WEBVTT 00:00:37.129 --> 00:00:45.000 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:48.119 to the terrifying world of your own imagination 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:54.679 The law says thou shalt not kill And that's the 00:00:54.679 --> 00:00:58.799 law most of us openly acknowledge Yet there are 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:03.799 other laws laws and drives that stir primitive 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:07.799 long -forgotten urges instincts laws that raise 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:12.019 murder from the worst of sins to the most satisfying 00:01:12.019 --> 00:01:16.280 of deeds Please, please, please, let me go. Oh 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:19.480 no, I've got you now, Jim. You have no reason 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:22.019 to kill me. We're friends. Nothing personal, 00:01:22.260 --> 00:01:25.140 Jim. Why? Why? Why do you want to kill me? A 00:01:25.140 --> 00:01:28.019 hawk kills a rabbit. Why? Because he has to. 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:30.159 It's the law of nature. Frank, you're crazy. 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:33.019 Put away that knife. I'm a natural man, Jim. 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:48.719 I'm only obeying the law of nature. Jim! Our 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:52.579 mystery drama, The Diary of a Madman, is based 00:01:52.579 --> 00:01:56.400 on the story by Guy de Maupassant and was adapted 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:59.579 especially for the mystery theater by Sam Dann 00:01:59.579 --> 00:02:03.900 and stars Larry Haynes. I'll be back shortly 00:02:03.900 --> 00:02:20.129 with Act One. Homicide is illegal, immoral, and 00:02:20.129 --> 00:02:24.509 a mortal sin. We condemn and punish the murderer. 00:02:25.490 --> 00:02:28.509 And yet from time to time, doesn't an entire 00:02:28.509 --> 00:02:32.050 nation rise up in righteous anger and slaughter 00:02:32.050 --> 00:02:36.009 another nation? And so, there are those who, 00:02:36.250 --> 00:02:40.449 naturally enough, ponder the question. If it's 00:02:40.449 --> 00:02:43.270 noble to kill for one's country at wholesale, 00:02:44.409 --> 00:02:48.870 why is it base? to kill for oneself at retail. 00:02:49.990 --> 00:02:52.530 These are the thoughts that occupy the mind of 00:02:52.530 --> 00:02:56.270 a tall, well -dressed, dignified gentleman. He's 00:02:56.270 --> 00:02:59.229 walking down a deserted street very late one 00:02:59.229 --> 00:03:03.150 night in the early summer, some 25 years ago. 00:03:04.090 --> 00:03:08.169 As he passes a darkened doorway, he hears a gasp. 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:36.900 Well, you see, I took this job at Benji's Diner. 00:03:37.180 --> 00:03:39.580 My first night at the job. You know the place? 00:04:10.699 --> 00:04:13.639 I would like to see you on a lonely deserted 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:18.079 street late at night. Really? Why? Well, you're 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:22.899 so well dressed. Is that all? Well, look. Is 00:04:22.899 --> 00:04:25.600 it okay if I walk with you as far as the boulevard? 00:04:26.540 --> 00:07:40.800 I guess it's pretty safe there. Well, that's 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:44.040 wonderful. I've been so worried about you lately, 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:47.439 Frank. What did the poet say? Dearest, come fill 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:50.180 the cup. Well, fill my cup and my plate with 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:52.519 doubles of everything. What's come over you? 00:07:52.540 --> 00:07:55.160 Well, I feel like a brand new man today. How 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:57.879 was the banquet last night? All the usual political 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:00.920 nonsense. Anyone want you to run for the Senate? 00:08:01.100 --> 00:08:04.379 Well, as they say, the feelers were out. Hmm. 00:08:04.899 --> 00:08:07.620 Do we want to live in Washington? Oh, darling, 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:12.040 that was a bore. an excuse and left early. Oh, 00:08:12.279 --> 00:08:16.480 where'd you go? Oh, out for a stroll. One of 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:20.259 your long walks. Clears the mind. Doris took 00:08:20.259 --> 00:08:22.819 your coat to the cleaners. The lapels were all 00:08:22.819 --> 00:08:27.259 wet. Yes, I tricked and fell to the pavement. 00:08:27.660 --> 00:08:29.220 Oh, you didn't hurt yourself? No, no, no, no. 00:08:29.779 --> 00:08:32.139 I landed on some grease or paint or something. 00:08:32.220 --> 00:08:34.759 I tried to wash it off when I got home. You didn't 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:38.179 have to bother. Doris said it looked like blood. 00:08:43.149 --> 00:08:48.509 A visual mess, plus a nasty little murder. A 00:08:48.509 --> 00:08:50.970 young girl who worked in a diner, killed on her 00:08:50.970 --> 00:08:56.730 way home from work. Killed? Why? How? How? Stabbed 00:08:56.730 --> 00:08:59.230 to death on a deserted street. Oh, what a terrible 00:08:59.230 --> 00:09:03.570 thing. She was hardly more than a child. How 00:09:03.570 --> 00:09:07.289 would you know that? Well, you said a young girl. 00:09:07.649 --> 00:09:15.259 She was just 18. to be a lover's quarrel. Really? 00:09:16.259 --> 00:09:19.279 They picked up her boyfriend. Seems the two of 00:09:19.279 --> 00:09:21.960 them had been quarreling. About what? Oh, use 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:25.379 of the car. Her parents say she was angry because 00:09:25.379 --> 00:09:28.279 he took it, but he claims it's as much his as 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:32.480 hers. Well, what did they have on the boy? Well, 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:35.820 he's got blood stains on his jacket. Well, that 00:09:35.820 --> 00:09:38.960 doesn't look good. No. He claims he was out riding 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:42.850 around and got into a fight. Why, it's a problem. 00:09:43.289 --> 00:09:46.090 He'd been drinking and can't remember where or 00:09:46.090 --> 00:09:49.669 with whom. Why do we talk about these things 00:09:49.669 --> 00:09:52.389 at home, Frank? Isn't it bad enough you have 00:09:52.389 --> 00:10:03.190 to live with them? June 30th. Although I'm completely 00:10:03.190 --> 00:10:05.649 above suspicion, I can't afford to be careless. 00:10:06.970 --> 00:10:09.409 Not that anyone in this wildest dreams would 00:10:09.409 --> 00:10:59.379 ever suspect. for this court. Judge, Judge Wallace, 00:11:01.059 --> 00:11:05.940 I didn't kill her. Why would I kill her? Why? 00:11:06.200 --> 00:11:08.779 I loved her. Young man, you're being given a 00:11:08.779 --> 00:11:11.360 fair trial. You have every opportunity to prove 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:15.259 your innocence. Judge, please. None of them believe 00:11:15.259 --> 00:11:17.860 me. What are you saying? Everybody thinks I'm 00:11:17.860 --> 00:11:36.299 guilty. I can tell. orderly fashion. Will the 00:11:36.299 --> 00:11:39.120 attorney for the people continue his cross -examination? 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:48.159 Aren't you gonna finish your steak, Estelle? 00:11:48.899 --> 00:11:52.279 You mean you still have room for more? I'm always 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:55.519 this way when I'm trying a case. Well, it must 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:57.759 take a great deal out of you. Yes, especially 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:01.700 this one. Why this one? Oh, I don't know. Frank, 00:12:01.779 --> 00:12:08.039 that boy's innocent. No, not completely. It's 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:11.840 for you to decide. I think you've decided. How 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:14.100 can you say that? By the way, you're handling 00:12:14.100 --> 00:12:19.480 it. Please, Frank, you may not be aware of it, 00:12:19.820 --> 00:12:24.080 but... Aware of what? Well, you're favoring the 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:28.039 prosecutor. That's ridiculous. Well, then, it 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:31.450 has to be my imagination. I don't understand 00:12:31.450 --> 00:12:34.409 why we're even talking about this. We never discuss 00:12:34.409 --> 00:12:39.029 my cases. It's just that. Estelle, you're actually 00:12:39.029 --> 00:12:47.309 pale. What is it? I'm convinced that boy is innocent. 00:12:47.450 --> 00:12:49.629 Well, if he is innocent, he'll be acquitted. 00:12:49.710 --> 00:12:53.070 But you know that isn't true. The innocent don't 00:12:53.070 --> 00:12:56.850 always go free and the guilty aren't always punished. 00:12:57.029 --> 00:12:59.230 Estelle, I've never seen you like this before. 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:05.039 I know, and I... I just can't account for it. 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:10.460 But I have this... this conviction. That boy 00:13:10.460 --> 00:13:13.559 is absolutely innocent. Charlene, this evidence... 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:16.179 I don't care about evidence. Now that's irrational. 00:13:16.379 --> 00:13:20.799 Well, what can I do? I know. Don't ask me how. 00:13:20.940 --> 00:13:24.320 I just know. That boy is innocent. Well, then 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.440 there's every chance the jury will agree with 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:30.190 you. No, Frank. That's what makes it... It's 00:13:30.190 --> 00:13:33.490 so terrible. I don't think the jury will agree 00:13:33.490 --> 00:13:42.169 with me. I had killed before. But this was the 00:13:42.169 --> 00:13:44.429 first time somebody was going to pay for it. 00:13:44.450 --> 00:13:47.929 So it was doubly exciting. I had not only killed 00:13:47.929 --> 00:13:51.190 her, but in the very real sense I would also 00:13:51.190 --> 00:13:55.590 be killing him. He was doomed. I could tell. 00:13:56.570 --> 00:14:00.179 They were a hanging jury if I ever saw one. They 00:14:00.179 --> 00:14:02.340 didn't like the boy. I could read the verdict 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:06.399 in their faces. And so I went out of my way to 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:09.120 give them the kind of charge that would be as 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:12.200 favorable to the defendant as I could make it, 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:15.200 because I knew it'd save them. They stayed out 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:18.019 a whole day, all night, and the better part of 00:14:18.019 --> 00:14:22.179 the next morning. There was never any doubt in 00:14:22.179 --> 00:14:32.320 my mind. Mr. Simmons, you have been found guilty. 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:41.139 Have you anything to say? I was brought up to 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:48.740 believe in God and to believe in justice. And 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:53.679 I can tell you there's going to be justice one 00:14:53.679 --> 00:15:00.789 day. Not today, but one day. And the person who 00:15:00.789 --> 00:15:13.230 killed Darlene will never be forgiven. Thanks 00:15:13.230 --> 00:15:15.870 for picking me up, dear. Yeah, well, I didn't 00:15:15.870 --> 00:15:18.629 think I could come to court today, but I couldn't 00:15:18.629 --> 00:15:23.370 stay away. Did you have to hang him? Darlene, 00:15:23.470 --> 00:15:27.000 it was out of my hands. The jury wants him executed. 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:30.179 There was no recommendation for mercy Do you 00:15:30.179 --> 00:15:32.419 think he's guilty? We don't think about these 00:15:32.419 --> 00:15:35.539 things darling We hold a trial and hear the evidence 00:15:35.539 --> 00:15:40.340 and the jury decides therefore he's guilty Well, 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:44.360 I still say he didn't do it. I'm sorry. I heard 00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:48.600 your summation You were obviously on his side 00:15:58.830 --> 00:16:03.730 of his appeals ran out he was executed last night 00:16:03.730 --> 00:16:09.730 I understand he died very well but it isn't as 00:16:09.730 --> 00:16:14.590 if I killed him with my own hands and it's been 00:16:14.590 --> 00:16:21.889 a long time a very long time since I obeyed the 00:16:21.889 --> 00:16:33.200 law of nature Oh, honey, I took so much trouble 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:36.259 with that chicken. You haven't even touched it. 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:39.320 I'm sorry, dear. Oh, you're out of sorts tonight. 00:16:40.820 --> 00:16:42.399 Actually, honey, you haven't been yourself all 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:45.220 week. You've been working too hard. I have a 00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:48.299 headache. Oh, well, why don't you lie down? No. 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:53.200 I think I'll take a walk. Well, it looks drizzly 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:56.159 out. Well, that's just the kind of weather I 00:16:56.159 --> 00:17:00.129 like. Well, when you decide on one of your walks, 00:17:00.289 --> 00:17:02.970 there's nothing I can say to stop you. Put on 00:17:02.970 --> 00:17:05.450 your rubbers and wear a raincoat. Yes, of course, 00:17:05.509 --> 00:17:09.509 dear. I don't want to have to worry about you. 00:17:14.789 --> 00:17:18.009 Walking may be good for some people, but it can 00:17:18.009 --> 00:17:21.630 be extremely hazardous for others, especially 00:17:21.630 --> 00:17:24.109 for someone who might just happen to run into 00:17:24.109 --> 00:17:28.069 Frank Wallace. As Frank walks calmly through 00:17:28.069 --> 00:17:31.490 the rain -soaked streets, he sees a short, slight 00:17:31.490 --> 00:17:35.029 figure just up the block. And once again, there 00:17:35.029 --> 00:17:37.309 is the quickened pulse, the rapid heartbeat, 00:17:37.910 --> 00:17:41.309 the flushed face, and Frank's fingers tighten 00:17:41.309 --> 00:17:44.670 around the knife in his pocket. We'll be back 00:17:44.670 --> 00:18:00.359 shortly with Act Two. Wallace is a distinguished 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:04.160 judge. He's a credit to the community and an 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:07.119 ornament to his profession. So what is he doing 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:10.359 out late at night on a dark street in a drizzle 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:15.400 and fog, with a knife in his pocket, moving swiftly 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:18.359 toward a man who is walking just ahead of him? 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:24.460 Hey, well, I'll be. It's Judge Wallace. Evening, 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:28.809 Judge. Oh, it's, uh... Jim Downer, don't you 00:18:28.809 --> 00:18:31.369 recognize me? Yes, of course. How are you, Downer? 00:18:31.589 --> 00:18:34.829 Well, I tell you, I'm having a problem. Oh? She 00:18:34.829 --> 00:18:38.690 says to me, Jim, you're chasing around. And it's 00:18:38.690 --> 00:18:42.089 true, I am. And she says, Jim, you've squandered 00:18:42.089 --> 00:18:44.390 not just your money, but mine, and it's true, 00:18:44.509 --> 00:18:47.190 I have. And she says, Jim, if you don't quit, 00:18:47.529 --> 00:18:50.450 I'll leave you, or I'll kill you. Either one, 00:18:50.789 --> 00:18:54.789 maybe both. I don't know. Hey, what are you doing 00:18:54.789 --> 00:18:57.170 out on a night like this, Judge? Just walking. 00:18:58.029 --> 00:19:01.349 Oh, you don't kid old Jim. Nobody picks a night 00:19:01.349 --> 00:19:05.910 like this to go just walking. Something's up, 00:19:06.349 --> 00:19:08.609 huh, Judge? Well, nothing you'd want to write 00:19:08.609 --> 00:19:11.089 about the newspaper, darn it. You know, Judge, 00:19:11.109 --> 00:19:14.109 I need a story in the worst way. I'm up against 00:19:14.109 --> 00:19:16.269 a deadline. I don't even have tomorrow's column. 00:19:16.329 --> 00:19:26.299 How about an idea? Well, how about murder? No, 00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:29.579 no, I don't think so. Why not? Oh because it's 00:19:29.579 --> 00:19:33.539 kind of offbeat, you know Average person isn't 00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:36.039 concerned with murder. He doesn't doesn't think 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:37.900 about killing. Oh, that's where you're wrong 00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:42.180 down in Killing is the law of nature Every living 00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:45.380 being has the mission to kill for judge. I wouldn't 00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:48.160 exactly say that. Yes. Everyone wants to kill 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:51.900 Animals kill ceaselessly every day in order to 00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:55.200 live. Birds constantly must kill. Yeah, but we're 00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:57.160 not exactly talking about animals. We kill or 00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:59.980 we cause to be killed for our benefit. Well, 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:04.500 it's kind of a gruesome topic. No, killing is 00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:09.160 almost the same as creating. To make and to destroy. 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:12.240 These concepts are the history of the universe. 00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:15.720 Well, Judge, it's been great running into you, 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:17.779 but I have some people down the line. To kill. 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:21.380 Is the law all right if you say so because nature 00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:24.259 loves eternal youth the more she destroys the 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:26.200 more she renews herself Well, I wouldn't doubt 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:28.519 that for a minute. Okay. I'll see ya. Just a 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:30.599 second. Yeah, what is it? I want to show you 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:35.380 something Here look George What are you doing 00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:38.240 with a knife? George let go of me. Are you crazy? 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:42.039 No, no, no, I'm not crazy We kill animals, but 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:44.180 that's not enough to satisfy wait a minute long 00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:48.859 ago. The basic need was met by human sacrifice. 00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:54.079 But now, each man must... Help! Help! Quiet! 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:56.859 I always treated you fairly, Judge. I always 00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:58.519 wrote good things about it. Jim, I think your 00:20:58.519 --> 00:21:00.460 personal living has changed. Please understand. 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:03.940 It has to be done. Don't struggle, Jim. It'll 00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:20.420 be over very quickly. His scream may have been 00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:22.759 heard by someone. The police, maybe. If he wasn't 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:25.140 dead, I was doomed. But I didn't have time to 00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:26.859 make sure. I had to get out of there because 00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:29.319 I knew I had blood on my coat. I had to get out 00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:31.500 of there. And I had to get rid of that coat. 00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:40.839 Frank, where's your coat? Still, I don't think 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:43.799 you're gonna believe me, but I, uh... I gave 00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:47.430 it away. You what? Yes, you know. The legend 00:21:47.430 --> 00:21:50.069 of the rich man who gives his coat to a beggar? 00:21:50.269 --> 00:21:54.089 Well, I ran into some poor derelict and I just... 00:21:54.089 --> 00:21:58.750 Oh, Frank. What a generous thing to do. Well, 00:21:58.750 --> 00:22:01.650 not really. The coat was getting old and I was 00:22:01.650 --> 00:22:04.430 getting tired of it. And I never really liked 00:22:04.430 --> 00:22:08.650 it. Let me tell you the latest news. Jim Downers, 00:22:08.910 --> 00:22:11.829 the political columnist on the Herald? Yes, what 00:22:11.829 --> 00:22:14.369 about him? Well, he was found stabbed on the 00:22:14.369 --> 00:22:20.059 street. Oh, no. Uh -huh. Is, uh, is he dead? 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:23.339 He's in a coma. Oh. He was unconscious when the 00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:26.079 police picked him up. Evidently he'd been attacked. 00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:29.279 He'd been screaming for help. Well, will he, 00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:31.740 uh, will he recover? Well, the police are convinced 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:34.559 he'll be able to identify his attacker, but, 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:38.859 well, he has to regain consciousness. Yes. Yes. 00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:43.059 Estelle. Mm -hmm? I'd like to go to the hospital. 00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:46.569 I'd like to see him. Oh. I didn't know you were 00:22:46.569 --> 00:22:51.210 that close. Well, uh, Jim was, uh... He said 00:22:51.210 --> 00:22:54.569 he wanted to do a biography on me. Really? But 00:22:54.569 --> 00:22:56.529 you never said anything. Well, it was just in 00:22:56.529 --> 00:22:58.369 the talk stages. Well, they probably wouldn't 00:22:58.369 --> 00:23:00.890 permit visitors. Well, the least I can do is 00:23:00.890 --> 00:23:05.009 go there and ask if he needs blood. Oh, Frank. 00:23:06.190 --> 00:23:13.210 That's wonderful. The doctor said sure, sure, 00:23:13.210 --> 00:23:17.000 he needs blood. And they took a pint of mine 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:21.160 which I thought was only fitting and proper And 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:24.380 then I asked if I could see Jim And the doctor 00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:26.519 said Jim was still in a coma, but I could pop 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:30.880 inside for a second There was a cop stationed 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:33.660 outside the door he saluted me and I walked into 00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:38.980 the room He was lying very still There are all 00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:42.160 kinds of tubes attached to various parts of his 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:46.569 body As I leaned over to look at him, he slowly 00:23:46.569 --> 00:23:51.589 opened his eyes. And I knew, I knew he was going 00:23:51.589 --> 00:23:56.849 to live, live and destroy me, unless, unless 00:23:56.849 --> 00:24:00.309 I could do something. I could hear the doctor 00:24:00.309 --> 00:24:02.349 out in the hall. He was exchanging greetings 00:24:02.349 --> 00:24:06.230 with the policeman. Quickly I pulled gently at 00:24:06.230 --> 00:24:10.309 one of the tubes in his arm. I didn't know what 00:24:10.309 --> 00:24:12.910 that might do, but it was all I had time for. 00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:19.319 You want some warm milk, honey? No, no, I'll 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:25.319 just go to bed. Any news about Jim Downard? Sorry 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:28.180 to have to tell you this, Frank, but came over 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:31.859 the radio a few minutes ago. Jim Downard is dead. 00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:42.240 Oh. They said he never really had a chance. January 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:47.640 20th. I have discovered something else. in addition 00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:53.559 to the thrill of killing. There is also the exhilaration 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:57.720 that is felt by the victim. Nature is kind. She 00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:59.920 also gives the one who was doomed the feeling 00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:03.099 of the drama. I know because for several hours 00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:07.339 last night I could have been a victim. Had Jim 00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:11.400 Donn had lived, well, it taught me a lesson. 00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:15.140 I should raise the stakes. I shouldn't be so 00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:19.779 invulnerable. After all, if I am absolutely 100 00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:29.240 % safe, where is the thrill? Morning, darling. 00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:32.220 Ah, I see you've prepared a big breakfast. You 00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:34.900 know, it seems to me that every time there's 00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:38.000 been a murder, you eat a big breakfast the following 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:40.880 morning. Oh, how do you account for that? Well, 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:44.519 how do you account for this? Police have suspect 00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:49.400 in Downard murder. Have they? Hmm. It's remarkable. 00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:52.000 It only happened late last night, and they have 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:54.680 their man a few hours later. Darling, he's not 00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:57.660 exactly their man. He's just a suspect. Well, 00:25:57.680 --> 00:26:00.859 they don't say, but they hint pretty strongly 00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:03.380 that the evidence against him is rather heavy. 00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:06.339 Well, now that's for a jury to decide. I don't 00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:09.710 know, Frank. I don't think he did it. Oh, no. 00:26:09.769 --> 00:26:11.970 Here we go again. Well, it's just a feeling. 00:26:12.069 --> 00:26:14.509 Darling, he'll have his day in court. Well, that 00:26:14.509 --> 00:26:17.809 doesn't necessarily prove anything. Estelle, 00:26:17.829 --> 00:26:21.029 are you attacking our system of justice? Did 00:26:21.029 --> 00:26:24.529 that poor kid, what's his name, Peter Simmons, 00:26:24.750 --> 00:26:27.269 did he get justice? Well, he got a fair trial. 00:26:27.730 --> 00:26:31.109 Huh. Well, I still believe he's innocent. For 00:26:31.109 --> 00:26:33.789 all the good that does him now. And I believe 00:26:33.789 --> 00:26:36.390 this man is innocent, too. Estelle, you don't 00:26:36.390 --> 00:26:38.269 know what the evidence is. Well, it's just a 00:26:38.269 --> 00:26:41.589 feeling, and it... Well, it just won't go away. 00:26:41.609 --> 00:26:47.450 Wow, you're being silly. Maybe. I just wish that 00:26:47.450 --> 00:26:51.250 you weren't involved. Well, I have to be involved. 00:26:52.150 --> 00:26:59.930 It's my job. February 23rd. The man's name was 00:26:59.930 --> 00:27:02.500 Tom Lewis. Thirty years old, he has a previous 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:05.319 record. He did time for robbery and again for 00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:08.740 assault. I don't think his chances are too good. 00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:12.660 He doesn't have a very good story either. Well, 00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:14.980 I was just walking along down the street, see, 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:17.819 and I thought I heard somebody yell. Yell for 00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:21.119 help. So I wasn't going to get mixed up in it, 00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:23.319 see, but it was foggy. And I couldn't see, you 00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:25.960 know. And I guess I must have tripped over him. 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:29.279 I could see he was dead. The good is dead. And 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:31.059 there was blood, there was blood all over him. 00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:34.980 That's how it got over me, and the money... Well, 00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:37.960 alright, I figured as long as he's dead anyhow, 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:41.359 he might have a couple of bucks on him, so I... 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:44.579 I reached into his pocket. Ah, Your Honor, we 00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:48.220 should like the jury to examine this. Fifty dollar 00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:50.740 bill listen. I'm not denying. I took the money 00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:53.119 order order, but somebody else already knocked 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:56.119 him off The accused will remain seated and ordained. 00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:58.660 I'm being framed. Mr. Lewis. I will not warn 00:27:58.660 --> 00:28:01.180 you again The court cannot tolerate these outbursts, 00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:11.559 but I didn't kill him February 25 I see now each 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:15.240 of my murders has been a masterpiece. I feel 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:19.009 like an artist With this difference, I cannot 00:28:19.009 --> 00:28:22.549 accept credit for my work. Well, perhaps the 00:28:22.549 --> 00:28:25.289 day will come when a man will be honored for 00:28:25.289 --> 00:28:31.150 a superlative job such as I can do. Meanwhile, 00:28:31.150 --> 00:28:35.289 I'm not exactly being cheated. No one else wants 00:28:35.289 --> 00:28:39.430 to take credit for my work either. That's a consolation. 00:28:46.250 --> 00:28:49.809 Still? Yes, Doc. Well, now what are you doing 00:28:49.809 --> 00:28:53.589 sitting here in the dark? Is it dark? I hadn't 00:28:53.589 --> 00:28:56.289 noticed. Well, did you fall asleep? No. Well, 00:28:56.289 --> 00:29:00.490 let me turn on the light. There. That's better. 00:29:02.210 --> 00:29:04.549 Well, what a day. Did you hear about it on the 00:29:04.549 --> 00:29:09.089 news? No. Oh, the boy. He, uh, isn't doing his 00:29:09.089 --> 00:29:12.430 case much good with all those outbursts. Would 00:29:12.430 --> 00:29:14.289 you like to go somewhere for dinner? I don't 00:29:14.289 --> 00:29:16.640 feel like eating out. Oh. That's all right, I 00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:19.059 just assumed. The truth is, I don't feel like 00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:23.059 eating at all. What's wrong? That's a good question. 00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:28.279 How can I answer it? Just tell. I don't have 00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:32.819 the faintest idea of what to say or what to think. 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:37.579 About what? About everything. Darling, I wish 00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:39.759 I knew what you were talking about. There's really 00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:43.099 nothing I have to tell you. You're the one who 00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:46.859 has to tell me I always tell you everything I 00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:50.440 was paying the bills today. Oh Well, that's enough 00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:57.059 to get anybody down and I ran out of blank checks. 00:29:57.539 --> 00:30:03.579 Oh, I remember Yes That that you always have 00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:06.319 an extra book of checks in your desk drawer. 00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:09.700 Oh But you always keep it locked. Yes. That's 00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:14.279 right. I do I thought Maybe this time you might 00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:18.940 have left it open Estelle I never go through 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:21.460 your things. We always respected each other's 00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:25.339 privacy, but the drawer just happened to be open 00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:34.440 and I found this little book and Did you read 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:41.210 it? Yes Yes, Frank. I read it every single word 00:30:41.210 --> 00:30:44.670 of it. Did you tell anyone about it? No, Frank. 00:30:45.750 --> 00:30:52.150 I've told no one. Well, that's good. That's very 00:30:52.150 --> 00:31:02.190 good to know. Frank! How would you like to poke 00:31:02.190 --> 00:31:05.309 innocently through your husband's desk and come 00:31:05.309 --> 00:31:07.549 up fiery like the one you've been listening to? 00:31:08.569 --> 00:31:12.740 Well... You could say she's twice foolish. First, 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:16.859 to find the diary, and second, to let him know 00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:20.079 it. We'll let you know what happens when I return 00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:35.440 shortly with Act 3. Over the years, there's been 00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:39.130 a series of particularly brutal murders. You 00:31:39.130 --> 00:31:41.930 are the wife of a distinguished jurist who has 00:31:41.930 --> 00:31:45.309 presided over most of the trials and Sent the 00:31:45.309 --> 00:31:50.049 supposedly guilty to death Now you find a diary 00:31:50.049 --> 00:31:53.509 in which your husband claims that he is the killer 00:31:53.509 --> 00:31:56.970 Frank What are you going to do? What do you mean? 00:31:57.069 --> 00:31:59.529 What am I going to do? Will you you kill those 00:31:59.529 --> 00:32:04.329 people? this boy This one who's on trial now 00:32:04.329 --> 00:32:07.119 for the murder of Jim Downard He's innocent. 00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:10.000 No, dear, he's guilty. But I just read your confession. 00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:13.019 And Peter Simmons, who was hanged for killing 00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:16.519 his sweetheart. Will you... you admit you killed 00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:19.299 her? Darling, please sit down. You're becoming 00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:21.380 hysterical. That's right. That's right, I am. 00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:23.619 I... I have every right to become hysterical. 00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:26.400 Estelle, please, will you listen? To what? To 00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:29.480 the truth. I've just read the truth. Darling, 00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:33.160 listen. For many years, I wanted to write a book. 00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:37.039 What? Now, will you please just listen? You don't 00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:40.759 have to say anything until I'm finished. I have 00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:45.799 been fascinated by the criminal mind. And so 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:49.640 after a particularly brutal, apparently senseless 00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:52.319 murder is committed, I try to place myself in 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:54.380 the mind of the killer. What does he think? The 00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:58.799 way you put it, murder is obedience to a natural 00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:02.079 law. That's poetic license, dear. What do you 00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:06.200 mean? We kill. Not for game. Oh, we think we 00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:08.220 do we think we kill for money or for passion, 00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:12.599 but the truth is These are just pretexts Now 00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:16.400 we kill because because of an ancient urge and 00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:18.519 when the urge becomes strong enough We take advantage 00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:22.319 of any pretext that comes up, but I'm not aware 00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:26.900 of this Neither am I dear it's been refined and 00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:30.019 civilized out of us, but there are lower types 00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:35.559 You see the Tom Lewis's Why what? I... Oh, I 00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:38.599 don't know. Estelle, do you believe that I killed 00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:41.460 these people? Well, there it was in your own 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:43.700 handwriting. Oh, Estelle, Estelle, could you 00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:47.079 actually believe me capable of murder? I don't 00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:52.119 know. It was such a shock and I... I was so frightened. 00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:55.339 Darling, darling, we've been married 20 years. 00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:58.740 Don't you know all there is to know about me? 00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:03.339 Oh, I thought I did. And then I... Well, I... 00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:06.460 I happen to remember certain things. Like what? 00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:11.380 Well, each time there's been one of those murders, 00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:14.500 you... you just happened to be out walking. Well, 00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:16.320 it was such a thing as coincidence. And when 00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:20.760 that girl was killed, well, you did have stains 00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:25.559 on your coat. Oh, darling. Would you hang me 00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:28.900 on circumstantial evidence? Well, you hung Peter 00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:33.630 Simmons on circumstantial evidence? And circumstantial 00:34:33.630 --> 00:34:36.110 evidence is tightening the noose around Tom Lewis' 00:34:36.349 --> 00:34:42.329 neck every day. Do you mean you seriously believe? 00:34:43.670 --> 00:34:52.929 No. I believe you. Well, that's better. I believe 00:34:52.929 --> 00:35:05.670 you because I have no alternative. I've been 00:35:05.670 --> 00:35:09.150 so stupid. Why did I leave that drawer unlocked? 00:35:09.630 --> 00:35:11.570 I'm sure there are psychologists who would say 00:35:11.570 --> 00:35:13.610 that I want to be caught, but that's ridiculous. 00:35:14.849 --> 00:35:21.809 Does she believe me? Does she? Or... Do I have 00:35:21.809 --> 00:35:31.369 to... Kill her? Kill Bastille? No, that... That 00:35:31.369 --> 00:35:34.300 would be testing... The law, the natural law. 00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:37.320 Can you kill a loved one? Because I do love her 00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:41.000 still. That would be the highest obedience to 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:49.099 the law. To kill the one you love. Very well, 00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:52.579 Mr. Lewis. You expect this court to believe that 00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:55.820 you just stumbled across Mr. Downard's body in 00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:59.219 the dark. It's the truth. He had already been 00:35:59.219 --> 00:36:02.739 attacked by someone else. Yes. He was still alive. 00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:07.599 I... I... I think so. You insist you heard him 00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:09.599 cry for help. That's right, that's right. Someone 00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:11.480 had just attacked him, see, and he's the one 00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:13.300 who killed him. Yeah, but we don't know that 00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:16.159 he cried for help. All we have is your word for 00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:20.639 it. But it happened, I tell you, and... and... 00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:26.329 Yes? What? What did you want to say? Mr. Lewis, 00:36:26.369 --> 00:36:29.050 you must answer the prosecutor's question. What 00:36:29.050 --> 00:36:32.590 happened? Yes. Yes. Well, it was Sparky. But 00:36:32.590 --> 00:36:35.750 you see, just as I got there, I saw somebody. 00:36:36.170 --> 00:36:39.630 You saw somebody? Right. Right. I could see somebody 00:36:39.630 --> 00:36:43.650 running away. And could you describe that somebody? 00:36:43.769 --> 00:36:47.929 He was tall. Very tall. There's no mention of 00:36:47.929 --> 00:36:50.889 this somebody in any of your previous statements? 00:36:50.909 --> 00:36:53.630 Well, that's because I was nervous. See, I couldn't 00:36:53.630 --> 00:36:58.519 think, but now... Yes, well now as I go over 00:36:58.519 --> 00:37:01.679 it again and again in my mind I remember There 00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:04.079 was somebody see a tall guy and he was running 00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:07.260 away I mean I can even remember his footsteps 00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:11.539 his footsteps And so now you expect us to believe 00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:15.960 that the murder was committed by a certain Mysterious 00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:20.039 somebody I expect you to believe the truth. I 00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:29.980 Think we already know the truth You heard about 00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:34.320 today's testimony, Estelle? Yes. It claims that 00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:36.679 a tall, mysterious stranger was running away 00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:42.239 from the scene. Yes, I know about it. I was out 00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:47.239 walking that night. You were? And I'm tall. Exceptionally 00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:51.440 tall. Yes. And if you want to add to it, I came 00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:54.500 home without my coat. Now, why would I do that? 00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:59.369 To get rid of it. I want to get rid of my coat 00:37:59.369 --> 00:38:02.210 because of the blood stains, naturally. Oh, please, 00:38:02.510 --> 00:38:04.909 Frank. How are we going to live with this, Estelle? 00:38:05.769 --> 00:38:08.670 You suspect me of being a killer. I never said 00:38:08.670 --> 00:38:11.309 that. You don't have to say. I can tell by your 00:38:11.309 --> 00:38:13.550 face, by the tone of your voice, you suspect 00:38:13.550 --> 00:38:16.610 me. I don't know. I don't know what to think. 00:38:16.610 --> 00:38:19.369 Well, if you think I'm a killer, shouldn't you 00:38:19.369 --> 00:38:22.929 want to stop me? How? Even if I believed it, 00:38:22.929 --> 00:38:26.789 who would believe me? I'm sorry, Estelle. I'm 00:38:26.789 --> 00:38:30.000 sorry. both of us I should have never written 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:31.880 a book like that and you should never have read 00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:35.699 it I don't know what kind of life we can have 00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:40.159 together you'll never know the truth but I I 00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:43.980 will Frank I will I found a way to determine 00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:47.239 the truth how could you the truth is in your 00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:52.039 diary I read your diary very closely and I found 00:38:52.039 --> 00:39:03.489 a way I found a way That's not important, Tom 00:39:03.489 --> 00:39:06.170 Lewis. How'd you get in here? It wasn't easy. 00:39:06.869 --> 00:39:10.510 Now what do you want? I want to save you. Yeah? 00:39:10.510 --> 00:39:14.369 Why? Listen, I pulled a lot of wires to get into 00:39:14.369 --> 00:39:17.329 this prison. I'm the only chance you've got. 00:39:17.409 --> 00:39:20.769 Are you kidding? I got no chance at all. Unless 00:39:20.769 --> 00:39:24.309 you can work a miracle. How are you at miracles, 00:39:24.409 --> 00:39:27.150 huh, lady? Just pull yourself together. You have 00:39:27.150 --> 00:39:29.090 a job to do. Now look, lady, I don't know who 00:39:29.090 --> 00:39:31.489 you are, what you want, but it ain't gonna work. 00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:36.780 Absolutely nothing to lose. Now just tell me, 00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:41.199 was there or was there not a tall man who ran 00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:44.159 away as you approached? Yeah, yeah, I told the 00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:47.000 prosecutor. Now you just didn't make that up 00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:49.280 in the desperate hope someone might believe it. 00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:51.900 Lady, I don't have to lie. I got nothing to lose. 00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:56.860 There was someone. Tall? Yeah. Yeah, tall guy. 00:39:57.380 --> 00:40:00.559 And that's all you could say about him? Well, 00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:03.679 he was tall and... Kind of athletic looking, 00:40:03.780 --> 00:40:06.699 you know? Good building. He moved. He moved fast. 00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:14.980 I see. Hey, lady. Hey, what's the matter? Come 00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:18.739 on, what are you crying about? Oh, nothing. Nothing 00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:23.699 at all. Now, do you want to be cleared of the 00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:27.780 murder charge? Huh. Just like that, huh? Well, 00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:32.420 almost. Why should I be cleared? Because... Tomorrow, 00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:38.280 you'll stand up in court and admit you killed... 00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:43.420 admit you killed Jim Downard. Oh, great. And 00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:45.679 that's gonna clear me? Yes. Oh, lady, why don't 00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:47.579 you leave me alone, huh? I got it tough enough 00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:51.059 now. Do as I tell you. You mean you want me to 00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:53.440 just jump up and holler, I killed him, I killed 00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:56.900 him? Yes, and then you'll go on and... and this 00:40:56.900 --> 00:41:06.150 is what else you'll tell them. Ladies and gentlemen 00:41:06.150 --> 00:41:08.090 of the jury, you've heard all the testimony, 00:41:08.469 --> 00:41:11.789 seen all the evidence, and now it's up to you 00:41:11.789 --> 00:41:15.429 to decide whether the accused, Tom Lewis, is 00:41:15.429 --> 00:41:18.230 guilty as charged of the crime of murder. They 00:41:18.230 --> 00:41:22.329 all have to decide! There will be order in this 00:41:22.329 --> 00:41:25.170 court! Order! I mean, what's to decide? I'm guilty! 00:41:27.110 --> 00:41:31.829 Order! Order! The prisoner will be seated. I'm 00:41:31.829 --> 00:41:34.130 guilty! Guilty, you see? I don't care what those 00:41:34.130 --> 00:41:36.329 clowns on the jury think. I killed him. I killed 00:41:36.329 --> 00:41:38.449 Jim Donner. I killed him, and I'm proud of it. 00:41:38.869 --> 00:41:40.869 That's right, I'm proud of it. Sure, sure, I 00:41:40.869 --> 00:41:42.690 killed him. What's wrong with that? Everybody 00:41:42.690 --> 00:41:44.829 kills sooner or later. We're all killers, you 00:41:44.829 --> 00:41:47.630 see? I killed him because I couldn't help myself. 00:41:47.869 --> 00:41:50.389 I said be seated. Didn't you ever want to kill 00:41:50.389 --> 00:41:53.750 somebody, Judge, huh? Didn't you? I'll have you 00:41:53.750 --> 00:41:56.510 removed from this court. What do I care? I killed 00:41:56.510 --> 00:41:58.630 him. And I also killed that woman last year, 00:41:58.690 --> 00:42:00.949 you know? That Darlene, right? Darlene, what's 00:42:00.949 --> 00:42:03.670 her name? I killed her, and her boyfriend swung 00:42:03.670 --> 00:42:07.349 for it! You did not! I did! I did! I can still 00:42:07.349 --> 00:42:10.090 feel the wild beating of her heart, you see? 00:42:10.329 --> 00:42:12.949 The hysterical pounding of her pulse, and then 00:42:12.949 --> 00:42:16.190 you stab! You stab with a knife! You didn't kill 00:42:16.190 --> 00:42:18.610 her! I killed her! And I killed Tom Downard! 00:42:18.769 --> 00:42:20.789 You can't take that away from me! Don't anybody 00:42:20.789 --> 00:42:22.909 try to take it away from me! Silent! I won't 00:42:22.909 --> 00:42:26.269 be silent! I killed because I had to! I had to 00:42:26.269 --> 00:42:30.559 obey the law! The natural law! Nature commanded 00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:34.000 me to kill! That's a lie! You're a cheap little 00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:35.860 punk, what would you know about Nature's laws? 00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:39.179 What would an ignorant hoodlum like you know 00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:42.360 about Nature's law? What would an illiterate 00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:44.880 clod like you know about the dark, hidden places 00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:47.599 in the human soul? What would you know about 00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:50.760 the bloody imperatives of the race? I know! I 00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:53.400 killed both of them! You're a liar! You didn't 00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:56.960 kill anybody, I did! I killed Darlene Wilson 00:42:56.960 --> 00:43:00.460 and I killed Jim Domit and I can prove it. Right. 00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:05.019 Now, now you, now you know, Estelle, now you 00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:08.719 know I did it. And they weren't cheap little 00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:13.059 crimes of passion. They were obedience to the 00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:17.019 elemental law. You know that's the truth, Estelle. 00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:20.039 Show them the book. Show everybody the book! 00:43:34.289 --> 00:43:38.570 but of course the plea was insanity. And if it 00:43:38.570 --> 00:43:41.449 proves anything at all, it demonstrates that 00:43:41.449 --> 00:43:44.190 no one should try to steal credit from a true 00:43:44.190 --> 00:43:48.150 artist. No one else should ever try to pose as 00:43:48.150 --> 00:43:51.769 the author of his works, even if those works 00:43:51.769 --> 00:43:55.889 are concerned with murder. I'll be back shortly. 00:44:08.590 --> 00:44:12.929 You heard them say, murder will out. It's supposed 00:44:12.929 --> 00:44:16.530 to mean that murder cannot be hidden. The fact 00:44:16.530 --> 00:44:20.530 will eventually emerge. However, the tale you 00:44:20.530 --> 00:44:23.530 just heard adds a chilling dimension to that 00:44:23.530 --> 00:44:28.429 statement. It can now mean that murder may slumber 00:44:28.429 --> 00:44:33.050 deep inside each of us and that one day it may 00:44:33.050 --> 00:44:38.349 find its way out. No, no, that won't do. Better 00:44:38.349 --> 00:44:42.210 enjoy murder vicariously with us. That way you'll 00:44:42.210 --> 00:44:46.929 never be tempted or driven. Our cast included 00:44:46.929 --> 00:44:50.329 Larry Haynes, E .V. Juster, Robert Dryden, and 00:44:50.329 --> 00:44:53.429 William Redfield. The entire production was under 00:44:53.429 --> 00:44:57.550 the direction of Hyman Brown. And now, a preview 00:44:57.550 --> 00:45:08.599 of our next tale. The rest of him dies, too. 00:45:09.739 --> 00:45:16.820 And I am the one to live. Yes. You will live. 00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:23.820 My hands. How bad are they? When the wagon ran 00:45:23.820 --> 00:45:28.739 over them, the right one was severed, was maraboned, 00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:31.059 devoid of all life by the time you were brought 00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:38.110 here. And the other, crushed beyond hope. I wasn't 00:45:38.110 --> 00:45:43.590 either one to die. I can never play the piano 00:45:43.590 --> 00:45:52.010 again. There is one way you could. How? If I 00:45:52.010 --> 00:45:57.309 gave you Rudy Baum's hands. This is E .G. Marshall 00:45:57.309 --> 00:45:59.809 inviting you to return to our mystery theater 00:45:59.809 --> 00:46:04.530 for another adventure in the macabre. Until next 00:46:04.530 --> 00:46:07.760 time. Dream?