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Suspense - "Murder Goes for a Swim" (Old Time Radio, 1943) · Suspense | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: At an elite house party, a society treasure hunt is
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: interrupted when a young woman is found dead in the
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: swimming pool. On July 2nd, 1943, suspense presented Murder Goes
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: for a Swim, Episode Zero, introducing Michael Lanyard, the reformed
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: jewel thief known as the Lone Wolf, to radio listeners.
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: Warren William plays Lanyard, with Eric Bloor as his valet, Jameson,
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  Speaker 1: as the pair answer a mysterious invitation to a private estate.
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: Among the guests are Harry Bartell as Bill Hodges and
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: Lorene Tuttle as Cynthia Waring and Betty Larson. The adaptation
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  Speaker 1: is credited to Howard Harris, based on the lone wolf
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  Speaker 1: character created by Louis Joseph Vance.
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  Speaker 2: And now, the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 3: Suspense.
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  Speaker 4: This is the man in black here again to introduce
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  Speaker 4: Columbia's program, Suspense.
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  Speaker 5: Heading our Star Hollywood cast tonight is Mr. Warren William,
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  Speaker 5: and with him is Mr. Eric Glore.
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  Speaker 4: No fewer than nine times have these two gentlemen appeared
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  Speaker 4: together in screen thrillers based on the adventures of one
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  Speaker 4: of the most celebrated characters of modern crime fiction. This
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  Speaker 4: familiar character will speak to you now for the first
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  Speaker 4: time on the air, as with the story called Murder
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  Speaker 4: Goes for a Swim, and the performances of Warren Williams
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  Speaker 4: as Michael Lanyard and Eric Vlore as Jameson.
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  Speaker 5: We again hope to keep you in.
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  Speaker 3: Suspense!
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  Speaker 2: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Allow me to introduce myself. Nowadays,
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  Speaker 2: meeting me on the street, you'd most likely recognize me
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  Speaker 2: as Michael Lanyard, an author of sorts. But, if you'll
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  Speaker 2: not be too free with the information, because I've been
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  Speaker 2: at some pains to allow bygones to be bygones, I
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  Speaker 2: was once known rather well by quite a different name.
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  Speaker 2: And there are still times when I find myself obliged,
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  Speaker 2: or should I say forced, to return to that character,
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  Speaker 2: to resort to the somewhat questionable.
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  Speaker 5: Talents of the lone wolf.
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  Speaker 4: The Lone Wolf.
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  Speaker 2: As a matter of fact, my presence here this evening
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  Speaker 2: is prompted by an uncontrollable desire to reminisce a little. Eh, Jameson?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, quite right, Mr. Lanyard. And if you'll pardon a
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  Speaker 5: gentleman's gentleman for saying so, sir, playing nip and tuck
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  Speaker 5: with the police, meeting lovely ladies, you pilfering an occasional gem.
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  Speaker 5: I living, so to speak, from hand to pocket. Those
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  Speaker 5: were the days, sir. Yes, those were the days. Absconding
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  Speaker 5: at times. Perhaps a touch of embezzlement here and there.
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  Speaker 2: Now, now, hold on, Jameson. If we're going to reminisce
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  Speaker 2: in public, I suggest we confine our recollections to our
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  Speaker 2: later period. when the lone wolf had become a gentleman
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  Speaker 2: of leisure and used his talents in the interests of
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  Speaker 2: law and order.
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  Speaker 5: In that case, sir, I suggest you relate the episode
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  Speaker 5: of our little experience at that horrible party we attended
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  Speaker 5: at that Long Island estate. Remember, sir?
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  Speaker 2: Of course, Jameson, the Rutherford Barnes estate. If I remember correctly,
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  Speaker 2: the occasion was some sort of charity bazaar. We were
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  Speaker 2: invited for the weekend. The phone rang just as we
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  Speaker 2: were about to leave the apartment.
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  Speaker 6: Delanyard, this is Betty Lawson. You've never heard of me before,
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  Speaker 6: but I know you've been invited to spend a weekend
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  Speaker 6: with Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Rutherford Barnes.
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  Speaker 6: Please, you must accept the invitation. Come down immediately, right now.
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  Speaker 6: It's just a little after two o'clock.
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  Speaker 7: And if you're not too late, the lone wolf may be.
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  Speaker 6: Able to prevent a murder.
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  Speaker 2: Jameson and I arrived at the Barnes estate a bare
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  Speaker 2: two hours after we'd received the mysterious telephone message. I
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  Speaker 2: was introduced to all kinds of people. First, the famous
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  Speaker 2: gossip columnist, Ralph Clinton.
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  Speaker 5: Well, Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Lanyard, this is indeed a surprise. And I might say
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  Speaker 8: a pleasant addition to our little gathering. Something always happens
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  Speaker 8: when you're lone wolfing around. Oh, I know, I know,
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  Speaker 8: you've reformed. But a fellow can hope for a little excitement,
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  Speaker 8: can't he? See you later, old man.
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  Speaker 2: Then I met a very, very beautiful young lady.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Lanyard, we haven't met yet.
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  Speaker 5: I'm Cynthia Waring.
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  Speaker 7: I've read all your stories and admired the ingenious way
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  Speaker 7: you solve those baffling mysteries.
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  Speaker 2: I think you're wonderful.
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  Speaker 3: Really wonderful.
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  Speaker 2: And, of course, there was our host himself, Mr. Rutherford Barnes,
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  Speaker 2: who had recently announced his engagement to Miss Waring.
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  Speaker 9: I believe you've met just about everyone, Lanyard. That is,
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  Speaker 9: everyone except Bill Hodges. He's the firebrand of our little congregation.
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  Speaker 9: He's probably wandering around walking off the effects of the
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  Speaker 9: last ten cocktails. Just make yourself comfortable.
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  Speaker 10: The End.
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  Speaker 2: Betty Larson, the frightened young lady who had phoned. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: the afternoon wore on through the beauty contest at which
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  Speaker 2: I was elected to preside as judge, and at which
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  Speaker 2: Miss Cynthia Waring, looking very pretty in a big picture
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  Speaker 2: hat and hoop skirt, was the winner. After it was over,
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  Speaker 2: Jameson and I managed to break away from the rest
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  Speaker 2: of the guests, and to escape the heat of the afternoon,
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  Speaker 2: we prepared ourselves for a cooling dip in the pool.
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  Speaker 5: I say, Mr. Lanyard, We've been to some pretty big
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  Speaker 5: and fancy places in our day, but this one is
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  Speaker 5: really something. This Rutherford Barnes person must be really an
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  Speaker 5: important person.
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  Speaker 2: You're quite right, Jameson. Rutherford Barnes is listed in who's
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  Speaker 2: who as the gentleman who made a fortune out of sardines.
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  Speaker 2: Just think, an entire.
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  Speaker 5: Estate built of sardines. Uncanny, isn't it, sir? Oh, Jameson.
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  Speaker 2: Forgive me, sir.
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  Speaker 5: No more puns, I promise.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I should hope so.
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  Speaker 5: I say, this pool is constructed just like a miniature lake.
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  Speaker 5: Lilies and all that sort of thing floating on top.
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  Speaker 2: Quite naturally, if you're going down for the third time,
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  Speaker 2: you just take a lily with you.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, what a jolly thought. Well, here goes. Watch this
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  Speaker 5: beautiful swan dive.
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  Speaker 3: Ah!
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  Speaker 10: I say, this is most unusual. There's a sort of
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  Speaker 10: a mermaid lying on the bottom of the pool. And
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  Speaker 10: she's very pretty, sir. Last night it was a firemaid.
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  Speaker 10: Today it's a mermaid.
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  Speaker 2: But really, sir. Well, I'm the judge in the beauty contest.
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  Speaker 2: I'd better go down and have a look.
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  Speaker 5: Don't be away too long, sir. Remember, there are lots
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  Speaker 5: of warmer women in the world.
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  Speaker 2: Jameson, quick.
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  Speaker 11: Here, give me a hand.
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  Speaker 5: It's a girl.
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  Speaker 2: Quick, here, lift her out of here. Hurry.
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  Speaker 5: I'm doing my best.
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  Speaker 2: Here, now, let's put her down here.
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  Speaker 5: Hold her there.
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  Speaker 2: Jameson, I.
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  Speaker 2: I'm afraid she's dead.
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  Speaker 5: What do you make of it, sir? What, was it
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  Speaker 5: an accident?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. There's a pretty nasty bump on the
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  Speaker 2: side of her head.
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  Speaker 5: Perhaps she slipped and hit her head as she fell.
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  Speaker 2: Perhaps. But her bathing suit, not quite the style you'd
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  Speaker 2: put on to take a swim.
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  Speaker 5: Possibly she was in the beauty contest. Of course, that's it.
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  Speaker 2: The program listed ten contestants, yet only nine girls competed.
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  Speaker 5: Meaning what, Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Lanyard? Meaning, Jameson, that this poor kid was the tenth contestant.
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  Speaker 2: And if my hunch is correct, her name is Betty Larson.
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  Speaker 5: The girl with the telephone message?
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  Speaker 2: Precisely. And if her call was on the level, we
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  Speaker 2: did arrive too late, and she was murdered.
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  Speaker 3: Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Lanyard!
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  Speaker 5: Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Lanyard!
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  Speaker 2: It's Mr. Barnes and Miss Waring. Take off your robe
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  Speaker 2: and cover up the body, Jameson.
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  Speaker 12: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Lanyard, we've been looking all over for you, haven't we, Cynthia, dear? Yes,
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  Speaker 2: of course.
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  Speaker 6: And I'm glad we found you, Mr.
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  Speaker 7: Lanyard. I've been wanting to thank you for awarding me
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  Speaker 7: the prize in the beauty contest this afternoon. I really
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  Speaker 7: didn't think that... Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Lanyard!
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  Speaker 6: There, at the edge of the pool!
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it's a girl, and I'm afraid she's drowned.
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  Speaker 5: Drowned?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, how horrible.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, but how did it happen? Who is she? I
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  Speaker 2: think she's Betty Larson. What do you think, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Barnes?
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  Speaker 2: Here, look.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, good heavens. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that is Betty Larson. I had no idea. Then
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  Speaker 2: you do know the girl, Mr. Barnes.
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  Speaker 5: Why, yes.
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  Speaker 9: As a matter of fact, only recently I recommended her
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  Speaker 9: for a job. She's the local telephone operator.
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  Speaker 5: And the village beauty.
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  Speaker 2: Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Barnes and Miss Larson were childhood sweethearts.
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  Speaker 13: Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Barnes, tell me, do you know any, do any of
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  Speaker 2: the other guests know this girl? Ralph Clinton, for instance.
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  Speaker 2: Could our famous columnist have possibly known Miss Larson? Well,
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  Speaker 2: if not in person, most certainly by telephone. You see,
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  Speaker 2: for the last Did she ever mention the fact that
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  Speaker 2: there might be a murder? Murder? Well, you see, I
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  Speaker 2: received a rather strange message.
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  Speaker 9: Now look here, Lanyard. If you're insinuating that Miss Lanyard...
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  Speaker 9: was murdered, you're all wrong. It's perfectly obvious. She slipped
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  Speaker 9: and fell into the deep end of the pool. She
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  Speaker 9: can't swim. We couldn't hear her cry for help over
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  Speaker 9: the noise of the party, so the poor girl drowned.
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  Speaker 9: As simple as that, huh?
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  Speaker 2: Why, of course.
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  Speaker 9: And I'd appreciate it if you'd be kind enough not
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  Speaker 9: to mention this accident to any of the other guests.
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  Speaker 9: There's no need to disrupt the entire weekend. I'll notify
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  Speaker 9: the sheriff and call the coroner, and they'll take care
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  Speaker 9: of everything. I think it might be a good idea, Mr. Lanyard,
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  Speaker 9: since you seem so certain that a murder's been committed
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  Speaker 9: that you and your man remain on the premises. Our
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  Speaker 9: famous lone wolf may have a little explaining of his
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  Speaker 9: own to do.
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  Speaker 2: Come along, Cynthia.
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  Speaker 10: Come along.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, I'm completely at sea, Mr. Lanyard. The sheriff seems
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  Speaker 5: to think the whole thing was an accident. That this
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  Speaker 5: Miss Betty Larson person dived into the pool and that's
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  Speaker 5: how she hit her head.
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  Speaker 2: I doubt that, Jameson. According to Barnes, the girl couldn't swim.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, I think we have company. Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: If you see Mr. Barnes around, I want to see him.
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  Speaker 5: I think he's over at the other side of the
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  Speaker 5: house getting things ready for the bazaar.
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  Speaker 2: Bazaar.
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  Speaker 14: They don't care how they celebrate a murder, do they?
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  Speaker 2: If I'm not mistaken, you're Mr. Bill Hodges, eh? Yeah.
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  Speaker 14: Betty Larson and I were going to get married. Everything
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  Speaker 14: was great until she starts going around with this society bunch.
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  Speaker 14: I got a few things to settle with that society crowd.
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  Speaker 14: Especially that keyhole peeper, Ralph Clinton.
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  Speaker 2: You seem quite positive, Hodges, that your girl was murdered.
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  Speaker 5: Well, I.
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  Speaker 2: What do you think it was, an accident? That girl
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  Speaker 2: could swim like a fish. Nothing could happen to her
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  Speaker 2: in the water.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, but Bond says she couldn't swim a stroke.
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  Speaker 2: I said she could swim like a fish.
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  Speaker 5: But Bond said... Did you hear.
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  Speaker 2: Me, you little runt?
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  Speaker 5: Amazing how that girl could swim.
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  Speaker 2: Look here, Hodges. What makes you think Ralph Clinton had
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  Speaker 2: anything to do with this? Do you know you're practically
• 11:54
  Speaker 2: accusing him of murder? Listen, Betty stood me up twice
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  Speaker 2: last week. I followed her in my car and she
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  Speaker 2: met Clinton both times. He was going to put her
• 12:02
  Speaker 2: in this contest... And she was a cinch to win.
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  Speaker 2: He promised her. Then look what happens to her.
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  Speaker 5: She's dead. Murdered, I tell you.
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  Speaker 2: Well, here comes Clinton now. Maybe you'd better tell him
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  Speaker 2: about it. Oh, there you are, Hodges. I understand you've
• 12:15
  Speaker 2: been looking for me.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I have.
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  Speaker 14: And now I'm going to fix that pretty face of yours.
• 12:20
  Speaker 2: Wait a second. Here, you can't do that. Here, Jemison,
• 12:22
  Speaker 2: help me break this up.
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  Speaker 6: I will as soon.
• 12:24
  Speaker 5: As they stop punching me. Hey, don't be a fool, Hodges.
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  Speaker 6: Stop it.
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  Speaker 2: Stop it, I say. All right. All right, let go
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  Speaker 2: of me.
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  Speaker 5: Let go.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, thanks, Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Lanyon.
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  Speaker 2: This man's a maniac. Okay. But I'm warning you, Clinton.
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  Speaker 5: I'll see you again when you ain't got your friends around.
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  Speaker 2: Personally, I don't know.
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  Speaker 11: Whether the girl was killed or not, but if she was,
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  Speaker 11: our friend there, Hodges, will have a lot of explaining
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  Speaker 11: to do.
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  Speaker 2: You mean you've got something on him, Mr. Clinton? Well,
• 12:54
  Speaker 2: when I was.
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  Speaker 11: Discussing the contest with Betty Larson a few days ago,
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  Speaker 11: she told me that Hodges had warned her not to
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  Speaker 11: enter it. It seems he was afraid that if she won...
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  Speaker 11: It might go to her head and she'd walk out
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  Speaker 11: on him.
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  Speaker 2: As a matter of fact, he told her to stay
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  Speaker 2: away from here. Well, there's going to be a coroner's
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  Speaker 2: inquest in the morning. And I suggest that you tell
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  Speaker 2: this to the sheriff as soon as he returns. Oh, why.
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  Speaker 11: Tell that to the sheriff? Oh, no, no, I'd rather
• 13:20
  Speaker 11: hate to do that. You see, Lanyard, someone in my position,
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  Speaker 11: I can't afford to get involved. After all, it's my
• 13:28
  Speaker 11: business to report scandal and not get mixed up in it.
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  Speaker 2: But look here, you... Tell you what, give me.
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  Speaker 11: A chance to think it over, and I'll see you
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  Speaker 11: at the treasure hunt tonight.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, dear. Two in the morning, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Lanyard. What a ghastly hour to go tramping over the ground.
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  Speaker 5: Must we participate in this treasure hunt? Of course, it's
• 14:05
  Speaker 5: all a part of the weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Come in.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, it's the witching hour, Mr.
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  Speaker 7: Lanyard.
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  Speaker 2: Here's your envelope with the clues for the treasure hunt.
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  Speaker 2: You'd better hurry. Everybody's ahead of you.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you, Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Clinton. We'll catch up. Fine.
• 14:17
  Speaker 8: This ought to be very interesting, seeing the lone wolf
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  Speaker 8: stalking down his prey.
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  Speaker 2: You know very well, Clinton. Oh, sure.
• 14:25
  Speaker 5: I forgot.
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: You're not the lone wolf anymore. You're just nice, innocent Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Lanyard. Well, good hunting.
• 14:32
  Speaker 2: See you later. Well, here you are, Jameson. This is
• 14:36
  Speaker 2: our clue. Go ahead, read it.
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  Speaker 5: Under the oak and under the cover, where have met
• 14:43
  Speaker 5: many a lover. Light a match and look deep down.
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  Speaker 5: Find your clue and win your crown. I say, isn't
• 14:52
  Speaker 5: that lovely?
• 14:53
  Speaker 2: Can you decipher it?
• 14:54
  Speaker 5: Oh, of course, sir. It means, uh, well, it means, uh, well.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly, Jameson, the old well. That's where we'll find the
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  Speaker 2: next clue. Come on, let's get going. The well is
• 15:20
  Speaker 2: down this path. It's right near the stables.
• 15:23
  Speaker 5: You mean when we get to the well, we find
• 15:25
  Speaker 5: another clue?
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  Speaker 2: That's right, and at the end is when we reach
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: the treasure.
• 15:29
  Speaker 5: Oh, the treasure. I say, what is this treasure?
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: Jameson, it's unimportant what the treasure is. It might be
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: a bag of jelly beans.
• 15:39
  Speaker 5: It all sounds very silly to me, sir. There's the
• 15:42
  Speaker 5: well over there. And look here. It's got a wooden
• 15:50
  Speaker 5: cover on it, exactly like it said on the poem. Well,
• 15:53
  Speaker 5: what do we do now?
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: Now, wait a minute. Oh, yes, under the cover. Light
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  Speaker 2: a match and look deep down. Here, I'll take this
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: lid off and put it here. Now, you light a match, Jameson.
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  Speaker 5: Right, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Our second clue must be somewhere inside the well.
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  Speaker 5: Right-ho, just a moment.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, there's the clue we're looking for. A piece of
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: paper pinned on the wall inside the well with a
• 16:14
  Speaker 2: big pin.
• 16:15
  Speaker 5: Oh, dash it all. Match went out. I'll light another one.
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: Oh, Jameson, hold it. Hold it. The inside of this
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  Speaker 2: well smells like gasoline.
• 16:22
  Speaker 5: Yes, it does. Yes, it does smell like it. Get away, Jameson.
• 16:28
  Speaker 5: Blow that match up.
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: Are you all right, Mr. Lanyard? Yes, and no thanks
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: to you.
• 16:42
  Speaker 5: I couldn't help it, sir.
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: If you ask me, we walked.
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  Speaker 5: Right into a trap.
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  Speaker 2: Quite obviously. Here, let me help you up. Oh, thank you, sir.
• 16:51
  Speaker 5: Oh, if I'd had any idea... Ouch!
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: Well, now what's the matter?
• 16:55
  Speaker 5: Oh, I've been stabbed.
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: Well, let me see.
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: Oh.
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: Steady, Jameson. I'll pull it out. Oh, be careful, sir.
• 17:04
  Speaker 7: Oh.
• 17:05
  Speaker 3: Oh.
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  Speaker 7: Oh!
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: There we are. And very interesting. What is it, sir? Oh,
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: it's that big pin. You could have been hurt quite badly. Well,
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: if you ask me... Come along, Jameson. We've got work
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: to do.
• 17:33
  Speaker 5: And another thing, Mr. Barnes. We don't mind playing this
• 17:35
  Speaker 5: little treasure hunt game of yours, but it's no fun
• 17:38
  Speaker 5: when the prize is two bodies, especially if they happen
• 17:41
  Speaker 5: to be our two bodies.
• 17:42
  Speaker 6: Surely it was only an accident.
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: I wish I could believe that, Miss Waring.
• 17:45
  Speaker 6: But there's no rhyme nor reason for what's been happening.
• 17:48
  Speaker 6: If the accident at the well was another attempt at murder, then.
• 17:52
  Speaker 5: well, then.
• 17:53
  Speaker 6: then all our lives could be in danger.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: Steady, Cynthia, darling. I presume you have some idea of
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: who the murderer might be, Mr.
• 18:00
  Speaker 5: Lanyard.
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: You flatter me, Mr.
• 18:02
  Speaker 14: Barnes.
• 18:02
  Speaker 6: I would think you had surely lined up one or
• 18:04
  Speaker 6: two likely suspects, Mr. Lone Wolf.
• 18:07
  Speaker 5: Why don't you tell them about our friend, Mr.
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: Clinton, sir? Clinton? Oh, well, there are some mighty interesting
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: aspects to that road company winchel. He was meeting Betty
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: Larson secretly. At least that's what Hodges says. I can
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: believe that. Clinton would stoop to anything.
• 18:22
  Speaker 9: I didn't want to have him around, but Cynthia felt
• 18:24
  Speaker 9: that we should cater to him for the sake of
• 18:25
  Speaker 9: publicity for the bazaar.
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: Hodges also insists that Clinton arranged for Miss Larson to
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: enter the beauty contest, and that Clinton promised her that
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: she would win. And there's the little incident at the well.
• 18:36
  Speaker 5: If you ask me, Clinton is in this thing right
• 18:39
  Speaker 5: up to his clues.
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: Help!
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: Mr.
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: Barnes!
• 18:42
  Speaker 5: Somebody come out here, hurry!
• 18:44
  Speaker 6: That sounds like Hodges.
• 18:45
  Speaker 5: He's right out there at the side of the house. Well,
• 18:47
  Speaker 5: come on.
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: We can go through these French windows.
• 18:51
  Speaker 5: In here, in the bushes. You'd better hurry. What is it, Hodges?
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: What's wrong?
• 18:58
  Speaker 14: I don't know.
• 18:58
  Speaker 5: Don't ask me.
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: I don't know anything about it. Great heavens, look at Clinton.
• 19:01
  Speaker 11: I can't stand it.
• 19:04
  Speaker 6: I can't stand it. What awful things are going on.
• 19:08
  Speaker 5: I don't know how it happened.
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: I was just coming down the path. There in the bushes,
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: he was lying right there.
• 19:11
  Speaker 5: He's done for, all right, Mr. Lanyard. Shot.
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: Murdered.
• 19:14
  Speaker 5: Murdered? You did this, Hodges.
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: You said you'd get even with Clinton.
• 19:18
  Speaker 5: Now you've done this.
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: I'll tell you, I don't know anything about it. I
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: was just walking down along the path. I don't know
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: anything about it.
• 19:22
  Speaker 5: It's all right, Hodges.
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: You'll have an opportunity to prove your innocence.
• 19:25
  Speaker 6: Don't you have some theory about all this, Mr.
• 19:27
  Speaker 13: Lund?
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: There, there, Miss Waring. I think I can promise you
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: at least that there won't be any more murders. Hold
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: the flashlight a little higher, Jim. On the clock, on
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: the mantelpiece. Yes, sir.
• 19:53
  Speaker 5: Just as you say, sir. But aren't we taking a
• 19:55
  Speaker 5: bit of a risk, Mr. Lanyard? Leaving the estate without
• 19:58
  Speaker 5: checking with the sheriff?
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: Shh, quiet, Jameson. If I don't find what I'm looking
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: for here in Clinton's apartment, I'm afraid we'll have a
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: lot of explaining to do.
• 20:06
  Speaker 5: I'd just assume we didn't go back. There's been two
• 20:09
  Speaker 5: murders already, and they say things come in threes.
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: How interesting. Uh, Jameson, why do you think I've got
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: you flashing the light on that clock on the mantelpiece?
• 20:19
  Speaker 5: Well, sir, well, I'm a bit rusty. I think it
• 20:23
  Speaker 5: might be safe to say, well, it would be safe.
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: Exactly, Jameson. You never fail the safe behind the clock
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: on the mantelpiece. I say, I was right.
• 20:38
  Speaker 5: Ingenious, eh, Mr. Lanyon?
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: You have your moments. Well, it's a long time since
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: I've operated in this fashion, but we'll see, Jameson.
• 20:51
  Speaker 5: If you don't mind, sir, this is like old times.
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: I do mind, Jameson, but unfortunately certain situations are born
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: of necessity.
• 20:59
  Speaker 5: Then allow me to compliment you, sir. You haven't lost
• 21:02
  Speaker 5: the old touch.
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: No, I'm not so sure. Ah, there we are.
• 21:12
  Speaker 5: Not much of a haul, if you ask me. Nothing
• 21:15
  Speaker 5: but a stack of letters and a notebook.
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: Let's have a look.
• 21:18
  Speaker 5: All that trouble just for a bundle of papers. Just
• 21:22
  Speaker 5: a waste of good time and talent. There could have
• 21:24
  Speaker 5: been a pound of butter or a gas coupon or
• 21:27
  Speaker 5: a back axle.
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: Oh, hi.
• 21:29
  Speaker 5: I say, what's so interesting?
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: Just the.
• 21:31
  Speaker 5: Did you find a clue to the murders? Just the motive, Jameson.
• 21:34
  Speaker 5: Just the motive.
• 21:35
  Speaker 14: The End.
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: Look here, you can't keep me here, Sheriff. All I
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: did was find Clinton.
• 21:47
  Speaker 14: You can't hang a guy for that.
• 21:49
  Speaker 5: Keep your shirt on, Hodges.
• 21:50
  Speaker 12: Nobody moves out of this room till Lanyard shows up.
• 21:53
  Speaker 12: If he doesn't come in five minutes, I'm going to
• 21:54
  Speaker 12: put out a call and have him pulled in.
• 21:56
  Speaker 6: Seems to me that Mr. Lanyard has admitted his guilt
• 21:58
  Speaker 6: by disappearing.
• 21:59
  Speaker 9: Well, whatever the case may be, I think you should
• 22:01
  Speaker 9: allow me to go. After all, this is my house,
• 22:03
  Speaker 9: and I do have guests. They might think it rather
• 22:05
  Speaker 9: strange if their host isn't around.
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: Look, Mr.
• 22:08
  Speaker 12: Barnes, party or no party, there's been a couple of
• 22:10
  Speaker 12: murders committed around this joint, and everybody in this room
• 22:14
  Speaker 12: is under suspicion.
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: Really, Sheriff?
• 22:16
  Speaker 6: If you're going to keep us here and allow Mr.
• 22:18
  Speaker 6: Lanyard to stay.
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: Good evening, Sheriff. Jameson, say good evening to the Sheriff.
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: He's been very patient, I hope.
• 22:24
  Speaker 5: Good evening, sir. I mean, Constable. I mean, Sheriff.
• 22:27
  Speaker 12: All right, you two. You'd better make it good. Running
• 22:30
  Speaker 12: away from the scene of the crime won't sit so
• 22:32
  Speaker 12: well in court. Please accept my apologies, Sheriff. Well, now
• 22:35
  Speaker 12: that you're here, Mr. Lanyard, perhaps we can clear up
• 22:38
  Speaker 12: this nasty mess.
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 22:39
  Speaker 7: I presume you've been spending your time checking up on
• 22:41
  Speaker 7: the murders, Mr.
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: Lanyard. That's right. And I've uncovered a few details which
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: I'm sure will prove most interesting, Miss Waring.
• 22:48
  Speaker 12: You're wasting time, Lanyard. Somebody in this room has been
• 22:51
  Speaker 12: running around committing murders. And I'm going to find out
• 22:54
  Speaker 12: who it is or die trying.
• 22:55
  Speaker 5: Or die trying.
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: Who said that?
• 22:58
  Speaker 5: If it's all the same to you, Sheriff, I think
• 23:00
  Speaker 5: I'll join the other guests. Now, isn't that thoughtful of you?
• 23:04
  Speaker 12: Get away from that door before you tempt me to
• 23:06
  Speaker 12: bring the murder score.
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: Up to three. Do as he says, Jameson. After all,
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: you don't want to miss all the fun. In just
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: a minute, you're going to have the pleasure of meeting
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: the murderer. That's just what I'm afraid of, sir.
• 23:19
  Speaker 5: All right, Lanyard. Let's have it.
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: Very well, Sheriff. First, allow me to review events from
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: the beginning. Just as Jameson and I were leaving for Mr.
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: Barnes' residence, we received a rather unusual telephone message. It
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: was Betty Larson. That was about 2 p.m., wouldn't you say, Jameson?
• 23:35
  Speaker 5: Five minutes after 2, to be exact, sir.
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: Thank you. We arrived at Mr. Barnes' estate by 3.30.
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: At five, Jameson and I went for a swim in
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: the pool. It was then we found Miss Larson. At
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: what time did the coroner examine her, Sheriff? Around seven
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: in the evening. But what difference does it make? The
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: poor girl had been dead for ten hours. All the
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: difference in the world, my dear fellow. Simple arithmetic will
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: show you that it was impossible for Miss Larson to
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: call me at two o'clock. At two o'clock, she'd already
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: been dead for five hours. Hodges, you did it.
• 24:07
  Speaker 5: You paid someone to make that call. You're crazy. I
• 24:09
  Speaker 5: had nothing to do with it.
• 24:10
  Speaker 12: Pipe down, Hodges.
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: Go on, Lanyard. Sheriff, what do you think was used
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: to murder Miss Larson? Well, I.
• 24:16
  Speaker 5: Could this have been the weapon? The pin. The pin,
• 24:19
  Speaker 5: the one I set on when the well exploded.
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: Yes, Jameson. Let me paint a rather gruesome picture for you, Sheriff.
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: Miss Larson is called down to the edge of the
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: swimming pool. Someone who poses as a friend suggests that
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: she try on a hat. In trying it on, our murderer,
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: pretending to assist, neatly jabs Miss Larson and thrusts the
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: pin through the base of her brain. Oh, how horrible.
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: Could I examine the pin, please? Why, of course, Mr. Barnes. Why?
• 24:46
  Speaker 5: Why, it's a hat pin.
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: Well, Cynthia, it's the one you had in the large
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: hat you wore in that beauty contest.
• 24:53
  Speaker 5: Cynthia, it was you.
• 24:54
  Speaker 6: All right, stand back, all of you.
• 24:56
  Speaker 12: Look here, sister, you can't get away with this.
• 24:57
  Speaker 6: Shut up and listen, all of you. I assure you,
• 25:00
  Speaker 6: I know how to handle this gun, and I'm not
• 25:02
  Speaker 6: afraid to use it.
• 25:03
  Speaker 3: Cynthia, I.
• 25:04
  Speaker 6: Stand back, Hutchinson.
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: I don't get you, Cynthia. What earthly reason would you
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: have for killing Betty? She wanted to be your friend.
• 25:09
  Speaker 6: That's a laugh.
• 25:11
  Speaker 5: Listen, little boy blue.
• 25:12
  Speaker 13: A telephone operator sometimes hears too much for her own good.
• 25:16
  Speaker 13: How do you think she got all those fine furs?
• 25:18
  Speaker 13: From some boyfriend? No, she was too daffy about you,
• 25:21
  Speaker 13: so she decided to try her hand at blackmail.
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: Blackmail?
• 25:24
  Speaker 6: That's right. Only she pushed me just a bit too far.
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: Why, you.
• 25:27
  Speaker 6: Get back, all of you!
• 25:29
  Speaker 5: You, prune face.
• 25:30
  Speaker 13: Who?
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: Who, me?
• 25:32
  Speaker 6: I don't mean your brother. Open the door.
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: Go on, open it.
• 25:36
  Speaker 12: Yes.
• 25:36
  Speaker 5: Yes, ma'am.
• 25:40
  Speaker 6: Now, stand back, all of you.
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: Ha.
• 25:44
  Speaker 6: Very amusing picture.
• 25:47
  Speaker 5: That's right, Mr.
• 25:47
  Speaker 7: Lanyard.
• 25:48
  Speaker 6: Step forward just a little.
• 25:50
  Speaker 13: I'd like to thank you for spoiling a most delightful weekend.
• 25:55
  Speaker 6: Here's a little something to.
• 25:56
  Speaker 7: Remember me by.
• 25:56
  Speaker 14: No, no, no.
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: Jameson, are you all right?
• 26:06
  Speaker 5: Yes, I think so, sir.
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: Oh, thank heaven. Yeah, you did a good job, Jameson.
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: Not only saved Mr.
• 26:13
  Speaker 12: Leonard from getting hot, but when you fell against this door,
• 26:15
  Speaker 12: you also managed to not miss wearing colder than a doornail.
• 26:18
  Speaker 5: Oh, it was nothing, really.
• 26:20
  Speaker 12: And as for you, sister, maybe these bracelets will keep
• 26:23
  Speaker 12: you out of trouble. Because when you come to, you're
• 26:26
  Speaker 12: going to find yourself booked for murder.
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: Double murder, Sheriff. Dig the bullet out of the wall
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: over there and you'll find it will match the one
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: found in Clinton's body. Well, what do you know? Come on, Hodges,
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: give me a hand. Okay, Sheriff. I can't believe it.
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: Cynthia and I had so many plans together.
• 26:43
  Speaker 9: It's hard to believe that she could be responsible for
• 26:47
  Speaker 9: those horrible murders.
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: I'm afraid she was. Mr. Barnes, this is Mr. Clinton's notebook.
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: Several canceled checks and a few letters. Look them over,
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: and you will discover that your dream girl, Miss Cynthia Waring,
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: has quite a number of aliases, and in certain circles
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: has a reputation for landing the biggest fish in the pool. Then,
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: after she's collected enough money, she tosses them back. You
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: were her next victim, Mr.
• 27:09
  Speaker 5: Barnes.
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: And as for the unfortunate Mr. Clinton, being a newspaper
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: man and gossip columnist, he ferreted out her little scheme
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: and in turn was blackmailing Miss Waring. Well, ladies and gentlemen,
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: I guess that just about puts the cap on that
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: story of our little adventure at the estate of Rutherford Barnes.
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: Miss Cynthia Waring was a very shrewd and fast-thinking young lady.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: She got one victim with a gun. She almost got
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: Jameson and me at the old well when the gasoline exploded,
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: all of which began with the first and most ingenious
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: of the murders, the particularly cold-blooded murder of Betty Larson
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: with that hat pin. And, Jameson, of course, we have
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: you to thank for having discovered that most important bit
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: of evidence, the pin itself.
• 28:11
  Speaker 5: Yes, Mr. Lanyon. And I must say, I got quite
• 28:13
  Speaker 5: a lift out of that myself when I discovered it.
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: Now, now, Jameson, remember your promise. Suffice it to say,
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: you discovered the pin the hard way, I admit.
• 28:24
  Speaker 5: Oh, yes, sir. There's no doubt about that. The criminal
• 28:27
  Speaker 5: would never have been... tuck in the final analysis if
• 28:30
  Speaker 5: I hadn't sat down and got myself stuck.
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: That will be all, Jameson. Good night, ladies and gentlemen.
• 28:57
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• 29:01
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• 29:04
  Speaker 4: wolf on the air, and tonight's tale of.
• 29:08
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• 29:22
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• 29:25
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• 29:28
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• 29:32
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• 29:37
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• 29:41
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• 29:47
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