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2:58

The Thin Man was a course.

3:01

A popular film series, it

3:03

was the subject of multiple

3:05

radio programs as well Just

3:07

Lock Our Queen Harbor and

3:09

even smaller percentage of it's

3:11

episode survive. From White Two

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feature all surviving episodes of

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the Adventure of the Same

3:21

Mans three hundred fifty nine

3:23

episodes over network radio. a

3:25

grand total of eight episodes.

3:28

The series had various Ron

3:30

Same It. Erases throughout all of

3:32

them. Claudia Morgan was the voice

3:34

of More Charles with Less Dame

3:37

and will ask for main baby

3:39

doll Third and Joseph couldn't taking

3:41

turns as Nick. This. particular

3:43

episode are sounds city around and

3:45

i'm skill page of the in

3:47

on and off of like to

3:49

say that it was a recent

3:51

post more with our he queens

3:53

but it been hanging around since

3:55

two thousand and fourteen hiding from

3:57

me i guess this particular episode

3:59

came from the Thin Man's longest run

4:02

over CBS radio from 1944 to 1947,

4:04

and this episode featured

4:08

Lush Tremaine as Nick Charles. So

4:11

for the first time in 13 years,

4:13

we're bringing you another episode of the

4:16

Thin Man. Here from November 25th, 1945 is

4:18

The Moon Murder. Hello,

4:33

creeps. This is

4:35

Private Z once again raising the curtain

4:37

in the mystery theater. Well,

4:40

tonight we have another adventure of the

4:42

Thin Man for you, a rough and

4:44

tumble little opus called The

4:46

Case of the Moon Murder. It

4:50

all started one moonlight night with Nick

4:52

and Nora Charles walking home from the

4:54

movies. They were strolling

4:56

along the Central Park side of Fifth

4:58

Avenue when suddenly Nick stopped. Well,

5:02

that's queer. It certainly is. I

5:04

mean those two men fixing the gutter over there. Let's

5:07

go over, baby. Nick, are you going to give up

5:09

me on a park bench just to become a sidewalk

5:12

superintendent? No, darling, but I

5:14

was doing some sidewalk engineering at that spot this

5:17

afternoon. I watched them dig

5:19

that hole. Oh, then you're afraid these fellows

5:21

can't get along without you. They had the

5:23

whole thing finished this afternoon, very satisfactorily,

5:25

too. It was all ready to put

5:27

the paving on. Why should they dig

5:29

it up again? Maybe the night shift

5:31

didn't like the whole the day shift dug. Or

5:34

maybe the men just have nothing to do. Come

5:36

on, darling, let's find a bend. That's right, pal. Scram.

5:40

Am I disturbing you? Yeah, don't you know better

5:42

than a stare at geniuses at work? I'm sorry,

5:44

I didn't know you were a temperamental artist. Go

5:47

on, beat it. I will not. You

5:49

don't look like such a good ditch digger to me. Go

5:52

on, roll your hoop or I'll pace you one.

5:54

Why, Mickey, tell him I'm no hoop. I'm your

5:57

wife. Listen, you tuskinini of the shovel.

5:59

I'm a tax- and I can watch you fill

6:01

up a hole if I want to. Oh yeah? Yeah. Bell!

6:03

Nick! He hit you! Phew! Oh,

6:06

thanks for telling me, dear. I'd

6:08

never have guessed. The big gorilla. Suck

6:10

him back. Oh, darling.

6:13

I don't know how I'd ever get along without your advice!

6:15

Oh! Good for you, darling.

6:17

Right on that butt. Why, Nicky's running

6:19

away. And so's his pal. I

6:22

knew they were cowards. We showed them.

6:24

They're running to that parked car. Oh, make them

6:26

come back, dear. They didn't finish their home. Oh,

6:28

it's too late now. They're driving

6:30

away. What? What are you picking up

6:32

there, Nick? A dental bridge.

6:35

Must have knocked it out of his mouth. Look

6:38

down there, baby. In the hole they were

6:40

filling in. What? What?

6:44

It's a man's hand. Yeah. I'm

6:47

going to clear some of that dirt away. They

6:49

were burying someone in the gutter. On

6:52

5th Avenue. Yeah. That's right, baby.

6:55

New York is the only city in the world where people

6:57

would see that and mind their own business. So who is

6:59

he? Well, his wallet identifies

7:01

him as Patsy Tonnelly. There's

7:05

a curious quarter-moon insignia in his lapel.

7:08

Think I'll take it. It may mean something. Who would they die of?

7:10

Lead poisoning of the brain. You see

7:12

them? Bullet holes. Yep.

7:16

Murder. Don't you get it?

7:19

They were going to bury him here and in the morning the

7:21

street would be sealed over and paved and no one would discover

7:23

the body. Have you any idea who killed him? Any clues?

7:25

No, baby. Just a page torn

7:27

from a memo pad I found in his

7:29

pocket. It says Ellsworth Gilton 941 East 57th

7:31

Street. I

7:34

wish I'd had a good look at the guy I sucked. I couldn't see

7:36

him well in the dark. Hey Nora, duck.

7:38

Why? The car racing down the street. They're holding guns out

7:40

the window. Watch it. Are

7:48

you all right, darling? Yes, dear.

7:51

Well, gone now. Why'd you

7:53

scream? I just

7:55

wanted to see if I was in good screaming

7:57

voice. That car looked like the same one

7:59

those days. two ditch stickers used to get away in. Oh,

8:01

Nick, there's a cab. Now let's hope it's NP. I

8:04

want to get out of here. Hey, Taxi! Taxi,

8:08

bud. Yes, sir. Get

8:10

in there. Where to, bud? Home,

8:12

60 Park Drive.

8:15

Nick, aren't you going to investigate this? Let's

8:17

mind our own business and play safe. I'll

8:19

phone Inspector Gallagher to my house. Darling,

8:22

look behind you. It's the same car that shot

8:24

at us. We're being followed. Yeah.

8:28

Well, that means we can't go home. We'll

8:30

find out who we are, and I'm sure they'll want to bump us off.

8:33

OK, baby. The only way to be safe now is to

8:35

tackle this. Well, what do we do? As soon as we

8:37

can shake that car, we're going to see Ellsworth Galeson. Driver?

8:41

Oh, driver? Yeah? Take us to

8:44

East 57th Street, near Lexington. OK.

8:47

Gosh, on a night like this, you'd

8:49

think something exciting would happen, but nothing

8:51

ever happens around here. These

8:53

streets are so dead. You

8:56

don't know how dead they are, pal. In

8:59

my opinion, I've got the wrong.

9:02

Ellsworth Galeson's apartment is 18B. That

9:05

must be down the hall. Come on, baby. Nick,

9:08

are you sure we lost that car that was following us?

9:10

Not too sure. After I got out

9:12

of that drug store where I phoned Gallagher, I thought

9:14

I saw someone following us here. This

9:17

is 18B. I'll ring. BEEPING

9:20

BEEPING BEEPING

9:24

Good evening. I'd like to see Mr. Galeson

9:26

and Mr. Ellsworth Galeson. And

9:28

whom shall I say is calling? Mr. and

9:30

Mrs. Nick Charles. Come in, please. Will

9:35

you wait here, please? I'll tell Mr.

9:37

Galeson. Mm, a butler and

9:39

everything. It looks as though

9:41

Mr. Galeson's having a party. Oh, this

9:43

is no party, baby. It's a slick gambling

9:46

joint. Don't you see? Over there. They're

9:48

playing roulette. There's a poker game in

9:50

that corner. Dice. Oh,

9:52

can I play Nick? On a night with a

9:54

full moon? Oh, don't be

9:56

silly, baby. If you'll come this

9:58

way, please. Mr. Galeton

10:00

will see you in his office. Okay.

10:05

Mr. Galeton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles. All

10:09

right, Sam. Come in, Mr. and Mrs.

10:11

Charles. How do you

10:13

do? How do you do? Mr.

10:16

Charles, you've never been here before? No.

10:20

Who sponsored you? Patsy Tenelli.

10:23

Tenelli? I don't believe

10:25

he ever mentioned you. In fact, I know he didn't. You

10:28

a friend of his? Yeah. You ever see this

10:30

before? Mm-hmm. Well,

10:33

it looks like some kind of insignia. What

10:36

a moon. That's right, Mr. Galeton. You'll never

10:38

guess where we found it. Of

10:41

course, Patsy used to wear this. How'd

10:43

you get this? Look, Patsy's my friend. Does anything happen

10:45

to him? Yes. Well, tell me I'll

10:47

do anything in the world for Patsy. Where is he? The last

10:50

time I saw him, he was lying in a hole some one

10:52

dug on Fifth Avenue. Patsy? He

10:54

couldn't get up. He found it hard to walk when he

10:56

was dead. Oh, was he

10:58

murdered? Well, he had two bullet holes in his

11:00

hand. It's the moonmummers.

11:03

The who? The moonmummers.

11:06

It's a crazy cult that Patsy joined.

11:08

That's why he wore that insignia. Tell me,

11:11

is there a full moon tonight? Oh, yes, a beauty. They

11:15

always kill under a full moon. Run

11:18

on out there. Okay,

11:21

Tootsies. This is a stick-up. Reach for

11:23

the ceiling. Nicky, darling, a mass cold-up man. Aren't

11:27

you being a little corny? Shut up. My pal's got

11:29

everybody in the rest of the joint covered. So

11:31

don't try any tricks. Gail, go out of this room. Go

11:33

on. Out the door. All right, all right, but don't shut

11:35

up. Hey, you. What are you doing there? Why don't you

11:37

got your hands up? I have got

11:40

them up. I don't like you. Oh, that's because

11:42

you're a man. All the girls like him. I

11:44

don't like you either. I think I'm going to

11:46

let you both have it just to show them

11:48

others we mean business. Out, go. You

11:51

knocked him clean out the door. Did

11:54

any of his bullets hit you? No, no, they're quite wild.

11:57

Why are you liking this in here? It's safer, baby. Hey,

12:00

look. There's a central fuse box in this room.

12:02

We're in luck. I'm going to turn out every light in this

12:04

apartment. There. Why'd

12:06

you do that? With all that dough in there and those gunmen

12:08

loose, there should be a nice riot to take their minds off

12:10

of us. Oh! There it starts. Now

12:13

we gotta get out of here, Nicky. Well,

12:15

there's a ledge outside this window. We can

12:17

crawl to the neighboring apartment. Keep going, honey.

12:19

We haven't any time. All right, dear. Here.

12:23

Oh. Oh. Well,

12:25

this ledge is narrow. How high

12:27

up are we? 18 stories. Move

12:30

along, baby. 18

12:32

stories? But Nora, hold on. What's

12:35

the matter with you? You nearly slipped. I started a

12:37

thing. Remind me to finish it later. You

12:40

scared, baby? Me scared? Not

12:43

at all, dear. Keep going,

12:45

baby. All right. I'm...

12:48

I'm coming to that open window. Shall

12:51

I... I... I knock before I go

12:53

in? No, dear. Just write

12:55

and ask for an invitation. Go

12:58

in before I start slipping again. All right. There.

13:02

We'll come in, Nicky. All right. It's

13:07

very dark in here. I know. But

13:10

I can make out someone sleeping on that bed.

13:13

You can see him there in the moonlight. Yeah.

13:18

Who's there? Oh, it's

13:20

just us. Did we wake

13:22

you? Yes, I... I

13:25

was found asleep. I'm sorry to disturb

13:27

you. You're very pretty. So

13:30

are you. Now, you just

13:32

close your eyes, put your head on the pillow,

13:35

and I'll tuck you in. All right. How'd

13:39

you get in here? Oh, we

13:41

just slid in on a couple of moon

13:43

beams. Really? Is that

13:46

possible? Uh-huh. Anything

13:48

can happen on the night of a full moon.

13:50

So I've been told. So I've

13:52

been told. How do we get out of here?

13:55

The door's open that way. Thank

13:57

you. Good night. Good

14:00

night, dream girl. Well,

14:03

Nick, where do we go from here? We're

14:05

going to see Big Ear's Benny. There are a

14:07

couple of angles on this case I'm not sure about. Isn't

14:09

it queer, darling? That man didn't

14:11

seem the least bit disturbed by our coming in his

14:13

window. He seemed pleased by it. Well,

14:16

baby, if you walked in on a moonbeam

14:18

while I was sleeping, I'd

14:20

be pleased by it, too. Oh, why,

14:23

Nicky, the moon's got you,

14:25

Looney, too. But I think

14:27

that man's going to decide any minute that

14:29

he wasn't dreaming. Well, Fully. What did I

14:31

tell you? Let's beat it fast. Good

14:42

evening. Hello. I'm

14:44

Nick Charles. This is my wife, Nora. How do

14:46

you do? Pleased

14:49

to meet you, I'm sure. Is

14:51

Big Ear's Benny at home? See,

14:54

when a gorgeous girl... Where'd you get it? A

14:57

man would say. Oh,

14:59

what's that, a saloon? Well,

15:01

it's a sort of, um, clothes saloon. Who

15:05

are you? Well, Mrs.

15:07

Big Ear's. That's a gorgeous

15:10

hunk of material. Even feels

15:12

gorgeous. It's expensive, huh?

15:16

I don't want to interfere, girls, but where is Big

15:18

Ear's Benny? He spent

15:20

the night in jail. Oh. You had

15:23

an argument? Once a month they lock him

15:25

up. Oh,

15:27

gee, a dress is pretty, too.

15:29

Thank you. So is yours. Yeah.

15:32

Only two centuries and a half.

15:35

I had to squeeze the dough out of Benny like

15:37

he was a whip-mop through a ring-gut. Would you mind

15:39

telling me why Benny's in jail? Well,

15:42

tonight they got a full moon playing in the sky. Every

15:45

time they got a ring-gut, they'd be like, Oh, I'm

15:47

going to be playing in the sky. Every

15:49

time they got a full moon, they arrest Benny.

15:52

On what charge? They

15:54

ran out of charges. He just goes down

15:56

to the jail instead of coming home. What

15:59

jail? The one at police... Well, they

16:01

don't bother to take him there anymore. He

16:04

checks in at the local precinct on the corner. Oh,

16:06

well, thank you, Mrs. Big Ears, Benny. And good

16:08

night. Come, Nora. We'd better go now. All

16:11

right, dear. Oh, Gina, I soon will

16:13

draw your clone. Why, thank you, Mrs. Big

16:16

Ears. Next

16:18

time I do a strip tease, I'll invite you over.

16:21

Excuse me. Hey,

16:28

Mr. Benny, Mr. and Mrs. Charles.

16:30

Go right over. You can talk to him through the

16:33

bus. Yeah, thanks, Sergeant. Come, dear. Hello,

16:36

Mr. Big Ears. Nora and

16:38

Nick. It's nice to see you again. Are

16:40

they locking you up on a combination

16:43

of full moon, too? No, not yet, Benny. We just came to

16:45

see you. Well,

16:47

they gave you a very nice sell. Oh, I

16:49

always get that they look sweet every time I stop here. What's

16:53

on your mind, Nick? What do

16:55

you know about a guy named Ellsworth Galeton? Uh,

16:57

you're talking in my deaf ear, Nick.

17:01

Does this $10 bill help your hearing? Oh,

17:04

it makes me hear music, Nora. And

17:07

when I hear music, I feel like

17:09

singing. Galeton is ambitious

17:11

to become the number one rat in this town.

17:14

What else does he handle besides gambling?

17:16

Anything he can muscle into. He's got

17:19

a mob? Yeah. He's got a permanent

17:21

want aired out for evil-minded personalities.

17:23

Who's Patsy Tenelli? Uh,

17:26

I'll need a little more music. Well,

17:29

uh, another $10 help? Oh,

17:32

considerably. Tenelli is a torpedo

17:34

who was imported from St. Louis. He

17:37

specialized in murder and torture. No

17:40

one knows who imported him or who he's working for. Does

17:42

this insignia mean anything to you? Uh,

17:45

I'm straining my singing voice, Nick.

17:48

Goggle with this $10 spot. Oh, that's

17:50

a big help. That's their

17:53

quarter moon pen is the insignia of

17:55

the moon mama's. A wacky outfit that's

17:57

really a racket. What kind? Oh,

18:00

it's got something to do with the moon. A

18:03

guy named Tamar Luna and his wife,

18:05

Laura Luna, run it. They work

18:07

out of a brownstone house at 999 East 89th Street.

18:12

I'm not sure, but it smells

18:14

like blackmail to me. Well, why should Tonelli be

18:16

wearing this pin when he was killed? He was

18:18

a member of that dear cult, maybe. And

18:20

do they ever murder any members of their

18:22

own cult? Maybe. Them people is

18:25

nuts. But it takes plenty of murdering

18:27

to rub out a torpedo like Tonelli.

18:29

Thanks a lot, Big Ears. Well,

18:31

baby, we're going to drop in on Mr.

18:33

and Mrs. Luna. Uh, just a second, Nick.

18:36

Uh, you got some influence with

18:38

the cops? Uh, yes, Benny. Why?

18:41

Can't you tell them that the full moon

18:43

doesn't have any effect on me? I'm

18:45

perfectly normal. You certainly are,

18:47

Big Ears. I'm the most

18:49

normal aeroplane that ever lived.

18:51

Watch me fly. Mmm...

18:56

Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee!

18:58

Aaargh! Aaargh!

19:04

Aaargh! Shh!

19:08

There is someone at the door,

19:10

Tamar. I'll answer it.

19:15

Good evening. Welcome to the

19:17

mansion of the moon, Madame. Thank

19:21

you. Are you

19:23

Tamar Luna? I am

19:25

Tamar Luna. You're

19:27

just the one I want to see. Have

19:30

you been having trouble with your

19:32

moon, Madame? How'd you know?

19:35

Tamar can tell. This

19:38

is Laura Luna. Greetings.

19:42

May all your moons be

19:44

cloudless. Why, thank you.

19:47

That's a very pretty thought. Why

19:49

have you come here? Well,

19:51

you see, I have a slight case of

19:53

lunacy. I mean, I want

19:56

to join your society. Then who

19:58

told you about our society? Patsy

20:00

Tonnelli. You know it? Oh

20:03

yes. He was a quarter moon.

20:05

He was? But never real.

20:07

He is on his way to becoming a half

20:09

moon. What happens after he becomes

20:11

a half moon? He becomes a

20:13

full moon. And then? Oh no,

20:16

oh no, don't tell me, let me guess. He

20:18

becomes the man in the moon. Right?

20:25

Wrong. Well, don't get sore. How

20:27

did you know quarter moon

20:30

Patsy Tonnelli? Oh, just socially.

20:32

I used to know him in St. Louis. Truly. Truly.

20:37

By the way, where is Patsy? If

20:40

you are joining the moon, mama,

20:42

you mustn't be interested in men

20:45

of this earth. Are there

20:47

any other kinds? There are moon

20:49

men. Where? On

20:52

the moon. You

20:54

can love only one of them. Well,

20:56

aren't there any around here? Yes, my

20:59

husband. Oh, that's that character? He's the

21:01

only living moon man on this earth.

21:04

Well, how do you

21:06

do? Laura, mind you, do

21:08

you think she has the qualities to

21:11

become a member of our society? She

21:13

is very pretty and an earthly sort

21:16

of way. Thank you. She

21:18

is a figure that earth

21:21

men admire. You know, I've got

21:23

a feeling I'm going to like it here. Laura,

21:26

shall I test her? Go

21:28

right ahead, Mama. What are you going to do?

21:31

You will find out, my dear. First,

21:34

I must see if

21:36

you can love me. Mm-hmm. Put

21:39

your arms around me. Oh, won't

21:42

your wife mind? Mind. I

21:45

will criticize you if you fail to show

21:47

some enthusiasm. You certainly aren't

21:49

like the earth wife. What

21:52

do they know, Mrs. Josephine, of Earth? It's

21:55

only a few billion years old. Not

21:58

on the moon. We'll

22:00

go on, summer. Now,

22:04

I am going to kiss you. No.

22:08

Ow! My dear, she has

22:10

no love in her heart. I got love all

22:12

over, but not for you, moon face. I'm... No,

22:15

no, no! Tie

22:17

her up, Laura. Don't worry, jerk-a-l, tie her up like a

22:19

salami. Don't you try to move our drill.

22:21

They're gone. Yes, where's the son, Annie? Come on. We know something

22:23

happened to him. You better start talking. I don't know where he

22:26

is. Ah! Your son won't miss. You'd

22:28

better start remembering things. What happened to him? He's dead.

22:30

He's been murdered. Why, you? What's your record? I'm

22:32

just trying to find out who murdered him. That's all. Did Galton send you?

22:34

Galton? You know what I'm talking

22:37

about. Start speaking. I don't know anymore. Okay, here's where

22:39

you... Hey, look out! Someone get the guy! Mickey!

22:43

Hello, baby. I sneaked you in the back, just

22:45

as I told you I would. Get up, Luna.

22:47

I got your gun. Be careful. Don't

22:49

shoot that gun. It's loaded. I know it, pal.

22:52

You're both so anxious to squeeze information out of people with a gun. I'm

22:54

going to see how you like it for yourself. Who

22:57

killed Tonelli? We don't know. What connection

22:59

did he have with you? None. What's... No! No!

23:01

No! Where am I bleeding? Nowhere.

23:04

But that won't happen the next time. Where

23:06

does Tonelli fit into this picture? We hide and

23:08

look... Keep quiet. It won't be quiet long. I'm

23:10

going to call the police. I have

23:13

nothing to hide from the police. Nora,

23:15

come. Where do you think you're going? Oh, we're just

23:17

going to disappear. Nick, they're

23:20

going up in the air. Going

23:23

back to the place. They're

23:25

gone. Oh, nuts.

23:28

Do you suppose we can call it monkey

23:30

shine? It's

23:33

some stage trick, baby. These cult

23:35

headquarters are always full of them. But they went

23:37

right up in the air through the roof. It's

23:39

done with wires and a trap door in this dimly lit

23:41

room, honey. They must have got away by this

23:43

time. Come on. We're going to

23:45

take a quick look around here, and then we're going home.

23:54

Have you got the key to

23:57

our apartment? Yeah. Here

24:00

it is, baby. Boy, it'll be good to get home.

24:03

I'll open the door. Excuse me, bud.

24:05

Do you have a match? Why,

24:07

yes. Righty. Oh! Nick,

24:10

is that a nice thing to do? You knocked him

24:12

out for no reason at all. I knocked him

24:14

out because he whistled when he talked. What? Remember,

24:16

that whole up guy at the gambling joint who tried to

24:18

kill us, he whistled when he talked too. Oh. Oh,

24:21

why? Bridge work? Yes, you guessed

24:23

it, baby. And look, that

24:26

dental bridge I found beside that excavation on

24:28

Fifth Avenue fits right in

24:30

this guy's mouth. You see? What

24:32

are you going to do with him, dear? Drag him into the house

24:35

and make him comfortable. This case is

24:37

in the bag. Hello,

24:39

Charles. Mr.

24:50

Galton, I've been waiting for you. I brought a few

24:52

of my men along. I thought we might need them

24:54

for this job. You certainly will. There's a

24:56

man we found trying to bury your friend Patsy Tenelli on

24:58

Fifth Avenue. We tried to get him to tell us who

25:01

killed him, but he won't talk. I'll

25:03

make him talk. Hello, Gopher.

25:05

Hiya, boss. Boss? Yes,

25:07

you poor saps. You played right into my

25:10

hands. Well, you mean you killed

25:12

Tenelli? Yeah, I had the pleasure of doing it

25:14

personally. No. Yes. But why? I

25:17

told Tamar Luna I wanted to cut of that

25:19

blackmail and racket he ran with his wife. So

25:22

what does a dope do? He hires Tenelli

25:24

to bump me off. And you killed

25:26

him first? Sure. Oh,

25:29

you'll realize I'm telling you this only

25:32

because you're going to die, Charles. But

25:35

not. Oh, cheer up,

25:37

Mrs. Charles. We all got to kick

25:39

off sometimes. Just think, you'll

25:41

know when. Oh, no, Mr. Galton. You're the

25:43

one who's going to know when and very

25:45

soon. OK, Gallagher. All

25:48

right. You're

25:50

all covered by the cops, boys. There's a

25:52

dozen of them. Don't start any trouble, fellas.

25:54

My wife just cleaned up all the blood

25:56

stains in our living room. Oh, oh, oh,

25:58

oh. And

26:04

so, Mr. Genius, give me the

26:06

rest of the details. I

26:08

knew that holdup in Galeton's joint was a fake. It

26:11

was an attempt to kill us. Well, how'd you know? Let's

26:14

sit in that bench. Because Gopher got in so

26:16

easily, and he forgot to frisk Galeton for a gun when

26:18

he ordered him out of the room. Then

26:20

when Gopher turned up here, you connected him with Galeton.

26:23

Yeah, that's right. I knew

26:25

that Tamar Luna and his wife were innocent of

26:27

the murder because they tried to torture information out

26:29

of you. The police caught them? Yeah. Yeah,

26:32

they were nabbed in Grand Central. They

26:34

found enough material in their moon mansion to send

26:36

them up for a long time on blackmail charges.

26:41

Oh, Nicky, darling, I don't think

26:43

Central Park ever looked so lovely

26:45

at night. Put

26:47

your arm around me. What's

26:49

the matter? Afraid of a moon

26:51

burn? Mm-mm, I'm chilly. I

26:54

fell for that line once before. What happened? Nearly

26:57

wrecked my life. I married the girl. Oh, is that

26:59

why you can't do it now? Of course, baby. I'd

27:01

have to marry you. Since

27:03

I'm already married, that

27:06

would be bigamy. I don't mind if you're a

27:08

bigamous deist, as long as I'm both

27:10

your wife. Well

28:08

as nothing like a few murders to keep

28:10

your married life a happy one. Just ask

28:12

Neck and Nora. Stein.

28:15

Once again to close the doors of

28:17

the Mystery Playhouse. So until next time,

28:19

this is Private Z saying good night,

28:21

Sleep tight. This is the

28:24

Armed Forces Radio Service. Something

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which is no the best me see you is

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on the diversity to have a lot. Of waste

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it turns into distances are determined by several factors which vary

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Safer Capital say butterflies are different as interns covered

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in Philly sorts that Illinois. Welcome

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me and fast paced story lots

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of seems location and killed or

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strongly about wanting to minutes i

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love mix line asking them not

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to start me saying because nora

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had just gotten a blood stains

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from last time pointed out Not

30:01

only is it great to hear

30:03

more episodes of The Thin Man,

30:05

it's also nice to hear from

30:07

Les Tremaine after we

30:09

got to hear him a couple of

30:11

weeks last year on The Falcon. Tremaine

30:14

would play Nick Charles until

30:17

Les Damon returned from the

30:19

military and took over the

30:21

role that he'd originated. Tremaine

30:24

would also return to play Nick

30:26

Charles for around 25 more

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episodes between the summer of 1948 and winter of 1949.

30:34

It's also somewhat interesting that Private

30:36

Z is the announcer on Mystery

30:38

Playhouse during the war with Peter

30:41

Lorry and then Sergeant X. So

30:43

going from a sergeant to a

30:45

private is an interesting direction for

30:47

the series to take. Now it's

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time to thank our Patreon supporter

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for today. In four weeks,

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