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  Speaker 4: the thought had grown into a plan, and Martha was
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  Speaker 4: waiting for her sister.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, hello, Martha. Still up?
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  Speaker 5: Yes, I.
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  Speaker 6: I couldn't sleep. Oh, what's the matter? I've been thinking.
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  Speaker 4: Really?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, that's good. Oh, now run along to bed like
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  Speaker 6: a good girl. I'm dreadfully tired. Suppose you've got a
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  Speaker 6: good time with Bill tonight. Wonderful. Where did you go?
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  Speaker 6: To the 74 Club and Maisie's and... Oh, I'll tell
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  Speaker 6: you all about it tomorrow. Tell me now. Martha, what's
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  Speaker 6: the matter with you? Why are you still up? It's late.
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  Speaker 6: You should have been in bed long ago. I couldn't sleep. Well,
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  Speaker 6: that's too bad, dear. Why not take something? I was thinking.
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  Speaker 6: I didn't want to sleep. Well, that's a waste of time.
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  Speaker 6: Now run along and get to bed. I'm certainly not
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  Speaker 6: going to stay and talk to us because you don't
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  Speaker 6: want to go to bed. I'll tell you all about
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  Speaker 6: tonight in the.
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  Speaker 2: Morning, dear.
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  Speaker 4: Mona goes on about the absorbing business of getting ready
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  Speaker 4: for bed. But Martha stays in her room, sitting, watching her.
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  Speaker 4: And through her mind go the details of the plan, carefully, minutely.
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  Speaker 4: She watches her sister's beauty preparations with a stoic look
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  Speaker 4: on her face. But with hatred burning and growing inside her,
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  Speaker 4: then Mona is ready. She climbs into bed and prepares
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  Speaker 4: to turn out the light.
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  Speaker 6: No, no, Martha, I'm going to bed. I want to talk.
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  Speaker 6: I told you we'd talk in the morning. No, we won't. What?
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  Speaker 6: There isn't going to be any tomorrow for you, Mona.
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  Speaker 6: What do you mean? What are you trying to do,
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  Speaker 6: scare me? I remember when we were little girls, you
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  Speaker 6: used to try to scare me. We're not children anymore, Martha. No,
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  Speaker 6: we're not, are we? But one thing is still the same.
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  Speaker 6: You always get the best of everything. That's the thing.
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  Speaker 6: I've hated you for years. Never really known it until now.
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  Speaker 6: Hated having a sister. A sister who always got the
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  Speaker 6: best of everything. And then Bill came along. So I
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  Speaker 6: was right. You are in love with Bill. Yes, Mona,
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  Speaker 6: I'm in love with Bill. You were right about another thing.
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  Speaker 6: I'm jealous of you.
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  Speaker 4: You're just lucky.
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  Speaker 6: You always have been lucky. You met him first, so
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  Speaker 6: he fell in love with you. Why couldn't it have
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  Speaker 6: been me? If I'd met him first, he would have
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  Speaker 6: fallen in love with me. Yes, you're laughing at me now,
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  Speaker 6: but you won't laugh much longer. You were right about
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  Speaker 6: several things, Mona, but you were terribly wrong about one thing.
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  Speaker 6: You said I'm weak and you're strong. Well, you were wrong, Mona.
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  Speaker 6: I'm not weak. I'm strong. I'm strong. than you. I'm
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  Speaker 6: strong enough to kill you. You're a fool. You wouldn't
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  Speaker 6: gain anything by killing me.
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  Speaker 4: Wouldn't I?
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  Speaker 6: Now stop this nonsense and go to bed. We'll talk
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  Speaker 6: about it in the morning when you're more calm. You
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  Speaker 6: don't believe me, do you, Mona? You don't believe there
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  Speaker 6: isn't going to be any mourning for you. But it's true, Mona.
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  Speaker 6: You're going to die tonight. I'm going to kill you.
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  Speaker 4: Martha!
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  Speaker 6: Where did you get that gun? That gun? Why don't
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  Speaker 6: you remember, Mona? This was Father's gun. Put that down!
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  Speaker 6: You can't order me around any longer. I saw it
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  Speaker 6: all up. Get away from me!
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  Speaker 4: Martha!
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  Speaker 6: Plumsy, Aunt Mona. You can't run away from me.
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  Speaker 4: Martha!
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  Speaker 5: No!
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  Speaker 4: No!
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  Speaker 6: I'm following you, Mona. You won't go far. Just to
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  Speaker 6: the top of the stairs. Then you'll be down on
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  Speaker 6: your knees, begging me not to kill you. But it
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  Speaker 6: won't do you any good. Martha, in heaven's name! You see,
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  Speaker 6: it's you who's weak, not me. I'm strong.
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  Speaker 4: Martha!
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  Speaker 6: Martha, no! You're making a mistake. It won't do you
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  Speaker 6: any good. Martha, wait, please. Listen to me. You see, Mona,
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  Speaker 6: I told you you'd be begging on your knees. You
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  Speaker 6: must listen. No, you listen. You don't think I'll gain
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  Speaker 6: anything by killing you. You think I'll be caught and
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  Speaker 6: convicted and die. Well, you're wrong again, Mona. I won't
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  Speaker 6: be caught and I won't die. No one will even
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  Speaker 6: know you're dead, Mona, because after I kill you, I'm
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  Speaker 6: going to become you. They'll think I died. They'll think
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  Speaker 6: I committed suicide. Mona, please!
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  Speaker 4: Perfect, Mona.
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  Speaker 6: Perfect in every respect. Isn't it lucky we're twins? How
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  Speaker 6: fortunate we look exactly alike. How fortunate we sound exactly alike.
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  Speaker 6: You are me now. And you're going to kill yourself.
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  Speaker 4: No!
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  Speaker 5: Don't!
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  Speaker 6: No!
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  Speaker 4: But no! No! No! No!
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  Speaker 6: Hold still, Mona.
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  Speaker 4: Don't struggle.
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  Speaker 6: It won't do you any good. I'm strong, Mona. I'm
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  Speaker 6: strong enough to put this gun to your head. It
• 11:54
  Speaker 6: must look like suicide, Mona.
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  Speaker 4: The gun.
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  Speaker 6: Close. Powder burns on your face. Hold still, Mona, while I...
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  Speaker 6: while I pull the trigger!
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  Speaker 4: So Martha Spencer killed her twin sister, Mona. Then, carrying
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  Speaker 4: out her plan, she immediately assumed Mona's identity. She changed
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  Speaker 4: into Mona's dress, arranged the gun in Mona's hand... took
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  Speaker 4: Mona's engagement ring and diamond clip... dressed Mona in one
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  Speaker 4: of her robes and put her dinner ring on Mona's finger... Oh, yes,
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  Speaker 4: it was perfect. Perfect in every detail. What could the
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  Speaker 4: police suspect when not even Bill Everett could tell Mona
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  Speaker 4: and Martha apart?
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  Speaker 6: Hello? Police Department? I think you'd better come to 437
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  Speaker 6: Oak Street right away. My sister just committed suicide.
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  Speaker 4: What?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, yes, I... I'm... Mona Spencer.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, it's done now. Now there's no turning back, Martha.
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  Speaker 4: So don't get nervous. Keep calm and face the police
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  Speaker 4: just as if it really had been suicide. Nothing is
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  Speaker 4: going to go wrong, nothing. Not if you keep your head.
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  Speaker 4: Your plan is perfect. When the police arrive, you do
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  Speaker 4: keep your head. They ask only a few simple questions...
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  Speaker 4: And Bill, who arrives soon after, is with you to
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  Speaker 4: keep you steady. So you carry it off rather well.
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  Speaker 7: I'm sorry to subject you to these questions, Miss Spencer.
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  Speaker 7: I know how you must feel.
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  Speaker 6: Poor Martha. She threatened to kill herself, but I... I
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  Speaker 6: didn't think she'd do it.
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  Speaker 7: Had she been depressed recently?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, yes, very depressed. She seemed to be losing control
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  Speaker 6: of herself. She was never quite the same after our
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  Speaker 6: parents died.
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  Speaker 7: Do you suppose your forthcoming marriage had anything to do
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  Speaker 7: with it?
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  Speaker 6: Well, I'm afraid it did. You see, Martha and I
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  Speaker 6: were always very close to each other. She had no boyfriends.
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  Speaker 6: I couldn't understand it. She was very attractive.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, just as you are.
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  Speaker 6: Yes. But for some reason, no one ever became seriously
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  Speaker 6: interested in her. And then when Bill and I.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, I understand.
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  Speaker 7: By the way, Mr. Everett, did Martha Spencer say anything
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  Speaker 7: to you that might lead you to believe she contemplated suicide?
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  Speaker 4: Well, I.
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  Speaker 2: No, I can't say she did.
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  Speaker 6: It's all right, dear. You needn't spare me. I'm sure
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  Speaker 6: you must have noticed how strangely she'd been acting lately.
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  Speaker 2: Come to think of it, she didn't quite seem to
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  Speaker 2: be herself. I see.
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  Speaker 7: Well, I don't think we need to trouble you any further,
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  Speaker 7: Miss Spencer. These were just routine questions. The coroner's verdict
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  Speaker 7: was suicide.
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  Speaker 2: I'm satisfied.
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  Speaker 6: Then if you'll excuse me. Of course.
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  Speaker 7: I'll be running along. Oh, don't bother to show me out.
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  Speaker 7: I can find my way.
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  Speaker 6: Thank you. Goodbye, Inspector.
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  Speaker 4: Goodbye.
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  Speaker 7: Goodbye, and good luck.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Mona, I think I'd better be running along, too.
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  Speaker 2: I'll call you in the morning, huh?
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  Speaker 6: How must you go, Bill? I don't want to be
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  Speaker 6: alone for a while.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yes, I know, but.
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  Speaker 5: Well, see here, Mona, I thought perhaps in view of
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  Speaker 5: what's happened, you... Well, you might want to postpone our
• 15:13
  Speaker 5: marriage for a while.
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  Speaker 6: Nonsense, Bill. I feel bad, dear, about poor Martha, of course.
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  Speaker 6: But we can't help her now. We may as well
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  Speaker 6: forget it and enjoy our own happiness.
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  Speaker 2: If you wish.
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  Speaker 6: Bill.
• 15:26
  Speaker 2: Yeah?
• 15:27
  Speaker 6: You, uh... You haven't kissed me since Martha died.
• 15:32
  Speaker 4: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry.
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  Speaker 6: I love you, Bill. And now you're mine.
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  Speaker 4: Forever.
• 15:53
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• 15:56
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• 16:01
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• 16:05
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  Speaker 4: Well, several weeks went by. Martha thought she'd better wait
• 16:32
  Speaker 4: a little while to make certain that the cold-blooded murder
• 16:35
  Speaker 4: of her sister was not suspected. Yes, she was a
• 16:37
  Speaker 4: clever girl with Martha Spencer, posing as her twin sister, Mona.
• 16:42
  Speaker 4: Martha knew she looked exactly like Mona. But did she
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  Speaker 4: talk exactly like her and walk and act and make
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  Speaker 4: love exactly like Mona? At first, the possibility bothered her.
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  Speaker 2: Bill.
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  Speaker 6: Kiss me.
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  Speaker 2: Hmm? Okay. There.
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  Speaker 6: Bill. Yeah? You sometimes act so cold. I haven't done
• 17:06
  Speaker 6: anything to make you feel different.
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: Oh, you know better than that. What's eating you, Mona?
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  Speaker 6: Nothing, nothing. I just wondered if I'd changed any. So
• 17:16
  Speaker 6: much has happened.
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  Speaker 5: No, you haven't changed, Mona. You'll never change. Never in
• 17:21
  Speaker 5: this world.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, everything was going all right. Bill didn't suspect a thing,
• 17:33
  Speaker 4: neither did the police. And after a few weeks, Martha
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: felt secure. Bill didn't act as she had expected him
• 17:40
  Speaker 4: to act. There was a sort of a chilly detachment
• 17:42
  Speaker 4: in his attitude toward her, but perhaps that was only
• 17:45
  Speaker 4: because he was shy or reticent to show his feelings
• 17:48
  Speaker 4: before they were married. So the thing to do was
• 17:51
  Speaker 4: to hurry up the marriage.
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  Speaker 6: Bill, why should we wait? Why don't we go ahead
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  Speaker 6: and get married? Right away.
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  Speaker 4: Hmm?
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: Okay, I suppose we might as well get it over with.
• 18:03
  Speaker 6: That's a fine way to talk about our marriage.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so we'll get married.
• 18:06
  Speaker 5: We'll drive out to Raleigh tomorrow and get the license.
• 18:09
  Speaker 6: Raleigh?
• 18:09
  Speaker 7: Yes.
• 18:10
  Speaker 6: Why drive way out to a little town like that
• 18:12
  Speaker 6: to get it?
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: You know why as well as I do.
• 18:15
  Speaker 6: Oh, oh yes, I... Of course, dear, anything you say.
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  Speaker 4: Hmm, that's strange, isn't it, Martha? You don't know what
• 18:31
  Speaker 4: he meant by that, do you? There must be some
• 18:34
  Speaker 4: secret between Mona and Bill that you didn't know about.
• 18:36
  Speaker 4: But never mind, it can't be very important. And he
• 18:39
  Speaker 4: didn't suspect you. Don't worry about it. As you drive
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: out to Raleigh, go to the courthouse and sign the application.
• 18:46
  Speaker 4: But now there's something else. You watch amazed as Bill
• 18:50
  Speaker 4: signs the application for a license.
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  Speaker 3: Bill?
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  Speaker 2: It's all right. I've signed correctly. You can see for yourself.
• 18:58
  Speaker 6: Bill, I.
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: Stop it, Mona. What's getting into you?
• 19:00
  Speaker 4: Next, please. Oh, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Here you are.
• 19:04
  Speaker 4: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 2: Let's see now.
• 19:06
  Speaker 4: Seems to be all right. That'll be $ 2, please. Here
• 19:09
  Speaker 4: you are.
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: Thank you. I'll have to wait three days, you know.
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: Oh, well, better wait a moment now than later in
• 19:15
  Speaker 4: a divorce court. Ha, ha, ha, ha.
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: Let's see, let me check these names here again.
• 19:19
  Speaker 4: Miss Mona Spencer and Mr. George Garrett. There was something wrong,
• 19:30
  Speaker 4: something terribly wrong. Why did Bill sign the license George Garrett?
• 19:34
  Speaker 4: A cold chill clutched at Martha's heart, but she didn't
• 19:37
  Speaker 4: say anything to him. On the way home, he suggested
• 19:40
  Speaker 4: that they celebrate the occasion by going out that evening
• 19:43
  Speaker 4: to a little roadhouse up in the mountains. She accepted,
• 19:46
  Speaker 4: of course, and told him she'd be ready at seven.
• 19:48
  Speaker 4: She left. his car and went up the steps of
• 19:51
  Speaker 4: her home. Yes, her home now, all hers. She opened
• 19:57
  Speaker 4: the front door. And as she closed it, something on
• 20:02
  Speaker 4: the stairs caught her attention. She looked at the top
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: of the stairs. There was nothing there. She shrugged her
• 20:10
  Speaker 4: shoulders and walked up. Just her imagination. Or was it?
• 20:18
  Speaker 4: She paused at the top and looked at the rug.
• 20:21
  Speaker 4: This was where she had killed Mona. She could almost
• 20:24
  Speaker 4: see her, hear her.
• 20:25
  Speaker 6: Martha, no, you're making a mistake. It won't do you
• 20:28
  Speaker 6: any good. Martha, wait, listen to me.
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: Stop it, you fool.
• 20:32
  Speaker 4: No. Yes, stop it, Martha. You're beginning to hear things.
• 20:40
  Speaker 4: She went to her room, Mona's room. Ah, it was
• 20:45
  Speaker 4: good to be alone, to enjoy Mona's trousseau, all those
• 20:49
  Speaker 4: wonderful things. She slid open the closet door. Ah, such
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: beautiful dresses. Which one should she wear tonight? She tried
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: to concentrate, sat down at the mirror, and there was
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: her reflection. Mona's reflection. Ah! Ah! Oh, now isn't that
• 21:07
  Speaker 4: a shame? Breaking that beautiful mirror and that fine bottle
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: of perfume. She got up and paced the floor. She
• 21:14
  Speaker 4: simply couldn't get it out of her mind. Why? Why?
• 21:18
  Speaker 4: Why did Bill sign his name George Garrett? And why
• 21:21
  Speaker 4: do Mona's words keep coming back to her?
• 21:24
  Speaker 6: You're making a mistake. It won't do you any good.
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: Martha, wait.
• 21:27
  Speaker 4: Listen to me.
• 21:27
  Speaker 6: I won't think about it. I won't.
• 21:29
  Speaker 4: I won't.
• 21:30
  Speaker 6: I won't. I won't.
• 21:38
  Speaker 4: That's right, Martha. Don't think about it. Get dressed. Make
• 21:42
  Speaker 4: yourself beautiful. As beautiful as Mona was. You should be
• 21:46
  Speaker 4: happy tonight, Martha. In just three days, you'll be married
• 21:49
  Speaker 4: to Bill. That's what you wanted, wasn't it? Well, then,
• 21:53
  Speaker 4: be happy. Enjoy yourself tonight with Bill. Bill? Yeah?
• 22:01
  Speaker 6: What's the matter?
• 22:04
  Speaker 4: Matter?
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: Nothing.
• 22:06
  Speaker 4: Why?
• 22:06
  Speaker 6: You've been so quiet. You've hardly spoken a word since
• 22:09
  Speaker 6: we started.
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: Oh, sorry. Beautiful night, isn't it?
• 22:13
  Speaker 6: That's no good, Bill. Something's wrong. What is it?
• 22:17
  Speaker 5: Now, look, Mona, I don't remember that part of the
• 22:18
  Speaker 5: bargain was catering to your whims.
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: Bargain?
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: Oh, never mind.
• 22:25
  Speaker 6: Bill, there's something I don't understand.
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: Yeah, what?
• 22:28
  Speaker 6: About the name you signed on the marriage license.
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: It's okay, I told you once. I signed my right name.
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: You saw it yourself? For heaven's sakes, Mona, will you
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: cut it out?
• 22:37
  Speaker 7: Yes, of course, Bill.
• 22:39
  Speaker 6: I'm sorry.
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: Sorry? That's a hot one.
• 22:43
  Speaker 6: Bill.
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: Yeah?
• 22:46
  Speaker 6: You don't love me, do you?
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: Oh, why go into that?
• 22:48
  Speaker 6: Because I want to know.
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: Okay. I love you, I love you, I love you,
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: I love you. Do you have to keep hammering at me?
• 22:54
  Speaker 6: I'm sorry, Bill. Please don't shout at me. Bill.
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: Well, what is it now?
• 23:03
  Speaker 6: Where are we going?
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: I told you once, to a little roadhouse.
• 23:07
  Speaker 6: I don't seem to recognize this road. Where are we?
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: Oh, we're up in the mountains. We'll be at the
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: top soon.
• 23:12
  Speaker 4: Bill.
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: You have to talk, Mona. Aren't you satisfied? You've had
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: your own way.
• 23:16
  Speaker 4: What more do you want?
• 23:17
  Speaker 6: I want to know why you don't love me.
• 23:19
  Speaker 7: I do love you.
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: I'm crazy about you. Now leave me alone, will you?
• 23:21
  Speaker 6: That's not a fool, Bill. I want the truth.
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: Oh, you do? Well, just be patient, Mona. We're almost there.
• 23:29
  Speaker 4: Almost where?
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: At the top.
• 23:31
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: Just around this curve. There. We're here.
• 23:42
  Speaker 6: I don't see any roadhouse.
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: No, there isn't any, Mona.
• 23:44
  Speaker 6: Then why are we stopping?
• 23:46
  Speaker 5: So you can get the truth. You're always getting everything
• 23:50
  Speaker 5: you want.
• 23:51
  Speaker 4: All right, Mona. Look over there.
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: Where?
• 23:53
  Speaker 4: Over there, while I... Bill!
• 23:55
  Speaker 6: Bill, what are you doing?
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: Just tying your arms. And now I'm gagging you.
• 24:01
  Speaker 4: Oh, no.
• 24:01
  Speaker 6: Why are you doing this?
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: There we are.
• 24:03
  Speaker 4: Oh.
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: Oh, it's neat. How does it feel to be gagged, Mona? No, Mona,
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: it's no use.
• 24:12
  Speaker 5: You're going to listen to me now. You had your
• 24:14
  Speaker 5: own way long enough. Always talking, always ordering, demanding. Well,
• 24:17
  Speaker 5: I'm not going to go through with it, Mona.
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: I'm not going to marry you.
• 24:20
  Speaker 5: You can only torture a man so long and then
• 24:22
  Speaker 5: he does something about it. And I'm going to do
• 24:23
  Speaker 5: something about it right now.
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: Yes, Mona. Yes, I'm going to kill you.
• 24:29
  Speaker 5: I've tried to reason with you. I've begged, I've pleaded,
• 24:30
  Speaker 5: I've threatened, but you've only laughed at me. You thought
• 24:33
  Speaker 5: because you knew my secret you could force.
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: Me to marry you. Well, you can't. I'd rather go
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: to prison than marry you. No, I won't marry you.
• 24:39
  Speaker 5: And I won't go to prison because this is going
• 24:41
  Speaker 5: to look like an accident.
• 24:42
  Speaker 4: I've got a perfect alibi, Mona.
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: I can count for every minute of this evening.
• 24:46
  Speaker 5: When they find you, they'll think you took that curve
• 24:48
  Speaker 5: too fast and they'll pronounce it accidental death.
• 24:50
  Speaker 4: Perfect.
• 24:51
  Speaker 5: This is your car and there's nothing to connect me
• 24:53
  Speaker 5: with even being here this evening. I'll be rid of you, Mona.
• 24:57
  Speaker 5: I'll be free to marry Lois. Oh, you didn't know Lois,
• 25:01
  Speaker 5: did you? You didn't even know such a person existed,
• 25:04
  Speaker 5: did you?
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: Well, she does.
• 25:05
  Speaker 5: And I'm in love with her. I love her, not you.
• 25:09
  Speaker 5: And I'm going to marry her.
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: Please, please.
• 25:11
  Speaker 5: Oh, do you any good to beg for? I can't
• 25:14
  Speaker 5: trust you. I trusted you once with a secret, and
• 25:16
  Speaker 5: you tried to blackmail me.
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: Blackmail me into marrying you.
• 25:19
  Speaker 6: Oh, don't do anything about that. You've got the wrong girl.
• 25:21
  Speaker 4: I can't let you go with a cliff, bound in gag. No.
• 25:25
  Speaker 5: Now, that was just to make you listen so I
• 25:26
  Speaker 5: could tell you why you're going to die. Wouldn't do
• 25:28
  Speaker 5: to have them find you with your arms tied together.
• 25:30
  Speaker 5: That wouldn't look quite like an accident, would it? Well,
• 25:34
  Speaker 5: this is it, Mona. Now, you won't feel a thing
• 25:37
  Speaker 5: when I.
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: Bruise your pretty little head. Now, just remove the gag
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: and the ropes. Release the brake.
• 25:49
  Speaker 4: Engage the clutch. Stop the engine.
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: Goodbye, Mona. Pleasant dreams.
• 26:25
  Speaker 3: The Whistler will return in just a moment with a
• 26:27
  Speaker 3: strange ending of tonight's story. Meantime, let's test your memory.
• 26:32
  Speaker 3: How long has it been since you had the lubricant
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: changed in your transmission and differential? That's an important question,
• 26:39
  Speaker 3: because the tremendous pressure under which the gears in most
• 26:41
  Speaker 3: modern cars operate gradually pulverizes tiny metal particles and turns
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: even the best lubricants into a grinding, harmful abrasive. That's why,
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: if it's been 5,000 miles or over six months since
• 26:55
  Speaker 3: you had your transmission and differential lubricant changed, your neighborhood
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: signal gasoline dealer suggests that now is a good time
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: to do it. Now, when you bring your car in
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: to have its signal safety chart.
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: Lubricated for winter protection.
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: Your signal dealer has the equipment to thoroughly flush out
• 27:13
  Speaker 3: the old, worn-out lubricant. And his signal safety chart shows
• 27:18
  Speaker 3: the exact type of scientific high-pressure gear lubricant prescribed by
• 27:22
  Speaker 3: the maker of your car. It's just another part of
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: your neighborhood signal gasoline dealer's complete conscientious service.
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: To help your car go farther. And now, back to
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: the whistler.
• 27:46
  Speaker 4: Poor William Everett. Poor George Garrett. That was his real name.
• 27:51
  Speaker 4: He didn't get away with it. His alibi was foolproof
• 27:53
  Speaker 4: enough so far as the accident was concerned. But he
• 27:57
  Speaker 4: forgot that Inspector Dudley would check up on the marriage
• 28:00
  Speaker 4: license and see his name signed big as life. The
• 28:04
  Speaker 4: name of George Garrett, an escaped convict. Yes, Inspector Dudley
• 28:09
  Speaker 4: didn't have to pin a murder on him. All he
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: had to do was send him back to prison to
• 28:14
  Speaker 4: finish serving a term of life imprisonment. Poor Bill. He
• 28:19
  Speaker 4: only committed murder to protect his secret. And he never
• 28:23
  Speaker 4: knew that it wasn't Mona he killed. It was Martha.
• 28:26
  Speaker 4: And Martha hadn't the slightest idea that he had a secret.
• 28:30
  Speaker 4: so she would never have given him away. Too bad
• 28:33
  Speaker 4: Martha couldn't have known the truth before she killed Mona.
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: Oh, well.
• 28:38
  Speaker 4: That's what happens sometimes when you're a twin and you're
• 28:42
  Speaker 4: in love with the same man as your sister.
• 29:08
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• 29:10
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• 29:17
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• 29:30
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• 30:12
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• 30:15
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