WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:28.000 Mystery House. 00:28.000 --> 00:32.880 Mystery House, that strange publishing firm owned by Dan and Barbara Glenn, 00:32.880 --> 00:36.920 where each new novel is acted out by the Mystery House staff before it is 00:36.920 --> 00:41.960 accepted for publication. Mystery House. 00:48.620 --> 00:52.360 The title of the story we're trying out for Mystery House tonight, Barbie, it 00:52.360 --> 00:56.920 intrigues me, very me not. That's not the only thing that will intrigue you. The 00:56.920 --> 01:01.040 whole story is full of surprises. Oh, not the whole story Mrs. Glenn. What do you 01:01.040 --> 01:05.000 mean Tom? Right about now there's always an important message for our listeners 01:05.000 --> 01:08.800 and here it is. Listen. 01:19.360 --> 01:25.360 Okay, places everybody. Set the scene for tonight's story, will you Tom? Very me 01:25.360 --> 01:32.800 not. Tonight's story opens in the office of Police Lieutenant Kane. Vera Blythe is 01:32.800 --> 01:37.200 being questioned about the mysterious death of her husband. Well I'm sorry Mrs. 01:37.200 --> 01:40.640 Blythe, I don't like this any more than you do, but I have to have all the facts 01:40.640 --> 01:44.360 about your husband's death. But Mr. Kane, I've told you, I don't know anything 01:44.360 --> 01:47.720 about his death. Oh come now Mrs. Blythe, you've admitted you and your husband had 01:47.720 --> 01:51.800 been quarreling. Of course we quarreled. Every married couple quarrels, but... But 01:51.800 --> 01:55.280 Mrs. Blythe, you went too far didn't you? Your temper got the best of you and 01:55.280 --> 01:58.880 when your husband walked out, when he walked out you followed him to his hotel room. 01:58.880 --> 02:02.400 No, no I didn't. You brought a gun with you, not intending to use it, but you lost your 02:02.400 --> 02:09.040 temper. He goaded you. No, no, no I didn't. I tell you I didn't. Mrs. Blythe look, the gun has your fingerprints all over it. 02:09.040 --> 02:12.560 Nobody else's. It was lying on the floor next to your husband's body and you were 02:12.560 --> 02:16.000 found rushing down the hotel stairs within three minutes of the time the 02:16.000 --> 02:20.200 shots were heard. But I didn't do it. He telephoned me. I thought he wanted to make 02:20.200 --> 02:24.760 up. I went there because he called me. Mrs. Blythe, the evidence is all against you. 02:24.760 --> 02:28.840 You went to his hotel room and asked him to come back. Your pride was hurt or if 02:28.840 --> 02:31.900 either of you were to walk out, you wanted to do the walking. So you tried 02:31.900 --> 02:35.800 to get him back. No, I didn't even know where he was until he telephoned me. You went 02:35.800 --> 02:39.480 to his room and he only laughed at you. He told you it was all through and because 02:39.480 --> 02:43.240 he was so calm, you got hysterical and before you knew it you had the gun in 02:43.240 --> 02:47.120 your hand. He was still laughing at you. So you pressed the trigger and fired at 02:47.120 --> 02:50.520 his laughing face. You couldn't take your hand off the trigger. The gun kept right 02:50.520 --> 02:54.960 on firing and the bullets kept hitting that laughing face. Yes, you wanted to wipe 02:54.960 --> 02:58.920 that laugh away forever and from the looks of the corpse you just about did it. 02:58.920 --> 03:03.920 Oh no, I couldn't have done that. I didn't touch the gullet. I hadn't even seen it for a week. 03:03.920 --> 03:08.440 Mrs. Blythe, you're suffering from shock. We call it a form of self hypnosis. 03:08.440 --> 03:12.200 That's why I'm trying to help you. I want to restore your real memory of what 03:12.200 --> 03:20.120 actually happened. I...oh baby, you're right. Yeah, I have been suffering from 03:20.120 --> 03:26.800 shock. I shouldn't let myself get hysterical. That's better. But Mr. Kane, I didn't do it. 03:26.800 --> 03:31.800 You did? No, now not again. Now let's not go through all this again. Please, Mr. Kane. 03:31.800 --> 03:38.000 Let me tell you what I do know. Okay, okay, go ahead. Oram hasn't had an acting job 03:38.000 --> 03:43.280 for over a year but actually he was getting paid by Dr. Gale. Alfred Gale, the 03:43.280 --> 03:48.040 vitamin king? Yes. Oram looks so much like Gale that Gale hired him as a double. 03:48.040 --> 03:53.280 Why should Gale need a double? I don't know. I suppose Gale was afraid because he 03:53.280 --> 03:58.480 had so much money. That's ridiculous. I know, I thought so too. But Oram used to 03:58.480 --> 04:02.760 substitute for Dr. Gale at lectures. I mean when Gale was engaged to give a 04:02.760 --> 04:06.600 lecture on health, he'd get Oram to appear for him. Your husband looks so much like 04:06.600 --> 04:09.440 Gale the public couldn't tell the difference? Even I couldn't tell the 04:09.440 --> 04:15.040 difference. Except that, well, Oram had his car on his leg just below the knee. Yeah, well 04:15.040 --> 04:18.460 what about their voices? Wasn't there a difference in them? Oh yes, but Oram was 04:18.460 --> 04:23.040 an actor. He could change his voice so that no one would ever know. Why? This 04:23.040 --> 04:27.040 telephone call you said you got, you're sure that was your husband's voice? I'm 04:27.040 --> 04:32.080 positive. I lived with him too long to mistake it. But I don't see what's happening. Well, if you didn't kill 04:32.080 --> 04:35.680 your husband then somebody else did. Now I don't say I believe you Mrs. Blythe, but 04:35.680 --> 04:39.440 it's just possible that this Dr. Gale did have a reason to be afraid. What do you 04:39.440 --> 04:43.200 mean? Well, supposing Gale had some enemies, the killing kind. If somebody told 04:43.200 --> 04:46.480 them that Gale had checked into this cheap hotel, they'd have seen that is a 04:46.480 --> 04:50.440 perfect chance to do away with him. You mean maybe Gale had, wherever these men 04:50.440 --> 04:54.640 are, tipped off that he was registered under Oram's name? I said maybe. Now look, 04:54.640 --> 04:59.400 can you identify your husband's body, if it is his body, by that scar on his leg? 04:59.400 --> 05:03.520 Yes, but that won't prove... No, it won't prove anything. But it may make it a 05:03.520 --> 05:06.840 little easier to get Gale to sing. Granted he knows something about this. But... 05:06.840 --> 05:13.840 But nothing. We're going to the morgue right now. 05:25.840 --> 05:30.920 I doubt here. Now just because this is a morgue, don't go pulling any flopperoo on 05:30.920 --> 05:36.680 me. Oh, this is ghastly. I don't... Now stay on your feet Mrs. Blythe. Now you want to get 05:36.680 --> 05:41.480 to the bottom of this thing, don't you? Oh yes, but please hurry Mr. Canaan. I can't stand 05:41.480 --> 05:47.520 this awful place much longer. Ah, here we are. Here's the body. Now just one look. Now 05:47.520 --> 05:53.240 which leg did you say this guy was on? The right. There. What did you... What is it? 05:53.240 --> 05:58.240 I can't see in this light. He's gone. What? Yeah, the body's gone. There's nothing here. 05:58.240 --> 06:19.000 Just a sheet and an overcoat. What? Oh no. Come in Brady, come in. Tell me all about it. 06:19.000 --> 06:24.680 Sit down Brady, sit down. Don't jump. Now Chief, look. Brady, if there's one thing I can't 06:24.680 --> 06:29.520 stand, it's excuses. I've got bodies disappearing, I've got women fainting and going home to bed, 06:29.520 --> 06:34.840 but I ain't going to have excuses. I want that body, Brady. Now where is it? Chief, I'm 06:34.840 --> 06:39.480 trying to tell you... Don't try to tell me, Brady. Just tell me. Where is the body? Where? 06:39.480 --> 06:43.880 Chief, it's... Don't tell me you know where it is, Brady. No, don't do that. That'd be 06:43.880 --> 06:48.480 too much. Why, it's only four hours since it disappeared. Now you couldn't possibly have 06:48.480 --> 06:53.160 found it in four hours. Now could you, Brady? The body ain't disappeared, Chief. I've been 06:53.160 --> 06:58.480 trying to tell you. The body? What? Brady, look, I'm a patient man, Brady, but I'm not 06:58.480 --> 07:02.600 going to stand for any tomfoolery about this. Now where did you find it? That's all you've 07:02.600 --> 07:08.200 got to tell me. Where did you find it? In the morgue. What? Yeah, I've been trying to tell 07:08.200 --> 07:13.240 you. It was in the morgue all the time. Yes. Right in the same place where it belonged. 07:13.240 --> 07:17.120 It's there now. I'll show you. Brady, wait a minute. Calm down. Look, you don't seem to 07:17.120 --> 07:22.040 understand. The body I'm talking about was gone. I was there myself, Brady. I saw it gone 07:22.040 --> 07:27.760 with me own eyes. And I still got 20-20 eyesight. So help me, Chief. It's the truth. The body 07:27.760 --> 07:31.640 was right there where you told me it should be. And with the face all smashed in by bullet 07:31.640 --> 07:37.480 holes, too. Yeah, with the smashed face. Brady, I'm warning you. You'd better be sure of this. 07:37.480 --> 07:42.720 If you... Oh, come on. We're going down to the morgue. And you'd better be right about 07:42.720 --> 08:00.040 this, Brady. Now, you see? Here it is. Yes, I see, Brady. I see. But, confounded, I'm 08:00.040 --> 08:04.660 too young a man to be having hallucinations. That body was not there when I was here with 08:04.660 --> 08:10.040 Mrs. Blythe. Now, Chief, the guy in the office says it was there all the time. The guy in 08:10.040 --> 08:15.120 the office said... I don't care what the guy in the office says. It was not there. Now, 08:15.120 --> 08:20.720 then I'm sure of it. Now, let's have a look for that scar. If the scar is there... Now, 08:20.720 --> 08:26.160 what scar? The scar on his right leg. Mrs. Blythe says her husband had a scar on his 08:26.160 --> 08:30.800 right leg, just below the knee. You mean you think there are two guys with their faces 08:30.800 --> 08:35.600 bashed in like that? Yeah, here it is. Here it is. Below the right knee. Yeah, it must 08:35.600 --> 08:41.280 be Arm Blythe, all right. Well, I hope you're satisfied. Satisfied? I'm a long way from 08:41.280 --> 08:46.280 satisfied. I want to know who pulled the hocus pocus on that disappearing body. You know, 08:46.280 --> 08:51.920 Chief, sometimes I think you're getting old. I'm a lot older than you're going to be unless 08:51.920 --> 08:57.640 you get... Pull that sheet back over him. The way that face is mangled gives me the creeps. 08:57.640 --> 09:02.080 Yeah, you're also getting soft. Shut up and come on. Yeah, where you're going? To talk to 09:02.080 --> 09:20.840 Mrs. Blythe. Go ahead, step on it, Brady. Look, you don't have to worry about red lights. 09:20.840 --> 09:26.400 You're a cop, remember? Okay, okay, but what's the rush? I thought you said the Blythe 09:26.400 --> 09:31.200 they went home to bed. Yeah, I know, I know, but that body switch is making me nervous. 09:31.200 --> 09:36.600 I think maybe I was a fool. You think? Shut up, Brady, or I'll be making your face look 09:36.600 --> 09:42.240 like that one we saw in the morgue. Still, why the rush? I don't get you. Has it ever 09:42.240 --> 09:47.320 occurred to that thick-brained of yours that maybe Mrs. Blythe played me for a sucker? 09:47.320 --> 09:51.780 Pull that fast shuffle in the morgue and then that faint is a pretty neat way of getting 09:51.780 --> 09:57.300 loose from us. You mean you didn't leave nobody to watch her? Of course I left somebody to 09:57.300 --> 10:03.360 watch her underwood and he's about as smart as you are. But now look, Chief, so far against 10:03.360 --> 10:09.160 you I look pretty good. I got dough that says the dame didn't do it. All right, all right, 10:09.160 --> 10:14.040 skip it and turn this corner. You have to do that, you know. The Blythe places that brownstone 10:14.040 --> 10:20.200 front there. Well, I still gotta hunch the Blythe dame is here. Yeah, save your brains. 10:20.200 --> 10:31.480 We're going in and see. It's the second floor. Come on, Brady, come on. Come on. It's underwood. 10:31.480 --> 10:39.120 They got underwood. All right, go on. Find Mrs. Blythe. I'll look after underwood. Underwood. 10:39.120 --> 10:53.000 Where did you... His pulse, he's gone. Hey, Brady. Brady, Brady. Yeah, they got Mrs. Blythe 10:53.000 --> 10:59.960 too. She's bleeding something awful. Yeah, let me look. Yeah, it's a flesh wound in the 10:59.960 --> 11:28.040 arm. Nice soft place to get shot in the arm. Yes, the plot thickens. Mrs. Blythe, the only 11:28.040 --> 11:35.400 real suspect Lieutenant Kane had, has been shot by an unruly assailant. Or was she? Kane 11:35.400 --> 11:40.240 is right in casting suspicious glances at Mrs. Blythe. There might be more to this shooting 11:40.240 --> 11:45.000 than appears on the surface. At any rate, the second act of bury me not will prove whether 11:45.000 --> 12:07.400 Kane's guess is right. Now, act two of bury me not. Lieutenant Kane, back at his office, 12:07.400 --> 12:12.920 has called in the much discussed Dr. Alfred Gale in the hope of finding some new clue to 12:12.920 --> 12:18.400 clear up the mystery surrounding the death of Dr. Oram Blythe. Now, look here, Lieutenant, 12:18.400 --> 12:22.880 I'll be glad to answer what questions I can, but you must remember I'm a busy man. Yeah, 12:22.880 --> 12:27.240 well, sit down if you please, Dr. Gale. The police are busy too, you know. We want to get 12:27.240 --> 12:31.960 this over with as soon as possible. Oh, of course. Stupid of me, stupid of me. I must 12:31.960 --> 12:38.920 be more patient. That's part of what I call my manifesto of health. Patience. Must learn 12:38.920 --> 12:42.720 to use my own advice, huh? Well, we have to get information about the persons who've been 12:42.720 --> 12:47.560 threatening you. Threatening me? What do you mean threatening me, Lieutenant? Now, look, 12:47.560 --> 12:52.560 Doctor, we know you hired Oram Blythe as a double. That's true, isn't it? Yes, but... 12:52.560 --> 12:57.160 Mrs. Blythe believes you used her husband as a decoy against somebody who wanted to kill 12:57.160 --> 13:04.940 you. What's that? Ridiculous. Men in my position respected, loved, ridiculous. Not quite, Doctor. 13:04.940 --> 13:10.840 You had a reason for having a double. What was it? I'm a busy man. Too busy. Appointments, 13:10.840 --> 13:16.760 lectures, my vitamin business. Too many demands on my time. Forced to have someone to pinch 13:16.760 --> 13:21.600 it for me. Someone who could deliver my lectures and gain the same confidence from the public 13:21.600 --> 13:28.080 as myself. Obvious, isn't it? Someone who looked like me. Spitting image of me, huh? 13:28.080 --> 13:33.280 That was this actor fellow Blythe. Perfect. Looked just like me. Could talk too. So, I 13:33.280 --> 13:38.400 hired him to take over my lectures. Gave me more time. Right, Doctor. Oram Blythe gave 13:38.400 --> 13:43.200 you more time to spend on your gambling. What's that? Now, look here. You can't... 13:43.200 --> 13:48.160 Oh, I can't, huh, Doctor? Well, I have. You know, the police have underworld connections, 13:48.160 --> 13:54.240 too. Underworld? My dear sir, do you realize... Suppose I talk for a while, huh? I've checked 13:54.240 --> 13:59.240 up on you through the underworld. And what do you think I found out? See here. I am a 13:59.240 --> 14:03.880 busy man. I can't sit around listening to false accusations. Oh, you misunderstand me, Doctor. 14:03.880 --> 14:08.600 I'm not accusing you. But certain characters in the underworld do accuse you of welching 14:08.600 --> 14:15.000 on a gambling debt of over $50,000. What's that? Oh, it's ridiculous. I'm a busy man. 14:15.000 --> 14:18.280 Too busy to be bothered with... No, Doctor. Let's not waste time on the gambling debt. 14:18.280 --> 14:22.640 The point is that it's perfectly possible that somebody who had an interest in that debt 14:22.640 --> 14:30.240 might like to blow you to bits. Bits? What? You have me all wrong, Lieutenant. Oh, don't 14:30.240 --> 14:34.200 bother to deny it, Doctor. The point is, did you or didn't you get a tip that somebody 14:34.200 --> 14:38.880 was going to rub you out? And if you did, did you plant Orrin Blythe in your place so 14:38.880 --> 14:43.400 that he was murdered instead of you? Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. Yes, I don't blame you, 14:43.400 --> 14:48.520 Doctor. It wouldn't look so good to have the newspapers tell that story. No, it might affect 14:48.520 --> 14:54.000 the vitality of business. It's a trumped-up story if I ever heard one. That actor fellow 14:54.000 --> 14:59.320 was always having trouble with his wife. Told me so himself. Obvious his wife did it. Murdered 14:59.320 --> 15:05.040 him in... murdered him in cold blood. Isn't that the expression? You're a detective too, 15:05.040 --> 15:10.400 huh? Well, then how do you explain the fact that Mrs. Blythe was shot too? Obvious. Trick. 15:10.400 --> 15:14.600 She deduced you were suspicious of her. Shot the policeman, then shot herself. Made it 15:14.600 --> 15:19.560 look like she'd been attacked. Found it easy to confuse you. As simple as that, is it? 15:19.560 --> 15:23.640 Yes, simple. Uh-huh. Well, we'll see, Doctor. In the meantime, I'm going to give you a little 15:23.640 --> 15:28.940 protection against your gambling friends. Protection, huh? For me? That's right. Sergeant 15:28.940 --> 15:33.120 Brady is going to go with you, and he's going to stay with you, just in case. I assure you, 15:33.120 --> 15:37.160 Lieutenant, that it's absolutely unnecessary. Absolutely. Oh, just a little service from 15:37.160 --> 15:42.520 your police department. I protest. It's an imposition. On who? On me, of course. You 15:42.520 --> 15:46.680 don't seem to understand, Lieutenant. I'm a busy man. Too busy to be worrying about 15:46.680 --> 15:50.720 policemen. You don't have to worry, Doctor. That's what Brady's paid to do. In the meantime, 15:50.720 --> 15:55.520 Mrs. Blythe and I have some unfinished business with the corpse. Corpse? What do you mean? 15:55.520 --> 16:00.520 It'll be all out, Doctor. You'll find Sergeant Brady just outside the door. Now look here. 16:00.520 --> 16:01.520 Good day, Doctor. 16:01.520 --> 16:20.440 That's right, Doc. I'm coming in with you. Imposition. I don't need protection in my 16:20.440 --> 16:25.480 own home. You never know, Doc. With the friends you've got. Might as well do the thing great. 16:25.480 --> 16:32.800 Make yourself at home, Brady. Have a cup of coffee? I could stand some java. Hey, where 16:32.800 --> 16:38.120 you going? Oh, great Scott, Sergeant. You seem nervous. I said where you going? Oh, 16:38.120 --> 16:42.560 just to get the coffee, Sergeant. Well, all right. But just remember, where you go, I 16:42.560 --> 16:48.240 go. Exactly what I was thinking. Ridiculous, isn't it? What's ridiculous? You going every 16:48.240 --> 16:54.200 place I go. I got my orders. I'm sticking to them. Yeah, yeah, of course, of course. 16:54.200 --> 17:02.720 You're here to protect me, huh? That's right. Exactly. Strikes me, Brady. We might make 17:02.720 --> 17:09.120 a bargain, huh? What are you talking about? Simple. You want to do your job, I want to 17:09.120 --> 17:15.920 do mine, huh? Yeah, only right now you are my job. Yeah, so it is. It occurred to me, 17:15.920 --> 17:22.480 though, we might make our jobs easier for both of us. Now what do you mean? Simple. I can't 17:22.480 --> 17:27.800 do my job with you gazing constantly over my shoulder, and I fear following me every step 17:27.800 --> 17:34.960 is going to prove irksome to you. Maybe so, but that's the way it is. Suppose you were 17:34.960 --> 17:40.320 to... Listen, Doc, I know what you're going to say. Only it's no deal, see? No matter how 17:40.320 --> 17:45.200 busy you are, I'm sticking with you. If your friends take another crack at killing you, 17:45.200 --> 17:53.000 I'll be ready for them. And then... Hey, who turned out them lights? 17:53.000 --> 18:11.200 Oh, I wish you wouldn't make me do this again. This is the most horrible place. Well, 18:11.200 --> 18:15.440 I'll really, Mrs. Bly, this time it'll only take a minute, but I want you to see that scar, 18:15.440 --> 18:21.040 just to be sure the body is your husband's. Isn't this the place? Yeah, it should be right 18:21.040 --> 18:27.680 here. Let's take it. Now what is it? Oh, no, not again. They can't do this to me. What 18:27.680 --> 18:31.920 is it, Mr. King? What? No, you look. Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me I can't see anymore. 18:31.920 --> 18:37.600 What? It ain't true, is it? There's nobody there. Tell me. Gone. It is gone. Come on, 18:37.600 --> 18:43.880 we're going to... But Mr. King, are you sure? Couldn't the body have been moved? Maybe 18:43.880 --> 18:47.520 this isn't the right place. Oh, no. I made sure that when we came in here, they swore up 18:47.520 --> 18:51.720 and down it was there right where it belonged. Now there isn't even an overcoat under the 18:51.720 --> 18:55.920 sheet. Oh, no. No, no, no, you don't. Now you can't paint on me again, Mrs. Bly. Come 18:55.920 --> 19:00.640 on, we're getting out of here. I don't understand. Neither do I, but this time I know you didn't 19:00.640 --> 19:17.160 do it. Now all I get to make sure of is that Brady was watching Dr. Gale. Brady, Brady, 19:17.160 --> 19:21.400 for the love of Pete, what's happened to you anyway? Brady, come on. Come on, wake up. 19:21.400 --> 19:26.440 Wake up. Come on, guy. Here, here, start on time goes not, Mrs. Bly. Hey, what the... 19:26.440 --> 19:33.440 Oh, hello, gee. Oh, my head. What a wallop. You got an aspirin? Oh, thank goodness he 19:33.440 --> 19:39.680 isn't badly hurt. Hey, what happened? What happened, he says. Brady, I left you in charge 19:39.680 --> 19:44.280 here, you remember? You're supposed to tell me what happened. I ate in the mood for jokes, 19:44.280 --> 19:49.120 Chief. All I know is I get conked as soon as the lights go out. The lights? They're on 19:49.120 --> 19:54.400 now. Hey, look, I'm sitting here with that stuff-shirt Dr. Gale and he's trying to talk 19:54.400 --> 19:59.280 me out of dog in his heels when all of a sudden the lights go out and wham-o. Somebody takes 19:59.280 --> 20:04.240 a cut at me from behind. I should have given you a bodyguard, I guess. Where's Dr. Gale? 20:04.240 --> 20:10.760 In my left pocket. Are you being funny? Oh, let's find him. Sure, where? Where? We'll 20:10.760 --> 20:14.800 have to search the house. He may be a stiff by this time. Oh, please, no more dead bodies. 20:14.800 --> 20:19.680 Come on, where's the stairway? Maybe he's upstairs. Yeah, right through this archway, you're here. 20:19.680 --> 20:29.040 Okay, let's... Hey, Dr. Gale. Yeah, they got him too. No, he ain't dead. You can feel 20:29.040 --> 20:33.160 his breath. Who shot him? He wasn't shot, Mrs. Blatt. He was hit on the head with a blackjack 20:33.160 --> 20:37.880 and then choked. The murderer must have been in a hurry. He didn't choke him long enough. 20:37.880 --> 20:41.560 Yeah, but look at those fingernail marks on his neck. There's still blood coming from 20:41.560 --> 20:45.280 him. Yeah, well, let's pick him up, Brady, and put him on a bed somewhere. Okay, there's 20:45.280 --> 20:50.440 a big sofa in the parlor. Yeah, here. Here, I got him. All right. Easy now, Brady. You've 20:50.440 --> 20:56.440 got his legs all tangled up. Oh, no, no, no, he can't be. What's wrong with her? Here, 20:56.440 --> 21:01.760 help me put him down. Oh, I should have known. Mrs. Blatt, now what's the matter? I should 21:01.760 --> 21:06.840 have left you at home. Look at his leg. Look. What's the matter with his leg? Can't you see? 21:06.840 --> 21:12.640 You pull the trouser leg up. What? Brady, look, that scar. It's Oram. It's my husband. 21:12.640 --> 21:17.720 Hey, hey, he's moving his eyelids. Now calm down, Mrs. Blatt. Maybe Dr. Gale had a scar 21:17.720 --> 21:22.200 too. Oh, not just like that. It couldn't be just like that. Look out, Chief, he's coming 21:22.200 --> 21:25.200 too fast. Get away from me, coppers. I'm getting out of here and I won't hesitate to shoot. 21:25.200 --> 21:32.800 Oh, no, you don't. Give me that gun, Gale. Give it to me. What do you think you're doing? 21:32.800 --> 21:37.080 Yeah, I knew this guy was a rat. Oram, Oram, what's the matter with you? Greetings, 21:37.080 --> 21:42.720 sir. So nice to see you again. Oh, sure. You aren't Gale after all, huh? If you're not 21:42.720 --> 21:46.880 sure, how can you expect me to be? Oram, I knew you'd get into trouble, but this is... 21:46.880 --> 21:51.320 Really, Piro, your tears never were convincing. You've always been a horrible actress. Now, 21:51.320 --> 21:55.640 you leave your domestic complaints out of this, Gale. I mean, Blatt, you've got some explaining 21:55.640 --> 22:00.160 to do. You mean the police department is stymied? You mean you need me to explain? For two sins, 22:00.160 --> 22:04.480 I... Brady, let him talk. Hey, well, that guy must have slugged me himself. He turned out 22:04.480 --> 22:07.760 to be a good guy. What a life... Brilliant, Brady, brilliant. An astounding deduction. 22:07.760 --> 22:12.560 Go ahead, Blatt, talk. Hey, now I get it. You didn't find the body at the morgue, did 22:12.560 --> 22:17.200 you, Chee? No, that's it. Blatt, you figured you could fool us with a body as long as your 22:17.200 --> 22:21.640 wife wasn't called to identify it. But when I told you I was going to take her to the morgue, 22:21.640 --> 22:25.160 you knew you had to get rid of that body. So you knocked out Brady. Then you got to the 22:25.160 --> 22:30.280 morgue ahead of me and back here and... Of course he did. Look at his fingernails. Blood. 22:30.280 --> 22:33.880 He grabs a hold of his own throat to make it look like he's been choked. Then he beans 22:33.880 --> 22:38.360 himself on that marble stairway so he's out as cold as I was. Wanted to pin it on your 22:38.360 --> 22:43.960 wife because you hated her, huh? Of course I hated her. Oh, I don't understand. Oram, 22:43.960 --> 22:47.920 what have you done? He was pretty cute. He wanted to trade places with Gale and get all 22:47.920 --> 22:52.520 of his money. All he had to do was kill Gale and make it look like he himself was killed. 22:52.520 --> 22:56.240 So he called you and asked you to come to his hotel. In the meantime, he'd arrange to 22:56.240 --> 23:00.560 have Gale get there just ahead of you. He took your gun, Mrs. Blatt, to kill Gale and left 23:00.560 --> 23:04.560 it there on the floor. He had everything arranged so that you'd be found at the scene of the murder. 23:04.560 --> 23:09.360 Well, I knew he hated me, but this... Don't waste your tears on him, Mrs. Blatt. You're 23:09.360 --> 23:14.240 lucky to get rid of him. You know all the answers, don't you? But there's one little 23:14.240 --> 23:20.560 item I'm going to have the pleasure of telling you. The extra body. That was almost a masterpiece. 23:20.560 --> 23:26.000 Well? I was fortunate in learning you discovered the presence of the scar on my own leg. I knew 23:26.000 --> 23:31.800 if you saw Gale's body, you wouldn't find the scar, so... This better be good. So I 23:31.800 --> 23:36.040 telephoned a mission house and said I was giving a charade for which I needed a man 23:36.040 --> 23:42.000 with a scar just below his right knee. Of course, I used Gale's name and offered to pay him handsomely. 23:42.000 --> 23:46.640 When he arrived, I had no trouble destroying his face in the same way you found Gale's. Bullet 23:46.640 --> 23:51.400 holes are excellent for quick makeup. But the scar wasn't the same as yours. No, it would 23:51.400 --> 23:56.400 satisfy everybody except Vera. That's why you got to see the scar and she didn't. She 23:56.400 --> 24:01.000 didn't, yeah. Thanks to you killing a good cop and winging her. Of course. I couldn't 24:01.000 --> 24:06.840 let her see either body. Two bodies and you thought there was only one. Two bodies? Well, 24:06.840 --> 24:12.120 I'll make you a little bet, chum. There's going to be another one. Yours. And this time 24:12.120 --> 24:19.120 there'll be plenty of witnesses.