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- 1:07well we're going to go ahead and get into today's episode of The Man
- 1:11from Homicide. Original air date July sixteenth, nineteen fifty one. And this
- 1:19is uh the Old Man Kelso murder Man from Homicide. In a moment,
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- 2:04The Man from Homicide. According to Webster's Dictionary, homicide is the killing
- 2:14of one human being by another. According to Lieutenant Lou Dana is the beginning
- 2:20of a dirty, dangerous job that doesn't end until the killer is found.
- 2:24I don't like killers. Every week at this time, the American Broadcasting Company
- 2:46brings you transcribed the Star of Stage and Screen and Derry A as Lieutenant Blue
- 2:53Dana, The Man from Homicide. Most men spend their lives building walls around
- 3:09themselves, money, social position, land, and the man with many walls
- 3:15may seem to be different from the man who sells pencils on the corner.
- 3:20But sudden death knows no walls, and when they look into its face,
- 3:25all men are pretty much alike. I know what's up, inspector something hot,
- 3:36Lou. Just take a call from old man Kelso he's scared scared of
- 3:38death, Loo, What's he got to be scared of? Falling off his
- 3:43money claim someone is threatening to kill it stick a gum inspector. Huh oh
- 3:47no, no, no, huh. He asked for you, Lou right
- 3:51away. Yeah, An, you better get on it, Lou, inspector.
- 3:54What happens if we get a call from a fruit peddler who thinks someone
- 3:58is trying to kill him? Oh, I know, I know, we
- 4:00ignore it nine chances out of ten? Why is this so different? He
- 4:04sounded really scared, Lou for one reason, and you know the other nine
- 4:10million dollars and I better can't sleep nights thinking how to make it ten.
- 4:15Better get out there, Lou. Sure, sure, I'll go out and
- 4:16hold Kelso's hand and maybe some of what he's got to rub off on me.
- 4:27The Kelso butler and I exchanged chilled greetings before he consented to guide me
- 4:30to mister Kelso's room. The fifty cent tour through a mausoleum, he announced
- 4:38me left, and I was face to face with nine million dollars. Come
- 4:44in, lieutenant, come in, she done, she done. Thank you
- 4:49for coming so promptly, Dan. I won't forget it. I still have
- 4:53one or two friends left, you know, I won't forget it. Somebody's
- 4:57been threatening you, mister Kelso, and she's been threatening me. Tell me
- 5:00a better word for it, Tina, tell me a better word for it.
- 5:01When a man announces openly, brazenly, over a period of weeks that
- 5:05he intends to kill me, all right, mister Kelser, what's his name?
- 5:10There will be no publicity concerning this dinner, not unless he carries out
- 5:15his threat. Oh oh, yes, well his name is Farley, Dinna
- 5:21Stephen Farley. The name should be familiar to you, vaguely, small time
- 5:28hood. I think I haven't heard anything of him in a couple of years,
- 5:31or wonder I've been supporting him leavishly any particular reason. Farley has a
- 5:36sister, Vivian, formerly a singer. Oh I remember now, and Vivian
- 5:44is missus Kelso. We were married quietly two years ago, lucky you.
- 5:49I remember. It's because of Vivian that I haven't gone to the police before.
- 5:54Now. But well, he means it, Dina, He means the
- 5:59cure, all right. If he made threats, will pull a man.
- 6:01I'm afraid it's not quite that easy. He has not openly promised murder in
- 6:06front of witnesses. He's too clever for that? What has he done to
- 6:10me? He has implied repeatedly that I must be suffering, that death will
- 6:14be such a happy relief, that while Vivian and he will hate to see
- 6:17me go, they will interface it for my sake. He goes hun like
- 6:21that repeatedly. Mister Calton, I'm from the homicide squad. If you've got
- 6:27a nasty brother in law, I'm sorry for you, but sympathy is about
- 6:30all I can give you. Lieutenant in wait, what do you call this
- 6:35if not overt evidence of intent to murder? Two days ago, Fowley took
- 6:40an option on an expensive home with the down payment to be made in two
- 6:45weeks. When he says he expects to come into a great sum of money
- 6:49two weeks, anything else know certainty. He took an option on a yacht
- 6:54in the same manner, ordered expensive clothes, even consulted mortician about funeral arrangements.
- 7:01I asked Coutina for the taxes I pay. I'm not entitled to protection
- 7:05from a thing like this. Am I to be murdered in my own bed
- 7:09with no one turning a hand to save me? What's this country coming?
- 7:12Tool? When I'll look into it? Mister Kelso, where Stephen Farley living
- 7:16Gramacy Apartments on South Garton. I've maintained a residence for him, supported him,
- 7:21given him a car, and now I'll look into it. I'll look
- 7:25into him. Your wife around, mister Kelso. I believe Vivian is in
- 7:30the pool right now. I'll find it. What have I worked for all
- 7:34my life? What security have I obtained? What, mister Kelso? Tell
- 7:41me? What's it like to have nine million dollars? It's it's not what
- 7:47you'd expect. It's not what you'd expect it all. Mister Kelso was shivering
- 7:58in the warmth of the day as I left him, an on guard.
- 8:01Outside his door was an empty suit of armor with a spear. A multi
- 8:07millionaire defended only by a tin soldier. I found the pool and arching off
- 8:13the board and a front jack knife was Vivian. I wanted her to come
- 8:18up and out of the water fast so I could see if it was true
- 8:22enough. Hi, it was is wonderful today. You want to join us
- 8:28almost any other time, Missus Kelso. Lieutenant lou Dana Homicide Squad. Oh
- 8:33you're looking for my husband, Lieutenant Dana. I've seen him. I didn't
- 8:37believe him. I hope. Oh this is Gordon Elliott, my husband's business
- 8:41manager. Boy, you didn't excuse me? Wehead sure, Just don't drip
- 8:46on my suit, Dana, believe me. I'm sorry you had this trip
- 8:50out here, but nothing i'd try to stop mister Kelse open folding the police.
- 8:52All right, I don't mine. Oh Gordon was just going to dress
- 8:56and go into town. Unless you want him for anything, Lieutenant m I
- 9:01guess you can take care of everything, missus Kelso. So long, Elliott,
- 9:05Uh, see your dinner, right, Gordon. Gordon's got a wonderful
- 9:11tan, hasn't he. He must go over the books under a sun lamb
- 9:15the bitter Lieutenant, Diana, I've heard of you. What about your husband,
- 9:20missus Kelso and your brother? Sit down, Lieutenant, Oh oh no,
- 9:26that one's wet over here. I'll stretch out if you don't mind.
- 9:30I'd be silly if I did mine. Thank you. You didn't take my
- 9:35husband seriously, did you, Lieutenant? He seemed pretty serious about it.
- 9:39He did. Well, you know how it is with someone that old?
- 9:43No, how is it? Would you like to rub some sun oil on
- 9:50my back? I'd love to, but I won't. What about your brother?
- 9:56Anything to him? Steve's not very much good, never could take care
- 10:00of himself. He's one of the reasons I married Franklin. What are the
- 10:03others? Obvious? I like the reasons why he married you better. Well,
- 10:13I got a response, and there's nothing in your brother's threats. No,
- 10:16no, I'm sure of it. Maybe I better ask brother. Then
- 10:22are you coming back and rub my back? There won't be much sun by
- 10:26then. Well. I know the pay is good being missus Franklin Celzo,
- 10:33but tell me is it hard work? If I told you Dana, would
- 10:39you No, No, you wouldn't. I guess I wouldn't. Good Bye,
- 10:48missus Kelze. You should remember me, Farley. I do you worked
- 11:03me over about three years ago. You didn't get anything out of me,
- 11:07Dan. Maybe I'll have more luck the next time. Can I come in
- 11:11or should we talk? For your neighbors? You can come in, Danna,
- 11:18nice apartment. Thanks. I know you're decorator. He does calendars for
- 11:22pool rooms. Same old Dana's, same jokes. Sindan drink not with you.
- 11:31Old man Kelso says you've been shooting off your mouth about killing him.
- 11:33Farley his second childhood. I saw his second childhood, She says, there's
- 11:39nothing to it either. Why bother me? How about that house you took
- 11:45an option on. I've been looking for a place yet. What's with the
- 11:48yacht? Nothing serious? Nothing serious? Come here? This smells like a
- 11:54game, and I don't like anybody playing games with me, in particular a
- 11:58cheap hood living off his sister. Here's a string around your finger to remind
- 12:03you. I don't have to take that anymore, Dana. Then don't reach
- 12:07in your pockets when I talk to you. What's your sister married? Don't
- 12:11build you up with me at all, Farley. If you didn't have that
- 12:13bad you wouldn't be so easy with your hands. Tough guy. If I'm
- 12:16tough, it's because crime and guys like you have made me tough. I
- 12:20don't like your apartment, Farley. Don't give me any course to come back.
- 12:31I thought it over on the way back to the station, and I
- 12:33didn't like it. The deal was giving forth a very ripe odor, but
- 12:37I couldn't localize it. The inspectors shared the same headache. I don't know,
- 12:45lou he was your own judgment. I guess what do you think?
- 12:48I don't know either. We haven't got enough to be sure. I guess
- 12:52we better put a tail on Farley for a few days for it. Okay,
- 12:56I'll send them out and don't take any chances on the thing like this.
- 13:00Lou Kelso's a big man. If he gets knocked off, we're not
- 13:03gonna look good. We'll look a lot better than Kelso. Very comforting.
- 13:13I sent Metzger out to stay with Farley and tried to forget about the Kelso
- 13:18family. The old man was easy, but at midnight that night in my
- 13:22room, I was still having trouble with Vivian. Yeah, oh, Metzger,
- 13:33your what you lost? Farley? How long ago? Two hours?
- 13:41Well? Why didn't you call me before you? All right, No,
- 13:48go on into the station if you can find it. I'll go out to
- 13:52the Kelso place and Metzger great work. It was almost one when I pulled
- 14:03into the lawn driveway, and it took a lot of banging on the door
- 14:07to bang up the butler. This time, I didn't wait for the guide
- 14:09service, but took off of Kelso's room alone. Did I mention that Kelso's
- 14:16room was an overnight hike from the front entrance. I was, and I
- 14:20didn't encounter any of the settlers along the way. I paused outside the door
- 14:26of the man guarded by a tin suit of armor. Something was missing from
- 14:33the empty soldier, but I couldn't place it. Mister Kelso, are you
- 14:43awake, mister Kelso, mister Kelso. All the lights were on in the
- 14:54room and mister Kelso was in bed. Then I knew what was missing from
- 15:00the tin soldier outside. It was the spear sticking straight up in the air
- 15:07was pinning Kelso to the bed, and his nine million dollar life had run
- 15:11out in a thin red trickle. Technicians all through upstairs, lou just about
- 15:24inspector. They got some very pretty pictures, but not much else. No
- 15:28Prince on the murder weapon are too smared to be any good for anything?
- 15:33Get anything out of the Butler says he was in a clinch with the maid
- 15:35all evening. You you check me, she says, yes, must want
- 15:39to hold her job pretty bad to be in a clinch with him. Yeah,
- 15:43like neck and a quick frozen salmon. Missus Kelso and Elliott show up
- 15:46yet No, not yet, Butler saidthing went out about ten and the murder
- 15:50was around midnight. How about little brother Farley. Nothing on him yet we
- 15:56got out of broadcast on him. Should hear something if he hasn't skipped looks
- 16:00open and shut against him? Sure, open and shut, open and shut.
- 16:06Now, don't make things complicated, Lou. I'm going upstairs. I'll
- 16:08wait for you. It's not so pretty. I want to go back.
- 16:18I prowled around downstairs, the library with the expensive first editions that Kelcer had
- 16:23never read and never would, the dining hall with the Italian Masters of the
- 16:29Walls that Kelco had never really seen and never would, the whole huge place
- 16:36for entertaining the friends he had never really had and never would. Then I
- 16:41heard someone at the front entrance, Hello, who's there? What's happened?
- 16:49How are you Allian? Dam also have a bright and gay evening? We
- 16:56saw the police cars outside. What's wrong? One thing at a time.
- 17:00There's nothing wrong that you can do anything about. Care to tell me where
- 17:04you both were this evening? Oh, of course not. We went to
- 17:08a drive in movie. Mister Kelso didn't feel up to it, so I
- 17:12took Vivian. And how long were you there, Earlia? Well it was
- 17:18a little after ten when we got there, after twelve when we left.
- 17:21Isn't that about it? Vivian? Yes, what is this? Diana?
- 17:25Somebody saw you when you drove in and when you left. I think so.
- 17:30Yes, the movie is close to here, fairly close walking distance.
- 17:36What is this? You can both give me the plot of the movie?
- 17:40Well, I think so. What about the talking mule Francis goes to the
- 17:44races? You will want a resume. It's after two now. You left
- 17:51the movie at twelve. We had a few drinks and people saw your having
- 17:53the drink. Yes, look, I imagine you both can hazard a guess
- 17:59as to what his concerns my husband. Somebody threw him a spear, he
- 18:06caught it. You're now the sole possessor of nine million dollars. So he
- 18:14did do it? Who did do what? Nobody? You'd have trouble convincing
- 18:18the late mister Kelso. Can I see him? He's not very nice to
- 18:22look at. How bad do you want to see him? Not very Danna?
- 18:29Can I take her into the study if that's the best place you can
- 18:33think of. Go ahead, come on to me, missus. Kelso.
- 18:38What this new job managing nine million dollars? It may be tougher than the
- 18:47last one, it's possible, but Dana, don't let it keep you up
- 18:52night. I was standing there wondering how to be to have Vivian kelso keep
- 19:02me up nights, when someone came down the stairs on very flat feet.
- 19:07Inspector Eddie Sherman. I got something, Lou. What one of the provo
- 19:12cars outside just picked up a flash. They grabbed Steve Farley trying to get
- 19:17on a bus for out of town. That's handy. Makes you look good,
- 19:19Inspector. Yeah, but Lou, if it ever gets out that Parley
- 19:23ventilated his brother in law after Kelseo asked us for protection, I was just
- 19:29given some sound advice. Yeah, don't let it keep you up nights.
- 19:34Let's go. That's not much of a story, Harley. That's all the
- 19:47story I got for now. That you don't remember anything from ten last night
- 19:52until they picked you up getting on a bus four hours later. That's it,
- 19:55Dawn, and you're happy about your prospects, inspected Take the boys out
- 20:00and give me some time alone with them. Huh. Well, I I
- 20:03don't know, Lou. There's gonna be some expensive lawyers in this case.
- 20:07Just quiet conversation, Inspector. I'm on you, inspector danis stuff. Don't
- 20:12go with me anymore. You're not fooling with some kid. I know my
- 20:15rap. Oh i'd come on boys, Oh lou, Quiet conversation. You
- 20:27don't remember anything I told you, Dan, And if you think that you
- 20:30can, what are you going to do? Quiet conversation, reminiscence. I
- 20:38knew a real smart head a few years back got picked up on a murder
- 20:42rap. He was innocent, had an air tight alibi, but he waited
- 20:48until his trial to spring it. What happened in the meantime as alibi got
- 20:53hit by a car, they burned the real smart head. What what's it
- 21:02cut to do with me? Another case, real shrewd operator went on trial
- 21:07for a murderous partner committed just to throw the cops so far off the trail
- 21:11they'd never catch up. He had an airtight alibi too. What happened His
- 21:18partner shot the alibi. The shrewd operator got ten thousand volts. Yes,
- 21:29you think you're scaring me, you're pretty stupid. If I'm not listen,
- 21:33Dana, I told you that I come on to talk. Where were you
- 21:36tonight? If you got an alibi, spill it? You're ten thousand miles
- 21:41out on a limb buster. What happens when it gets sowt off? Please
- 21:45let me alone, Dana, let me think. Let you think that could
- 21:48be days? Where were you tonight? All right, all right, just
- 21:52look go me give I I was in a Turkish bath night from ten to
- 22:00round one. The guy that owns it left town right after he's coming back
- 22:07for the trial. Yeah yeah, I thought, so, yeah, but
- 22:17what are you gonna do with me? Thede a trap? Oh yeah?
- 22:22Inspector Counsel Lawyers on the phone wants to know what the charge is on Farling.
- 22:27Tell him, no charge. We're sending them home. Loo, tell
- 22:32him, will you, Inspector, I'll give you the reasons in a minute.
- 22:34You know what you're doing, Lou, I think so, Inspector,
- 22:38I think so. I got a nose for these things. Inspector Sherman took
- 22:48some more persuading, but in the end we let Steve Farley go home.
- 22:53I figured to give him half an hour and then go after him. I
- 22:56did, But when I got to Farley's place at the Grammar Say, I'd
- 23:00figured it too close. I got the Farley's door fast and put my shoulder
- 23:07to it. That was my mistake. Who the gun butt didn't catch me
- 23:17square and I've got a hard head. I went down, but not out.
- 23:22There was no hurry. I knew where I could find the one that
- 23:26slugged me. I crawled over on the floor to Steve Farley. There was
- 23:32no hurry about him at all. He was dead. It was around four
- 23:42when I arrived for the third time at the Kelco place. It was quiet.
- 23:48There were a couple of crickets outside. They were the only ones who
- 23:52felt like singing. I could see light through the front window, but somebody
- 23:57heard me coming. The lights went off as I got to the door.
- 24:02I gave it the shoulder treatment. I did what I was trained to do,
- 24:07drop to the floor and shot back. Then I got up and found
- 24:14the light switch. You're late, Loudina. How is it bad? As
- 24:26bad as he could make it. Don't let him get away, don't.
- 24:30I'll be right back. I'll call a doctor as soon as I get him.
- 24:33I'll get him. I was outside and on the broad lawn. There
- 24:42was no place for a murderer to hide. Then I heard something. Old
- 24:49Man Kelso had a huge avi area at one corner of the house. When
- 24:53something had disturbed the birds, Elliott. Not a very good place to hide,
- 25:04Elliott, too noisy. There's no home for a killer, Elliott,
- 25:14not even in a cage. Come on out, come in and get me
- 25:19sure only I haven't got much time, Elliott. There's a girl needs a
- 25:29doctor because you shot holes in her. That wasn't very smart. Elliott.
- 25:36You must be about out of bullets. Try again. No bullets. I've
- 25:44still got plenty, and there's no one I'd rather use them on. Have
- 25:48one close. Maybe I can do better. No, I've got that range.
- 26:00I think this one has your name on it. Elliot, Right,
- 26:04come out, come out. I changed my mind. I like it better
- 26:10this way, Elliott. I want you to know what Kelso felt like,
- 26:15and Farley and Vivian Paul Still, Elliot, you're not going anyplace. You
- 26:23should have stucked up bookkeeping Elliot. That suits you better. That'll keep you
- 26:30quiet till I get back. I know I wouldn't want to share the same
- 26:40cage with him either. There was a chill in the night air as I
- 26:48walked back into the house to the beautiful widow, the beautiful heiress, who
- 26:56was bleeding red on a white rug. H I called the station and I
- 27:03bent over her and she opened her eyes. Vivian, did you get him?
- 27:11Yes, I got him. You're good at that. That's my trade,
- 27:18Dina. Yes, Vivian, I wonder what my trade was. I
- 27:26never found it, did I? Looking like you do is a trade in
- 27:29itself, Vivian. Maybe, but it's not enough to make a life out
- 27:34of. Take it easy. I've got a dock on the way. I
- 27:40don't can go. Wait, Diana, Yes, how did you know that
- 27:47it wasn't your brother? Well, I've been through it a thousand times.
- 27:51That makes a difference. It wasn't so smart, oh, smart enough almost.
- 27:57We bring your brother to trial. He springs an alibi acquittal, and
- 28:03if we come back to you and Elliott, your brother could confess, we
- 28:07couldn't try him over again. But we didn't fool you. Do you believe
- 28:14me, Dana, that I didn't know Elliott was going to shoot Steve.
- 28:17He had to shoot him. When I let Steve go, Elliot knew it'd
- 28:22spill the alibi. Then he had to shoot me too when I found out.
- 28:26All right, all right, Dena heard much, no DNA, Steve's
- 28:38Steve's not dead. He'll be all right. Vivian, Steve is he'll be
- 28:47all right. I'm glad Steve will get the money. Maybe he'll enjoy it.
- 28:55Sure, sure, I never did you hear me, DNA. I
- 29:02never did. Vivian. Her face relaxed, and it was a beautiful face,
- 29:22even in death. In the distance, I could hear the wail of
- 29:26the oncoming siren late, a lot too late, and everything else was silence.
- 29:37I don't like killers. You have just heard another in a series starring
- 29:56Dan Dryer as The Man from Homicide. Mister Durryer can be seen starring in
- 30:03Al Jennings of Oklahoma. In tonight's cast, you heard Bill Bouchet as Inspector
- 30:07Sherman, Herb Butterfield Kelso, Joe Gilbert as Vivian, and Barney Phillip as
- 30:14Farley, and Tony Barrett as Elliott. Music was by Basil Adam. The
- 30:33Man from Homicide is transcribed. Tonight's story was written by Dick Powell, directed
- 30:41by Dwight Hauser. Be with us again next week, same time, over
- 30:48most of these same ABC stations to hear Dan Durrier as the Man from Homicide
- 30:56Orble Anderson speaking. This program came to you from Honeywood Racitting transcribed America is
- 31:03sold on ABC the American Broadcasting Company. Welcome back. Well, this was
- 31:12mostly a good episode. I liked Kelso's comforting actions at the end, despite
- 31:21his loathing of murders and assuming the co conspirators, though he's definitely a very
- 31:27bitter person. I don't know how much of the show I would like to
- 31:33listen to. If all fourteen weeks were available, or if the show had
- 31:37went on for years, I probably wouldn't want to hear it. But as
- 31:41it is, it's an interesting take on the hard boiled angle, and I
- 31:48think there are some good moments that work their way in throughout the series,
- 31:52and certainly he kind of defines the outer edge of the hard boiled detective genre.
- 32:00I also thought the sound effects are pretty good. I like the bird
- 32:06in particular. I didn't wonder about the theme at the very beginning of the
- 32:10opening. It sounded kind of nineteen sixties, but then it just seemed to
- 32:15have a lot going on in it. It's a bit of an unusual theme,
- 32:21all right. Well, we did have some listener comments and feedback,
- 32:23though all regards to the Charlie McGraw or Charles McGraw pilot, Bobby Lee says
- 32:31a pretty good pilot. Will give the new episode a try. Thanks so
- 32:36much, Bobby. I hope you enjoyed it. Joel offered his thoughts on
- 32:42the pilot. It was a little less positive, Adam. I appreciate your
- 32:45dedication to the detective genre of old time radio. I useruly awaited The Man
- 32:52from Homicide, but frankly was disappointed by the writing. It was hackneyed and
- 32:55self conscious in an effort to be and hard boiled. The scenes were often
- 33:02hard to believe, like the dialogue in the mobster's office with his henchmen and
- 33:07lou Peter Chambers grow on me, so I hope this one will too.
- 33:12Thanks so much, Joel. It's kind of hard being there's only three episodes
- 33:16for it to grow on you much. But I hope our listeners have enjoyed
- 33:21this series, this very hard boiled ABC summer replacement. And of course,
- 33:27next week we have an idea what we're going to get as we return to
- 33:30the lineup, and I'll be looking forward to bringing you that tomorrow join us
- 33:36for the adventures of Philip marll Well. And before we go, there was
- 33:39one other thing I did want to discuss we're going to after we get through
- 33:45the lost episodes of the lineup, we'll be turning our attention to that wonderful
- 33:52detective fiction character, Ellery Queen. And one thing that I always thought was
- 33:59key to the Ellery Queens stories was on the radio. In particular, there
- 34:06would be a moment where he would bring on armchair detectives to profer a solution
- 34:13to the mystery, and then we'd find out what happened with Ellery Queen.
- 34:16And when you get even into the nineteen seventies TV show, they continued it
- 34:22in in a similar way. Before Ellery Queen would reveal the murder. As
- 34:28soon as he figured it out, he again played by Jim Hutton, would
- 34:34turn to the TV screen and he'd let you know he solved it, and
- 34:37he'd put the case before you and challenge you to match witch with him,
- 34:40and you'd have the whole commercial break to think about it watching nineteen seventies TV
- 34:45commercials, of course, and I like that feature of the show. However,
- 34:51there are some radio programs where it's missing, either because it was Armed
- 34:55Forces radio services or edited in some way, so we don't have that,
- 35:00and I've had the thought of trying to recreate that segment when we get to
- 35:06Ellery Queen. No, I don't mean reenactments, but having a conference call
- 35:10that's recorded and that Andrew can edit into our final program where I send two
- 35:19listeners out the first part of an Ellery Queen mystery up to the point he
- 35:24reveals the solution, and then we chat and then I challenge our armchair detectives
- 35:30to guests and this would be inserted for Ellery Queen sault the case. And
- 35:35again this would be recreating something that the Ellery Queen Show did during the golden
- 35:40age of radio. So I would like to know from listeners what would they
- 35:45think of that sort of idea, and also if you would be interested in
- 35:51volunteering to record that segment with me, and if you are interested, email
- 35:55me Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot Now. I'll try and this on some
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- 36:12Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Grahamson and off