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up the steps of a small rooming house in New York's

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west side. And when

4:46

he gets to the top floor, he

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begins hammering on the door roof. Open up! Who

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is it? You know who

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it is. Now open up! Go away, Charles. No,

4:57

no. You can't send me away like this. I've

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got to talk to you. All right,

5:02

just a second. Lock

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it. No, it's all right. I don't feel

5:07

disturbed. I should lock it. Look,

5:09

Charles, you're not well. She'll

5:12

believe it for a second. Don't you

5:14

see, Pat? It was just a scheme to keep us apart.

5:16

But I fooled them. Charles,

5:19

please don't lock that door. What's the matter,

5:21

Pat? Don't you trust me either? Of course

5:23

I do. It's just that I don't

5:25

like to see you so upset. Look,

5:28

I've got an idea. What are you doing with that phone? I

5:30

was just going to call your father. Put

5:32

it down. But, Charles... Put

5:34

it down. No, please... So... So

5:37

you're working with them too? No, I'm not.

5:39

Then prove it. Marry me.

5:42

You're inset. What

5:45

did you say? Nothing, Charles.

5:47

You're lying. I... You

5:49

were going to say I was insane. I wasn't, I swear. I'll

5:52

give you one last chance. I've got

5:54

a car downstairs. Will you come

5:56

with me? Look, Charles... Answer me. But...

6:00

Darling. Or aipac.

6:02

You had your opportunity. For

6:05

you doing with have done. A

6:07

debut chance. Pat. You have to admit

6:09

that. Darling Now listen to me.

6:11

I've I've changed my mind. How

6:14

do I know this? You want changes against. Us: You

6:16

can't Do This If. You

6:18

know, Really want to

6:20

see I'll be dead Know. Yes,

6:23

You don't think I'd let you go without. Don't.

6:27

Be afraid that I'll be right by you,

6:29

say? Good bye.

6:45

I was the some the border with

6:48

the shows are right away out on

6:50

the phone and call Jordans or. Anybody

6:53

else is going on. Because

6:56

why not to find them? It. Was

7:00

in school, You.

7:04

Went on her. This room here.

7:06

Okay. Open the door. For

7:13

me? Oh yeah yeah well

7:15

I'll give you fifty when

7:17

we get inside but still

7:19

stove winded Promised me hundred

7:21

O K C? Really? no

7:23

thanks now as you pesky.

7:46

Smash Mr. Shall I know who this

7:48

is? So. Sylvester Braden the

7:50

second who discovered that me some flash

7:53

boss and are in a case by

7:55

your financial. System

7:58

tells me the. That are gonna

8:00

be every bit as sensational news. Mister

8:03

Bleeds. Down.

8:18

I have to engage how much like I'm

8:20

sorry that tip didn't pay off the weather

8:22

down at spoke on the phone I thought

8:24

we had something. what are you talking about

8:26

both yarn I said you out on whole

8:28

story just came over the tigger. Cops.

8:31

Are just there? Who. Were there was nothing to

8:33

it. That's. Intuit. You real?

8:35

I love Shelley. Maybe in a hick town

8:37

you come from. A pretty girl committing suicide

8:39

is big news. For. New York. It happens

8:41

every day And awake? Yeah, But what about. Know.

8:44

What about? What? Whoa. What?

8:46

Are the cops hot The same thing you did.

8:49

That. Girl named Pat Brooks holding a gun

8:51

in her hand and nothing else getting

8:53

have sugar than anything else. I.

8:56

Know Christmas way of pictures. Pitches.

8:59

That's what I said. You therefore remember. Where.

9:02

Are they they they

9:04

ate. The. Easy I forgot

9:06

to take along town. U. Wot

9:08

Ansari Boss I feel like an

9:10

awful hey again. At least there's

9:12

no harm done. I

9:14

didn't hate you to be more careful

9:16

in the future, are ya? I learned

9:18

my lesson to engage. I've that I've

9:21

got plenty from an putting. The

9:32

money. Yeah,

9:36

I'd like to see Mister Charles Britain Senior

9:38

please. I'm said that impossible to Britain's only

9:40

son digest. Then an automobile accident. Yes, I

9:43

know I'm at all about, but I still

9:45

think he'll see me tell him it's what

9:47

is Shelley of a cassette wizard. La Riots,

9:49

May bread mama guy I spoke to on

9:51

the phone this morning hurt his will to

9:53

come into play. This

9:56

is the young men I've been telling about horrible.

9:59

here's how i get Miss Allen is

10:01

my secretary, Mr. Shelley. Good enough. And

10:04

I suppose we get down to business. You

10:06

told me I had some pictures I might be interested

10:08

in. That's right. May I see

10:11

them, please? Sure. Here

10:13

they are. Very

10:16

interesting. Like a drink,

10:18

Mr. Shelley? Well, thanks,

10:20

dollface. Well,

10:23

here's to what we all want. I'll

10:25

join you in that, sir. Had

10:31

time to look at those pictures yet, Mr. Braden? Yes,

10:34

indeed. Notice anything peculiar

10:36

about them? I presume you

10:39

mean that one of the bodies is that

10:41

of my son, Charles. Yeah, and he's holding

10:43

a gun. So? So

10:45

when I heard that the cops only found one

10:47

stiff, I immediately jumped to the conclusion that you

10:49

must have taken care of the other by bribing

10:51

the janitor of the bully. Why

10:53

should I do that? Let's stop

10:55

kidding each other, Braden. A guy

10:58

with your name couldn't stand the disgrace. You

11:00

wouldn't want to go through life, don't you, as the father of a

11:02

murderer. There's something in what you say, Mr.

11:04

Shelley. How much do you

11:06

want? Uh, ten grand for the

11:09

set of pictures you've got in your hand. And

11:11

how much for the negatives? Negatives?

11:13

Oh, come, come, come. You mustn't take me for

11:15

a child, Mr. Shelley. I'm aware

11:17

of the elementals of photography. Now

11:21

where are those negatives? Cut

11:23

it up, friend. You're so... Come on, eh?

11:25

Give me a chance. All

11:29

right. You're

11:31

gonna kill me then. Negatives, please. Yeah,

11:34

sure. Adam, I'd hand

11:36

my part. I'd advise you to

11:38

put away that gun, sir. Not as smart as

11:40

you think. Apparently not. Wouldn't I be a chump

11:43

to keep those negatives on me? Fine,

11:46

Al. You're gonna pay for

11:48

them, mister. And pay through the nose.

12:05

I'd like to speak to my wearing please. Who's calling?

12:09

Walter Shelley. Who? Walter

12:11

Shelley. I'm a reporter on the Gazette. What

12:13

can I do for you? You mean what can I do

12:15

for you? I understand you're one

12:17

of the best private dicks in the York. Where

12:19

do you understand that from? All the usual

12:22

reliable sources. Don't they call you the Falcon?

12:25

Only when they can't think of anything worse. Look, will you be home

12:27

for the next half hour? Why? Well, I'd

12:29

like to come around and drop a fortune

12:31

in your lap. Why? Well, let's

12:33

just say it's only a

12:35

few weeks before Christmas, and I like to play Santa

12:38

Claus nice and early. I'll be seeing you,

12:40

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12:51

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["The Best

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of the Foulton." Fifteen minutes

14:26

have passed since Walter Shelley called Mike Wearing

14:28

with a promise to drop a fortune in

14:31

his lap. And now we find Mr. Shelley

14:33

as good as his word. ["The Best

14:37

of the Foulton." Yes? You're wearing? That's

14:39

right. I'm Walter Shelley. Oh,

14:41

you're ahead of schedule. Come on in. Thanks. You

14:45

said something on the phone about dropping a fortune

14:47

in my lap. Uh-huh. And I never lied. Catch.

14:50

What's this? That's what I promised. In

14:53

that envelope, a picture's worth half a

14:56

million. What makes him so

14:58

valuable? The pose. Um... You

15:00

interested? Go on. This

15:02

party will pay off plenty, Wearing. I know I've already

15:04

seen him. We've got all the angles covered.

15:07

We? Uh, got a partner. Of

15:09

course, that means we'll have to split three ways, but it's worth

15:12

it. Now, this partner of mine

15:14

has a swell end, see. What we need is

15:16

someone to handle a detail worth. Tried another guy,

15:18

but he couldn't see it. What

15:20

made you come to me with a swindle like this? Well,

15:23

look, you don't have to take that tone with

15:25

me, Wearing. Oh, I don't? All

15:29

right, now get up. Hey, what's

15:31

going on here, Mr. Wearing? I was cleaning the hall,

15:33

and I heard a fuss. Oh, it's nothing serious, George.

15:37

Will you get rid of this for me? Hmm? Character

15:39

on the floor. Throw him out. Oh. Come

15:42

on, buddy. Get up. Come

15:45

on, pal. I have... Mr. Wearing.

15:47

Yeah? I think there's something

15:49

matter with him. I know. He

15:51

ran into my fist. Oh, no. I mean, I can't

15:54

feel his heart. I'm sorry. I

15:56

mean, I can't feel his heartbeat. You what?

15:59

Yeah. All

16:03

right,

16:14

Wearing, let's have the truth now. And

16:16

don't give me any more stuff about pictures, because we

16:18

didn't find any. You didn't? No. Why'd

16:21

you kill Shelley? I tell you, I didn't kill

16:23

him, Lieutenant. You admit you slugged him? Look, Webster,

16:25

I may brag now and then, but I still

16:27

know Joe Lewis. What do the

16:29

autopsy reports say? It hasn't come in yet. Well,

16:31

what are they waiting for? Hey, Lieutenant, open up,

16:33

will you? What do you want, Sergeant? It's a

16:35

Mr. Wingate to see Wearing. Well, tell him to

16:37

beat it. Wearing isn't having any

16:39

visitors. I've got a corridor to hear, Lieutenant. Maybe

16:42

you'd like to look at it. Yeah, let's

16:44

see that. There you are. Seems

16:48

to be all right. Open

16:50

it up, Sergeant. You're

16:54

going to have five minutes, no

16:56

more. It's fair enough. Hello,

16:59

Wearing. Well, who are you? North

17:01

of Wingate. Still means nothing. I

17:03

hold down the slot on the evening gazette. Shelley

17:07

worked for me until he came to me this morning

17:09

with an idea how he could make some easy dough.

17:11

Wait a minute. You must be the guy

17:13

he told me he'd talked to before he came to see me. That's

17:15

right. I throw him out. Well,

17:17

what are you doing here? Well, when

17:19

the story came over the ticker, I thought there might be something

17:21

I could do for you. Why

17:23

should you? I want this story for

17:26

my paper, exclusively, and I'm willing

17:28

to pay for it. Okay,

17:30

Wingate. You got yourself a deal. Do

17:33

you know what was on those pictures of Shelley? No. Did

17:35

he mention any names? Not a one. Well,

17:37

it doesn't matter. Here are my keys. The

17:41

superintendent of my building has a character named George Kennedy.

17:43

Check with him and see what he did with the envelope and

17:45

bring it back to me. Captain, the police got it? No, the

17:48

lieutenant told me they didn't find a thing. It may have been

17:50

brushed aside and all the excitement. Well, it

17:52

doesn't sound like much to go on, but keep your

17:54

fingers crossed, kiddo. I'll do what I can. Okay,

18:00

wearing on your feet.

18:07

Are you back again, Lieutenant? Yeah,

18:10

get your things and get out. How

18:13

come I'm being released? The autopsy on

18:16

Shelly clears you. What was it,

18:18

heart attack? No, poison.

18:21

I got it in the drink about six hours before it

18:23

came to your place. Well, tough luck, Lieutenant. I know how

18:25

you must feel. Can I

18:27

use your phone? Sure. There's a pay

18:29

phone right over there. Thanks,

18:31

Webster. Maybe I can do as much for

18:33

you sometime. Oh, and

18:35

wearing? Yeah. Don't use any slots.

18:52

Hello? How's you, George? Oh, hi,

18:54

Mr. Wearing. Say, is Mr. Wingate there? Sure. You want

18:56

to talk to him? No, I'll see him later. What

18:59

did you do with the pictures? We didn't

19:01

find them. Well, they can't have disappeared.

19:03

They were on my desk before I slugged Shelly.

19:05

We ain't there now. We've practically taken the

19:07

place apart. All right. Stop wrecking

19:09

the joint. I'll be right over. That's

19:20

no use, Mike. We've looked in the desk already.

19:22

Yeah, he's right, Mr. Wearing. We went over everything

19:24

with a fine tooth comb. Well,

19:26

I don't get it. George, you're

19:28

sure when the police removed Shelly's body, they didn't take

19:31

anything? I'm positive. I was here every minute of the

19:33

time. Yeah, we might as well give up, Mike. Now,

19:35

wait a second, Wingate. Shelly

19:37

was standing right where you are when he tore that envelope in

19:39

my lap. When I got up to throw

19:41

him out, it must have fallen to the floor. Well, I don't

19:43

see what difference that makes. Well, I could have kicked it over

19:45

there and then that kicked it. Hey,

19:47

wait a minute. What's that under the radiator? Well, if we

19:50

all agree... Whatever you are, George, you're

19:52

certainly no detective. Is that the envelope? Must

19:54

be. Well, let's get a

19:56

glimpse of a half million bucks worth of pictures.

20:00

That. We. Was robbed but

20:02

it'll. Look to pick

20:04

your the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brooklyn.

20:06

Dodgers. And I you tell me who would

20:08

pay a half million bucks were still shot of

20:10

that group when you to go see them in

20:12

action for a buck in accordance. He

20:27

and I'm like three am. I don't care

20:29

about leaving Islamic. Had a tale of these

20:31

pictures. What makes them with all that money

20:33

when gas? Shelley must have been crazy for

20:35

the why Was he My. Command.

20:40

You gentlemen that I'm not even my glaring.

20:43

Have come to the right place. I you

20:45

meant to wearing. What's

20:48

your name? My friends call

20:50

me Laura Allen. I bet you got a million

20:52

a men's room so I can understand why. you

20:54

should be looking for new and the bizarre. I'm

20:56

looking for something else. Mr. Wearing. What

21:00

do you want for them Pro on a want

21:02

to picture of what's that sound Give me that

21:04

shelley. Had them before he died.

21:06

He hadn't got them now. So

21:08

us, who does that leave me?

21:10

Yes, But your

21:12

prize. Was I said I didn't

21:14

get to do business? He won't. Do any good if

21:17

you see what I mean. You. And

21:19

don't worry when get I saw was like a blind

21:21

man I'm as a cannon that size look would you

21:24

mind pointed out will or and puts. An adam

21:26

to hang making news is. Here, I

21:28

don't know what's com of me these past few

21:30

days that I can see to keep the thing

21:32

on my stomach, particularly going on a rabbit. Okay,

21:36

it's not. Now

21:41

what are you going to do with nothing you

21:43

can leave when of your like into mean you're

21:45

only go as sure I'm a sport our so

21:47

the little ones back. Says what are you

21:49

fishing bomb into wearing. A big one. Well,

21:52

I wouldn't if I were you. you

21:54

know some they take you to take

21:56

it for me this one's a man

21:59

killer the night Angel?

22:02

Shouldn't let her get away, Mike. Why not? That little

22:04

lady wasn't going to tell us anything. Except what she

22:06

wanted to. Yeah, but remember what Shelley said about a

22:08

partner. You think that girl... Well, don't

22:10

you? You know something, wind

22:12

gate, you're right. Well?

22:15

She's already gone down the elevator. Hello,

22:31

Laura. Oh, Spritz! Right. What

22:35

are you doing in my apartment? My dear girl, I think the

22:37

answer's fairly obvious. I was waiting for you. I

22:39

told you that if I had anything to report, I'd let you know.

22:42

Well, you can hardly blame me for being anxious, Laura.

22:45

Now, where are the pictures? I didn't get them. You

22:48

know, my dear, I find that very difficult

22:50

to believe. You're such a very determined young

22:52

lady. Well, I ran into a very determined young

22:54

man. And yet, Mr. Wearing let you get away, hmm?

22:56

Yes, and don't ask me why, because I don't know. You

22:59

must be tired, my dear. You're

23:01

quite right, Mr. Braden. I am

23:03

tired. I'm tired of trying

23:05

to protect your precious name. Why

23:07

don't you pay off and let it go at that? I don't

23:10

like to hear you talk that way, Laura. But

23:13

knowing you as I do, I'm sure

23:15

you'll never let this little conversation go

23:17

any farther. Hello?

23:31

Is that you, Wearing? Uh-huh. This is

23:33

Laura. Who? Laura Allen,

23:35

you remember? Oh, sure. I listen, Wearing.

23:37

There's something I've got to tell you. Where do you

23:39

live? At the rainy apartment. But before

23:41

you come, I want you to know that I killed

23:44

Walter Shelley. Oh, you admit it? Well,

23:47

if you want to be convinced... Oh!

23:50

Hello, Laura. Laura! Hello?

24:00

Well, that's all I know, Wingate. Right

24:02

after I heard the shot, I grabbed the cab and

24:04

started over here. Then I remembered my promise to you, so I

24:06

detoured over to your office to pick you up. I appreciate it,

24:08

Wearing. Hey, what floor do we get

24:10

off on? Right here, the floor. Okay.

24:15

Must be down this way. Oh,

24:18

here it is. Laura Allen.

24:20

Uh-oh. Unlocked?

24:24

Yeah. So, uh, she did commit suicide.

24:28

She did commit suicide after

24:30

all. It seems so. Hey,

24:34

what do you make of this? Silver

24:36

cigarette case. Silver nothing. This is platinum,

24:38

huh? They don't hand these out

24:40

on pushcarts. Here, look

24:42

at the engraving. Can you make of that? Yeah,

24:45

to Laura Allen from the tyrant Charles

24:47

Braden Sr. Charles Braden Sr.? Hey,

24:50

this girl moved in the big leagues. That's all

24:52

right. If she was in Braden's employ,

24:54

then he's the boy who's interested in the pictures, and she was

24:56

working hand in glove with Shelley. Why

24:58

would Braden want a picture of the Brooklyn Dodgers? He

25:00

didn't. The pictures we found must have been phony. Hey,

25:03

wait a minute. Wasn't his son in some sort of a mess

25:05

recently? Well, he got killed in an automobile

25:07

accident. Oh, that's too pat. Braden's hiding

25:10

something. Who are you calling? The police. Well, I'll make

25:12

a snappy. I want to phone my paper. Hey,

25:15

wait a minute. What's the trouble? I

25:18

just thought of something. I

25:20

heard the shot that killed Laura over the phone, Sal. Well,

25:22

if she died instantly, who hung this receiver back on the hook?

25:25

Yeah, but that means... Yeah, go on. Say it. Wingate, she

25:27

was murdered. But you said she talked to suicide. Someone put

25:29

a force or two by holding a gun in her back.

25:31

Oh. That's what I intend to find

25:33

out. Now, look. I want you to get a fingerprint expert up here. What

25:36

for? The killer made one blunder when he

25:38

put the receiver back on the hook. Isn't it possible he made

25:40

another? I don't follow you. Maybe he left his prints on the

25:42

instrument. You got any idea where

25:44

we can find an expert at this time of night? Oh, he

25:46

got one down the paper. Well, get him, Wingate. Well, I'll meet

25:48

you later. Uh, make it Mr.

25:51

Braden's. Something tells me he'll probably

25:53

be very interested in the results. Heh,

25:58

heh, heh, heh, heh. Mr.

26:08

Braden. My name is Waring. Oh,

26:11

come in, Walter. Thank you. You

26:14

were a friend of Walter's Shelley's, I believe. No,

26:16

I wouldn't say that. Strange that

26:18

he entrusted his most precious possessions to

26:20

you. I don't think I

26:23

understand you, Mr. Braden. I'm referring to the

26:25

pictures, Mr. Waring. Oh, that. Yes, that. May

26:28

I trouble you for them? And the negatives, of

26:30

course. What's in it for

26:32

me? Well, I could promise you any

26:34

number of things. Yes, but they'd

26:37

be just that, promises. You see

26:39

my point. Oh, yeah. You don't have

26:41

to draw me a diagram. No. I

26:43

had only to draw a gun. All right, put that

26:45

thing away, Braden. You're forgetting something. I can't imagine what.

26:48

What's going to happen when the police discover you killed

26:50

Shelley and Laura. Shelley and

26:52

Laura? Well, I hardly think there's any danger

26:54

of that. Well, maybe I can

26:56

prove you're wrong. I beg your pardon. I think that

26:59

call is for me, may I? Certainly, I'll be right

27:01

ahead. Thank you. Hello.

27:03

Hello. Is that you,

27:05

Mike? Yeah, how'd you make out, Wingate? Did

27:07

they finish checking those fingerprints? Yes, but there wasn't

27:09

a single print on it. Oh,

27:11

that's wonderful. What's the matter with you,

27:13

Mike? Can't you hear me? Didn't miss a

27:16

word. Now, come up here and bring that report with

27:18

you. Well, you look

27:20

pleased. Yes, I am. Whose fingerprints you

27:22

suppose they found on Laura's telephone? Nobody's.

27:25

What? You'll forgive me, sir,

27:27

but I'm afraid I've been guilty of eavesdropping. Oh,

27:30

you'll never hear anything nice about yourself that way.

27:33

Perhaps not. But then, Mr. Waring, I'm

27:35

not a very nice person. I

27:37

think you're going to find that.

27:48

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28:27

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28:29

polka. Two

28:34

minutes ago Charles Brayden Sr. told Mike

28:36

that he wasn't a very nice person

28:39

on court. And judging by

28:41

the gun he keeps trained on Mike Mr. Brayden

28:43

believes in telling the truth. Really Mr.

28:45

Waring you don't know how this paints me.

28:47

Well I never guessed it Brayden you certainly

28:49

hide your grief well. You sir you're fierce.

28:51

Oh that's where you're wrong. I

28:54

don't believe you're going to shoot. Tell me

28:56

Mr. Waring what is your purpose in glancing

28:58

at that window every five seconds. Frankly I

29:00

find it very distracting. That was my purpose.

29:02

All right Wingate grab a nice

29:05

word Wingate now give me the gun. Okay here

29:07

you are. Now phone please headquarters.

29:09

No I know my paper comes first. Well anyway

29:11

you like but don't forget the cops. I don't

29:14

suppose there'd be much point in appealing to

29:16

your better nature. Oh I

29:18

don't know. What do you think Wingate? No

29:21

I'm just an innocent bystander Waring. You

29:23

better leave me out of this. Oh that's impossible

29:25

friend. You've got a lot to say. You

29:27

mean because I saved your life. No because

29:29

you killed Shelley and Laura. What

29:32

are you babbling about murder Wingate. I'm

29:34

just wondering who's going to cover your execution for the

29:36

Gazette. See

29:49

I don't get it Mr. Waring you mean Mr. Wingate

29:52

actually killed Shelley and the girl.

29:54

Yes actually George. Yeah but why

29:56

those pictures. The ones we found

29:58

in your apartment. the

30:00

ones that please found a Wingate's apartment. He

30:02

got him from my place before he even called you. Then

30:04

he planted those phony shots and waited for me to make

30:06

my great discovery. No, but why did he do that? Because

30:09

he knew I wouldn't stop looking until I found a set

30:11

of pictures. So he made things easy for me. Well,

30:14

I still don't understand why he

30:16

killed Shelley. He was Shelley's partner.

30:18

Wingate? Mm-hmm. He was in

30:20

from page one, but he got greedy and wanted the

30:22

whole pie. So he poisoned Shelley and

30:24

waited for the pictures to drop in his lap. Instead,

30:26

they dropped in yours. Well, that he couldn't figure on.

30:29

But he did okay as it was. Well, why

30:31

did he kill Laura? Well, he had good reason

30:33

for that. First, he forced her

30:35

to confess to Shelley's murder. Oh, he thought that would

30:37

leave him in the clear. Mm-hmm. If she committed suicide,

30:40

then the case was closed and he could go ahead

30:42

and blackmail Braden safely. Well, how did you know he

30:44

was the killer? Remember I told

30:46

you I sent him to check the fingerprints on Laura Allen's

30:48

phone? Yeah, and he said there weren't any. Well,

30:50

that's what gave him away. Well, I don't

30:52

see why. Ain't it possible the killer wiped off his

30:55

own prints? Yeah, sure. But what happened

30:57

to mine? I handled the phone after the

30:59

murder when I was going to call the police. Oh.

31:02

Now, does that answer all your questions? Well,

31:06

all but one. What's that? Um,

31:09

look, Mr. Wearing, uh, what

31:11

was on those pictures anyway? Uh, you'll

31:13

never know, George. Oh, come on. Come on.

31:15

Break down, Mr. Wearing. Must

31:18

have been pretty hot stuff, huh? Oh, yes, indeed they

31:20

were. Some of the hottest shots I'd ever seen. Why,

31:22

just to handle them would blister your hands. Yeah?

31:25

Um, but were they, huh? Well,

31:27

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33:11

hanging up the telephone clue has always been

33:13

a bit dicey to me. It

33:15

does kind of depend on where

33:17

the body is in relation to

33:19

the phone and we're not really

33:21

told that because if she

33:24

was standing really close to the

33:26

phone, I could imagine a scenario

33:28

where the phone dropped back onto

33:31

the hook after she'd fired the

33:33

shot. I don't know how practical

33:36

that would be from a

33:38

physics standpoint or medical standpoint

33:40

either, but I could at least

33:42

imagine it. Now the

33:44

way that the Falcons said that bunch when

33:46

referring to the 1950 Brooklyn

33:49

Dodgers reflected that the rider was

33:51

still bitter about them losing the

33:53

pennant to the Phillies of all

33:55

teams. The Phillies hadn't won a

33:57

pennant for 35 years. and

34:00

wouldn't win another one for 30 years. So

34:03

the Dodgers failing to defend their

34:05

National League title and losing it

34:07

to the Phillies on the last

34:10

day of the season would leave

34:12

New York sports fans even more

34:14

disappointed in dim bombs than usual.

34:17

And I guess the Falcon was

34:19

among them. Well now we

34:21

turn to listener comments and feedback and

34:24

we have this comment from

34:26

Maureen on YouTube regarding the case

34:28

of the double nephew. What

34:31

a morally bankrupt pair. No

34:33

argument for me on that

34:35

Maureen. And then I got

34:37

this really great email from Anthony

34:39

who writes, I just finished the

34:41

latest The Falcon. I would say

34:43

that I like the commercials as

34:45

they make the programs more like

34:47

the real experience. I started

34:50

listening to radio shows in 1956. I

34:53

would rush home from school to catch Johnny

34:55

Dollar. Our station was AM

34:58

and had to sign off at dusk.

35:00

So the show came on at 4pm. Keep

35:03

up the great work. Well Anthony,

35:05

thanks so much. I appreciate the

35:07

email. And I definitely think that

35:09

particularly with the commercials on the

35:12

Falcon, it is really

35:14

interesting to hear how people

35:16

viewed food and how food

35:19

was sold decades ago because

35:21

that really does provide a

35:24

big insight into how people lived.

35:26

And I really appreciated your story

35:29

about how you listened because I

35:31

really do think when it comes

35:33

to detective programs that there's kind

35:36

of a sub-generation of listeners. I

35:38

don't know if it falls strictly

35:40

based on years but of people

35:43

whose real experience

35:45

with listening to

35:47

detectives on the air was

35:49

really defined by Bob Bailey's

35:52

performance as Johnny Dollar. And

35:54

I said it's maybe not

35:56

entirely defined by chronological age

35:58

because... These programs

36:01

continued to be replayed over

36:03

the armed forces radio and

36:06

television service in

36:09

places where US troops

36:11

were stationed. And

36:13

I've received emails from people

36:15

who first encountered

36:17

detective programs and

36:19

Johnny Dollar through

36:22

those overseas rebroadcasts.

36:25

But the Running Home from

36:27

School experience is a great

36:29

story. And Anthony, you're probably

36:31

one of the youngest people

36:33

to have that experience with

36:36

network radio because people whose

36:38

childhood intersected with say the

36:41

30s and 40s obviously would have that.

36:44

But with disappearing programming,

36:47

particularly towards younger audiences,

36:49

it became a much

36:51

less common experience. And

36:54

then finally we've got this lovely

36:57

comment from our listener survey from

36:59

Anita. I've searched for shows similar

37:01

to Great Detectives for years and

37:03

I found this program. I've

37:05

been a regular listener for two years now

37:08

and I have stopped my search for

37:10

better programming. I do enjoy your commentary

37:13

also. Thank you. Well thank

37:15

you so much Anita. I appreciate you taking

37:17

the time to fill out the listener survey.

37:20

And now it's time to thank our

37:22

Patreon supporter of the day. Thank

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Tomorrow for the return of. Our

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38:17

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38:19

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38:21

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