Come in. Welcome. I am E .G. Marshall. Welcome
to the Sound of Suspense. To the fear you can
hear. For the next 52 minutes, I'll be your companion
on a journey to a place in the past. It used
to be that only the mystics believed you could
go back, relive your life. But didn't so eminent
a scientist as Albert Einstein say that the past,
the present, and the future are all intermingled
somehow? Then why should we question a gentleman
named Spencer Chadwick? who is asking a very
vital question. Inspector, do you believe a person
can do it again? Do what again? Go back. Where?
To that point in his life where it went wrong.
It turned sour and corrected. No. No, I don't
believe it's possible. Well, I'm doing it, Inspector.
I'm doing it. I'm changing it. I've gone back.
Inspector, I've gone back. Our mystery drama,
You Can Die Again, was especially written for
the CBS Mystery Theater by Sam Dan and stars
Richard Mulligan. This evening we're concerned
with bright young men. That is, those who began
as bright young men, like Spencer Chadwick. Bright
young Spencer Chadwick married his boss's daughter,
but that was twenty -three years ago. And today
young Spencer has arrived at comfortable middle
age. This morning he will pick up his phone and
dial the private number of a highly placed friend.
Chief Inspector Faraday's office. Sergeant Millrow
speaking. Sergeant, this is Spencer Chadwick.
Good morning, Mr. Chadwick. Connect you right
away. Spence, I hope you're not calling to cancel
our golf date. No, no, Martin. I'm... I'm calling
to tell you... I murdered my wife. I won't believe
it, Spence. I can't believe it. Marty, look at
her. She's dead. I see she's dead, but I won't
believe you killed her. She's been stabbed, Inspector.
Yes, Sergeant, yes, and that's the knife, Marty.
Now, Spencer... You'll surely find my fingerprints
on it. What's that bruise on your head? We had
a fight. She hit me with a candlestick. Inspector,
a glass door here leads to a terrace. It's been
broken. Spence, an intruder, a thief. Did he
slug you and kill Margaret? No. No, I killed
Margaret. But that broken door... She tried to
get away. I dragged her back into the room. Whose
place is this? Mine. I didn't know you had an
apartment downtown. I've been staying with a
girl. Spence, you're talking to me, your closest
friend, Marty Faraday. Excuse me, Inspector.
Shall I start the routine? Yes, of course, Sergeant.
Are you going to arrest me, Marty? I have to.
I'm ready to go now. But I'm not ready to go.
Look, I can't believe what you're telling me.
I can't even believe you were cheating on Margaret.
How can I believe you killed her? You've been
a policeman for 25 years, Marty. Do you still
have illusions, faith, ideals? If I do, it was
because of people like you when Margaret... I'm
sorry, Marty. Look, Spence, is this the way it
happened? You were having an affair. Margaret
found out about it, she came here, confronted
you, one thing led to another, and you killed
her. Now, is that the story? Yes, yes, yeah,
that's it. Well, where's the girl? I suppose
she's dead too. You suppose yes. Yes, we can
say she's dead. Well, how did she die? I? Killed
her what? when oh A long long time ago a long
time spent you're not making any sense How could
you have killed her a long time ago if Margaret
confronted the two of you here today? I don't
know I don't I don't know like just arrest me
and don't ask me any more questions I have to
ask Spence. I can't accept what you're telling
me Now think, how could you have killed her a
long time ago? Or did she kill me? Spence, please,
tell me what happened. It doesn't matter. I want
to help you, Spence. I'm your friend, you know
that. You won't believe me. Try me, just try
me. It's even hard for me to believe it, but
it's true. Spence, sit down, will you? Will you
just sit down and try to pull things together?
Tell me what happened. What happened? It started.
One morning, it was three months ago. I came
downstairs. Margaret was at the breakfast table.
Morning, darling. Coffee? Thanks, yes. Any mail,
Margaret? Nothing worth delaying breakfast. A
card from my brother. Where is he now? He had
to put in for repairs at Pago Pago. That's Pango
Pango. When is he coming home? Oh, next year,
maybe. Or the year after, when he gets bored
or tired or needs money or decides to get a new
girlfriend or another boat. And he's 38 years
old. And he'll never get anywhere. Don't say
that. It seems to me he goes everywhere. His
life and yours, darling. A study in opposites.
You were born poor and you wound up rich. He
was born rich, wound up poor. Dinner tonight
with the Satterfields. What for? What for? Oh,
my God. I practiced for almost five minutes before
you came down, tossing off what I just said in
an offhand, casual way. Dinner with the Satterfields.
This is the coup of the century. A dinner party
at the home of Senator Satterfield. Ask me how
I did it. Why? Why do we want to have dinner
with Senator Satterfield? Benz, you asked me
to arrange for the invitation. I disagree completely
with the man's principles. Oh, we understand
all that, but you're the one who decided to give
politics a whirl. When did I decide to do that?
Well, they say the sign of a really solid marriage
is if the wife can accept jokes at breakfast.
Shall I remind you of that Chinese or Indian
saying that you've been spouting lately? A man
spends his first 20 years living for himself,
his next 20 living for his family, and his next
20 living for his country. It was you who decided.
Dinner's at 7 .30. Black tie. So be home early.
Spence? You're not listening. Darling, why are
you looking at me like that? Is there something
wrong? Who... Who are you? What did you say?
I... I said, who are you? Tell me. Spencer. What
are you doing here? Now look, darling, if this
is... Oh, no. Oh, oh, oh. What am I doing here?
If this is a joke, it's not in the best of taste.
I'm afraid. I'm afraid I don't know where I am.
Or, uh, or who you are. Do you know who you are?
Yes, yes, I think I know who I am. I'm Spencer
Chadwick. All right, now listen. Sit quietly
for just a minute. I'm going to call Dr. Berger.
Please, please, I don't want to put you through
any trouble. Don't get up, Spencer. Please, don't
get... Where are you going? Home. This is your
home, Spencer. Please, don't be alarmed. Please,
I hope I haven't frightened you. I'll leave this
minute. that after 23 years of marriage, you
look at your wife one morning and you don't know
who she is? Yes, Martin. All right. You walked
out of the house. Now, where did you go? I hailed
a cab. Now, where to, pal? I don't know. That's
all right. None of us knows where we're going.
Just answer this. Where do you want me to take
you? Just drive. Okay, you're the doctor. What
do you think, the Redskins got any kind of chance
this year? Alright, let's try politics. You think
Satterfield's gonna run again? Well, as my old
man would have put it, you wasn't exactly vaccinated
with a phonograph needed. Driver, why are you
headed north? Well, you said to drive. The Chadwood
building is down on Jefferson Square. I distinctly
told you to take... You distinctly told me nothing.
What would I be doing in your cab at 9 o 'clock
in the morning if I didn't intend to go to my
office? Yes, sir. Good morning, Rose. Good morning,
Mr. Chadwick. There's Dr. Berger sitting in your
office. Dr. Berger? Yes, Dr. Berger. Come in
here, Spence. I don't have all day. Well, come
in and shut the door. May I remind you that this
is my office? Fifteen minutes ago, I received
a call from Margaret. Margaret? Is she all right?
How about you? Me? I thought it important enough
for me to stop off here on my way downtown. Hold
out your wrist. Wait, why didn't Margaret call
you? She told me about that little episode. What?
What little episode? You don't remember saying
certain things? Paul, please, what is this all
about? Pulse seems to be a little fast. What
am I supposed to have said to Margaret? I want
you to report to the hospital right now. You
can't just walk into my office and tell me to
report to the hospital. Who says I can't? But
what's the matter with me? I don't know. That's
why I'm putting you into the hospital. What did
Margaret tell you that you didn't know who she
was? How could I not know who she was have you
had moments when you didn't know people or you
didn't know where you were or What you were doing
there. Well, certainly not now level with me
Spencer listen those things They happen sometimes
to everybody. How often do they happen to you?
Well the incident with Margaret Was it the only
one? Well, Spencer, I'll see you at the hospital
in 30 minutes. Well, you did it. You're here,
Spence. Of course I'm here. I won't keep you
an hour longer than necessary. Probably get you
out by the end of the day. Paul, you do what's
necessary. That's a good attitude. Most of you
high -powered business types are so self -important.
Don't start to lecture me. I'm here. I agree.
I need some help now Now what's holding us up?
I am I'm talking to you and I should be arranging
for tests now You just relax listen to some music
read Take a nap. I'll see you Hello Peggy? Is
everything all right, Spence? Peggy. Peggy, where
are you? I'm at the apartment. Where else would
I be? Tell me, are you all right? Oh, yes. Oh,
yes. I'm certainly all right now. Oh, Peggy.
Peggy, I almost lost you. How could you lose
me? It could happen. How? Dr. Berger. Dr. Berger,
he could make it happen. But not now, not anymore.
Do you know why? Why, Spence? You called me.
Just in time. You warned me. Just in time. And
I'm getting out of here. This minute. Mr. Chadwick?
Yes, Ruth? Aren't you supposed to be at the hospital?
I'm not supposed to be anywhere except in my
office during the business day. Oh, yes, sir.
This Dr. Berger, he's been calling just about
every five minutes. And your wife. Shall I get
them for you? No. No, I left Dr. Berger a note
saying I changed my mind about the necessity
for what we were discussing. Tell him I have
nothing to add. Oh, yes, sir. Oh, call my wife
and remind her we have a dinner date with Senator
Satterfield. And no calls. No calls. I don't
want to talk to anyone. Yes, sir. Except... except
a young lady. She'll call herself... Peggy. Well,
for 23 years, you hum the same tune, and then,
suddenly, one morning, you hear the music of
a different drummer. A drummer named Peggy. Or
is she a piper named Peggy, who will have to
be paid? We shall return shortly with Act Two.
And so we have Spencer Chadwick in complete command,
ready to take hold of his life and run it his
own way. starting with his wife. Spencer? Is
that you? There's no problem, no problem. It's
not even a quarter of seven. I can be dressed
and ready to leave in 20 minutes. Spencer, there
is a problem. You made Dr. Berger look like a
fool today. He read my note. It explained everything.
You made yourself look like a fool. You admitted
to the hospital, and less than an hour later
you sneaked out. I did not sneak out. I got dressed,
went to the desk and said... I'm leaving. Send
me the bill. But, Spence, you're not well. I've
never felt better. You should be in the hospital.
Margaret, please stop running my life. What did
you say just now, Spence? I'm sure you heard
me. I wasn't aware that I was running your life.
Spence, would you be good enough to explain?
Can you show me how? You did say this thing was
black tie. Spence, I... I'm entitled to an explanation
of that remark. Margaret, if you can't understand
what I'm saying, how can I explain it? Quite
a man, this husband of yours, Miss Chadwick.
Some brandy? Yes, thank you, Senator. We need
men like you in public life, Spence. Fellas with
their heads screwed on straight. You know, I
have an opportunity to recommend a man for a
presidential advisory commission on... I don't
think I'd be interested, Senator. I like your
style, Chadwick. You play hard to get, but you
do it convincingly. The public eats that up.
No. No, Senator, it's not a pose. You see, sir,
it seems to me that I've spent all my life working
for other people. Serving others is the most
richly rewarding profession a man can follow.
That's if he happens to be a selfless person,
but I never saw myself as a manufacturer of farm
equipment. I wanted to study languages, the basic
structures of human communication. An admirable
calling. Margaret and I were going to leave for
Tibet on our honeymoon, but my father -in -law
became seriously ill. Somebody had to look after
his affairs till he could get on his feet again.
That was 23 years ago. He never did get back
on his feet, and I never did get out of his office.
But you transformed that little factory into
the third -largest enterprise... I know, Senator,
I know, I know. I did it for my wife, my in -laws,
my employees, the stockholders. But now, finally,
at length and at last, I'm going into business
for myself. What sort of business? The Spencer
Chadwick business. the let's please and amuse
and excite and develop and enhance Spencer Chadwick.
Thank you for your offer, Senator, but there
are many others who are more worthy not to mention
more willing. Spencer, when did you decide you
were no longer interested in public service?
Oh, it's been building for a while. We'll have
to talk. Oh, about what? About what? I don't
know if this is a pose or... Margaret, I'm sure
I can explain. Let's drop in somewhere for a
nightcap. No, let's get home. Now, do you remember
what you said to me this morning? No. You looked
at me this morning. You said, who are you? You
said it with sincerity and conviction. You meant
it. Look, I may have been... You may have been
what? Daydreaming. No, it was not daydreaming.
It was wishful thinking. Margaret, what are you
saying? Spencer, you're having an affair. What?
Please don't deny it. But I'm not. It fits in
with what Dr. Berger told me. About what? When
you say to me, who are you? It means you no longer
want to know me. You're trying to wish me out
of your life. Oh, Margaret, Margaret, I can tell
you... Now listen, Spencer, don't try to insult
my intelligence or yours. And then, what just
happened at Senator Satterfield's? What just
happened? Well, suddenly you're no longer interested
in public service. Why? If you heard me talking
to him, you'd know that finally I want to do
things for me. But he as much as offered you
a post that you dreamed about. A sensitive post.
You could become an important man nationally.
You've spoken about it a dozen times. Margaret,
Margaret, I no longer care about it. Well, of
course not. Because you'd become controversial,
make enemies, and then they'd try to get something
on you. And now that you're having an affair,
you're vulnerable to scandal. But I am not having...
Oh, don't lie to me. That just makes it worse.
But you were lying to us, Pence. We know you
were lying. We know about Peggy. Inspector. Yes,
Sergeant. If you'll come into the bedroom, Inspector,
I didn't want to move anything. All right. Now
sir, here are these pictures. Are these Peggy?
Are they Spence? Yes. Well, sir, if you look
at the hairstyle, that went out 25 years ago.
I'm no expert, but these don't look like pictures
that were taken recently. The clothes in the
closet, skirts, blouses, dresses. Are these Peggy's?
Are they Spence? Yes. The styles are about 25
years old. Now, here's a label in a skirt. It's
a Lydia Carter. She was a designer who was fashionable
30 years ago. Well, Spence, tell us. I can't.
Why can't you? I don't think I know how. Never
mind how it sounds. Just tell it. Martin, did
you ever think you could somehow get a second
chance? To do what? to live your life over. To
answer your question, no. Did you ever think
you could go back to a point in time when you
made a decision which changed everything for
you? Where you crossed your own particular Rubicon
and if you could go back, start again and do
the thing you really wanted to do? To answer
your question again, no. That's because you never
regretted the cost of your life. And you did.
Are you trying to tell me that you did every
day for 23 years? All right, Spence. I won't
press you. No, no, no, Marty. Don't put that
sympathetic tone in your voice as if you think
I'm some kind of nut. Look, you could plead insanity.
Once again, Marty. Marty, I'm not crazy. Temporary
insanity. Not for one minute. I asked you a question.
Can you go back? Can you live your life over
again, and I gave you my answer no, but you can
you can do it I? Did go back not for long But
I did go back All right all right Spencer you
did go back and if I hadn't lost my head If only
I hadn't killed Margaret I could have stayed
I Could have started over Peggy, wanna go to
a movie? No. I missed a news broadcast. Anything
happening? They think a war just started. Oh,
come on, Peggy. Come on. There aren't gonna be
any more wars. Everybody knows that. People may
be crazy, but they're not insane. Where? I think
the man said Korea. Someplace like that. Maybe
I didn't hear it right. Hey, if you don't wanna
go to the movies, what do you wanna do? Sit home.
Just listen to you. Tell me about the trip you're
planning. Well, first, don't call it a trip.
We may never come back. It may take all our lives.
Fine with me. And we may never find it. Great.
What are we looking for? The origin of language.
For instance, we say brother in English. German,
Dutch, Scandinavian, so on, say a form of bruder.
Same basic word. Latin, Greek, Frater. The BR
becomes FR. Russian, Obrak. The differences are
all in pronunciation. Okay. How did this one
language spread so far and wide to cover so many
different kinds of people? Abait. How? That's
what I want to find out. And we will travel and
study and research and one day, maybe... Maybe
what? This Indo -European language. It's only
one of 30 language families. At one time, was
there one single language, the mother of all?
Was there? I don't know. One day, I hope to find
out. Are you sure you won't mind scrounging around
Europe and Asia? Oh, I've been to Europe and
Asia. Ah, but not with a backpack, not with a
sleeping bag. I'm going to love it. Now, one
thing must be clearly understood. At no time,
regardless of the bind we may find ourselves
in, shall we ever... ever under any circumstances
wire your father for money. Promise? I promise.
Hello, Margaret. Where have you been, Spencer?
Oh, excuse me. I hope that doesn't sound shrewish.
Well, no, no, it doesn't. Or as if I'm trying
to run your life. Please, Margaret, cut it out.
The reason I ask is because I had prepared dinner.
I know. Didn't you get my message? Yes, I did.
I got it at eight. Meanwhile, at seven, the Millers,
the Brownsteins and the Gladwells arrived. No,
no, the Gladwells were here at 6 .30. But why?
You had asked me to invite them to dinner. And
these are your friends, Spencer. I'm sorry, Margaret.
I'm sorry. Yes. Well, if there were people I
like, I would have been humiliated. This way,
I was merely embarrassed. Well, I got through
the evening somehow. Spencer, tell me. Who is
she? Margaret, Margaret, believe me, there is
no... I start with the premise that it's my fault.
Somewhere, I must have failed you. I've gone
wrong. But I don't know where and I don't know
how Tell me Spence tell me Margaret, please Margaret
Margaret what? Oh Spencer I've been happy You've
been happy How a marriage it's been the envy
of so many of our friends. Oh Darling, has it
been a lie? Have we been living a lie all these
years? Do you want the answer? I demand The answer
is yes, yes, it's been a lie. Who is she, Spence?
Who is she? Who is she, Spencer? Who is Peggy?
I won't tell you, Martin. I should say who was
Peggy. Inspector, do you remember some time ago
you saw Mrs. Chadwick? It was on business, I
remember. Oh, yes. Yes, yes, I do. It had to
do with a burglary, Spence. A burglary in your
house. Believe me, Margaret, this is no bother
at all. You see, I felt if I called the local
precinct, I'd have police traipsing all about
the place. It just isn't worth it. Well, what
happened? Well, it's silly, but... Well, you
know us. We never throw anything out. It's a
sound idea. The worthless junk of yesterday has
suddenly become expensive antiques. It's incredible.
Yes, Margaret. All right, I'll be brief. We have
a storage space where we keep old things, clothes,
knickknacks, you know, stuff that you say you'll
throw out sometime. You never get around to it.
You never do. And? Well, it's all been stolen.
Stolen? It's missing. Well, it must have been
stolen. I don't care about it, but it's just
unnerving to consider that the house has been
broken into. We'll send a list of the stuff to
Sergeant Melrose. It's not important, but...
But I feel that since a crime has been committed,
it should be reported. Did I do the right thing?
Of course, of course you did, Margaret. That
list, I gave you that list, Sergeant. It's on
my desk, sir. I'm sure most of the items in this
closet were on it. Spencer, you were the burglar.
Technically? Yes. She needed clothes, Marty.
That girl, she's a fantasy! No, no, not Peggy.
All right, look, for reasons that I may never
understand, you feel you wasted your life. So
you fantasized a way to go back to start over.
It was no fantasy. That hell it wasn't. You were
sorry you married Margaret, which all by itself
proves that you're insane, Spence. You created
this Peggy and you had a dresser in the period
of 25 years ago. There is no Peggy. This whole
thing happened in your mind. Yes, thank you,
Lieutenant. Yes, Sergeant. Sir. That was from
the lab. They scraped some grass samples from
a skirt in the closet and it's been identified
as Duke of Wentworth Pescue. It's a new kind
of seed, just been planted for the first time.
When? About a month ago, which means somebody
wearing this skirt was sitting in the grass in
Benton Park very recently. You figure if a man's
been married for 23 years, he may have a tendency
to fantasize a bit. But Spencer Chadwick has
created more than an illusion. He has brought
forth flesh and blood, particularly blood. We'll
be back shortly with Act 3. It was alright while
Peggy was only an illusion. She was Spencer Chadwick's
private affair. But a living Peggy, or even a
dead Peggy, is a serious matter for Police Chief
Inspector Faraday. Spence, make it easy for all
of us. Tell me, who is Peggy? Or who was Peggy?
We can find out, Spence. We can check with the
neighbors, the janitor. Circulate your picture
in the neighborhood. Ask people if they've seen
you around with a girl. You'll never find her.
Don't say that. It's virtually impossible for
a person to disappear without a trace. I still
say you'll never find her. Damn it, Spence. I
can't get used to it. You and Margaret and then
you and this Peggy. How could you live with both
of them? Didn't things get rough at home? Yes.
Well, what brought on the showdown? Well, after
a while we couldn't go anywhere without Margaret
seeing her. What? Is that the girl? What? Who?
That girl. She's been looking at you all afternoon.
Oh, Margaret, Margaret, believe me. Why don't
you invite her down here? She'll have a better
view from our box. Oh, Margaret. You know the
reason we shouldn't all behave in a civilized
manner? Introduce us. Margaret, I never saw that
girl before in my life. Margaret, you're staring.
No, not me. That girl's been staring at you all
evening. Margaret, Margaret, believe me. Wherever
we'd go, there'd be no peace. She always suspected
somebody. Last week, it even happened when we
were playing golf with you and Henrietta. You're
up, Margaret. I'd use a three -wood on this hole,
Margaret. All right. Oh, too bad. Well, you go
up there and show me how, Marty. You rushed the
shot, you lifted your head. I really don't care
about golf. You made the date with Marty and
Henrietta? We simply can't drop out of circulation.
Spencer, that girl in the foursome behind us.
Margaret, Margaret, she's not the one. Spencer,
where were you? I had a meeting. Oh, well, we
progress. Used to be you didn't know, you couldn't
remember. And now at least you're courteous enough
to lie to me. You've been drinking, Margaret?
Yes, yes, that's true. I have been drinking.
Margaret, it's not good for you. Oh, I don't
know. Let's consider that. Drinking is not good
for me. I won't fight that. However, what you
are doing, that's good for me? Although I must
say you're treating me nicer these days you started
off by asking who are you as if you didn't know
me and Now at least you don't ask The phone rang
today, and I answered it and the line was dead
What's going to happen Spence I? Intend to go
away with her Finally you've admitted it You
are having an affair. Yes, who's the woman who
yes who? I'm not sure You'd want to know I have
a right to know Well, perhaps you do who is she
Spencer? She's you Me yes Margaret the girl is
you What kind of nonsense is... No, no, no, no,
that's not quite right. She isn't you. Then what
were you trying to say? She was you. She isn't
Margaret Chadwick. She was Peggy Wainwright.
Spencer, don't look at me like that. I'm scared.
Do you want me to prove it to you? Come with
me. Come with me right now. This is what Dr.
Burbick was concerned about. Spence, it's no
disgrace to have a breakdown. It's no shame to
need psychiatric help. No, no. We're past all
that, Margaret. Come with me. I want you to meet
Peggy. Come with me. No, Spencer. You come with
me. You come with me to Dr. Berger. You know,
Margaret, people like you have one answer. Whenever
you're up against something you don't understand,
you have one answer. Whenever you're faced with
something that's beyond your experience, you
have one answer. See a doctor. That solves everything.
That takes care of everybody. And it never occurs
to you that yours might just possibly be the
wrong answer. Now why are you so sure of yourself,
Margaret? Why are you so sure that I'm the one
who's wrong? Come with me, Margaret. I want you...
To meet Peggy. Or are you afraid? Does it look
familiar, Margaret? Spence. This is 32 Benton
Boulevard. It's our first address. I remember.
Do you remember the apartment number? 3. 3A.
Oh, don't tell me it's still there. See for yourself.
Spence! Where did you... How did you... Our first
table! And this bronze candlestick, our very
first wedding present from my brother! These
clothes! My clothes! How did they get there?
They're here because they're Peggy's clothes.
Look, Spence, the Lydia Carter skirt. Oh, you
love me in that. Do you know that style's come
back? I want to put it on. Do you remember what
we used to do? Did we go for a walk? In the park.
Dinner at Luigi's? We never had dinner at Luigi's.
Oh, that's right. We couldn't afford it. And
by the time we could, we weren't living here
anymore. We stopped at the burger shop. What's
tonight? Thursday. That means there's a free
concert in the park. And then free dancing. Oh,
let's go, Spence. Let's do it all again. I never
realized how much fun we had in those days. They
were, they were great. Days, Peggy. Peggy? I
always liked Peggy better. Somewhere along the
line you stopped calling me Peggy. When exactly
did you stop calling me Peggy? When you became
Margaret. I always wondered about that. How did
I become Margaret? Why? Take a look around. See,
Peggy? All the bags? The trunk, we're packed
for the trip. The trip? The trip to Tibet. Oh,
oh, yes. We were all set to go. Yes. You remember?
Yes. As a matter of fact, you were a little bit
sick from the shots, remember? Remember? Yes.
And then the telephone rang. Phone? Yes, yes,
the phone rang. It was... It was... It was my
mother. Yes, yes, it was your mother. I remember.
Answer the phone. Go ahead, go ahead, answer
it. You answered it that night. Hello? Yes. Yes,
mother? Oh, no. Yeah, all right. All right, we'll
go there, right away. What is it, Peggy? My dad,
he's had a stroke. How bad? Well, they don't
know yet. Oh, Spence, I don't think we can...
I mean, I... I can't leave Mother alone right
now. No, we won't. Oh, Spence, I knew you'd understand.
That's... When you became Margaret, that's when
you are no longer my wife but your father's daughter.
Take off the skirt. Leave it here. Go home. It
belongs to Peggy. Spence, what's the matter with
you? I'm Peggy. That night was the start of it.
The start of what? The start of the campaign
to mold me into the kind of man you had in mind.
The man who would enjoy the kind of existence
you always had and always wanted safe. Comfortable,
secure. All you were asked to do was to help
my father, who was deathly ill. Who else could
have done it, my brother? It was supposed to
just be a temporary arrangement. But it suited
you, Spence. It suited you. I started making
the kind of money your folks never dreamed of.
I built an empire. I never wanted it. You. You
wanted it. You wanted it so badly you stopped
being Peggy. You went somewhere else. You became
lost. But not me. I'm I'm not lost. I found my
way back and when I got there I Found Peggy again
No Take off that scratch and give it back to
Peggy Spencer. I listened to you now you listen
to me I've been listening to you for 23 years
and now we've come to the end The bags are packed
and it's not too late We're leaving for Tibet.
Peggy and me. Peggy? Peggy? Yes, Spencer, darling.
Spence, get this straight. I'm Peggy. Don't listen
to her, Spence. She was always out to destroy
you. She almost did till you came back to me.
I'm Peggy. The only Peggy you have. She's lying.
She's trying to stop you. We are going to Tibet.
That chance. You'll take that appointment from
Satterfield. That refusal was just a ploy. You
know it. He knows it. Shut up, Margaret. Shut
her up, Spencer. Shut her up. I didn't destroy
you. You destroyed me. You'll have to kill her,
Spencer. Go ahead. Live with this fantasy of
yours. This Peggy who rewrites history. She's
all yours. I want my skirt. Take off that skirt.
It's mine. It's all I want from you for 23 years
of marriage. Don't let her out of here. She'll
tell everybody about us. They'll put you away,
Spence. Get away from that door. No. Spence,
keep away from me. You won't get out that way.
Spence, I warn you. I'll hit you with this. No,
you asked for it. You asked for it. Use a knife,
Spence. Use a knife! Peggy? Peggy? Where are
you? Peggy? You... You killed us both, Spence.
Margaret, Margaret. Chief Inspector Faraday's
office, Milro speaking. Sergeant, this is Spencer
Chadwick. I... I just... murdered my wife. Well,
as they say, all of us are two people. One is
the person we think we are, and the other is
the person we really are. And the secret of a
long happy life is to make sure the twain never
meet. I'll be back shortly. Well, the jury's
still out. Oh, not on Spencer Chadwick. With
him, it was open and shut. But on the basic idea,
can you go back? Can you do it again? Well, to
end on a non -controversial note, here is something
everybody can do again. Tune in again for more
suspense and excitement. Our cast included Richard
Mulligan, Mandel Kramer, Marion Seldes, Brina
Rayburn and Gil Mack. The entire production was
under the direction of Hyman Brown. This is E
.G. Marshall inviting you to return to our Mystery
Theatre for another adventure in the macabre.
Until next time, pleasant dreams.