WEBVTT 00:00:18.310 --> 00:00:26.109 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:26.109 --> 00:00:29.870 to another hour of mystery and suspense. To a 00:00:29.870 --> 00:00:34.549 terrifying battle of wits. Our play poses a dilemma 00:00:34.549 --> 00:00:39.329 you have never faced or are likely to face in 00:00:39.329 --> 00:00:43.429 your lifetime. Whether to commit the murder in 00:00:43.429 --> 00:00:46.630 your heart when your mind tells you to restrain 00:00:46.630 --> 00:00:50.570 yourself. Listen to what happened to one man, 00:00:50.909 --> 00:00:54.710 Thomas Drake, who did face that dilemma, and 00:00:54.710 --> 00:01:00.950 what he did about it. Professor Mallory, if you're 00:01:00.950 --> 00:01:03.689 a friend of Emory's, you've got to tell him to 00:01:03.689 --> 00:01:08.269 stay away from my wife. Really now, Drake, I 00:01:08.269 --> 00:01:10.430 don't like being a fear in the personal life 00:01:10.430 --> 00:01:13.730 of faculty. You must. You must tell him, or I 00:01:13.730 --> 00:01:17.359 won't be responsible. I... I don't want to kill 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:21.060 him. But I don't trust myself. Come now, Drake. 00:01:21.180 --> 00:01:23.840 Sensible people don't solve their marital problems 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:37.700 like that. With murder. Our mystery drama, Under 00:01:37.700 --> 00:01:41.140 Grave Suspicion, was written especially for the 00:01:41.140 --> 00:01:44.939 Mystery Theater by Hank Warner and stars Ralph 00:01:44.939 --> 00:02:00.439 Bell. I'll be back shortly with Act One. Have 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:04.819 you ever returned home late one night and listened 00:02:04.819 --> 00:02:09.199 in the still darkness, tense and trembling, hoping 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:14.020 and praying that you would not hear the whispered 00:02:14.020 --> 00:02:18.949 passions of your wife? and the stranger fearful 00:02:18.949 --> 00:02:23.469 that you could not would not control a blinding 00:02:23.469 --> 00:02:29.569 fury to kill that man getting out of the car 00:02:29.569 --> 00:02:33.210 on that dark dead -end road on the windswept 00:02:33.210 --> 00:02:36.590 bluff overlooking the desolate Long Island Sound 00:02:36.590 --> 00:02:40.189 Beach hurrying by cloud -veiled moonlight down 00:02:40.189 --> 00:02:42.569 the winding footpath through the scrub pines 00:02:42.569 --> 00:02:46.409 and brush to his isolated cottage is Thomas Drake, 00:02:47.530 --> 00:02:52.430 despondent, depressed. I should have telephoned, 00:02:52.689 --> 00:02:55.889 given her some warning that I'd be home a night 00:02:55.889 --> 00:02:58.870 earlier. But deep down, I had the feeling that 00:02:58.870 --> 00:03:01.990 I still couldn't trust her. And I had to find 00:03:01.990 --> 00:03:05.810 out. I hurried towards the cottage, wondering 00:03:05.810 --> 00:03:08.689 why there were no lights on, wondering whether 00:03:08.689 --> 00:03:14.960 she was asleep, alone, or with. I walked around 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:17.139 from the back of the house, across the gravel 00:03:17.139 --> 00:03:22.080 mound, toward the water side port steps, not 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:23.919 caring whether the crunch of my footsteps could 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:27.719 be heard inside. The only other sound was my 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:30.919 pounding heart, and the surf washing the loose 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:36.219 gravel off the burn. The half moon slipped behind 00:03:36.219 --> 00:03:40.340 a bank of black clouds, and in the darkness I 00:03:40.340 --> 00:03:42.919 drift over the shovel, left lying on the gravel. 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:49.599 I kicked it away. I went up the porch steps to 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:53.319 the front door. I tried it. It was not locked. 00:03:55.259 --> 00:04:00.520 I stepped inside and listened. I called out, 00:04:01.379 --> 00:04:07.699 Marianne. The bedroom door was closed. I opened 00:04:07.699 --> 00:04:12.810 the door. I stabbed at the wall switch. The ceiling 00:04:12.810 --> 00:04:18.209 flooded. An empty made -up bed. I went to the 00:04:18.209 --> 00:04:24.170 kitchen. Turned on the light. It was swept and 00:04:24.170 --> 00:04:28.649 tidy. The counter, the sink, the stove top bare 00:04:28.649 --> 00:04:33.829 and dry. Not a trace of food particles. No lingering 00:04:33.829 --> 00:04:38.310 cooking odors. The dish mop, dish towel, bone 00:04:38.310 --> 00:04:44.509 dry. I needed a drink. to calm down I reached 00:04:44.509 --> 00:04:47.310 for the bottle of bourbon in the kitchen cabinet 00:04:47.310 --> 00:04:53.610 poured myself a stiff one wondering where she 00:04:53.610 --> 00:04:59.449 was the drink only added fuel to my slow burn 00:04:59.449 --> 00:05:04.370 I flushed with waves of anger I had to get out 00:05:04.370 --> 00:05:08.769 in the air to think I put out the house lights 00:05:08.769 --> 00:05:11.689 carry the bottle in the glass of the porch and 00:05:11.689 --> 00:05:19.670 settle down to wait. The cool onshore wind on 00:05:19.670 --> 00:05:23.410 my face. The moon playing hide and seek with 00:05:23.410 --> 00:05:26.910 the dark clouds. The lights of Connecticut blinking 00:05:26.910 --> 00:05:30.829 across ten miles of black water. The old field 00:05:30.829 --> 00:05:34.649 light alternating beams of green and red. It 00:05:34.649 --> 00:05:39.730 was restful. But as I nursed the bourbon... I 00:05:39.730 --> 00:05:43.810 couldn't altogether get her out of my mind. My 00:05:43.810 --> 00:05:47.750 thoughts wandering back in time. Wondering if 00:05:47.750 --> 00:05:52.290 she'd left me or would once again like the first 00:05:52.290 --> 00:05:56.509 time before we were married. We're living together 00:05:56.509 --> 00:05:59.610 in my apartment on Manhattan's swinging east 00:05:59.610 --> 00:06:04.490 side. Two modern sensible singles willing to 00:06:04.490 --> 00:06:14.160 give it a try. I had a job then. Good job. I 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:16.939 was the vice president with electronics engineering. 00:06:18.579 --> 00:06:21.899 I got home that night. It was Friday night, about 00:06:21.899 --> 00:06:25.939 eight o 'clock. And as I let myself in. Yes, 00:06:25.939 --> 00:06:28.100 Steve. I heard her talking on the phone. Come 00:06:28.100 --> 00:06:31.040 on up, Jack. Oh, ask the doorman to hold the 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:36.899 cab. He just got home. Oh, who was that, Jack 00:06:36.899 --> 00:06:41.819 Harrison? Of course. Well? You know, I'm getting 00:06:41.819 --> 00:06:44.420 tired of his hanging around. Why don't you tell 00:06:44.420 --> 00:06:48.319 him to stop calling you? He didn't. I called 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:52.959 him. You look so surprised, Thomas. You don't 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:54.980 have the time anymore for anything but dear old 00:06:54.980 --> 00:06:57.839 electronics engineering. If you did phone me, 00:06:57.839 --> 00:07:00.379 you wouldn't be home for dinner, so I called 00:07:00.379 --> 00:07:03.060 him. There's a movie I want to see. That's the 00:07:03.060 --> 00:07:06.620 third time this week. Oh, I didn't know you were 00:07:06.620 --> 00:07:18.720 counting, darling. watching television, dozing 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:23.500 pitfully. My mind going back to the smiles and 00:07:23.500 --> 00:07:27.079 looks they had exchanged as they left. I could 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:29.339 see them after the movies going to the purple 00:07:29.339 --> 00:07:33.300 camellia for nightcaps and the wild rock of the 00:07:33.300 --> 00:07:37.540 patting cougars and then senses stimulated bodies 00:07:37.540 --> 00:07:41.920 pulsating with savage beats to spend the night 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:51.209 with him. I was awakened from my sleep in the 00:07:51.209 --> 00:07:58.589 chair by the buzzing TV set. It was four o 'clock. 00:07:59.790 --> 00:08:02.250 I fought off the idea of phoning her at Harrison's 00:08:02.250 --> 00:08:06.170 apartment. I had no one but myself to blame. 00:08:07.430 --> 00:08:10.329 We had agreed, like two sensible moderns, that 00:08:10.329 --> 00:08:13.470 there'd be no strings, that we'd be free to live 00:08:13.470 --> 00:08:17.129 our own lives. And for the first time, I admitted 00:08:17.129 --> 00:08:25.050 to myself, I didn't want that freedom. By ten 00:08:25.050 --> 00:08:28.129 o 'clock that morning, I couldn't stand it. I 00:08:28.129 --> 00:08:31.470 phoned Harrison's apartment. There was no answer. 00:08:32.690 --> 00:08:34.690 I went down to the lobby reception desk to get 00:08:34.690 --> 00:08:37.649 the mail. It hadn't arrived yet. But the clerk 00:08:37.649 --> 00:08:40.590 handed me an unstamped envelope, my name and 00:08:40.590 --> 00:08:42.909 apartment number on it, in Marianne's handwriting. 00:08:43.830 --> 00:08:55.399 I tore it open. There was no date on the plain 00:08:55.399 --> 00:08:59.120 white note paper. No imprint of name and address, 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:03.740 no forwarding address. Just signed Marianne. 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:07.159 I refused to believe it. I hurried right back 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:10.840 up to the apartment to her bedroom closet. Her 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:16.240 clothes were gone. I got through the day somehow 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:20.220 in a daze. But the next day, when I went out 00:09:20.220 --> 00:09:22.899 to get the Sunday paper and returned to the apartment... 00:09:24.779 --> 00:09:33.700 There she was unpacking I changed my mind Let's 00:09:33.700 --> 00:09:39.879 have a drink Want to tell me There's not much 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:43.580 to tell He told me he has a wife three children 00:09:43.580 --> 00:09:47.720 in Connecticut that she won't let him go He couldn't 00:09:47.720 --> 00:10:00.309 marry me Marry you You want to get married? Is 00:10:00.309 --> 00:10:08.850 that all? You want to get married? Will you marry 00:10:08.850 --> 00:10:30.970 me? Yeah. Once again, like two sensible moderns, 00:10:31.110 --> 00:10:34.669 we adjusted to marriage. We seemed to be making 00:10:34.669 --> 00:10:40.169 a go of it. Until I lost my job and the cutbacks 00:10:40.169 --> 00:10:44.590 of government contracts. We subleased the apartment, 00:10:44.970 --> 00:10:47.909 moved to the cottage to make the rounds of electronic 00:10:47.909 --> 00:10:52.950 firms on Long Island. I sat there on the porch, 00:10:53.470 --> 00:10:57.750 waiting. Once again, looking up and down the 00:10:57.750 --> 00:11:01.049 beach. And suddenly I saw a flashlight about 00:11:01.049 --> 00:11:04.450 100 yards down the beach. It moved around, but 00:11:04.450 --> 00:11:09.509 it did not advance. And then it went out. I listened. 00:11:10.649 --> 00:11:13.129 The punch of footsteps on gravel carried by the 00:11:13.129 --> 00:11:16.610 wind grew louder. I could make out the silhouettes 00:11:16.610 --> 00:11:21.309 of a man and a fishing rod on his shoulder. He 00:11:21.309 --> 00:11:25.129 was alone, hugging the waterline. As he came 00:11:25.129 --> 00:11:29.509 abreast I called out a lock It was professor 00:11:29.509 --> 00:11:31.730 Maori of the State University Marine Laboratory 00:11:31.730 --> 00:11:36.110 at nearby Flax Pond another thing I was hoping 00:11:36.110 --> 00:11:39.809 to pick up a sniper Line got snarled in the real 00:11:39.809 --> 00:11:42.750 to tangle to bother with tonight. I'm just having 00:11:42.750 --> 00:11:46.889 a nightcap here to join me professor. I Yeah, 00:11:46.889 --> 00:11:49.789 I could stand one short one getting a bit nippy 00:11:55.690 --> 00:11:58.710 He sipped his whiskey. I don't know how many 00:11:58.710 --> 00:12:02.350 I had. He talked about projects at the Marine 00:12:02.350 --> 00:12:05.149 Lab, the need for more state funds for research 00:12:05.149 --> 00:12:09.470 on wetlands, water pollution, erosion. He knew 00:12:09.470 --> 00:12:12.190 I was trying to get relocated, had given me a 00:12:12.190 --> 00:12:14.110 letter to an executive at the Grumman plant. 00:12:14.850 --> 00:12:18.370 Hear anything from Grumman? No, not a thing. 00:12:18.970 --> 00:12:21.350 I'm about exhausted the job possibilities on 00:12:21.350 --> 00:12:23.470 Long Island I spent yesterday and today in New 00:12:23.470 --> 00:12:28.639 England. Well, thanks for the drink. I'm sure 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.820 the job market will open up. Say hello to Mrs. 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:37.940 Drake. Dr. Mallory. Yes? Would you do me a favor? 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:43.399 Favor? Are you a friend of Emory, Richard Emory? 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:47.600 I know you know him. But are you a friend of 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:52.019 his? Well, he's one of several new young chaps 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:54.340 doing post -doctorate work at the Marine Lab. 00:12:54.889 --> 00:12:58.070 It's a small group and we're all more or less 00:12:58.070 --> 00:13:02.730 friendly. I mean you as a friend Listen, yes 00:13:02.730 --> 00:13:09.009 Tell him to stay away from my wife. Well Emory 00:13:09.009 --> 00:13:12.789 your wife. That's right Don't ask me how I know 00:13:12.789 --> 00:13:18.169 Little things I know I I come home tonight. She's 00:13:18.169 --> 00:13:23.740 not home. I know About the personal matter, I 00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:26.639 don't feel I have the right to meddle in the 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:29.139 personal affairs of a faculty member. If he doesn't, 00:13:29.139 --> 00:13:32.940 I'll kill him. Now, Drake, don't talk like that. 00:13:33.139 --> 00:13:35.919 Sensible people don't solve such problems like 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:38.320 that. That's what I always thought, but now I... 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:42.740 Look, Drake, if you don't mind my giving you 00:13:42.740 --> 00:13:46.559 some advice, why don't you just get a divorce 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:49.899 or a separation? You just tell Emory to stay 00:13:49.899 --> 00:13:55.080 away from her. You must tell her Mary you must 00:13:55.080 --> 00:14:02.019 I don't want to kill it, but I'm afraid But they're 00:14:02.019 --> 00:14:06.379 breaking point You tell him Mallory tell him 00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:10.320 if you don't You'll share the responsibility 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:14.279 now Tom. You're overwrought. You feel better 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:18.620 in the morning All right, I'll talk to Emory. 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:34.039 Thanks. Good night Tom It still had about one 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:37.299 drink in it. I walked down to the water line. 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:42.360 I swallowed what was left in the bottle, and 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:44.879 with swelling anger I flunked it into the waves. 00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:49.639 I turned back towards the cottage and stopped. 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:55.019 I saw a flashlight down the beach. I could make 00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:59.659 out two persons walking towards me, and then 00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:03.470 the light was out. and silhouetted against the 00:15:03.470 --> 00:15:10.230 night sky two forms embraced as one and then 00:15:10.230 --> 00:15:12.649 carried by the wind rising out of the northeast 00:15:12.649 --> 00:15:23.769 i heard the teasing laughter of marianne well 00:15:23.769 --> 00:15:28.009 there may be laughter in the wind but for poor 00:15:28.009 --> 00:15:32.690 tom this is no time for levity Wonder whether 00:15:32.690 --> 00:15:36.389 he knows that it's an ill wind and will blow 00:15:36.389 --> 00:15:45.769 him no good I'll be back shortly with act two 00:15:45.769 --> 00:15:57.789 Now what's a fella to do poor Tom Drake is in 00:15:57.789 --> 00:16:02.039 the dark and all at sea Wondering where he ought 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:06.759 to be or not to be. But let's not blow the man 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:11.659 down. Just lend me your ears and we'll listen. 00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:20.080 Their embrace of the dark was brief. And they 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:23.200 started walking towards the cottage without using 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:26.039 the flashlight. For a split second I thought 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:30.049 of walking towards them for a showdown. But Mallory's 00:16:30.049 --> 00:16:32.490 promise to talk to Emory made me put aside the 00:16:32.490 --> 00:16:35.429 impulse. I ducked behind the line of boulders 00:16:35.429 --> 00:16:37.610 that formed a breakwater above a high -water 00:16:37.610 --> 00:16:42.090 line. They stopped in front of the cottage. From 00:16:42.090 --> 00:16:44.470 behind the boulders, I watched and listened. 00:16:46.129 --> 00:16:49.490 That was a good hike. Yeah. Let's go inside. 00:16:50.190 --> 00:16:53.870 Let's sit out here for a while. It's such a beautiful 00:16:53.870 --> 00:16:59.669 night. I'd like a cigarette. Okay. down beside 00:16:59.669 --> 00:17:03.649 her, struck a match, cupped it in his hands and 00:17:03.649 --> 00:17:06.890 held it to the cigarette in her lips. In the 00:17:06.890 --> 00:17:10.710 glow from the match flame, her face flushed, 00:17:11.089 --> 00:17:15.650 her eyes dreamy with desire. I knew I would never 00:17:15.650 --> 00:17:19.009 give her up. I'm going out to Montauk next week. 00:17:19.450 --> 00:17:22.190 It's a long Monday holiday weekend. How about 00:17:22.190 --> 00:17:27.069 coming with me? I'd love to, but I have to figure 00:17:27.069 --> 00:17:31.920 out some excuse to be away. That shouldn't be 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:34.599 any problem. You're pretty clever about such 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:38.880 things. Now think of something. I couldn't help 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:42.180 thinking she was pretty clever about such things. 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:47.079 Like the night she went with that very clever 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:53.180 Harrison leading her on. I'd never forget that 00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:58.240 Friday night. And now, another Friday night. 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:01.140 Come on, let's go inside. You said he won't be 00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:04.960 back tonight. Oh, relax, Richard. You mean to 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:08.019 tell me you prefer this cold gravel to a nice, 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:13.500 comfortable couch? Come on, Diane. Oh, what's 00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:17.000 wrong with staying out here? Oh, Mark, I am most 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:21.619 content with a jug of wine, a loaf of bread beneath 00:18:21.619 --> 00:18:26.839 a bough. Oh, not bad, not bad. The laughter broke 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:30.730 off suddenly. I saw the growing tips of two flip 00:18:30.730 --> 00:18:36.589 cigarettes, and then... Kiss me, Richard. Stop 00:18:36.589 --> 00:18:40.730 it! Stop it, Tom! What are you... Marianne, go 00:18:40.730 --> 00:18:43.630 inside. Go inside, I tell you. Why? If you have 00:18:43.630 --> 00:18:45.609 anything to say, you can say it here, in front 00:18:45.609 --> 00:18:48.609 of Richard. Go inside? Now listen, you leave 00:18:48.609 --> 00:18:51.930 her alone, let go of her! He broke my grip on 00:18:51.930 --> 00:18:55.410 the wrong and pushed me away. This shove made 00:18:55.410 --> 00:18:58.119 me slip to my knees. I came up swinging at his 00:18:58.119 --> 00:19:01.180 face. I missed. He pinned my arms from behind. 00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:03.099 Well, listen. What's the matter with you? Are 00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:07.759 you crazy? I broke out of his grip, stepped back 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:11.339 from him, and fell across the shovel. I grabbed 00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:15.160 the handle, jumped up. No! No! And swung at Emery. 00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:18.579 Too late for me to stop the swing. No! As she 00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:20.880 rushed in between us, the sharp edge of the shovel 00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:27.589 hit her in the back of the head. Oh my God. I 00:19:27.589 --> 00:19:33.009 stood there, holding the shovel, unable to move. 00:19:33.910 --> 00:19:38.250 My eyes fixed on her face as Emery knelt down 00:19:38.250 --> 00:19:43.109 over her with a flashlight. I watched her face 00:19:43.109 --> 00:19:49.170 and prayed, prayed she wouldn't die. I trembled 00:19:49.170 --> 00:19:51.470 with fear and anguish, telling myself this couldn't 00:19:51.470 --> 00:19:54.910 be. It was a nightmare. Emery turned the flashlight 00:19:54.910 --> 00:19:59.539 on me. Studied my trembling lips my glazed eyes 00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:06.900 fixed on Marianne she's She is dead I heard him 00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:11.279 but didn't answer I Couldn't take my eyes off 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:16.299 Drake. Did you hear what I said? She's dead You 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:19.099 killed her You better go in the house and call 00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:24.660 the police. I looked at him puzzled my mind my 00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:28.400 eyes my memory playing tricks on me wondering 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:37.339 who he was harrison jack harrison mocking me 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:40.279 the night he took her to the movie telling me 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:42.980 we'll be back what's the matter with you drake 00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:46.799 don't you hear me call the police i'll tell them 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:49.279 i'll say it was an accident she tried to stick 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:54.579 i don't think you've heard a word i said I'll 00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:57.160 call the police myself. Where are you going, 00:20:57.660 --> 00:21:01.380 Harrison? Call the... Who's Harrison? I'm Emory, 00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:07.839 Richard Emory. Drake... I'll be right back. Don't 00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:12.400 turn your back on me! You look back as I swung 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:15.759 the shovel. His mouth open, his eyes unbelieving. 00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:30.099 He went down. I hit him again. for air, my head 00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:33.000 pounding, thousands of pinpoints of light exploding 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:37.259 inside my head. I sank down on the steps of the 00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:40.480 porch, holding my head in my hands, trying to 00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:44.680 clear my head, groping to recall, understand 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:50.640 what had happened to me, to them. Slowly the 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:55.140 horror of it all returned. Marianne was dead. 00:21:56.200 --> 00:22:00.559 I turned the other body face up. It was not Harrison. 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:12.900 It was Emory. I don't know how long I sat there 00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:18.579 on the port steps. Finally I faced it. I decided 00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:22.519 to try to get rid of the bodies. Bury them temporarily 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:27.359 in the gravel berm. I'd have to get a small boat, 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:31.700 that rowboat, in the woods just above the mud 00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:34.160 water line, stored by one of these summer residents. 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:38.819 I'd row the bodies out to the channel, weight 00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:42.480 them, drop them overboard on an outgoing tide. 00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:45.380 The strong current on the bottom of the channel 00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:49.500 would move them out to the sea. The loose gravel 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:53.200 was only about three feet deep. It would be deep 00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:58.240 enough to hide them. I dragged the bodies over, 00:22:58.859 --> 00:23:04.160 laid them into end, covered them, building up 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:06.279 the grapple mound the same height of the burn 00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:12.180 that ran parallel to the water level. I inspected 00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:17.099 the shovel. The metal glistened clean, no sign 00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:20.440 of blood or hair. I stood it against the porch 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:24.779 rail, went inside. I sprawled out on the bed. 00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:29.779 exhausted and fell into a heavy, dreamless sleep. 00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:41.500 I woke up the next morning about an hour after 00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:46.640 sunrise. My mind clear, instantly aware of what 00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:50.240 had happened, what I had done. I jumped off the 00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:53.440 bed, went to the porch door, looked at the gravel 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:58.599 graves. on the burn it looked natural peaceful 00:23:58.599 --> 00:24:05.160 like a cemetery i knew what i had to do i put 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:09.039 on the coffee showered changed my clothes became 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:10.900 aware that her clothes were still hanging in 00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:14.000 the closet i got the old note she had left me 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:17.140 on that weekend but harrison read it over and 00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:19.519 over as i had my coffee on the kitchen counter 00:24:20.009 --> 00:24:27.170 I turned on the radio for the weather. I placed 00:24:27.170 --> 00:24:30.630 the note on the counter, carefully spilled a 00:24:30.630 --> 00:24:33.049 spoonful of coffee on the counter, wetting a 00:24:33.049 --> 00:24:35.750 large corner of the paper, and then blotted it 00:24:35.750 --> 00:24:39.329 with a paper towel. I knew I'd have to keep checking 00:24:39.329 --> 00:24:42.289 the weather. But first, get rid of her clothes. 00:24:43.269 --> 00:24:46.250 I put them in a large plastic garbage bag. I 00:24:46.250 --> 00:24:47.990 knew I'd have to stay close to the cottage until 00:24:47.990 --> 00:24:51.559 I got rid of the bodies. Lay in a supply of food 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:54.259 so I drove to the supermarket put the clothes 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:56.460 into the collection bin of the Salvation Army 00:24:56.460 --> 00:25:00.259 on the parking lot I did my shopping was back 00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:05.660 in less than an hour I Went up to where the rowboat 00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:09.579 was on the bank of trees It looked all right 00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:12.740 Aluminum light enough to drag the oars were in 00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:16.140 it and burlap fish bags strong enough to hold 00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:19.450 the rocks I'd use for weights I'd have to wait 00:25:19.450 --> 00:25:22.509 until dark to move the bodies. In the meantime, 00:25:22.890 --> 00:25:26.809 I could move the boat. It was a couple of hundred 00:25:26.809 --> 00:25:34.109 yards. I placed the boat on top of the grave. 00:25:39.009 --> 00:25:41.309 By nightfall, the Coast Guard was sending out 00:25:41.309 --> 00:25:43.930 small craft warnings and all through the night 00:25:43.930 --> 00:25:48.259 I was glued to the radio. for weather checks. 00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:52.279 Feeling trapped, helpless to do what I had planned, 00:25:53.559 --> 00:26:01.079 I finally fell asleep on the couch. I was awakened 00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:04.579 by the Sunday morning church music and a loud 00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:10.480 knocking at the porch door. I didn't recognize 00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:14.380 the voice. I hesitated. The knocking stopped. 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:18.799 Heard him walk down the porch steps. I put on 00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:22.380 my shoes went to the door He was sitting on the 00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:27.019 edge of the plants of the boat Smoking a cigarette 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:31.019 fishing pole across his knees It was Mallory 00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:34.859 He turned didn't wake you did I I? Heard the 00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:40.539 radio. I thought I'd stop by You all right, okay 00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:47.079 now, but yesterday what ahead All day. How about 00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:49.460 some coffee? Oh, thanks for that. Got to get 00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:52.980 back to the lab. I didn't know you had a boat. 00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:57.900 Oh, it's not mine. Alongs with Johnson's. I saw 00:26:57.900 --> 00:27:00.579 a couple of kids dragging it out to the patch 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:03.660 of trees up there. They ran when I started towards 00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:05.400 them. Thought I'd better keep it here for them. 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:08.440 I guess it's safe enough here. Unless we get 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:12.079 that hurricane. I'd pull it up on higher ground 00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:14.829 if the weather gets worse and... Gilda doesn't 00:27:14.829 --> 00:27:18.890 move out see Well glad to see you feeling bad. 00:27:18.890 --> 00:27:23.170 Oh dr. Mowry it did Did you get a chance to talk 00:27:23.170 --> 00:27:29.309 to Emory? No Matter of fact, I haven't seen him. 00:27:29.769 --> 00:27:32.650 I Stopped by his room Friday night after I left 00:27:32.650 --> 00:27:38.549 you He wasn't in I Left a note to call me Didn't 00:27:38.549 --> 00:27:41.809 hear from him all day Saturday wasn't in Saturday 00:27:41.809 --> 00:27:47.259 night Not this room this morning either Not like 00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:54.279 him to go off without a word Hmm I've been thinking 00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:57.039 over dr. Mario. It's uh, it's no use trying memory. 00:27:57.720 --> 00:28:02.519 I can't keep it tied to me She's left me. Oh 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:07.339 Did she? I'm sorry Perhaps that why she didn't 00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:10.839 get home Friday night. Let me know that Not in 00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:15.140 the kitchen Saturday morning Is she leaving you 00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:23.339 for Emory? She didn't say. Oh, I see. Well, I'm 00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:32.519 sorry, Drake. I really am. Sunday night, I was 00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:35.660 still trapped by the weather. It got worse through 00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:38.259 the night. The weather report said there still 00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:40.559 was a 50 -50 chance that the hurricane would 00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:51.700 bypass Long Island. About noon the next day the 00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:56.220 wind died down. I stood there by the rowboat 00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:58.420 wondering whether I should take the chance in 00:28:58.420 --> 00:29:02.660 broad daylight. Long Island Sound was still calm 00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:07.599 as a lake. I heard a helicopter coming across 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:13.420 Crane Neck. Routine patrol of the shore I could 00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:20.339 read stuff of police and then Dr. Mallory coming 00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:23.920 on the beach towards me I Stood there waiting 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:28.440 for him. I'm glad I find you home Drake. Oh, 00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:31.519 I just been answering more job ads Yeah, have 00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:34.440 you heard from mrs. Drake a letter perhaps phone 00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:39.119 call why no I haven't getting really concerned 00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:42.839 about emery no one at the lab has seen him or 00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:47.160 heard from him for three days this morning i 00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:50.559 i looked through his room his clothes his suitcases 00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:56.119 were there i can't understand i i was hoping 00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:58.140 if you'd heard from mrs drake knew where she 00:29:58.140 --> 00:30:01.309 was i'd ask her if she had any idea about where 00:30:01.309 --> 00:30:03.950 Emory might be. Well, I do have her mother's 00:30:03.950 --> 00:30:07.829 phone number in Ohio and her sister's in Connecticut. 00:30:08.509 --> 00:30:11.890 If you don't mind. Do you want to call from here? 00:30:12.589 --> 00:30:14.710 Thanks, but I'm on my way to the village hall 00:30:14.710 --> 00:30:22.609 to see Police Chief Raymond. I stood there watching 00:30:22.609 --> 00:30:25.049 him make his way along the beach to the village 00:30:25.049 --> 00:30:28.069 hall at the old field lighthouse, wondering... 00:30:29.109 --> 00:30:37.650 Just what he'd tell Chief Raymond. Well, you 00:30:37.650 --> 00:30:42.990 know what they say. The path of gory murder leads 00:30:42.990 --> 00:30:46.890 but to the grave. What do you suppose will happen 00:30:46.890 --> 00:30:50.069 to Tom Drake? Will he be like that comedian who 00:30:50.069 --> 00:30:53.529 murdered people with stolen jokes and was hanged 00:30:53.529 --> 00:30:58.150 by his wits end? I'll be back shortly with act 00:30:58.150 --> 00:31:13.400 three. A lot of most policemen is not a happy 00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:17.839 one. Wonder how Police Chief Raymond will receive 00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:21.660 Professor Mallorain. Will he use the right bait 00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:25.660 and make a haul? Or lose hook, line, and sinker? 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:29.619 Let's follow our troubled professor and find 00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:32.519 out. What's this all about? Emma said to tell 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:36.119 me it was urgent. Well, I mean, it's not a matter 00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:42.269 of life or death, is it? I hope not. Oh, you 00:31:42.269 --> 00:31:46.269 sound like you're not so sure. I'm not, but I 00:31:46.269 --> 00:31:49.210 am getting worried. Somebody been, uh, sealing 00:31:49.210 --> 00:31:51.490 typewriters and lab equipment again? No, no, 00:31:51.490 --> 00:31:55.170 no, no, Chief. I... Well, this may sound odd, 00:31:55.190 --> 00:32:00.329 but a member of the lab faculty is, uh, seems 00:32:00.329 --> 00:32:04.789 to be missing. Oh? That's, uh, what do you mean, 00:32:05.269 --> 00:32:09.859 missing? No one's seen him. since friday afternoon 00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:13.900 well this is only monday yes yes but he was not 00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:16.980 in his room friday night saturday night sunday 00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:19.940 night he didn't show up in the lab today well 00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:22.180 what about his weekends did he have them free 00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:26.140 well sometimes when scheduled he was not scheduled 00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:29.440 to be off this weekend uh -huh the chap he rooms 00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:34.299 with garrison says he saw emory friday noon well 00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:36.420 garrison was off this past weekend he got back 00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:40.839 sunday night I saw Garrison this morning. He 00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:43.619 wasn't surprised or upset over the fact that 00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:46.900 Emery hadn't spent the night in his room. It 00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:51.500 wasn't the first time. Do you know that cottage 00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:54.299 the Drake rented? Yes, I do. It belongs to Howard. 00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:58.940 Is that the one or about it? Last Friday night, 00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:04.099 I was out casting along the beach. On my way 00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:07.619 back to the lab... Drake invited me to stop for 00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:12.200 a nightcap on the porch. He'd already had quite 00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:16.500 a few. I had one drink with him, and he asked 00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:22.539 me, was I a friend of Emery's? And he asked me, 00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:26.660 the way he put it, would I do him a favor? Mm 00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:31.140 -hmm. Go on, go on. What he wanted me to do was 00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:35.779 for me to tell Emery to... Stay away from his 00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:41.519 wife Now did he explain that he mean emery was 00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:44.619 annoying his wife or did he mean they were having 00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:47.319 an affair Well, my first impression was that 00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:52.740 it was more or less of dalliance Well, that's 00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:54.859 kind of par for the course in this university 00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:58.740 town, you know, yes perhaps but I I Told him 00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:01.819 I prefer not to get involved in personal affairs 00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:05.140 of faculty members. What'd he say? He said if 00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:11.239 Emory didn't stay away, he'd kill him. His exact 00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:15.019 words. Of course, he was very drunk when he said 00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:19.420 it. I told Drake to calm him down that I had 00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:21.400 talked to Emory. Yes, I see. Well, now what about 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:23.739 Mrs. Drake? Was there anything said to indicate 00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:26.699 whether she was inside the cottage while Drake 00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:30.159 was... Blowing his top this way to you. No. No, 00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:32.360 there were no lights on inside matter of fact 00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:36.059 Drake made it clear that she was not home He 00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:39.639 implied without mentioning Emory by name That 00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:42.500 she was out somewhere with him. Well in that 00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:44.960 case she could have some idea about where he 00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:50.019 might be That occurred to me. I I Went back there 00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:53.659 yesterday morning with that in mind and did she 00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:58.960 she wasn't there Drake told me she'd left him 00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:02.539 He said she didn't come home at all Friday night 00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:06.239 He said he found a note from her in the kitchen 00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:09.360 Saturday morning Well, that's quite a coincidence 00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:12.840 to say the least did the note say she'd gone 00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:14.900 away with Emory Well, Drake didn't show me the 00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:17.800 note, but as much as said there was no mention 00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:20.619 of Emory You've been to the cottage since yesterday. 00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:25.059 I stopped there on my way here Drake says he 00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:27.619 hasn't heard a word from her. No mail. No phone 00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:32.719 call But I asked him would she perhaps have gone 00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:37.860 to her parents home to a relative He gave me 00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:44.980 these phone numbers Ohio and Connecticut you 00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:51.099 think we ought to call them No No I'll drop in 00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:54.159 on Drake. I'd rather he made the call Z If we 00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:56.300 can't locate Mrs. Drake, and you don't hear from 00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:58.860 memory, that leaves us with two missing persons. 00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:01.579 We'll put out in all points teletype, alarm, 00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:05.239 full descriptions, and photos. I'll keep you 00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:15.380 posted, Mallory. I'll come to the point, Drake. 00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:18.699 Mallory, Professor Mallory up at the Marine Lab, 00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:21.900 you know, came to see me. And he's a bit worried 00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:24.820 about the absence of a faculty member, one Richard 00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:27.760 Emery. There's no use being delicate about this, 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:30.000 Drake. From what he told me, it does look like 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:34.079 Emery and your wife ran off together, doesn't 00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:38.800 it? Yes. It sure looks like it. Do you mind if 00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:42.500 I see that note she left you? Oh, no. Not at 00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:45.280 all. It's on the kitchen counter where I found 00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:49.599 it. We went into the kitchen. He picked up the 00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:52.590 note. Studied it carefully. Looked at the back 00:36:52.590 --> 00:36:57.230 of the paper. Felt the coffee stain. When did 00:36:57.230 --> 00:37:03.429 you discover this note? Saturday morning. With 00:37:03.429 --> 00:37:06.210 that stain, some coffee spilled from my cup as 00:37:06.210 --> 00:37:08.429 I was reading it. Oh, I see, I see. You mind 00:37:08.429 --> 00:37:13.789 if I look around? Oh, go right ahead. I followed 00:37:13.789 --> 00:37:17.050 him into the bedroom. He looked through her dresser 00:37:17.050 --> 00:37:19.739 in the closet. The night table. Well, her clothes 00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:22.679 are going all right. I was looking for a letter 00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:25.199 she might have received from a friend or relative, 00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:27.119 you know, inviting her for a visit for a few 00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:30.800 days a week. I mean, did she mention such an 00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:34.860 invitation to you? No. Well, if she did get such 00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:37.719 a letter, she could have taken it with her. I 00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:40.460 mean, have you called her parents or her sister? 00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:44.880 Well, frankly, no. I was hoping I wouldn't have 00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:48.440 to do that, that when she'd come back... Or write 00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:51.480 a phone. Well, if they don't turn up in a week 00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:53.679 or two, we might perhaps go on the assumption 00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:57.960 that they're dead. You see? And start a search 00:37:57.960 --> 00:38:05.360 for their bodies. You don't think... Well, look, 00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:08.519 Chief, I was drunk when I... Oh, no, no, no. 00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:11.739 I don't think you killed them. Of course not. 00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:14.599 What would you do with the bodies? Bury them 00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:17.039 out there? Let's not get morbid about this. You 00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:20.000 don't think I'm going to call out the tractors 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:25.400 to scrape down the gravel, do you? Oh, by the 00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:28.699 way, how long are you planning to stay on here? 00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:31.539 A couple of weeks. All right, fine. Well, now 00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:34.059 keep in touch. I'll call you if anything develops. 00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:39.659 Phone me if you get a letter or a call from your 00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:44.780 wife. I followed him out. He looked at the rowboat. 00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:47.719 He stared at the sky. You know, I'd pull that 00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:50.179 little boat up higher beyond that low ground 00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:52.079 back of the house. I wouldn't be surprised if 00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:54.519 we get some of Hurricane Gilda before night's 00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:57.780 over. Better keep the radio set on the Coast 00:38:57.780 --> 00:39:00.800 Guard reports. I watched him go down the port 00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:03.079 path across the low ground behind the cottage 00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:05.599 and then up here to where his car was parked 00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:08.380 on top of the bluff. It was not until he was 00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:19.369 out of sight that I stopped sweating. Windless, 00:39:20.030 --> 00:39:21.849 an oppressive silence hanging over the water 00:39:21.849 --> 00:39:26.309 and the land. The sky was sunless, gray, not 00:39:26.309 --> 00:39:29.989 a cloud in sight. I'd heard of the calm before 00:39:29.989 --> 00:39:33.650 the storm, but I'd never seen it. I filled the 00:39:33.650 --> 00:39:37.809 kerosene lanterns, got candles ready. Gale warning, 00:39:37.989 --> 00:39:41.230 Cape May to Block Island. Eye -tied through the 00:39:41.230 --> 00:39:43.929 four feet above normal with flooding along lowland. 00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:49.619 By late afternoon, all up and down the south, 00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:52.199 whitecaps galloped shoreward as far as the eye 00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:55.820 could see. Tree tops swayed and twisted in the 00:39:55.820 --> 00:40:00.900 whistling wind. The waves crashed higher on the 00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:04.960 shore. It started to rain hard. Wind swept sheets 00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:08.260 of water, lashed the roof, shingled silence. 00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:14.739 The lights went off. Violet lanterns and candles. 00:40:21.190 --> 00:40:25.469 The door banged open and the wind picked up the 00:40:25.469 --> 00:40:28.449 rowboat, sent it rolling side over side across 00:40:28.449 --> 00:40:31.469 the low ground behind the house. I stood with 00:40:31.469 --> 00:40:34.190 a lantern on the gravel burn, watching the waves 00:40:34.190 --> 00:40:38.329 inching closer, lapping the foot of the gravel 00:40:38.329 --> 00:40:42.809 mound, loosening gravel in the backwash, and 00:40:42.809 --> 00:40:46.280 then I heard the phone ringing. I went to it, 00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:48.800 picked it up. Still watching through the open 00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:52.260 door, the waves breaking over the gravel. Uh, 00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:54.639 hello? Hello, hello, great, this is Police Chief 00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:56.440 Raymond. What the hell are you still doing out 00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:58.039 there? Didn't you hear the evacuation alert? 00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:04.119 The phone fell out of my hand. I saw waves crashing 00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:37.670 over the grave and ran out. on the gravel and 00:41:37.670 --> 00:41:42.389 sand. As fast as the waves washed it off. But 00:41:42.389 --> 00:41:45.309 for every shovel pull I throw in the grave, the 00:41:45.309 --> 00:41:49.650 waves washed off too. I lost track of time. I 00:41:49.650 --> 00:41:52.449 know I had to keep at it to keep the grave covered. 00:42:00.570 --> 00:42:38.769 Heading close to the house, Valerie. over on 00:42:38.769 --> 00:43:34.909 the aircraft. State office building tell him 00:43:34.909 --> 00:43:45.250 I said I won't be needing those tractors Well 00:43:45.250 --> 00:43:49.989 imagine What do you think of that police chief? 00:43:50.829 --> 00:43:56.010 Isn't he the fishy character? Anyhow we didn't 00:43:56.010 --> 00:44:13.099 have to scrape bottom I'll be back shortly in 00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:17.659 a dilemma? We hope you never have to face it. 00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:22.139 We can offer some advice, though. When you are 00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:25.880 uptight about any matter, nothing like settling 00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:29.320 down at your radio and letting the cares of the 00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:33.980 day slip away as your mind and ears carry you 00:44:33.980 --> 00:44:37.739 off on a relaxing journey of mystery adventure. 00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:42.360 Our cast included Ralph Bell, Patricia Wheel, 00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:46.840 Robert Dryden and William Redfield. The entire 00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:49.579 production was under the direction of Hyman Brown. 00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:55.800 Now, a preview of our next tale. Are you all 00:44:55.800 --> 00:45:01.119 right, Jerry? Yeah. I'm all right. But I saw 00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:06.679 him. Who? The guy I was in the army with. Ah, 00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:10.659 the two of you. Were you close? He was my buddy. 00:45:11.360 --> 00:45:14.860 Well, when was the last time you saw him in person? 00:45:16.019 --> 00:45:18.659 The night he was killed. Have you ever seen him 00:45:18.659 --> 00:45:22.400 again? Like you thought you did just now? No. 00:45:23.300 --> 00:45:26.159 No, this is the first time. Well, maybe you need 00:45:26.159 --> 00:45:28.599 a rest, Jerry. Harry, why now? Why tonight after 00:45:28.599 --> 00:45:31.440 all these years? Well, you say you saw him last 00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:34.760 the night he died in battle. Well, the sight 00:45:34.760 --> 00:45:37.559 of him dead must have stayed with you always. 00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:39.780 But that's not how I just saw him, Paddy. He 00:45:39.780 --> 00:45:42.159 wasn't in uniform. He was in civilian clothes. 00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:45.239 You might have pictured him as he looked at a 00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:47.860 happier time. I never saw him in civilian clothes. 00:45:48.059 --> 00:45:50.539 This is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return 00:45:50.539 --> 00:45:53.760 to our mystery theater for another adventure 00:45:53.760 --> 00:46:01.199 in the macabre. Until next time. Pleasant dreams.