WEBVTT 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:04.860 First in news, we're CBS. News Radio 78, WBBM, 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:13.480 Chicago. The CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents... 00:00:29.949 --> 00:00:34.250 Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. We all have different 00:00:34.250 --> 00:00:37.130 ways of looking at things, like the artillery 00:00:37.130 --> 00:00:40.329 sergeant who said that cannon were made by taking 00:00:40.329 --> 00:00:44.450 a hole and encasing it in steel. And sometimes 00:00:44.450 --> 00:00:46.750 different points of view can open the door to 00:00:46.750 --> 00:00:49.450 mystery, especially when one of those viewpoints 00:00:49.450 --> 00:00:53.770 embodies a logical impossibility. Honey, today 00:00:53.770 --> 00:00:56.770 can't be Wednesday. It's Tuesday, our anniversary. 00:00:57.030 --> 00:01:00.130 No, yesterday was Tuesday. Well, we're going 00:01:00.130 --> 00:01:02.490 out for dinner. Why aren't you dressed? I was 00:01:02.490 --> 00:01:05.549 dressed last night. We were supposed to go out 00:01:05.549 --> 00:01:08.530 for dinner last night. Well, then why didn't 00:01:08.530 --> 00:01:20.310 we? Because you never came home. Our mystery 00:01:20.310 --> 00:01:23.280 drama, The Missing Day. was written especially 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:25.900 for the Mystery Theatre by Percy Granger and 00:01:25.900 --> 00:01:29.299 stars Russell Horton. I'll be back shortly with 00:01:29.299 --> 00:01:42.819 Act One. There are days we circle on the calendar 00:01:42.819 --> 00:01:45.180 so we do not forget them, and there are days 00:01:45.180 --> 00:01:47.680 that are so close to our hearts or so burned 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:50.709 into our minds that we cannot forget them. But 00:01:50.709 --> 00:01:54.250 what about the days we cannot remember? Not the 00:01:54.250 --> 00:01:57.170 ones we would merely like to forget, but the 00:01:57.170 --> 00:02:00.829 ones we cannot summon up any memory of at all. 00:02:01.390 --> 00:02:03.689 And what if one of those days was not years in 00:02:03.689 --> 00:02:08.710 the past and faded by time, but yesterday? We're 00:02:08.710 --> 00:02:11.669 in a town in Arizona at a nuclear manufacturing 00:02:11.669 --> 00:02:22.050 plant. Hi, Bonnie, it's me. Just calling to tell 00:02:22.050 --> 00:02:25.509 you I am finally on my way home. You sound tired, 00:02:25.729 --> 00:02:28.770 dear. Has it been a rough day? Afraid so. But 00:02:28.770 --> 00:02:30.770 I'm gonna forget all about it the minute I walk 00:02:30.770 --> 00:02:34.009 out the door. Hey, you haven't forgotten what 00:02:34.009 --> 00:02:37.650 day this is, have you? You're asking me? Our 00:02:37.650 --> 00:02:39.990 anniversary. Good for you, but I bet you can't 00:02:39.990 --> 00:02:42.969 remember which one. Very funny. And you know 00:02:42.969 --> 00:02:45.849 what that means, don't you? Dinner, just the 00:02:45.849 --> 00:02:49.110 two of us, out. What a coincidence. I just had... 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:51.080 to be putting the finishing touches on my major. 00:02:51.819 --> 00:02:53.699 I'm just on my way out the door. I'll be home 00:02:53.699 --> 00:02:56.180 in 20 minutes. All right. Bye, honey. I love 00:02:56.180 --> 00:03:08.159 you. I love you. Excuse me. What? You're Arthur 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:11.979 Cummings? Yes. You're the president of this plant 00:03:11.979 --> 00:03:15.370 here? Yes, yes, I am. Which specializes in the 00:03:15.370 --> 00:03:18.150 manufacture of nuclear reactors. Excuse me, what 00:03:18.150 --> 00:03:20.590 do you want? I wonder if I might have a word 00:03:20.590 --> 00:03:22.610 with you. What? Sorry, I'm in a heck of a rush 00:03:22.610 --> 00:03:26.229 just now. It won't take long. In fact, it'll 00:03:26.229 --> 00:03:29.250 take no time at all. Perhaps you could make an 00:03:29.250 --> 00:03:31.550 appointment with my secretary. I'd rather not 00:03:31.550 --> 00:03:34.169 do that. Why? Sorry, that's just what you're 00:03:34.169 --> 00:03:36.490 going to have to do. No, Mr. Cummings, that's 00:03:36.490 --> 00:03:39.969 not what I'll have to do. What are you... What's 00:03:39.969 --> 00:03:42.460 that? What was that thing in your hand? What 00:03:42.460 --> 00:03:55.819 do you do? Oh, hello, Mrs. Coway. Sheriff, thank 00:03:55.819 --> 00:03:58.780 goodness. What's the trouble? It's Arthur. He 00:03:58.780 --> 00:04:01.659 hasn't come home. Well, when did you expect him? 00:04:01.740 --> 00:04:04.840 He called me two hours ago from the office. He 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:07.740 said he was just on his way out the door. Well, 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:10.280 was he delayed or did he...? Check back where 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:13.020 he's over? Oh, of course. And I found every department 00:04:13.020 --> 00:04:16.259 in the whole plant. No one's seen him. But is 00:04:16.259 --> 00:04:19.139 his car still there? No. They checked the parking 00:04:19.139 --> 00:04:23.279 lot. It's gone. Well, he hasn't been hurt in 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:25.399 an accident. At least nothing's been reported. 00:04:25.699 --> 00:04:28.699 But something's happened to him. We were supposed 00:04:28.699 --> 00:04:31.399 to go out for dinner tonight. It's our anniversary. 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:35.600 Oh. Maybe he stopped to pick up something. A 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:39.199 present. But it's been two hours. He specifically 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:41.939 told me he was coming right home. Something's 00:04:41.939 --> 00:04:45.819 happened to him. I know it. What kind of a car 00:04:45.819 --> 00:04:49.480 is he driving? A white and blue 77 Sudan. Mm 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:55.579 -hmm. License? LX1089. Oh, okay. My deputy and 00:04:55.579 --> 00:04:57.360 I will drive out over the route between here 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:15.970 and the Bryant and have a look for him. Yeah, 00:05:16.009 --> 00:05:37.329 yeah, as possible. I can never figure out what 00:05:37.329 --> 00:05:39.910 to buy a woman. Takes me hours. Except that it's 00:05:39.910 --> 00:05:41.949 after eight. Most of the stores are closed now. 00:05:42.850 --> 00:05:45.050 I'm going to check around the plant for myself. 00:05:45.689 --> 00:05:48.430 You contact the Highway Patrol and put out an 00:05:48.430 --> 00:05:58.750 all points bulletin for Mr. Cummings' car. I'm 00:05:58.750 --> 00:06:01.769 sorry, Mrs. Cummings. Do you know nothing? No. 00:06:01.870 --> 00:06:05.899 No trace of him yet. But it's been 24 hours now, 00:06:06.060 --> 00:06:09.180 a whole day. What can have happened? Well, he 00:06:09.180 --> 00:06:11.759 got word out over the whole six -state area. 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:15.500 If he's here, we'll find him. But he just can't 00:06:15.500 --> 00:06:18.360 have vanished. Oh, I'm sure he hasn't. I'm so 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:21.579 worried. You know, they work with radioactive 00:06:21.579 --> 00:06:25.240 materials at that plant, and anything could happen. 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:28.680 Well, I'm aware of that. It's what concerns us, 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:32.060 too. I mean, we don't understand yet all the 00:06:32.060 --> 00:06:35.339 things radioactivity could do to us, how it could 00:06:35.339 --> 00:06:38.420 change us, or... Now, now, now. I don't see how 00:06:38.420 --> 00:06:41.160 it could be anything like that, Mrs. Cummings. 00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:45.319 You talked to him. He seemed perfectly fine, 00:06:45.420 --> 00:06:48.000 didn't he? Yes, he said he was feeling tired. 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:52.040 The secretary saw him leave the office. But still, 00:06:52.139 --> 00:06:55.060 what if he's been affected somehow, without even 00:06:55.060 --> 00:06:59.759 knowing it? Hello, I'm home. Art? Word. Hi, honey. 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:03.519 All ready to go? Mr. Cummings. Oh, hello, Sheriff. 00:07:03.740 --> 00:07:06.379 What are you doing here? Is something wrong? 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:09.600 What's the matter with you two? Art, where have 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:12.899 you been? Nowhere. Just coming home. But what 00:07:12.899 --> 00:07:15.519 happened? Nothing. I said I'd be here in 20 minutes, 00:07:15.620 --> 00:07:18.839 didn't I? I called at 5. Now it's 20 after. Hey, 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:20.620 what's going on? You're not even dressed. You 00:07:20.620 --> 00:07:23.540 told me you were putting your makeup on. Mr. 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:28.139 Cummings. Your anniversary was yesterday. Huh? 00:07:28.740 --> 00:07:32.060 This is tomorrow. Well, what is this, a joke? 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:35.040 Honey, did I really get the date mixed up after 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:37.459 all and you got the sheriff here to arrest me? 00:07:37.740 --> 00:07:42.319 Art, you've been missing for 24 hours. I've been 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:45.019 worried sick about you. Where have you been? 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:47.079 Come on now, come on. I'm positive our anniversary 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:50.319 is Tuesday the 14th. It is. The only trouble 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:55.259 is this is Wednesday the 15th. You two aren't 00:07:55.259 --> 00:07:58.300 joking, are you? Your wife reported you missing 00:07:58.300 --> 00:08:01.899 last night, Tuesday. We've had an all -points 00:08:01.899 --> 00:08:05.319 bulletin out on you for a whole day. I've been 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:09.740 missing? Yeah, but I... Well, I know I left the 00:08:09.740 --> 00:08:11.959 office right after I called you, Bonnie. I remember 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:14.379 saying good night to Miss Scott. Who's she? His 00:08:14.379 --> 00:08:17.220 secretary. Well, go on, Mr. Cummings. Just take 00:08:17.220 --> 00:08:20.379 it step by step. I took the elevator down to 00:08:20.379 --> 00:08:24.329 the parking lot. I crossed to my car. Got in 00:08:24.329 --> 00:08:27.970 and came home. That's all? You made no detours? 00:08:28.329 --> 00:08:30.889 No stops? No, I was gonna get some flowers, but 00:08:30.889 --> 00:08:33.409 Miss Scott got these at lunch. She, uh, doesn't 00:08:33.409 --> 00:08:38.929 trust my color stances. Hmm, they're weird. But... 00:08:38.929 --> 00:08:41.830 Because you've been missing for an entire day. 00:08:42.269 --> 00:08:45.289 Something must have happened, Mr. Cummings. You 00:08:45.289 --> 00:08:48.250 must have some recollection. I can't imagine. 00:08:48.370 --> 00:08:50.649 I don't remember a thing. Nothing at all? No. 00:08:50.990 --> 00:08:56.149 Art, how do you feel? Fine, I feel fine. You're 00:08:56.149 --> 00:08:58.750 driving your own car? Well, I think it's mine. 00:09:00.830 --> 00:09:03.529 Yeah, that's our blue and white sedan. You want 00:09:03.529 --> 00:09:09.450 to check it out? If I may, and you too. Me? Would 00:09:09.450 --> 00:09:12.320 you be willing to submit to a few tests? Well, 00:09:12.580 --> 00:09:14.940 what kind of tests? Well, under the circumstances. 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:18.379 You mean medical tests? Just a physical examination 00:09:18.379 --> 00:09:20.700 and a blood sample. I can't. I'm fine, Sheriff. 00:09:20.820 --> 00:09:24.039 There is nothing the matter with me. Okay, okay. 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:28.000 I can't compel you without a court order. But 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:30.159 I'd appreciate it if you'd change your mind. 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:34.720 No. Well, if you remember anything... I'll let 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:39.700 you know, Sheriff. Good day. Good day. Are you 00:09:39.700 --> 00:09:42.639 sure you feel okay? Look, I am all right. Couldn't 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:45.799 we just call Dr. Kramer? No. Just to have him 00:09:45.799 --> 00:09:48.700 check through it. No. But you do work with all 00:09:48.700 --> 00:09:50.919 that radiation. Honey, it is perfectly safe. 00:09:51.019 --> 00:09:52.720 Now, why do you keep worrying about that? How 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:55.559 many times have we had this argument? Look, I've 00:09:55.559 --> 00:09:57.240 shown you all the literature on the subject. 00:09:57.340 --> 00:09:59.399 You know the extraordinary safety precautions 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:03.340 we take. Besides, what would radiation contamination 00:10:03.340 --> 00:10:05.919 have to do with this? That's just it, Art. That's 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:09.419 what worries me. We don't know. I don't remember 00:10:09.419 --> 00:10:12.179 a thing, okay? I'm admitting it. I don't remember. 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:14.399 I don't know what happened. For all I know, this 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:16.759 is some kind of practical joke you two cooked 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:22.919 up. It isn't. I'm sorry, Bonnie. I've been a 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:26.740 little on edge lately. Not enough to call Dr. 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:30.250 Kramer. I get edgy every time we have a delicate 00:10:30.250 --> 00:10:32.370 shipment going out. There's always that one in 00:10:32.370 --> 00:10:34.409 a million chance that something could go wrong. 00:10:34.750 --> 00:10:38.370 What's going out? Uranium. The truck's leaving 00:10:38.370 --> 00:10:44.909 at 9 a .m. the day after tomorrow. It's going 00:10:44.909 --> 00:10:46.809 to go to that military installation over on the 00:10:46.809 --> 00:10:49.149 Snake River. Do you think you were kidnapped? 00:10:50.090 --> 00:10:53.759 No. Number one, how could I be kidnapped without 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:56.000 knowing it? Number two, why wasn't I held for 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:58.120 ransom? Well, maybe they wanted information. 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:00.379 I'm a businessman. I'm not a scientist. I don't 00:11:00.379 --> 00:11:02.440 know anything you couldn't read about in a textbook. 00:11:02.659 --> 00:11:06.960 Yes, you do. What? You know your plant's delivery 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:21.269 schedule. I got out of here as quick as I could. 00:11:21.450 --> 00:11:24.990 What happened? Looks like a hijacking. This truck 00:11:24.990 --> 00:11:27.669 here? Yeah. I saw it parked alongside the highway. 00:11:27.929 --> 00:11:29.850 Pulled over to see if everything was okay. Where's 00:11:29.850 --> 00:11:31.929 the driver? Found him slumped over the wheel. 00:11:32.470 --> 00:11:35.070 Is he hurt? He's dead. Shot through the heart. 00:11:35.850 --> 00:11:39.129 You call an ambulance? Down the way. And truck's 00:11:39.129 --> 00:11:42.009 contents are gone? You can see for yourself. 00:11:44.350 --> 00:11:48.090 Holy suffering cats. What kind of machine did 00:11:48.090 --> 00:11:50.889 they use to cut through these drawers? This metal 00:11:50.889 --> 00:11:54.210 is six inches thick. What was this rig carrying? 00:11:54.490 --> 00:11:56.850 Well, I ran a check for the plates. Trucks owned 00:11:56.850 --> 00:11:59.389 by Mr. Cummings' company. And according to the 00:11:59.389 --> 00:12:02.269 head of plant security, she was carrying a large 00:12:02.269 --> 00:12:05.950 quantity of high -grade uranium to be used at 00:12:05.950 --> 00:12:08.490 the Snake River installation in the warheads 00:12:08.490 --> 00:12:16.049 of their nuclear missiles. Beach, it has been 00:12:16.049 --> 00:12:19.929 observed, is the art of hiding thought. This 00:12:19.929 --> 00:12:22.730 is often all too true, but Arthur Cummings didn't 00:12:22.730 --> 00:12:25.269 seem to be hiding any thoughts when he insisted 00:12:25.269 --> 00:12:29.009 he had no idea what happened to him. For all 00:12:29.009 --> 00:12:31.710 he claims to know, the day just mysteriously 00:12:31.710 --> 00:12:35.269 disappeared. But it has also been observed that 00:12:35.269 --> 00:12:37.769 there are no accidents, and it certainly looks 00:12:37.769 --> 00:12:41.309 like someone knows where that day went. I'll 00:12:41.309 --> 00:12:55.299 return shortly with Act Two. The Bible says that 00:12:55.299 --> 00:12:58.480 a driver who overloads his beast is either a 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:02.259 fool or a brute. A man who takes a great precaution 00:13:02.259 --> 00:13:04.740 in loading a truck with dangerous materials would 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:07.840 not ordinarily be put in either of those categories. 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:11.620 Yet, something strange has happened. Something 00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:15.580 has gone awry, and nobody seems to have an explanation, 00:13:16.059 --> 00:13:18.340 least of all the man to whom the finger would 00:13:18.340 --> 00:13:21.200 appear to point. The only one who knew what that 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:23.100 truck contained, Sheriff, was the Chief of Plant 00:13:23.100 --> 00:13:25.340 Security. And the only persons who knew when 00:13:25.340 --> 00:13:26.940 the truck was leaving the plant were the foreman 00:13:26.940 --> 00:13:29.080 and the crew on the loading dock. And the only 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:33.700 person who knew both was me. You also knew its 00:13:33.700 --> 00:13:36.740 route and destination. Yes, I take it upon myself 00:13:36.740 --> 00:13:38.539 to make all these decisions and be the only one 00:13:38.539 --> 00:13:40.840 with the information. It reduces to a minimum 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:43.500 the possibility of what happened today. But today 00:13:43.500 --> 00:13:46.779 it did happen. And now a large quantity of high 00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:49.700 -grade uranium is missing. Well, Sheriff, at 00:13:49.700 --> 00:13:52.580 least it's not as bad as it seems. That uranium 00:13:52.580 --> 00:13:54.860 is virtually useless for nuclear purposes unless 00:13:54.860 --> 00:13:58.019 it's charged up, made fissionable. Mr. Germings, 00:13:58.379 --> 00:14:01.460 would you accept that there is a connection between 00:14:01.460 --> 00:14:04.259 your disappearance and this robbery? Obviously. 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:07.659 Sheriff, those tests you asked me to take... 00:14:07.659 --> 00:14:11.059 Yes? Well, I'd be willing to submit to them now. 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:14.299 You sure? A man is dead, and a potentially lethal 00:14:14.299 --> 00:14:17.940 cargo has vanished. I feel responsible for that. 00:14:22.350 --> 00:14:25.909 What did the doctor say? Nothing. The blood sample 00:14:25.909 --> 00:14:28.750 showed no traces of any foreign chemical substance. 00:14:29.710 --> 00:14:34.029 No knockout drops or tooth serum? No. And his 00:14:34.029 --> 00:14:36.769 examination of your skin turned up no indication 00:14:36.769 --> 00:14:40.590 that you'd been punctured by a needle or incision. 00:14:41.509 --> 00:14:43.350 I guess I could have been forced to swallow something, 00:14:43.370 --> 00:14:46.830 but why wouldn't I remember it? Well, the point 00:14:46.830 --> 00:14:50.929 is we've got absolutely nothing to go on. Sure. 00:14:52.130 --> 00:14:56.309 If I had, I mean, would the tests have been different 00:14:56.309 --> 00:14:59.029 if you'd agreed to take them right away? Yes, 00:14:59.070 --> 00:15:02.110 Mr. Cummings. It's possible they would have. 00:15:02.730 --> 00:15:05.370 Substances don't stay in the body forever and 00:15:05.370 --> 00:15:09.870 wounds heal. Yeah, I'm sorry. You see, I'm very 00:15:09.870 --> 00:15:11.830 touchy about my health. My wife's always after 00:15:11.830 --> 00:15:14.809 me fretting. Well, with your permission, I'd 00:15:14.809 --> 00:15:16.970 like to try something a little out of the ordinary. 00:15:17.490 --> 00:15:21.620 What? I'd like to try to hypnotize you. You know 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:24.919 hypnosis? Yes. It's becoming a very effective 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:29.360 device in police work. If some form of mind control 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:32.240 is practiced on you, it's possible we could break 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:35.120 through that. Will you agree to this, Mr. Cummings? 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:43.659 Yes, Sheriff. Jerry, if you'll sit in the corner 00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:47.080 there and monitor the machine. Yes, sir. You 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:49.899 ever been hypnotized before, Mr. Cummings? um 00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:53.559 yes yes at a party one third good it's always 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:57.820 easier if it's not the first time now just relax 00:15:57.820 --> 00:16:01.220 this is very simple i'm going to count backwards 00:16:01.220 --> 00:16:05.740 from 10 to 1 and i give you images to concentrate 00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:10.720 on and i'll count backwards again each time i'll 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:14.179 take you deeper into your subconscious i want 00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:17.840 you to relax your mind Think of it as a muscle 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:22.980 and let it relax. You understand? Yes. Good. 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:36.279 Five, four, three, two, one. The sun has faded 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:41.200 now. You're in total darkness, floating in space. 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:47.840 Can you hear me? Yes. What day is it? Friday. 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:53.679 And yesterday? Thursday. And before that? Tuesday. 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:59.100 Wednesday, Mr. Cummings. Oh. Oh, yes, I'm sorry. 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:03.759 Do you remember Wednesday? Yes. And the night 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:08.319 before, where were you? At my office. Do you 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:12.000 remember calling your wife? Yes, I said I was 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:16.170 just going out the door. And then? I left. I 00:17:16.170 --> 00:17:20.990 went home. Can you see your car? Yes. In its 00:17:20.990 --> 00:17:25.990 parking space? Yes. You're walking toward it. 00:17:26.430 --> 00:17:29.930 Can you see yourself walking toward it? Yes. 00:17:30.630 --> 00:17:34.630 Describe your movements. I come out of the building, 00:17:35.609 --> 00:17:41.130 and I walk up to my car, and I get in. You see 00:17:41.130 --> 00:17:47.700 no one? No. And then? I drive home. Does anything 00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:51.920 happen along the way? No. How long does it take 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:55.160 you? Twenty minutes. What time did you leave 00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:58.859 the office? Five. And where were you at eleven 00:17:58.859 --> 00:18:02.960 o 'clock that evening? Driving home. Driving 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:07.519 home? Yes. Where were you at three in the morning? 00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:13.140 Driving home. At eight. Driving home? Noon? Driving 00:18:13.140 --> 00:18:19.289 home. All afternoon. Driving home. How long did 00:18:19.289 --> 00:18:23.490 it take you? 20 minutes. And nothing happened? 00:18:24.069 --> 00:18:32.029 No. Yes. One thing happened. What? The floor 00:18:32.029 --> 00:18:43.230 is wilted. What happened? Nothing. I tried to 00:18:43.230 --> 00:18:45.410 take you through the missing day, but all you 00:18:45.410 --> 00:18:49.130 did was repeat the phrase, driving home. In a 00:18:49.130 --> 00:18:51.470 way, we're lucky this happened when it did. Why? 00:18:51.970 --> 00:18:53.990 Well, I'm due to schedule a shipment of a breeder 00:18:53.990 --> 00:18:56.869 reactor to the nuclear facility in Amity. If 00:18:56.869 --> 00:18:59.009 that ended up in the same place as the uranium, 00:18:59.609 --> 00:19:01.750 we'd have someone on our hands who could manufacture 00:19:01.750 --> 00:19:05.289 a hydrogen bomb. The schedule for this delivery 00:19:05.289 --> 00:19:07.970 was not set the day you were missing? Oh, no, 00:19:07.970 --> 00:19:09.990 no. I was going to do that this afternoon. All 00:19:09.990 --> 00:19:13.920 right, do it now. Now? Yes, and tell me. Oh, 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:17.039 so you can provide an escort? No, so I can change 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:19.380 it. That way, there'll be no possible chance 00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:21.680 anyone else could know. Well, how about Monday 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:25.119 morning at ten? Eh? Can you send it out Saturday 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:29.599 at nine? Tomorrow? Yes, I guess, huh? Good, and 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:33.420 do it. Good day, Mr. Cummings. Oh, I can go now? 00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:39.920 Yes, yes. Thanks, Mr. Cummings. Kev? Yeah, Joey. 00:19:40.250 --> 00:19:43.829 Doesn't this whole thing seem, uh, a little far 00:19:43.829 --> 00:19:47.769 -fetched? Yeah. I mean, Mr. Cummings banishes 00:19:47.769 --> 00:19:51.230 for 24 hours and claims he's got no recollection 00:19:51.230 --> 00:19:53.970 of it. No matter what was done to him, it seems 00:19:53.970 --> 00:19:56.730 to me he remembers something. Yes, he does, doesn't 00:19:56.730 --> 00:20:01.369 he? Uh, Sheriff Baker? What is it, Sergeant? 00:20:01.670 --> 00:20:03.670 This just came over the wire. I thought you might 00:20:03.670 --> 00:20:10.109 be interested. Oh, thanks. What is it? Wow. Shipment 00:20:10.109 --> 00:20:12.490 of gold bullion coming down out of the Fosdick 00:20:12.490 --> 00:20:15.950 Mines near Castle Buttes been jacked. The driver 00:20:15.950 --> 00:20:17.730 and the guard were killed and half a million 00:20:17.730 --> 00:20:20.769 dollars of gold is missing. The Fosdick Mines? 00:20:21.829 --> 00:20:24.490 Well, those shipments are top secret. They don't 00:20:24.490 --> 00:20:26.670 even send out decoy talks, don't they? Yeah. 00:20:27.430 --> 00:20:30.029 Whoever did that got through some very tight 00:20:30.029 --> 00:20:32.759 security. Joey, tell the sergeant I'm on a list 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:34.880 of everyone who knew about that shipment. Careful, 00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:36.880 Butte's not in our jurisdiction. No, but the 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:39.380 Cummings case is, and I've got a couple of questions 00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:49.200 I'd like to ask those people. Here's 944 Chautauqua 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:53.539 Street. Mr. Bud Peterson, there. He's the last 00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:58.319 one on the list. And so far, nothing. You think 00:20:58.319 --> 00:21:00.140 there's some connection between the two robbers, 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:03.579 huh? Well, earmarks are the same. Valuable, top 00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:06.519 security shipment, robbed. Not a single clue 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:09.559 at the scene of the crime. Mr. Peterson can't 00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:14.039 help us. We're at the end of the line. Yes? Mrs. 00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:17.400 Peterson. Yes? I'm Sheriff Baker. This is my 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:20.140 deputy, Joe Sheen. We're from up Shumway Springs. 00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:23.440 We'd like to speak to your husband. Oh, surely. 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:28.369 Come in. Thank you. Bud? There's another sheriff 00:21:28.369 --> 00:21:33.269 here to see you. Hello? Is this about that gold 00:21:33.269 --> 00:21:36.190 robbery at our mine? Yes, this here. I've already 00:21:36.190 --> 00:21:38.829 talked to our local officers. I'd like to ask 00:21:38.829 --> 00:21:40.950 you a couple of questions, if I might. Sure. 00:21:41.750 --> 00:21:44.369 You were one of the people who knew the schedule 00:21:44.369 --> 00:21:46.950 of that shipment. Yeah, but there were three 00:21:46.950 --> 00:21:48.890 other guys. Oh, I know. We've already talked 00:21:48.890 --> 00:21:51.769 to them. I've asked all of them the same questions 00:21:51.769 --> 00:21:55.549 I'd like to ask you. Go ahead. In the last couple 00:21:55.549 --> 00:21:57.970 of weeks... Have you experienced anything that 00:21:57.970 --> 00:22:03.549 could be considered a blackout? Blackout? Well, 00:22:03.650 --> 00:22:06.450 is there a period of time you can't account for? 00:22:07.130 --> 00:22:10.750 It's kind of a bizarre question, isn't it? Yes. 00:22:11.289 --> 00:22:14.569 Why are you asking? There's been a robbery down 00:22:14.569 --> 00:22:18.109 our way, similar to this one. A uranium shipment 00:22:18.109 --> 00:22:22.150 was stolen. And some guys claiming he had a blackout? 00:22:22.329 --> 00:22:25.970 Yeah. Someone who knew about the shipment. Well... 00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:28.900 My health's fine, Sheriff. You can check with 00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:31.160 a company doctor. Nothing strange has happened? 00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:35.920 No. Let me put it another way. Mrs. Peterson, 00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:38.819 has your husband been missing for a period of 00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:45.220 time recently? No, he hasn't. Okay. Thanks, Mr. 00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:47.900 Peterson. Sorry for the disturbance. I guess 00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:50.759 we've been on a wild goose chase. Good day, Sheriff. 00:22:52.509 --> 00:22:55.309 Bud, why didn't you tell them? It's none of their 00:22:55.309 --> 00:22:57.769 business. You should have told them the truth. 00:22:58.069 --> 00:23:01.589 Something did happen. You disappeared for a whole 00:23:01.589 --> 00:23:04.029 day. I told you I don't have any recollection 00:23:04.029 --> 00:23:06.690 of it. If this got into my medical record, I 00:23:06.690 --> 00:23:09.630 could lose my job. But if the same thing happened 00:23:09.630 --> 00:23:12.230 to this other man, maybe it wasn't your fault. 00:23:12.230 --> 00:23:15.230 I don't want to go into it. But what if something 00:23:15.230 --> 00:23:18.569 else happened, Bud? What if someone else is killed? 00:23:19.130 --> 00:23:23.039 What if you're in danger? Please, that sheriff 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:26.420 only wants to help you, I'm sure. You must tell 00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:33.119 him. All right. Where did he say he's from? Some 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:35.839 way spring. We'll take a drive down, but I don't 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:38.079 see what good it's gonna do. I don't remember 00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:46.599 anything. Here we are. Do you want me to come 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:55.190 in with you? No, no. You wait here. Mr. Peterson. 00:23:57.269 --> 00:24:04.210 You. You recognize me. Yes. Yes, I do. That day, 00:24:04.349 --> 00:24:08.509 today, I don't remember. That's right. How did 00:24:08.509 --> 00:24:12.450 you know I was coming here? I know. And I also 00:24:12.450 --> 00:24:16.269 know why you've come. But unfortunately, I cannot 00:24:16.269 --> 00:24:19.970 let you speak to that sheriff. What are you... 00:24:19.970 --> 00:24:32.369 No, no, no! Mr. Cummings? Oh, Sheriff. We've 00:24:32.369 --> 00:24:34.289 come by to check on that reactor shipment. It 00:24:34.289 --> 00:24:36.650 got off safely this morning. Can I speak to you? 00:24:36.890 --> 00:24:43.069 No, certainly. Let's go into my office. Is something 00:24:43.069 --> 00:24:45.769 the matter? Yes, something's happened. What, 00:24:45.809 --> 00:24:49.930 that reactor shipment? No. Mr. Cummings, I suspect 00:24:49.930 --> 00:24:53.630 you're in serious danger. Why? A man was shot 00:24:53.630 --> 00:24:55.410 to death yesterday evening right in front of 00:24:55.410 --> 00:24:58.059 my office. He worked for the company that lost 00:24:58.059 --> 00:25:00.640 that gold shipment. And the same thing had happened 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:03.660 to him that happened to you. He vanished? For 00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:06.480 a whole day, with no recollection of what happened. 00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:09.019 He was on his way to tell me that, but someone 00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:11.740 saw him first. Well, how do you know that's what 00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:15.039 he was going to tell you? His wife told me. But 00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:17.640 whoever shot him, how did they know? What is 00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:24.319 going on? Hello? Oh, just a minute. It's for 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:27.640 you, Sheriff. He's your deputy. Hello. Here, 00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:34.119 Joey. What? When? You sure of the truck's identification? 00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:40.400 Okay, I'll be right there. Cummings, your truck's 00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:43.440 been hijacked. The one containing the reactor? 00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:46.140 Yes. But how? That's not possible. No one knew 00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:48.900 its schedule except you and me. Unless you told 00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:51.859 someone. No, of course not. I didn't even mention 00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:54.430 it to my wife this time. So now someone's got 00:25:54.430 --> 00:25:56.750 everything he needs to manufacture a half dozen 00:25:56.750 --> 00:26:00.230 hydrogen bombs, enough to annihilate this country. 00:26:05.769 --> 00:26:09.809 Every person is ignorant, said Will Rogers, only 00:26:09.809 --> 00:26:12.809 on different subjects. Well, on the subject which 00:26:12.809 --> 00:26:15.069 concerns us most at the moment, we're all pretty 00:26:15.069 --> 00:26:18.269 much in the dark. Whatever game is being played, 00:26:18.529 --> 00:26:21.599 it's being played extremely well. and someone 00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:25.420 is gathering some very deadly cards in his hand. 00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:29.059 Just how he intends to play them will be the 00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:32.420 topic of our third act when I return shortly. 00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:46.400 A Greek sage was weeping for the death of his 00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:50.619 son. Why do you weep, ask the pedant? since it 00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:54.920 avails you nothing. That is why I weep, replied 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:59.500 the sage, because it does not avail. This is 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:02.259 the beginning of wisdom, but there are situations 00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:05.359 in which something must avail that disaster is 00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:08.579 to be prevented. In our present case, the urgency 00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:11.759 is fraught with difficulty, for it's pretty hard 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:14.900 to hit a target when you don't know what you're 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:18.130 aiming at. Mr. Cummings, I've got to ask you 00:27:18.130 --> 00:27:20.250 again to try to remember something, anything 00:27:20.250 --> 00:27:23.230 about that missing day. I've gone over it a hundred 00:27:23.230 --> 00:27:26.829 times. I've even walked through it, out of my 00:27:26.829 --> 00:27:30.849 office, over to my car. Nothing jars my memory. 00:27:31.609 --> 00:27:34.710 And somehow, someone is getting information there's 00:27:34.710 --> 00:27:38.069 no way in the world he could get. It's not as 00:27:38.069 --> 00:27:41.660 if you were bugged, might. The doctor examined 00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:44.000 you thoroughly, and if he killed Peterson, there's 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.880 no reason why he won't try to kill you. What 00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:50.660 am I supposed to do? Here. What's that? This 00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:55.140 is my private land at my office. 5550231. If 00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:57.759 anything happens or you remember anything, call 00:27:57.759 --> 00:28:01.440 me at once. 5550231. Terrific. And what if someone 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:03.519 jumps me and I don't happen to be near a phone? 00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:05.720 I'm bringing in the state police. I want the 00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:07.880 whole desert region around here scanned from 00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:11.519 the air. These people must have one heck of a 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:14.240 beach of operations. And we ought to be able 00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:20.460 to find some trace of it somewhere. You just 00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:23.240 taught the Cummings? Yeah. I told him about Peterson. 00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:26.000 He still says he remembers nothing. You think 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:28.740 he's leveling with us? And I just don't think 00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:31.079 he's the kind of a guy who'd be behind something 00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:33.319 like this. But no one else knew anything about 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:35.940 that reactor shipment. Look, that's got to be 00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:39.240 a more logical explanation than some omnipresent 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:42.039 criminal that you can't keep any secrets from. 00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:44.940 How would Cummings have known about the gold 00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:48.180 shipment? Maybe he and Peterson were in cahoots. 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:51.380 Look, unregistered gold could come in very handy 00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:54.559 to finance a scheme like, like whatever they're 00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:58.660 up to. It still doesn't explain how Peterson 00:28:58.660 --> 00:29:01.660 was shot. That's your private line. I'll give 00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:07.190 Cummings the number. Hello? Speaking. This is 00:29:07.190 --> 00:29:09.410 Arthur Cummings. I've got to see you right away. 00:29:09.589 --> 00:29:11.970 What's up? I think I'm beginning to remember 00:29:11.970 --> 00:29:14.930 something about that day. I think I may know 00:29:14.930 --> 00:29:18.069 what happened. Where are you? I'm just leaving 00:29:18.069 --> 00:29:21.230 my office. If we could meet somewhere... You 00:29:21.230 --> 00:29:24.390 name it. Why don't we meet at the county fairgrounds? 00:29:24.529 --> 00:29:27.950 All right, I'll be there in 15 minutes. What's 00:29:27.950 --> 00:29:30.869 up? That was Cummings. He thinks his memory is 00:29:30.869 --> 00:29:33.269 beginning to come back. This could be it. You 00:29:33.269 --> 00:29:35.410 want me to come with you? No, you stay here and 00:29:35.410 --> 00:29:37.329 mind the store. I'm meeting him at the county 00:29:37.329 --> 00:29:45.769 fairgrounds. I won't be gone long. Sheriff Baker? 00:29:46.410 --> 00:29:49.430 Yes? Could I speak with you for a moment? Well, 00:29:49.529 --> 00:29:52.950 I'm waiting for someone. Is it urgent? I can 00:29:52.950 --> 00:29:58.069 assure you it won't take very long. Well? I don't 00:29:58.069 --> 00:30:01.930 want you calling in the state police. What? You've 00:30:01.930 --> 00:30:04.859 done too much snooping already. Who are you? 00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:09.160 That's none of your business. Sheriff, your only 00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:17.819 business now is to die. What? So that... Mr. 00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:23.920 Cummings? Mr. Cummings? Huh? What? Oh, Joey. 00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:27.380 Don't you move. What are you doing in my bedroom? 00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:31.670 Just keep your voice down. Is that a gun? You 00:30:31.670 --> 00:30:35.250 get out of bed real quiet here. You're coming 00:30:35.250 --> 00:30:38.309 down to headquarters. Oh, why? I'm doing what 00:30:38.309 --> 00:30:40.089 we should have done a long time ago before it 00:30:40.089 --> 00:30:44.329 was too late. I'm putting you under arrest. What 00:30:44.329 --> 00:30:47.630 for? Well, for starters, for the murder of Sheriff 00:30:47.630 --> 00:30:51.549 Baker. The sheriff? Is dead? Well, what happened? 00:30:51.950 --> 00:30:56.059 You called me on his private line. The number 00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:58.339 he'd just given you. Joey, I never called him. 00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:00.319 Look, I was right there when the phone rang. 00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:02.700 Someone else must have gotten the number. How? 00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:07.079 How, Mr. Cummings? Just how? Get some clothes 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:14.180 on. Fast! You got Mr. Cummings better down for 00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:16.440 the night, Joey? Yeah, I'm staying with you tonight, 00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:19.779 Sergeant. Just in case he's got any cronies who 00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:22.559 might have ideas about springing him. You really 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:24.720 think it was him who killed the sheriff? No other 00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:28.339 explanation makes sense. Listen, when you took 00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:30.339 Cummings back to his cell, are you sure he was 00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:34.099 clean? Yeah. I pressed him. Why? Well, I don't 00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:37.180 know. With all this weird stuff going on, when 00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:39.220 you knocked him past our short wave here, there 00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:43.339 was some kind of a blip. Huh? What sounded like 00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:45.779 feedback, you know, like when two mics get too 00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:48.380 close together? I thought he might have pawned 00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:52.049 something you missed. Microphone? No, that's 00:31:52.049 --> 00:31:54.170 not possible. I checked him, and that doctor 00:31:54.170 --> 00:31:56.849 went over him practically with a microscope. 00:31:57.390 --> 00:32:01.789 All I'm telling you is what I heard. I wonder 00:32:01.789 --> 00:32:07.349 if that is it. Sarge, let me use your typewriter. 00:32:08.990 --> 00:32:11.569 What are you going to type? A little scenario 00:32:11.569 --> 00:32:24.019 for me in Cummings to read out loud. Who's that? 00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:26.680 Uh, just me, Miss Cummings. I thought I'd come 00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:29.660 in and badger you a bit since you're here and 00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:32.619 can't go anywhere. Badger me about what? You 00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:35.940 see, I'm still convinced that if you tried hard 00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:38.160 enough, you just might be able to remember a 00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:40.380 little something about that missing day. But 00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:44.339 how many times do I have to tell... What's that? 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:53.799 Are you sure? Uh... Well, uh... Maybe I do remember 00:32:53.799 --> 00:33:01.000 something. Yes, I think I can see it now. There 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:05.980 was someone, but... Yes? Well, what's the matter? 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:10.579 Joey, I think I'd rather write it down. Write 00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:14.240 it? Why? Well, I'm not sure yet, but I have a 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:18.359 feeling it'll be safer. Oh, all right. Come with 00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:25.599 me, there's pencil and paper out front. Yeah, 00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:28.779 that's all I can remember so far. Well, that 00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:32.160 gives us something to go on. Thanks, Mr. Cummings. 00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:36.059 I think that under the circumstances, I can release 00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:39.500 you on your own recognizance. Do you want me 00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:43.220 to call your wife to come get you? Yes. I mean, 00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:47.059 no, I don't want to bother her at this hour. 00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:51.440 I'll walk home, it's only a mile. You, you mean 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:56.119 I'm, I'm ready for you to go? Yeah. Well, uh, 00:33:56.559 --> 00:34:01.759 good night. I think he played his part pretty 00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:04.279 good, huh? What the heck was that all about? 00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:08.159 What did he write down? Nothing. Well then, what 00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:11.420 did you let him go for? Because I think he's 00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:14.519 going to lead us to whoever or whatever killed 00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:17.969 the sheriff. and is in possession of that nuclear 00:34:17.969 --> 00:34:27.150 arsenal. Why the heck wouldn't he let me call 00:34:27.150 --> 00:34:34.949 Bonnie? It's freezing. Oh, there's a car. Hey, 00:34:35.630 --> 00:34:38.510 could you give me a lift? I'm not going far. 00:34:38.829 --> 00:34:47.219 Of course. Get in. Thanks. I don't usually ask 00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:50.719 for rides, but... What did you write down? What? 00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:55.139 Oh, that deputy. What did you write down? Well, 00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:59.579 I didn't... How did you know about that? It won't 00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:03.219 do any good to December, Mr. Cummings. I want 00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:05.199 to know what you told him. Hey, how do you know 00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:09.260 my name? Who are you? What's that thing you're 00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:25.530 pointing at me for? What happened? I introduced 00:35:25.530 --> 00:35:29.289 myself to you a second time, Mr. Cummings. I'm 00:35:29.289 --> 00:35:33.730 Dr. Jalmar Simon. A second time? We've met before? 00:35:33.789 --> 00:35:36.469 Oh, yes. I know you wouldn't remember the occasion. 00:35:37.289 --> 00:35:40.510 Nor shall you remember this one, but for a very 00:35:40.510 --> 00:35:44.190 different reason. But that doesn't concern us 00:35:44.190 --> 00:35:48.429 just yet. Where am I? This place, it's familiar. 00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:52.500 We are at the top of a mesa in the middle of 00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:58.139 the desert. It's like a fortress. An incredible 00:35:58.139 --> 00:36:02.440 fortress. Yes. You're the man who took the reactor? 00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:06.760 And the uranium. And from other sources all the 00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:10.000 necessary implementation for delivering the bombs 00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:14.860 I have built. Wherever I choose. How did you 00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:18.750 do it? By certain refinements in the age -old 00:36:18.750 --> 00:36:22.469 art of kidnapping, I let my kidnapped victims 00:36:22.469 --> 00:36:26.110 go after I've performed a bit of minor surgery. 00:36:26.929 --> 00:36:29.949 I implant into their bodies just under the skin 00:36:29.949 --> 00:36:33.670 small transistorized chips that function like 00:36:33.670 --> 00:36:37.610 a microphone and permit me to monitor them to 00:36:37.610 --> 00:36:41.349 eavesdrop. But why don't I have any recollection 00:36:41.349 --> 00:36:44.150 of this? You were unconscious the entire time. 00:36:44.429 --> 00:36:47.269 I injected you with a strong anesthetic of my 00:36:47.269 --> 00:36:50.210 own devising. I was examined by a doctor. He 00:36:50.210 --> 00:36:52.849 didn't find any marks on me. I have invented 00:36:52.849 --> 00:36:57.369 a machine I call an air jet. It can force injections 00:36:57.369 --> 00:37:00.710 such as the anesthetic and the microscopic chips 00:37:00.710 --> 00:37:03.750 into the body. With such force they literally 00:37:03.750 --> 00:37:06.329 separate the skin without actually tearing it. 00:37:06.789 --> 00:37:10.050 And what are you going to do with all this power? 00:37:10.389 --> 00:37:15.429 Use it. Mr. Cummings, use it to get rid of all 00:37:15.429 --> 00:37:18.929 the ugliness in this world. You mean destroy 00:37:18.929 --> 00:37:22.510 it? Oh, the present can't be expected to understand, 00:37:22.550 --> 00:37:25.949 of course. But the future will be grateful for 00:37:25.949 --> 00:37:29.170 the chance that I intend to give the world to 00:37:29.170 --> 00:37:37.570 start over. And me? How much did you remember? 00:37:38.289 --> 00:37:43.099 And write down for that deputy. I didn't. I did. 00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:47.440 I told him everything. He knows about this mesa. 00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:51.579 He knows the location. I know that's not true. 00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:55.760 But it hardly matters. It simply means another 00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:58.179 trip back into town after I've killed you to 00:37:58.179 --> 00:38:01.679 dispose of the deputy. Simon! Can you hear us? 00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:07.059 What? I've got your message, Simon! It's Daniel 00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:10.070 there! Where's that voice coming from? Above 00:38:10.070 --> 00:38:13.969 you, Simon! Look out! It's your son. I can't 00:38:13.969 --> 00:38:19.230 see. Drop the gun, Simon! Where? Where are you? 00:38:20.750 --> 00:38:29.409 Where? I can hear you, but I can't see! No! Is 00:38:29.409 --> 00:38:39.610 he dead? Julie, Julie, I don't know, I think 00:38:39.610 --> 00:38:42.349 so. Sorry I had to use you to save the trap, 00:38:43.070 --> 00:38:45.730 but that's why I had you write your recollections 00:38:45.730 --> 00:38:48.530 to get his curiosity, Pete, so he'd keep you 00:38:48.530 --> 00:38:51.530 alive. Boy, you arrived just in time. And how 00:38:51.530 --> 00:38:54.369 did you know? Well, the sergeant caught a trace 00:38:54.369 --> 00:38:59.070 of a microphone on your body. Wow, this fortress 00:38:59.070 --> 00:39:02.550 is incredible. What was he planning to do with 00:39:02.550 --> 00:39:06.179 all these weapons? He'd create the flood. What 00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:08.719 flood he was going to take it upon himself to 00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:12.599 cleanse the world only this time not with war 00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:24.460 but with fire instead He said All of us are guided 00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:28.099 by some kind of inner light Certain of these 00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:31.400 lights are like the star the three wise men follow 00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:36.980 and lead us to wisdom adoration But many a man 00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:39.539 has followed a star that turned out to be an 00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:42.960 ignis fatulus, one of those eerie mirages which 00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:46.039 hover over marshes and churchyards, and lead 00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:49.480 only to the chambers of the dead. Such a life 00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:53.460 did John Mer -Simon follow, and such was his 00:39:53.460 --> 00:40:08.039 end. I'll return shortly. We might say our story 00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:10.940 fell into that category of mystery we can describe 00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:15.219 as fanciful with a disturbing dash of the possible. 00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:18.039 There are many ways to distinguish mankind from 00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:20.480 the rest of the animal kingdom, and one of the 00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:23.099 strangest is that we are the only species with 00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:27.639 a compulsion to terrify ourselves. We do our 00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:30.780 best to oblige this compulsion seven times a 00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:34.380 week. on radio mystery theater. Our cast included 00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:36.900 Russell Horton, Hettie Galen, Cork Benson, and 00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:39.940 Ray Owens. The entire production was under the 00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:46.739 direction of Hyman Brown. And now, a preview 00:40:46.739 --> 00:40:51.219 of our next tale. He was smoking a pipe. How 00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:54.300 was he smoking it? Upside down. Right to him. 00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:57.420 Yes, that's what he does. Smokes on the bridge 00:40:57.420 --> 00:41:00.110 of a ship that way. I thought because it was 00:41:00.110 --> 00:41:02.210 raining he smoked his pipe upside down. Did you 00:41:02.210 --> 00:41:05.309 see his face? Yeah, I see it. Lots of freckles 00:41:05.309 --> 00:41:09.170 and a sharp pointed nose. I could see by his 00:41:09.170 --> 00:41:13.349 lats. It's him, it's him again. It's him. Oh, 00:41:13.469 --> 00:41:17.530 heaven protect me now. I can't sit still like 00:41:17.530 --> 00:41:21.570 this, like a rat in the tent. What am I going 00:41:21.570 --> 00:41:24.170 to do? Uncle, you're living in a civilized country. 00:41:24.590 --> 00:41:27.079 There is a law if people threaten you. Now let 00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:29.239 me drive over to the county police station tomorrow 00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:31.199 morning. No, no, it's too late. And I'll see 00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:33.199 that those sailors are taken care of. No, no, 00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:37.420 no, he's coming. He's cruel. He'll kill me this 00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:40.639 time for sure. This is E .G. Marshall inviting 00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:43.920 you to return to our mystery theater for another 00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:50.000 adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant 00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:50.900 dreams.