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The Whistler - "Death Watch" (Old Time Radio, 1945) · The Whistler | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: Marvin Miller is heard as the whistler in this CBS
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  Speaker 1: Pacific Network broadcast of June 25, 1945. From Signal Oil
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  Speaker 1: comes The Whistler, Episode 161, Death Watch. Oliver, a married man,
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  Speaker 1: is shaken by a vivid dream and begins to fear
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  Speaker 1: that Lucille, the woman threatening to reveal their affair, may
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  Speaker 1: have been killed. Drawn back to the place he believes
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  Speaker 1: may have figured in the nightmare, He tries to learn
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  Speaker 1: whether he has imagined a crime or encountered something.
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  Speaker 2: Far more real.
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  Speaker 1: Also heard are Bill Johnstone, Joe Duvall, Alan Hewitt, Earl Ross,
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  Speaker 1: and Hal March. And now, our story begins.
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  Speaker 2: Signal gasoline. Let every traffic signal remind you, you do
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  Speaker 2: go farther with signal gasoline. Yes, you do go farther
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  Speaker 2: with signal. The Signal Oil Company and your neighborhood signal
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  Speaker 2: dealer bring you another curious story by the Whistler.
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  Speaker 3: Tonight, Death Watch.
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  Speaker 4: I am the Whistler.
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  Speaker 5: And I know many things, for I walk by night.
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  Speaker 5: I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of
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  Speaker 5: men and women who have stepped into the shadows. Yes,
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  Speaker 5: I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak.
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  Speaker 3: Did you ever commit a murder?
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  Speaker 6: No?
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  Speaker 5: Then you don't know, do you, how irresistible is the
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  Speaker 5: urge of the murderer to return to the scene of
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  Speaker 5: his crimes It's a very overpowering feeling. Especially if you're
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  Speaker 5: not even sure that... Oh, but wait, I'm getting ahead.
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  Speaker 3: Of the story.
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  Speaker 5: They found Lucille Doan late at night on the floor
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  Speaker 5: of her not-too-lavish apartment. A neighbor noticed a light that
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  Speaker 5: had been burning for 24 hours, blundered in, and found her.
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  Speaker 5: The police came very quickly. The coroner arrived shortly after.
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  Speaker 5: And he and Detective Rock Adrian looked over the body.
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  Speaker 7: Well, coroner, what do you say?
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  Speaker 6: Mr. Adrian, she's dead.
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  Speaker 7: Plenty dead. Cause of death? Do I have to tell you?
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  Speaker 7: You can see it. I can see, but I want
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  Speaker 7: your official verdict, for the record.
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  Speaker 8: Well, you can put down death from repeated blows over
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  Speaker 8: the head by a heavy instrument.
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  Speaker 7: How many is repeated blows? Twenty, twenty-five at least. How
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  Speaker 7: old would you say she was? I'd say around thirty.
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  Speaker 7: Would you say she was pretty? Beautiful? She was certainly
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  Speaker 7: better looking than she is now. Why worry? The papers
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  Speaker 7: will headline her as a raving beauty. The newspapers won't
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  Speaker 7: hear about this case yet. Time of death? I'd say
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  Speaker 7: about this time last night. Well, I guess I got
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  Speaker 7: everything I need from you. Go ahead if you're through.
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  Speaker 7: I am.
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  Speaker 8: I'm glad of it. This isn't my favorite kind of case.
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  Speaker 7: You coming?
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  Speaker 9: No, no, no.
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  Speaker 7: Not just yet. And, uh, coroner.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah?
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  Speaker 7: Don't talk about this to anyone. Especially reporters.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 7: Say, you got any ideas on this one, Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Adrian?
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  Speaker 7: Nothing much. But I don't think the murderer of Lucille
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  Speaker 7: Doan is sleeping peacefully tonight.
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  Speaker 8: Well, I don't blame him. I wouldn't either if I'd
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  Speaker 8: done something like that.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, and how right you are. The murderer of Lucille
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  Speaker 5: Doan is not sleeping peacefully tonight.
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  Speaker 3: Is he, Oliver?
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  Speaker 6: Yes.
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  Speaker 5: No, Oliver Gorst is walking the streets, wandering aimlessly, paying
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  Speaker 5: little attention to traffic, thinking, thinking.
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  Speaker 7: Hey. Hey, why don't you look where you're going?
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  Speaker 6: What's the idea?
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  Speaker 9: Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking. I mean, I was
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  Speaker 9: thinking about something else.
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  Speaker 7: I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 9: Hey, are you all right?
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  Speaker 7: You don't look so good.
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  Speaker 9: I'm all right. There's nothing the matter with me. Stop
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  Speaker 9: staring at me. I'm all right.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, brother.
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  Speaker 6: Okay.
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  Speaker 7: You better watch out where you're going. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 9: Watch where I'm going.
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  Speaker 6: Watch.
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  Speaker 9: Where am I going? I started toward home, but I'm
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  Speaker 9: walking downtown. I am almost to Lucille's place. No, no,
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  Speaker 9: I can't do it. I can't go back there. Not now.
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  Speaker 9: But why do I keep walking in that direction?
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  Speaker 7: Why? Why?
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  Speaker 3: Why? Yes, why, Oliver?
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  Speaker 5: Why this irresistible desire to go back to the scene
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  Speaker 5: of the crime, as they call it?
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  Speaker 3: Seems to get worse all the time, doesn't it?
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  Speaker 5: It's almost a quarter to twelve, just 24 hours since
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  Speaker 5: you killed her. Now you want to go back. But
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  Speaker 5: it's dangerous, you know that. The police might be there
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  Speaker 5: right now, gathering clues. and they'll peer through microscopes, test things,
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  Speaker 5: interview people, and soon they'll be combing the city for you.
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  Speaker 9: The murderer returns to the scene of the crime. If
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  Speaker 9: that's true, then why don't the police just wait there
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  Speaker 9: for them?
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  Speaker 7: Maybe they are.
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  Speaker 9: Maybe they're waiting there for me right now.
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  Speaker 7: I've got to be careful.
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  Speaker 9: I'm almost there. I can't go.
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  Speaker 2: I can't.
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  Speaker 9: It's suicide.
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  Speaker 2: Here's a timely little gift offer for all you Whistler
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  Speaker 2: fans who drive cars. You see, July 1st, that's next Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: is the deadline for getting the new federal youth stamp
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  Speaker 2: on your windshield. Well, since that little stamp has to
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  Speaker 2: hang on through a whole year of wear and window washing,
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  Speaker 2: you certainly don't want to have it peel or scuff
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  Speaker 2: off around the edges. So Signal Oil Company has had
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  Speaker 2: some special transparent U-stamp protectors made up. They're neat looking,
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  Speaker 2: they're easy to apply, and they're free. Yours for the
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  Speaker 2: asking at any Signal gasoline dealer. Of course, like everything
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  Speaker 2: in wartime, supplies are limited, and every car will be
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  Speaker 2: needing one. So I'd suggest that you get yours this week.
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  Speaker 2: Just drive into any of the friendly stations displaying Signal's
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  Speaker 2: yellow and black circle sign and say, I'd like one
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  Speaker 2: of Signal's used stamp protectors that was offered free on
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  Speaker 2: the Whistler.
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  Speaker 7: And now, back to the Whistler.
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  Speaker 5: Well, Oliver Gorse, you can tell yourself that it's suicide
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  Speaker 5: to go back to the scene of your crime. But
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  Speaker 5: you can't stop that irresistible desire.
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  Speaker 3: To go anyway, can you?
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  Speaker 7: Your head tells you.
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  Speaker 5: To turn around and run, but your feet take you
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  Speaker 5: closer and closer. You'd better be careful, Oliver. You'd better
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  Speaker 5: be careful.
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  Speaker 10: There the devil's a switch.
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  Speaker 6: Hey, anyone here?
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  Speaker 7: Hello, Inspector.
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  Speaker 10: They told me I'd find you here, Adrian.
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  Speaker 7: What's up?
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  Speaker 10: The idea of camping here and not letting the newspapers
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  Speaker 10: have the story.
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  Speaker 7: Not so loud, Inspector. Close the door. I've got a
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  Speaker 7: hunch about this crime.
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  Speaker 10: I'm listening. Better be good. Where's Arnold and Henderson?
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  Speaker 7: Sleeping.
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  Speaker 6: Sleeping?
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  Speaker 10: And just what do you do while they slumber?
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  Speaker 9: Wait.
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  Speaker 7: We take turns. For what? The murderer.
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  Speaker 10: I don't get it.
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  Speaker 7: Whoever killed Lucille Doan did it in a moment of
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  Speaker 7: blind fury... and then rushed out of here thinking only
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  Speaker 7: of escape. Only then did he realize what he'd done.
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  Speaker 7: Now he's bound to have the jitters. Every time he
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  Speaker 7: picks up a newspaper, he expects to read about the crime.
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  Speaker 7: If we keep this thing still, our silence will puzzle him...
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  Speaker 7: and begin to wonder whether the police have discovered the body.
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  Speaker 7: He might come back for any number of reasons. But
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  Speaker 7: I think he'll come back lured by all the doubts
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  Speaker 7: and hopes and curiosity... Our silence can stir up in
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  Speaker 7: the mind of one who's come face to face with
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  Speaker 7: murder for the first time. Murder's very upsetting, you know.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah, especially for the victim. Well, all right, Adrian, go ahead.
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  Speaker 10: Some of your wacky ideas have been your most successful ones,
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  Speaker 10: and I'll string along, but don't.
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  Speaker 8: Take too long.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you, Inspector.
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  Speaker 10: I'll take care of the chief and the newspapers.
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  Speaker 7: Good night and good luck.
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  Speaker 5: The detective has a hunch, Oliver, and it's a pretty
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  Speaker 5: good one. Of course, you don't know it, but he's
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  Speaker 5: figured you out pretty well. Except when you committed murder,
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  Speaker 5: you were more surprised than upset. Yes, you couldn't believe
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  Speaker 5: you'd done it. You wanted to go back and convince
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  Speaker 5: yourself right then. But something told you not to. Instead,
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  Speaker 5: you ate a big supper. Murder made you terribly hungry.
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  Speaker 5: There was nothing like a good meal to buck a
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  Speaker 5: man up. Only now you wish you had gone back,
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  Speaker 5: don't you? Just to make sure.
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  Speaker 7: Maybe I.
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  Speaker 9: Maybe I didn't do it after all. Maybe it's something
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  Speaker 9: I dreamed. I've often thought of killing someone. No.
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  Speaker 6: No.
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  Speaker 9: Of killing her when she was causing so much trouble.
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  Speaker 7: That's it.
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  Speaker 9: I dreamed of killing her and the dream was so vivid,
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  Speaker 9: I thought it actually happened. I have to go back
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  Speaker 9: to convince myself it isn't true. She'll be surprised to
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  Speaker 9: see me so soon after our quarrel. I'll look around
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  Speaker 9: and if I don't see any bloodstains, I'll know it
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  Speaker 9: didn't happen. But why can't a man be sure about
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  Speaker 9: something like that? It's such an awful thing to do.
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  Speaker 9: Kill a human being.
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  Speaker 7: I couldn't have done it.
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  Speaker 9: I'd feel remorse. I'd have such a sense of guilt
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  Speaker 9: I'd have to give myself up or drown myself. It
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  Speaker 9: goes to show I didn't do it. How could I
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  Speaker 9: have eaten that meal afterwards if I'd killed her? The
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  Speaker 9: food would have choked me. But I'm hungry again. I'll
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  Speaker 9: stop for a sandwich. That'll give me time to think.
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  Speaker 4: Henderson.
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  Speaker 3: Henderson, wake up. What?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, it's you.
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  Speaker 7: Time for your watch. Here's some coffee. More in the thermos.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, thanks.
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  Speaker 5: Thanks.
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  Speaker 11: Look, do you really think we'll trap this guy? Brother,
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  Speaker 11: it seems to me I've been here a month already.
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  Speaker 7: I'd play it a hunch.
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  Speaker 5: That's all. I could be wrong.
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  Speaker 11: Well, much more of this, and we'll be chasing each
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  Speaker 11: other around with butcher knives for diversion.
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  Speaker 7: Don't worry, Henderson. The idea is not as crazy as
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  Speaker 7: it sounds.
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  Speaker 6: Okay, Mr. Adrian.
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  Speaker 7: Wake me if you hear the slightest sound.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Good night.
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  Speaker 6: Good night, and pleasant dreams.
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  Speaker 7: Anything else for you, mister? What did you say? I said,
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  Speaker 7: would you like anything else?
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  Speaker 9: Oh, well, yes, I think I'll have another hamburger.
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  Speaker 11: I'm sorry, but the chef's gone.
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  Speaker 7: All we have is coffee and cold sandwiches. We'll be
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  Speaker 7: closed in about 20 minutes. Well, I'll have a cup
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  Speaker 7: of coffee.
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  Speaker 6: Okay, draw one.
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  Speaker 9: I wonder if he ever killed anyone. I wish I
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  Speaker 9: was in his place. Nothing to worry about. Lucille deserved
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  Speaker 9: to die. I had to do it. It's not my fault.
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  Speaker 9: She fell in love with me, and I warned her
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  Speaker 9: not to, that I could never marry her. She understood
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  Speaker 9: all that. It's foolish to come all the way down
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  Speaker 9: here just to prove I wasn't dreaming. I'll call her up.
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  Speaker 9: I'll be pleasant and tell her I'm sorry about the
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  Speaker 9: quarrel and cheer.
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  Speaker 7: Her up a little.
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  Speaker 6: Hey, mister, don't you want the coffee?
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  Speaker 9: Huh?
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  Speaker 7: Oh, yes, I'll be back.
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  Speaker 9: I'm just going to telephone her.
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 7: Don't touch that receiver, Henderson.
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  Speaker 6: Well, it might be headquarters.
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  Speaker 5: No.
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  Speaker 7: I'm not to be called here. I left instructions with
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  Speaker 7: the operator to trace any call that comes in. Try
• 13:09
  Speaker 7: to stall anyone who calls. Let it ring. What number
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  Speaker 7: are you calling, please?
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  Speaker 9: Lincoln 57431, please. Will you please hang up and dial again?
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  Speaker 9: I'm returning your coin.
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  Speaker 12: Sorry, mister, we're closing up.
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  Speaker 7: There's a drugstore up the street where you can telephone.
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  Speaker 7: It's no use.
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  Speaker 3: She didn't answer.
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  Speaker 5: No, Oliver, she didn't answer. And you know why, don't you? Really,
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  Speaker 5: you know why. But you don't know about Detective Rob
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  Speaker 5: Adrian and the operator tracing the call, do you?
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  Speaker 8: Hold it.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry, I'm closing.
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  Speaker 7: Place an hour up around the corner. Never mind that.
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  Speaker 7: Did anyone telephone from here within the last five minutes?
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  Speaker 9: Huh?
• 14:16
  Speaker 7: Oh, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 6: A man just left.
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  Speaker 7: Went down the subway steps over there. Okay. Henderson, bring
• 14:20
  Speaker 7: this man with you and come on. Can you identify him?
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  Speaker 7: Sure he can. He just ate here.
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  Speaker 6: Why, what's the matter?
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  Speaker 7: Never mind.
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  Speaker 9: Come on.
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  Speaker 7: We'd better catch him before that train pulls out. Wait
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  Speaker 7: a minute. I'm afraid we're too late.
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  Speaker 3: Well, Oliver, you were lucky. And you don't even know him.
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  Speaker 5: Sitting safely in the subway train, your thoughts are far
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  Speaker 5: from police and your danger.
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  Speaker 3: They're with Lucille.
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  Speaker 9: Why didn't she answer? Maybe she was out with someone else.
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  Speaker 9: And all the time telling me I was the only
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  Speaker 9: one she ever loved. Couldn't live without me. If I
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  Speaker 9: ever left her, she'd kill herself. Well, why didn't she?
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  Speaker 9: That would have solved everything. Always threatening to tell my wife.
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  Speaker 9: Always demanding. Threatening and demanding. Demanding and threatening. Every time
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  Speaker 9: I saw her, there was a big growl. I began
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  Speaker 9: to lose my control, my self-respect.
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  Speaker 7: And then.
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  Speaker 9: Then I knew I'd have to kill her. That's when
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  Speaker 9: I started having those horrible dreams.
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  Speaker 7: Then I.
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  Speaker 9: I dreamed she was a little white mouse... and asked
• 15:38
  Speaker 9: me to give her something to eat. But I told
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  Speaker 9: her I hadn't anything. Then I saw my heart... On
• 15:45
  Speaker 9: a little tin plate. And she began to nibble on it.
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  Speaker 9: The heart was pulsing. And when she bit into it,
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  Speaker 9: I screamed and grabbed the poker and began to beat
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  Speaker 9: her with it. Beat her and beat her long after
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  Speaker 9: she was dead.
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  Speaker 4: All out.
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  Speaker 6: End of the line.
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  Speaker 7: All out, mister. This is the end of the line.
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  Speaker 9: End of the line? Where am I?
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  Speaker 7: 242nd Street.
• 16:10
  Speaker 9: Can I ride anymore?
• 16:11
  Speaker 7: Sure, mister. If you want to go back, we'll take you.
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  Speaker 9: Back?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 16:18
  Speaker 9: I've got to go back. I forgot something back there.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, Oliver, you forgot something. Or did you? You can't
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  Speaker 3: be sure about anything anymore.
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  Speaker 5: The whole thing's like a dream, a nightmare. Only you
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  Speaker 5: can't seem to wake up. When you go home, finally,
• 16:42
  Speaker 5: you avoid your wife. You've done it before. She doesn't
• 16:45
  Speaker 5: bother you. At the office next day, the people wonder
• 16:48
  Speaker 5: about you, but they only think you're not feeling well.
• 16:52
  Speaker 5: They only knew what's going on in your mind. And
• 16:55
  Speaker 5: then it's night again. You're wandering the streets again. The
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  Speaker 5: urge to go back is there again.
• 17:03
  Speaker 6: This job ain't so bad after you get used to it, Mr. Adrian.
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  Speaker 7: Something ought to happen tonight.
• 17:08
  Speaker 6: Oh, you think so?
• 17:09
  Speaker 7: He's hovering around the edges. That call came from a
• 17:12
  Speaker 7: phone booth only three blocks from here. We almost had him.
• 17:15
  Speaker 6: Yeah, that was a tough break.
• 17:16
  Speaker 9: Glad.
• 17:18
  Speaker 6: Someone's coming. I hear it. He's coming this way.
• 17:24
  Speaker 7: Stand by. Be ready for trouble. What'll I do? Open
• 17:31
  Speaker 7: the door.
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  Speaker 6: Fast.
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  Speaker 7: Put up your hands.
• 17:34
  Speaker 12: Yeah, yeah, sure, mister.
• 17:35
  Speaker 6: Don't shoot.
• 17:36
  Speaker 12: I'm just delivering a telegram.
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  Speaker 7: All right. Come in. Who's the message for?
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  Speaker 12: Uh, Miss Lucille Doan.
• 17:44
  Speaker 7: I'll take it. You wait.
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  Speaker 9: Hmm.
• 17:50
  Speaker 7: Where'd you get this?
• 17:51
  Speaker 12: Came through the office. Boss just handed it to me
• 17:53
  Speaker 12: and told me to deliver it.
• 17:55
  Speaker 7: Here's, um... Here's two bucks. If anyone asked you about
• 17:59
  Speaker 7: this telegram, tell him you delivered it to Miss Doan
• 18:01
  Speaker 7: in person. Not to me, see?
• 18:03
  Speaker 6: Yes, sir.
• 18:04
  Speaker 12: Say, can I tell my boss what happened?
• 18:06
  Speaker 9: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: Tell him if anyone tries to put a tracer on
• 18:09
  Speaker 7: this telegram to find out if it was delivered... He's
• 18:11
  Speaker 7: to get in touch with police headquarters.
• 18:12
  Speaker 12: Yes, sir, I'll tell him. Thanks for the two bucks.
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  Speaker 7: That's all.
• 18:18
  Speaker 6: Well, what's up?
• 18:19
  Speaker 7: Read this telegram.
• 18:21
  Speaker 6: Meet me for dinner at the usual place. Signed, Ollie.
• 18:27
  Speaker 6: Who the devil is Ollie?
• 18:29
  Speaker 7: That's our man. The one who phoned.
• 18:31
  Speaker 6: The murderer?
• 18:32
  Speaker 7: Perhaps.
• 18:33
  Speaker 11: Well, dining with a corpse should be a novelty. Look,
• 18:37
  Speaker 11: if he's the one, what's the point in inviting her
• 18:39
  Speaker 11: to dinner?
• 18:39
  Speaker 7: Maybe it's hope. Maybe he's trying to convince himself it
• 18:42
  Speaker 7: never happened. Maybe it's an attempt to fool the police
• 18:45
  Speaker 7: in case he's found and questioned.
• 18:47
  Speaker 11: Well, if we only knew where the usual place was,
• 18:50
  Speaker 11: we'd drop in for dinner ourselves.
• 18:53
  Speaker 7: If this Ollie doesn't know she's dead, if he isn't
• 18:55
  Speaker 7: our man, he'll probably try to find out why she
• 18:58
  Speaker 7: doesn't meet him. We'll just sit tight.
• 19:01
  Speaker 6: Oh, no, not more waiting. Well, I think I'll.
• 19:05
  Speaker 11: Water the plants again. That geranium's going to blossom any
• 19:08
  Speaker 11: week now.
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  Speaker 6: Ah!
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  Speaker 9: Waiter.
• 19:18
  Speaker 8: Yes, sir?
• 19:19
  Speaker 7: What time is it?
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: 10.15. Can I get you something?
• 19:21
  Speaker 9: No, no.
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  Speaker 7: I'll wait a little longer.
• 19:23
  Speaker 9: My companion must have been detained.
• 19:26
  Speaker 7: She'll be along any minute now.
• 19:27
  Speaker 5: I'd suggest, sir, if you want steak, you better let
• 19:29
  Speaker 5: me place your order.
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: We have only a few left.
• 19:31
  Speaker 6: Well, I don't know.
• 19:33
  Speaker 7: She eats so little. I tell you what. Reserve one steak.
• 19:36
  Speaker 9: If she orders it, I'll take something else.
• 19:37
  Speaker 6: Very well.
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  Speaker 12: I'll have one put aside.
• 19:39
  Speaker 9: And bring me another newspaper.
• 19:40
  Speaker 6: Yes, sir.
• 19:44
  Speaker 9: Why did I tell him only one steak? We both
• 19:46
  Speaker 9: like them better than anything else.
• 19:49
  Speaker 7: Maybe.
• 19:50
  Speaker 9: Maybe I know she won't come. Is this just a
• 19:53
  Speaker 9: game I'm playing with myself, just pretending it never happened?
• 19:57
  Speaker 9: But why? Why isn't there something in the papers? I've
• 20:01
  Speaker 9: read a hundred since Monday and all there is is
• 20:03
  Speaker 9: war news. Nothing about.
• 20:06
  Speaker 9: She's staying away on purpose just to torture me. She
• 20:09
  Speaker 9: knows how easily I become upset and worried. She's deliberately
• 20:12
  Speaker 9: not answering my phone call and my telegram. Just like
• 20:14
  Speaker 9: her to pull a trick like that. Like the time
• 20:16
  Speaker 9: she faked a suicide and had me frantic for a week. Well,
• 20:20
  Speaker 9: two can play that game. I'm not waiting any longer.
• 20:23
  Speaker 7: Waiter.
• 20:23
  Speaker 6: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 9: I'll have the steak by myself.
• 20:26
  Speaker 7: Medium rare.
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: Baked potato.
• 20:28
  Speaker 9: Green salad with French dressing.
• 20:36
  Speaker 5: That's right, Oliver. Get angry at her. That will relieve
• 20:39
  Speaker 5: the tension in your mind for a while.
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: Eat a good meal. Go home.
• 20:43
  Speaker 5: Get a good night's sleep. You'll feel better in the morning.
• 20:48
  Speaker 5: But you don't, do you? The next night you're worse
• 20:51
  Speaker 5: than ever.
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: Take it easy, Oliver.
• 20:53
  Speaker 5: If you can just wait a little while longer, Detective
• 20:57
  Speaker 5: Adrian can't keep this up forever.
• 20:59
  Speaker 10: Adrian, I can't put the chief off much longer. He's
• 21:02
  Speaker 10: howling for an arrest.
• 21:03
  Speaker 7: We'll get him, Inspector. He's nibbling at the bait.
• 21:05
  Speaker 10: Yeah, but when? It's three days since the murder.
• 21:08
  Speaker 7: That's not long. Just give me a few more days.
• 21:10
  Speaker 10: Days? Good Lord, the chief wants to see me the
• 21:13
  Speaker 10: first thing in the morning. And I know what he'll say.
• 21:16
  Speaker 7: I can guess. Give me one more day. I'm sure
• 21:18
  Speaker 7: something will break. Well, I'll try.
• 21:21
  Speaker 10: Tell him you got a hot lead. The case will
• 21:23
  Speaker 10: soon break.
• 21:23
  Speaker 7: Thanks, Inspector.
• 21:25
  Speaker 10: Forget it. And let me warn you, Adrian, this is
• 21:28
  Speaker 10: the last time I get involved with you and your hunches.
• 21:32
  Speaker 10: This kind of detective work is too hard on the nerves.
• 21:35
  Speaker 10: I'm a wreck. And my wife's complaining.
• 21:38
  Speaker 7: But just think what state of mind the murderer must
• 21:41
  Speaker 7: be in.
• 21:41
  Speaker 5: Oh, Lord.
• 21:46
  Speaker 9: What I wouldn't give for a night of quiet, undreaming sleep.
• 21:51
  Speaker 7: I'm a sick man.
• 21:53
  Speaker 9: Maybe I ought to go to the doctor.
• 21:54
  Speaker 7: But I'm afraid.
• 21:56
  Speaker 9: Afraid of what I might tell him. I've so many
• 22:00
  Speaker 9: things in my consciousness. There's only one person in all
• 22:04
  Speaker 9: the universe who can help me, and that's Lucille.
• 22:07
  Speaker 7: I can't fight anymore. I've got to go to her.
• 22:18
  Speaker 5: Well, Oliver, you're going to give up. You knew you'd
• 22:21
  Speaker 5: have to sooner or later. Yes, the murderer returns to
• 22:25
  Speaker 5: the scene of a crime, and you can't help yourself.
• 22:28
  Speaker 5: You may be caught, but you don't care anymore.
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: Too bad.
• 22:34
  Speaker 5: You will be caught, of course, because Detective Rock Adrian
• 22:37
  Speaker 5: is still there waiting for you like a spider waiting
• 22:41
  Speaker 5: for a fly.
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: But he's not happy.
• 22:45
  Speaker 7: I've got good news for you, Anderson.
• 22:47
  Speaker 6: Well, you don't sound very happy.
• 22:48
  Speaker 7: This will be the last watch.
• 22:50
  Speaker 6: You sure?
• 22:51
  Speaker 7: Positive.
• 22:52
  Speaker 6: When's he coming?
• 22:53
  Speaker 7: The chief's called it off.
• 22:55
  Speaker 9: Oh.
• 22:56
  Speaker 7: Tomorrow the papers get the story and we start a
• 22:58
  Speaker 7: routine hunt.
• 23:00
  Speaker 6: Ah, that's too bad.
• 23:02
  Speaker 11: I was getting used to this retired life. I wanted
• 23:05
  Speaker 11: it to last until that geranium bloomed. Without me, it
• 23:08
  Speaker 11: would have died.
• 23:09
  Speaker 7: Take it home as a souvenir, a trophy of the chase.
• 23:20
  Speaker 5: You see, Oliver, if you could only wait until tomorrow.
• 23:23
  Speaker 5: But you can't, can you? You're going back to Lucille
• 23:27
  Speaker 5: right now, and nothing can stop you.
• 23:35
  Speaker 9: It's better to be caught and hanged than to have
• 23:38
  Speaker 9: this doubt eating into my mind. I just sit at
• 23:41
  Speaker 9: the office, my brain vibrating with every telephone call. It
• 23:46
  Speaker 9: can't go on. Tonight I'll know. And then I can
• 23:50
  Speaker 9: get some sleep again. Right now that's the sweetest, most
• 23:55
  Speaker 9: desirable experience in all the world. Oh, here's that coffee shop.
• 24:02
  Speaker 9: I got this far the other night. I'll stop in
• 24:04
  Speaker 9: and then go on.
• 24:11
  Speaker 6: And what's yours?
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: Coffee.
• 24:13
  Speaker 7: I guess I'll have a roll, too.
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: Draw one.
• 24:16
  Speaker 7: Hey, mister.
• 24:18
  Speaker 6: You were in here the other night, weren't you?
• 24:21
  Speaker 7: I guess I was.
• 24:23
  Speaker 6: You made a phone call, didn't you?
• 24:25
  Speaker 12: Yes.
• 24:26
  Speaker 7: Yes, I remember. You look like a pretty good guy.
• 24:30
  Speaker 7: I'll give you a tip.
• 24:32
  Speaker 6: I don't know what's up.
• 24:33
  Speaker 7: But right after you left, the cops were here. They
• 24:36
  Speaker 7: wanted to know who called.
• 24:38
  Speaker 11: Then they beat it right down to the subway, but
• 24:40
  Speaker 11: your train was just pulling out.
• 24:41
  Speaker 7: Now, as I said.
• 24:43
  Speaker 9: Yeah.
• 24:44
  Speaker 7: And they seemed anxious.
• 24:46
  Speaker 6: Just thought I'd tip you off. Thanks. I.
• 24:48
  Speaker 7: I gotta get out of here. They're after me. It's true.
• 24:58
  Speaker 9: I killed her and they're after me. I gotta get away.
• 25:01
  Speaker 9: To Mexico. Anywhere. They don't know who I am yet.
• 25:04
  Speaker 9: I can make it. If I hurry, I can get away.
• 25:06
  Speaker 7: Taxi! Taxi!
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: In just a moment, the Whistler will bring you the
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: strange ending to tonight's story. Meantime, I'd like to tell
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: you about the happy ending that more and more drivers
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: are finding in their quest to make rationed gasoline go farther. Now,
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: if you think I'm going to say Signal go farther gasoline, well,
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: you're right. Well, after all, friends, what could be a
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: more logical place to look for mileage than to the
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: gasoline that for years has been famed for mileage? You see,
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: each oil company has its own formula for its own
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: brand of gasoline. Well, long before the war, when economy
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: was still the important thing, Signal Oil Company set out
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: to produce a gasoline formula that would give more miles. Today,
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: of course, with certain gasoline ingredients reserved for war, no
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: gasoline can promise you all the brilliant anti-knock performance you
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: enjoyed in pre-war signal gasoline, and which you'll find again
• 26:08
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• 26:09
  Speaker 3: Improved signal post-war gasoline. But here's the important point.
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: Even today, signal's wartime formula still puts the emphasis on mileage.
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: That's why if you haven't tried signal go-farther gasoline in
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: your car, there never was a better reason or a
• 26:25
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• 26:30
  Speaker 5: And now, back to the whistler. Well, Oliver Gorse, by
• 26:47
  Speaker 5: a stroke of luck you found out at last your
• 26:49
  Speaker 5: mind is relieved. Or so you think. At last you
• 26:54
  Speaker 5: know you did kill Lucille. It wasn't a dream. No,
• 26:57
  Speaker 5: the police are after you. But you found out in time.
• 27:00
  Speaker 5: You can get away. As long as the police don't
• 27:02
  Speaker 5: know who you are, you can just go home and
• 27:05
  Speaker 5: pack your bag, buy a ticket and go away.
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: Nobody will ever know.
• 27:09
  Speaker 5: And those policemen sitting back there in Lucille's apartment can
• 27:15
  Speaker 5: wait till doomsday for you.
• 27:18
  Speaker 7: Your move.
• 27:19
  Speaker 6: Well, thanks.
• 27:21
  Speaker 7: You know, I got you licked.
• 27:22
  Speaker 6: Sure, sure.
• 27:23
  Speaker 11: But I like to take my time about giving up.
• 27:26
  Speaker 11: I'm sure glad I'm not playing.
• 27:28
  Speaker 6: You for dough. Hey, did you hear that?
• 27:31
  Speaker 8: Elevator.
• 27:32
  Speaker 7: Stop at this floor.
• 27:36
  Speaker 6: He's coming this way. Get ready. Don't make a sound.
• 27:43
  Speaker 7: Let it ring. I'll open it.
• 27:49
  Speaker 6: You stand by.
• 27:49
  Speaker 9: Oh.
• 27:51
  Speaker 6: Oh, I thought.
• 27:52
  Speaker 8: Come in.
• 27:53
  Speaker 12: Well, I'm looking for a Miss Doan.
• 27:55
  Speaker 7: This is Miss Doan's apartment.
• 27:56
  Speaker 12: Well, is Miss Doan here? I'd like to speak to
• 27:58
  Speaker 12: her privately.
• 28:00
  Speaker 7: She's not in just now. May I ask who you are?
• 28:05
  Speaker 12: It doesn't matter. I'll call some other time.
• 28:07
  Speaker 7: I'm sorry, but we're interested in Miss Doan, too. I'm
• 28:10
  Speaker 7: Detective Adrian from police headquarters.
• 28:12
  Speaker 12: Police? Is Miss Doan involved with the police?
• 28:15
  Speaker 7: Very much so.
• 28:16
  Speaker 12: Well, I'm glad. It's about time the police took care
• 28:19
  Speaker 12: of women like that. Breaking up homes, stealing my husband...
• 28:23
  Speaker 12: I found her address in my husband's letter file. I
• 28:26
  Speaker 12: came here to tell her that if she didn't leave
• 28:27
  Speaker 12: him alone, I'd call in the police myself.
• 28:29
  Speaker 7: Your name, please?
• 28:30
  Speaker 12: I'm Mrs.
• 28:31
  Speaker 6: Gorse.
• 28:32
  Speaker 9: Mrs.
• 28:32
  Speaker 12: Oliver Gorse. And I want to tell you.
• 28:34
  Speaker 3: That I should.
• 28:34
  Speaker 7: Your.
• 28:36
  Speaker 3: Address?
• 28:37
  Speaker 12: 30 Weston Street. As I was saying, Oliver and I
• 28:41
  Speaker 12: were quite happy until this woman came along. What's the matter?
• 28:45
  Speaker 10: Here they are, Mr.
• 28:46
  Speaker 7: Adrian. Hello, Inspector. This is Rock Adrian. Have Oliver Gorse,
• 28:55
  Speaker 7: 30 Weston Street, picked up for questioning. Yeah, for the
• 29:00
  Speaker 7: murder of Lucille Doan.
• 29:02
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  Speaker 1: This has been The Whistler, episode 161, Death Watch. Follow
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