WEBVTT 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:27.460 Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome to another 00:00:27.460 --> 00:00:32.700 Fearful Earful. And speaking of ears, the story 00:00:32.700 --> 00:00:36.039 we are about to direct to yours concerns a different 00:00:36.039 --> 00:00:40.820 part of the facial anatomy. The mouth. Only in 00:00:40.820 --> 00:00:45.380 this case, the mouth isn't there. Now if that 00:00:45.380 --> 00:00:48.450 sounds incredible, Listen carefully to the tale 00:00:48.450 --> 00:00:51.509 of Joe Gannett, who has the great misfortune 00:00:51.509 --> 00:00:56.070 of meeting up with men without mouths. If you 00:00:56.070 --> 00:00:58.390 think you're baffled by the mystery of how men 00:00:58.390 --> 00:01:01.189 can exist without mouths to breathe with, eat 00:01:01.189 --> 00:01:04.370 with, and speak with, then imagine the plight 00:01:04.370 --> 00:01:08.629 of poor Mr. Gannett himself. Kitty. Kitty, I 00:01:08.629 --> 00:01:13.250 saw another one today. I swear I did. A man without... 00:01:13.450 --> 00:01:16.510 A mouth. Oh, Uncle Joe, you didn't! I'm telling 00:01:16.510 --> 00:01:19.790 you, I swear to my mother's grave. He walked 00:01:19.790 --> 00:01:23.189 into this bar, see? He sat down at the inn. He 00:01:23.189 --> 00:01:27.129 looked straight at me, Kitty, so help me. And 00:01:27.129 --> 00:01:42.030 he didn't have a mouth! Our mystery drama, Men... 00:01:42.010 --> 00:01:45.769 Without Mouths was written especially for the 00:01:45.769 --> 00:01:49.230 Mystery Theater by Henry Slesser and stars Joe 00:01:49.230 --> 00:01:52.650 Silver and Patricia Elliott. I'll be back shortly 00:01:52.650 --> 00:02:08.490 with Act One. Our story begins in the heart of 00:02:08.490 --> 00:02:12.719 New York City. A heart which, as usual, beats 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:14.960 with the rhythm of rushing traffic, the clang 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:17.900 of construction, the clamor of commerce, and 00:02:17.900 --> 00:02:20.560 the never -ending flow of people on their way 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:24.280 to meetings, parties, rendezvous, and other human 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:28.180 encounters. But we're interested in only one 00:02:28.180 --> 00:02:32.439 person today. There he is, just hailing a taxi 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:36.409 on the corner of East 63rd Street. He's a dapper 00:02:36.409 --> 00:02:39.210 figure in his blue surge suit his white shirt 00:02:39.210 --> 00:02:42.949 and conservative gray tie. He appears to be a 00:02:42.949 --> 00:02:47.870 man in his late 50s well dressed well tanned 00:02:47.870 --> 00:02:54.669 and well His name is Joe Gannett occupation retired 00:02:54.669 --> 00:03:02.930 But retired from what? Listen taxi taxi taxi 00:03:07.020 --> 00:03:14.300 530 West Side Avenue. Right. Nice day for a change, 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:18.620 eh? Yeah, it's okay. One day hot, one day cold. 00:03:19.180 --> 00:03:24.139 It's enough to drive you crazy. Yeah. Hey, you 00:03:24.139 --> 00:03:28.659 know something? You look familiar. Yeah. I'm 00:03:28.659 --> 00:03:32.020 a movie star, Mac. I'm Raquel Welch. No, I mean 00:03:32.020 --> 00:03:35.840 it. You really do. Do you ever live in Chicago? 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:37.879 Look, you mind we do it off the conversation? 00:03:38.300 --> 00:03:41.340 I'm from Chicago originally. Moved here about 00:03:41.340 --> 00:03:45.840 10, 11 years ago. I could swear I knew you from 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:50.740 some... Wait a minute. You're Joey Gannatello. 00:03:51.340 --> 00:03:54.539 You got it wrong, mister. Listen, you wouldn't 00:03:54.539 --> 00:03:57.539 remember me, Mr. Gannatello, but I used to drive 00:03:57.539 --> 00:04:00.419 for Turk Wilson sometimes. You remember Turk 00:04:00.419 --> 00:04:03.960 Wilson? He's in Starnow, of course. They got 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:06.520 him on income tax evasion. I don't know no Turk 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:09.020 Wilson and my name isn't whatever you said, you 00:04:09.020 --> 00:04:13.539 understand? Yeah, sure. I mean, no offense mister. 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:24.660 Okay, no offense and no more conversation. Just 00:04:24.660 --> 00:04:35.930 a minute. Oh, you angel! Come on, come on, take 00:04:35.930 --> 00:04:38.470 it easy. You're choking me. Couldn't believe 00:04:38.470 --> 00:04:41.009 my eyes when those things started to arrive this 00:04:41.009 --> 00:04:43.870 morning. First the dishes, then the silver. Uncle 00:04:43.870 --> 00:04:46.750 Joe, that silver, it must have cost a fortune. 00:04:46.769 --> 00:04:48.290 Hey, hey, hey, do I have to stand out here in 00:04:48.290 --> 00:04:50.269 the hall, huh? You got a new apartment. Let me 00:04:50.269 --> 00:04:53.670 take a look at it, huh? Of course. Come in. Hey. 00:04:54.260 --> 00:04:57.180 Henry, don't look too hard, please. Everything's 00:04:57.180 --> 00:04:59.100 still in such a mess. Yeah, it looks pretty good 00:04:59.100 --> 00:05:01.180 to me. Well, I still got to paint the bedroom, 00:05:01.579 --> 00:05:03.819 and the drapes aren't up yet, and I'm going to 00:05:03.819 --> 00:05:06.000 cover the whole wall over there with bookshelves. 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:08.680 Ira's going to build them for me. And don't you 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:10.220 think it was a good idea to break through to 00:05:10.220 --> 00:05:12.939 the dining room? Makes the living room look twice 00:05:12.939 --> 00:05:15.959 as big. We'll put up some kind of divider between 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:18.699 the trees. Hey, who's this we? You got a roommate 00:05:18.699 --> 00:05:21.000 or something? No, of course not. Well, who's 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:26.699 this Ira? A carpenter? No, a boyfriend. Oh, you've 00:05:26.699 --> 00:05:28.740 got yourself a steady, huh? Why do you think 00:05:28.740 --> 00:05:31.360 he's steady? Hey, listen, the guy's gonna build 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:34.019 your bookshelves and dividers and all that stuff. 00:05:34.019 --> 00:05:36.319 Never mind about that. Come on, let's see the 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:38.500 kitchen. Hey, stop rushing me. Hey, how about 00:05:38.500 --> 00:05:41.579 give me a drink first? Of course. I'm just so 00:05:41.579 --> 00:05:45.779 excited. You're not sorry now, huh? About accepting 00:05:45.779 --> 00:05:49.519 all this? Yeah. How could I be sorry? My own 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:53.160 co -op apartment? I just wish you hadn't paid 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:55.600 all that money, Uncle Joe. Ah, come on. You know 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:58.399 why I did it, Kitty. I did it for your old man. 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:00.139 This is the kind of thing Matty Russo would have 00:06:00.139 --> 00:06:03.439 done if he was alive. No, Uncle Joe. That isn't 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:06.720 true. My father could have never afforded anything 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:09.319 like this. Well, if he hadn't been so dumb about 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:12.500 life insurance, it... Ah, what's the use of worrying 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:16.019 about that now, huh? He was my best pal, and 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:19.550 you... Well, you're like a... You're like my 00:06:19.550 --> 00:06:23.370 daughter now. If a guy can't help his daughter... 00:06:23.370 --> 00:06:25.050 No, if you keep talking like that, Uncle Joe, 00:06:25.129 --> 00:06:27.310 you're going to have a shoulder full of wet tears. 00:06:28.050 --> 00:06:31.569 Come on, huh? Knock off that sentimental guy. 00:06:31.930 --> 00:06:34.470 Next thing you'll be sitting on my lap. What 00:06:34.470 --> 00:06:40.089 would Ira say about that, huh? Uncle Joe, I'd 00:06:40.089 --> 00:06:44.610 like you to meet Ira. Oh, so I was right, huh? 00:06:44.649 --> 00:06:48.670 It's serious, huh? I do like him. I like him 00:06:48.670 --> 00:06:52.370 very much. Yeah, what does this Ira do? I mean, 00:06:52.850 --> 00:06:55.949 besides build bookshelves? He's a doctor. A doctor? 00:06:56.170 --> 00:06:59.389 Hey, nice going, kid. Your mama would have liked 00:06:59.389 --> 00:07:03.350 that. His full name is Ira Hamill. And I didn't 00:07:03.350 --> 00:07:06.149 just meet him. He was doing some post -graduate 00:07:06.149 --> 00:07:08.850 work at college. I've actually known him for 00:07:08.850 --> 00:07:15.069 almost eight months. I... I told him about you, 00:07:15.089 --> 00:07:18.050 Uncle Joe. Sure, why not? I mean, I'm the only 00:07:18.050 --> 00:07:22.870 folks you got. I mean, I told him about your 00:07:22.870 --> 00:07:25.990 trouble. What are you talking about? Now what 00:07:25.990 --> 00:07:28.569 made you do a thing like that? I couldn't help 00:07:28.569 --> 00:07:32.569 it. It just came out. We were talking and... 00:07:32.569 --> 00:07:35.750 I... told him about what happened to you that 00:07:35.750 --> 00:07:37.910 night. Nothing happened to me that night. It 00:07:37.910 --> 00:07:40.269 was just a mistake. You fainted. There wasn't 00:07:40.269 --> 00:07:42.649 any mistake about that. Fainted? What kind of 00:07:42.649 --> 00:07:46.750 a word is that? Old lady's faint. Me, I just 00:07:46.750 --> 00:07:48.629 clonked out for a couple of minutes. Yes, but 00:07:48.629 --> 00:07:51.410 the reason... Never mind the reason. You're still 00:07:51.410 --> 00:07:53.990 trying to tell me I'm nuts? I didn't see that 00:07:53.990 --> 00:07:57.910 guy in the elevator. No. I'm not saying that. 00:07:57.990 --> 00:08:02.550 Because I did see him. Understand? He was... 00:08:02.569 --> 00:08:06.290 Some kind of freak, that's all. Maybe somebody 00:08:06.290 --> 00:08:10.470 who had a bad accident got himself sewn up. But 00:08:10.470 --> 00:08:15.610 a man without a mouth. It's so incredible. I 00:08:15.610 --> 00:08:18.689 mean, how can anyone live without a mouth? This 00:08:18.689 --> 00:08:22.310 guy was alive. I seen him. Yes. And he scared 00:08:22.310 --> 00:08:27.569 you so much. Did you cut that out? Hey. Hey, 00:08:27.569 --> 00:08:31.350 wait a minute. This, uh, this... This boyfriend 00:08:31.350 --> 00:08:34.649 this doctor of yours. He's not a shrink is he? 00:08:34.909 --> 00:08:39.090 No, he's an internist good for a minute there. 00:08:39.090 --> 00:08:41.649 So she was trying to make a patient out of me 00:08:41.649 --> 00:08:44.230 Ira doesn't have any trouble getting patients. 00:08:44.389 --> 00:08:48.110 He does very well all by himself Well, I guess 00:08:48.110 --> 00:08:50.929 I have to meet this terrific guy. Why I ask him 00:08:50.929 --> 00:08:54.230 what his intentions are exactly what my intention 00:08:54.230 --> 00:08:58.649 is To have you to meet Anytime you're free me 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:01.940 Always free, you know that? Why don't you bring 00:09:01.940 --> 00:09:04.419 him over tonight, huh? To my place. You really 00:09:04.419 --> 00:09:06.720 mean it? Of course! I'll call that catering joint, 00:09:06.860 --> 00:09:09.720 we'll order something fancy like that Beef Wellington 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:12.980 Jack, huh? Yeah, we'll open a bottle of $60 wine 00:09:12.980 --> 00:09:17.179 and press the pants off. We don't have to impress 00:09:17.179 --> 00:09:19.220 our guests. Well sure, why not? Let them think 00:09:19.220 --> 00:09:21.940 you're an heiress or something, a princess maybe, 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:25.179 huh? You make me feel like a princess, Uncle 00:09:25.179 --> 00:09:32.850 Joe. Okay, send that up. Look, look, make it 00:09:32.850 --> 00:09:36.529 two bottles. Here. All right. Yeah, so long. 00:09:39.269 --> 00:09:42.049 Where's that food? I smell that catering joint. 00:09:42.230 --> 00:09:45.889 I told him it was seven o 'clock. I guess that's 00:09:45.889 --> 00:10:10.600 them, huh? Oh! Oh my God! No! Are you sure he's 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:13.899 all right? Are you sure it's not his heart? No, 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:18.940 his heart's okay. Pulse is a little fast. It's 00:10:18.940 --> 00:10:22.419 just shock, Kitty. He'll be okay. He looks terribly 00:10:22.419 --> 00:10:28.820 pale. He's coming out of it now. Hello. Hello, 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:32.159 Mr. Gannett. I'm sorry to have to meet you like 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:40.440 this. I'm Ira Hamill. The doctor. That was a 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:44.019 very dirty trick Uncle Joe. Getting Ira to make 00:10:44.019 --> 00:10:46.299 a house call. We're pretending to invite us to 00:10:46.299 --> 00:10:50.600 dinner. They helped me out. Yeah, you better 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:56.799 take it easy. I'm okay now. I'm okay. I just 00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:01.840 got a little dizzy. How long was I out? I don't 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:06.500 know. We got here at 715. We rang and rang, but 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:09.519 nobody answered. I got worried and called a super. 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:13.759 Listen, did the food get here? It's here. But 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:16.179 never mind about that. What about the wine? I 00:11:16.179 --> 00:11:19.000 ordered some of that Chateau stuff. What happened 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:23.080 exactly? Nothing. Uncle Joe, please. The last 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:28.019 time you had a blackout. Well, was it anything 00:11:28.019 --> 00:11:33.019 like the last time? You want the truth. It was 00:11:33.019 --> 00:11:36.340 exactly like the last time. A man without a mouth. 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:38.919 And she told you that, too? Well, it was interesting. 00:11:39.940 --> 00:11:42.639 I even looked up a book I have, Anomalies and 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:45.539 Curiosities of Medicine. There is a condition 00:11:45.539 --> 00:11:50.039 called Atresia of the Mouth. I'm afraid I don't 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.100 know of any modern case. So what you're saying 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:54.500 is there is no such thing? No, I didn't say that. 00:11:54.539 --> 00:11:56.779 For one thing, I don't really know the whole 00:11:56.779 --> 00:11:59.820 story. Just what Kitty told me about you seeing 00:11:59.820 --> 00:12:02.340 this man in the elevator. That's right. He was 00:12:02.340 --> 00:12:05.059 in the corner of the elevator reading a newspaper. 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:08.159 He didn't even look up when I got in the car. 00:12:09.299 --> 00:12:13.299 But then I turned around and I see him staring 00:12:13.299 --> 00:12:16.980 at me. So he had eyes, but no mouth. None that 00:12:16.980 --> 00:12:21.799 I could see. Just skin covering everything from 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:25.600 his nose to his chin. It was only an optical 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:30.399 illusion. I'm sure of it. Again, did you see 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:36.690 that man again tonight? No. You mean it was something 00:12:36.690 --> 00:12:40.929 else this time? It was another one. A different 00:12:40.929 --> 00:12:44.289 man, right at my front door. But there was something 00:12:44.289 --> 00:12:48.149 unusual about her. It was the same thing. She 00:12:48.149 --> 00:12:51.190 didn't have any mouth. Oh, Uncle Joe! Now look! 00:12:51.889 --> 00:12:54.809 Maybe it's freaks. The freaks walk around, didn't 00:12:54.809 --> 00:12:58.059 they? Martians, baby. What do you think, Doc? 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:00.620 Gonna be Martians? Why should they pick on you? 00:13:00.860 --> 00:13:03.080 That's right, I've never done nothing to a Martian. 00:13:03.220 --> 00:13:07.899 Why pick on me? Come on, let's forget this junk. 00:13:08.019 --> 00:13:10.320 Let's eat that food. How about it, Kitty? You 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:12.940 wanna warm it up for us? Alright, Uncle Joe. 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:16.460 What the heck? We got mouths? Let's use them! 00:13:37.900 --> 00:13:41.659 Is it all right to come in, Mr. Gannett? Is Kitty 00:13:41.659 --> 00:13:46.340 with you? No, no. In fact, Kitty doesn't even 00:13:46.340 --> 00:13:50.460 know I'm here. You know? Then why are you? I 00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:52.980 just thought you and I could have a private conversation 00:13:52.980 --> 00:13:55.960 if that's all right. Let's make it some other 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:59.340 time. I was taking a little nap. I'm not feeling 00:13:59.340 --> 00:14:01.700 so well. Maybe I can help. I am a doctor. It's 00:14:01.700 --> 00:14:04.169 nothing serious. I think maybe I just... bumped 00:14:04.169 --> 00:14:05.929 my head when I took that folio the other night. 00:14:05.950 --> 00:14:08.929 Want me to have a look at it? I said no. If I 00:14:08.929 --> 00:14:11.769 wanted a doctor, I'd call one. Well, not here 00:14:11.769 --> 00:14:17.629 as a doctor. Here is Kitty's fiancé. Fiancé? 00:14:18.049 --> 00:14:20.909 Hey, you mean you two are gay? That's right. 00:14:21.909 --> 00:14:26.450 Well, okay, swell. I'm glad for you, for both 00:14:26.450 --> 00:14:28.590 of you. I know Kitty means a lot to you, Mr. 00:14:28.809 --> 00:14:31.620 Gannett. Sure she means a lot. Her old man was 00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:35.720 my best friend. She's a kind of a legacy. She 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:38.820 thinks a great deal of you, too. She considers 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:41.799 you her entire family. Look. Look, you want my 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:44.419 blessing. You got it. You just treat my girl 00:14:44.419 --> 00:14:47.019 right. That's all I ask. I didn't come for your 00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:50.940 blessing. I came to ask you a question. Yeah? 00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:58.919 About what? About you and the syndicate. What 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:02.990 was that? I know something about you that even 00:15:02.990 --> 00:15:06.769 Kitty doesn't know, Mr. Gannett. I know what 00:15:06.769 --> 00:15:17.210 you used to do for a living. Well, Mr. Joe Gannett 00:15:17.210 --> 00:15:20.250 seems to be a man who is not merely haunted by 00:15:20.250 --> 00:15:24.289 strange men without mouths. He also seems to 00:15:24.289 --> 00:15:28.169 be haunted by his past. Is it possible that the 00:15:28.169 --> 00:15:32.299 cab driver was correct? that Joe Gannett and 00:15:32.299 --> 00:15:36.399 Joey Ganatello are one and the same person and 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:39.960 Is there any connection between his past and 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:44.299 his terrifying present? We'll find out when we 00:15:44.299 --> 00:16:01.320 return shortly to act 2 Dr. Ira Hamill may be 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:05.159 the most important man in the life of Kitty Russo. 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:08.340 And Kitty Russo is the most important person 00:16:08.340 --> 00:16:12.779 in Joe Gannett's life. But right now, Uncle Joe 00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:15.700 has every reason for wanting Dr. Hamill to go 00:16:15.700 --> 00:16:19.240 away and leave him alone. But Ira is a persistent 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:23.100 young man. As persistent as the memories which 00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:26.480 Joe Gannett has been determined to forget. Okay. 00:16:27.580 --> 00:16:30.860 What do you know about me doc? I know you were 00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:33.000 called before the Illinois Crime Commission back 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:35.139 in the 50s You weren't old enough to blow your 00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:38.120 nose in the 50s. That's right. I don't remember 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:42.120 anything about it But I've read magazines I've 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:46.440 seen television documentaries But this man I 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:48.820 saw yesterday this psychiatrist friend of mine. 00:16:48.820 --> 00:16:51.720 He was Just getting his medical degree during 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:55.070 the hearings He remembered you too. Did you say 00:16:55.070 --> 00:16:57.710 psychiatrist? I thought it wouldn't hurt to have 00:16:57.710 --> 00:17:00.370 his opinion about whether I was nuts He didn't 00:17:00.370 --> 00:17:03.210 give me any diagnosis. He said he wouldn't even 00:17:03.210 --> 00:17:07.890 try it on the basis of such slim evidence But 00:17:07.890 --> 00:17:13.589 when I mentioned your name Wow He wondered if 00:17:13.589 --> 00:17:18.190 Joe Gannett might have once been Joe Gannetello 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:21.680 Was a pretty good guess wasn't it? Why don't 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:25.480 you go home and practice medicine doc? You say 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:28.700 one word is going to the kitty now really act 00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:31.119 like her papa and tell her her boyfriend stinks 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:33.599 believe it or not Mr. Gannett I'm trying to help 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:38.940 you, but here's how you can help me Here go through 00:17:38.940 --> 00:17:43.240 this this psychiatrist friend of mine He did 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:45.299 have an idea about these apparitions. You've 00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:50.210 been seeing the men without mouths Sounded valid 00:17:50.210 --> 00:17:55.029 to me. You did, huh? If you want me to, uh, tell 00:17:55.029 --> 00:18:04.930 you what he said, shut the door. Okay. Tell me. 00:18:06.009 --> 00:18:10.009 He said there was no doubt that they were hallucinations. 00:18:11.349 --> 00:18:13.509 But the pattern was fairly clear, given your 00:18:13.509 --> 00:18:15.529 background. What's that got to do with it? What 00:18:15.529 --> 00:18:19.240 does it bring to your mind? The idea of a man 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:23.500 without a mouth. You tell me. All right. Someone 00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:26.819 who can't talk. Isn't that obvious? A man without 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:30.559 a mouth is silenced. Mouthless men tell no tales. 00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:34.599 Just like dead men. What are you trying to say, 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:38.500 Buster? You calling me a murderer? I'm just reporting 00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:43.480 my conversation, Mr. Gannett. The psychiatrist 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:46.680 said... Your past associations may have left 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:51.160 you with strong guilt feelings related to well, 00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:56.299 informers or would -be informers. That's not 00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:59.019 an accusation, just analysis. You're all through. 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:01.440 The only reason I'm telling you this is because 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:04.579 it might help. The only reason I want to help 00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:08.400 you is because of Kitty. I jump off the George 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:10.980 Washington bridge if Kitty said jump, Ira. Okay. 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:14.880 Okay, you jump off bridges if you wanna. You 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:17.039 do anything you please, Doc, except for one thing. 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:20.200 You don't say one word about this to Kitty. She 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:22.559 really doesn't know, does she? One word, and 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:24.460 I'll write her a diploma around your neck, you 00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:28.039 hear me? I wasn't going to tell her, Mr. Gannett. 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:32.700 I don't wanna see Kitty hurt. I love her. Just 00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:37.180 as you do. Now you can open that door again. 00:19:52.369 --> 00:19:55.109 Wise guy, doctor. Do you want another drink, 00:19:55.289 --> 00:19:58.930 Mr. Gannett? Huh? Oh, yeah. Yeah, right, Harry. 00:19:59.009 --> 00:20:01.450 Another drink, that's right. Here you go. Yeah, 00:20:01.450 --> 00:20:03.609 right up to the top, Harry. Right up to the brim, 00:20:03.609 --> 00:20:07.289 huh? Sure, Mr. Gannett. You know, we always take 00:20:07.289 --> 00:20:09.809 good care of you. Nobody has to take care of 00:20:09.809 --> 00:20:12.450 me or take care of myself, Harry. I always have. 00:20:12.589 --> 00:20:15.069 Sure, that's the way. Look out for number one, 00:20:15.089 --> 00:20:20.349 right? Hey, Harry. You know something? You know... 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:24.000 You got a good, strong mouth. Thanks, Mr. Ganon. 00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:27.500 A guy can see your mouth, plain as day. And I 00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:30.339 was thinking of growing a mustache. You figure 00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:34.599 that wouldn't be a good idea? Hey, Harry, people 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:39.279 have to have mouths, don't they? Yeah, they sure 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:42.900 do. Listen, some of the people come in here... 00:20:42.910 --> 00:20:46.230 They got real big mouths. Never stopped talking 00:20:46.230 --> 00:20:48.609 for a minute. You never saw anybody without a 00:20:48.609 --> 00:20:51.890 mouth, Harry, did you? Uh, no, Mr. Gannett. I 00:20:51.890 --> 00:20:55.730 can't say that I did. Excuse me, I got a new 00:20:55.730 --> 00:21:00.849 customer. Uh, what can I do for you, sir? Oh, 00:21:01.269 --> 00:21:06.250 God! Oh, no! No! It's another one! It's another 00:21:06.250 --> 00:21:09.740 one! Harry! Hey, what's the matter? I gotta get 00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:12.119 out of here! I gotta get out! Hey, Mr. Gannett, 00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:28.240 what's the matter? Let me out! Let me out! Come 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:34.400 on, Kitty. Hello? Kitty. Kitty, it's me. Uncle 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:38.970 Joe? Kitty. I've seen another one today. I swear 00:21:38.970 --> 00:21:42.250 I did. A man without a mouth. Oh, Uncle Joe, 00:21:42.650 --> 00:21:45.170 you jerk. I'm telling you, I swear I had my brother's 00:21:45.170 --> 00:21:49.170 grave. He walked into this bar. He sat down on 00:21:49.170 --> 00:21:50.970 the end. He looked straight at me, getting so 00:21:50.970 --> 00:21:55.490 healthy. And he didn't have a mouth. Oh, Uncle 00:21:55.490 --> 00:21:59.490 Joe, you need help. You've got to have help. 00:22:00.170 --> 00:22:02.670 I thought maybe a friend of yours, a doctor, 00:22:03.529 --> 00:22:05.769 I thought maybe I should see him. I wish you 00:22:05.769 --> 00:22:11.089 would have. I'll see him, Kitty. Kitty, I gotta 00:22:11.089 --> 00:22:21.769 do something. Please. Sit down, Mr. Ganny. Thanks. 00:22:23.529 --> 00:22:26.450 You've, uh, seen another one, haven't you? Now 00:22:26.450 --> 00:22:29.170 listen to me, Doc. I know you think I'm nuts. 00:22:29.789 --> 00:22:31.609 I ought to be seen a psychiatrist, not a guy 00:22:31.609 --> 00:22:33.710 like you. Well, they have to give you the name 00:22:33.710 --> 00:22:35.990 of someone. No, no, wait. Now listen to me. I 00:22:35.990 --> 00:22:38.430 couldn't take that. I mean, go to a shrink. I... 00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:41.619 I'm just not the type. But you, you got a good 00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:43.799 head on your shoulders. I can tell. I'm not a 00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:45.920 psychiatrist. But you can help me. I know you 00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:49.960 can. Like, ghosts haunt me. Just like you said, 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:52.220 I never believed in ghosts before, but maybe 00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:54.599 I've got to believe now. I'm not a spiritualist 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:57.740 either. Look, I figured two ways. I could go 00:22:57.740 --> 00:23:02.359 to a doctor. Or I could go to church and talk 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:05.700 to a priest. Both might help. That's one thing 00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:07.680 psychiatrists and the church have in common. 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:12.099 know that confession is good for the soul. What 00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:17.660 do you mean, confession? It's the root of the 00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:21.000 problem, isn't it? Peeled feelings build up pressure 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:25.220 in the mind. Sometimes the pressure becomes unbearable 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:30.039 and, well, there's some kind of explosion. What 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:34.799 do you mean? In the brain? You might have been 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:38.960 right when you used the word ghosts. The ghosts 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:41.900 of the past may be haunting you, Mr. Gannett. 00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:44.039 The past, the past. Always the past. Why do you 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:45.420 have to keep bringing that up? Isn't that the 00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:50.619 whole point? No! Where do these ghosts come from? 00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:53.799 From hell, that's from where. You mean they're 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:57.779 ghosts of dead people? I knew I shouldn't have 00:23:57.779 --> 00:24:00.119 come here. I knew it'd be a waste of time. Wait 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:02.400 a minute, Mr. Gannett. No long doctor. You were 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:05.160 right. You're no shrink. Maybe you're not any 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:07.680 kind of doctor. Hey, Kitty and I are having a... 00:24:07.609 --> 00:24:09.630 A party in a couple of weeks. An engagement party. 00:24:09.670 --> 00:24:11.710 Have a good time. No, no, no. We want you to 00:24:11.710 --> 00:24:14.549 come. It's important to Kitty that you be there. 00:24:14.650 --> 00:24:21.970 I don't like parties. So long. I never should 00:24:21.970 --> 00:24:23.970 have gone there in the first place. A stupid 00:24:23.970 --> 00:24:29.130 kid. A stupid kid like that. Hey, watch where 00:24:29.130 --> 00:24:52.750 you're going, mister. Oh, no. Oh, no. Hi Kitty. 00:24:53.529 --> 00:24:58.490 Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine. Great. Where should 00:24:58.490 --> 00:25:01.970 I be? I just want to know. I suppose your boyfriend 00:25:01.970 --> 00:25:04.549 told you about me seeing him today. Uncle Joe, 00:25:05.609 --> 00:25:08.470 is it true that you don't want to come to our 00:25:08.470 --> 00:25:12.049 engagement party? You know me Kitty, I'm not... 00:25:12.049 --> 00:25:22.049 I'm just not the party type. I just can't make 00:25:22.049 --> 00:25:25.109 it. Kiddy, I got a million things I gotta get 00:25:25.109 --> 00:25:27.549 this place of mine in some kind of shape. I mean, 00:25:27.730 --> 00:25:31.710 it's got all kinds of junk laying around. Okay. 00:25:33.369 --> 00:25:36.750 Okay, honey, I'll try to be there. It's next 00:25:36.750 --> 00:25:41.190 Friday. 8 .30. Right here. I'll try, honey. I 00:25:41.190 --> 00:25:49.289 will. So long. As long as... As long as I don't 00:25:49.289 --> 00:25:53.579 go nuts... before then. Maybe I should clean 00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:56.700 up the junk around here. Look in that closet. 00:25:58.160 --> 00:26:01.140 Oh, look at all that junk. There's Christmas 00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:05.460 stuff I ain't even opened. This whole typewriter, 00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:07.859 I should give that away and get rid of it. What 00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:13.200 am I going to do, write a book? That's the thing, 00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:19.250 all right. Confession's good for the soul. the 00:26:19.250 --> 00:26:22.950 whole story like the doc said. Maybe he's right 00:26:22.950 --> 00:26:31.390 about it. I couldn't even write a postcard. Hey 00:26:31.390 --> 00:26:37.869 man, how about this? The tape recorder one kiddy 00:26:37.869 --> 00:26:41.230 gave me last year. She said I never even touched 00:26:41.230 --> 00:26:45.789 a thing. Hmm, see how does this thing work anyway? 00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:55.099 Rewind play was talking very hot about that. 00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:58.480 Let's see. Where's the microphone? Oh, it is 00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:02.940 poison here. I guess Yeah, yeah, that's right 00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:08.779 Now what? Press the record button, right? Yeah 00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:13.920 The testing one two three the testing one two 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:20.710 three Okay, see how that sounds Okay, press the 00:27:20.710 --> 00:27:29.829 rewind button now. Then press play. Testing one, 00:27:29.829 --> 00:27:35.369 two, three. Testing one, two, three. That's easy 00:27:35.369 --> 00:27:42.210 enough. Only how easy is it gonna be to confess? 00:27:44.390 --> 00:27:55.779 Well, only one way to find out. This is Joe Gannett. 00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:59.519 That's not starting off with the truth, is it? 00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:07.759 My name is Joey Gannetello. In 1945... No. 1946. 00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:12.799 I shot and killed a man named Ricky Natanz. What 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:19.019 the heck am I doing? Am I crazy? I can't put 00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:25.000 that on tape. That's crazy. I can't. Wait. Maybe 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:29.319 that's the way. If they're really ghosts, then 00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:35.519 maybe that's what they want. A confession. What 00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:38.279 not? Nobody will hear it. I'll tell everything, 00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:41.539 but I'll take the tape and stick it in an envelope. 00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:44.880 I'll leave it in my desk and write to be opened 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:51.200 only after my death. Maybe that'll make them 00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:58.579 leave me alone. My name is Joe Gannett. I used 00:28:58.579 --> 00:29:03.960 to be called Joey Gannett Dello. I was born and 00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:08.500 raised in Chicago. I worked for a man named Turk 00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:15.039 Wilson. In 1946, I shot and killed a man named 00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:19.890 Ricky Natans. Turk Wilson paid me $200 to kill 00:29:19.890 --> 00:29:22.130 him on a kind of maintenance talking to the feds 00:29:22.130 --> 00:29:26.170 about a black market operation. Six months after 00:29:26.170 --> 00:29:30.210 that, I shot and killed a man named Willie Sanchez. 00:29:31.109 --> 00:29:33.809 I don't know why Turk Wilson wanted him dead. 00:29:39.289 --> 00:29:42.990 A tape recorder is a wonderful device. A very 00:29:42.990 --> 00:29:48.299 useful tool in all sorts of situations. And if 00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:51.819 confession is good for the soul, you might even 00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:55.619 call it a confessional box. But will it be the 00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:59.160 right answer for Joe Gannett? Will it provide 00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:02.839 him with the magic formula to rid him of all 00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:07.839 his mouthless phantoms? We'll find out when I 00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:27.859 return shortly with Act 3. weeks later the day 00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:31.980 Friday the occasion the engagement party of Kitty 00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:36.059 Russo and dr. Ira Hamill as you can hear it's 00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:39.539 a very happy occasion but for Kitty Russo it 00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:42.420 becomes even happier when the doorbell rings 00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:46.980 again and she opens it for a very important guess 00:30:55.029 --> 00:30:57.849 Wow, what for? Didn't I say I'd be here? You 00:30:57.849 --> 00:31:01.769 never said it very convincing. Oh, Mr. Gannett. 00:31:02.309 --> 00:31:04.829 Glad you made it after all. Hiya, Doc. Hey, you 00:31:04.829 --> 00:31:06.869 think I'd miss my little girl's one and only 00:31:06.869 --> 00:31:09.230 engagement party? I'm glad you didn't. I think 00:31:09.230 --> 00:31:10.890 Kitty would have been very disappointed. Oh, 00:31:11.029 --> 00:31:13.150 listen, no engagement is official without me, 00:31:13.230 --> 00:31:15.730 right, Kitty? That's right, Uncle Joe. Oh, you 00:31:15.730 --> 00:31:18.470 look just marvelous. Ira, doesn't he look well? 00:31:18.529 --> 00:31:21.099 Oh, yeah, you look... Fine, Mr. Gannett. Been 00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:23.279 feeling okay? Me? I feel like a million bucks. 00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:25.779 Oh, it's so wonderful to hear you say that. And 00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:28.019 then you haven't had any more, uh, trouble? Wouldn't 00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:30.559 you like passing out? Nah, nah, no more of that. 00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:55.610 No, I didn't mean just that. That's all! You 00:31:55.610 --> 00:31:58.430 come on with me. I'll show you where the best 00:31:58.430 --> 00:32:05.789 booze Say, is it really true, have the hallucinations 00:32:05.789 --> 00:32:08.490 stopped? Stopped cold, just like that. Oh, I'm 00:32:08.490 --> 00:32:10.809 really glad to hear that. So am I. For a while 00:32:10.809 --> 00:32:12.509 back then, I thought I'd have to take a trip 00:32:12.509 --> 00:32:15.230 to the 24th, you know? But it hasn't happened 00:32:15.230 --> 00:32:18.670 once in the last two weeks. Well, that certainly 00:32:18.670 --> 00:32:20.609 gives us something to drink to, doesn't it? Yeah, 00:32:20.609 --> 00:32:23.390 we'll drink to Kittycock. I mean, not really. 00:32:24.009 --> 00:32:27.250 You like scotch, right? Yeah, scotch is fine. 00:32:30.690 --> 00:32:34.569 Listen, I said a couple of things here once or 00:32:34.569 --> 00:32:37.210 twice. I hope you don't forget. I didn't take 00:32:37.210 --> 00:32:40.269 any offense. That's good. You know, you marrying 00:32:40.269 --> 00:32:44.529 Kitty means you'll be stuck with me too. Joe, 00:32:45.849 --> 00:32:49.470 why do you think it happened? What? Losing your 00:32:49.470 --> 00:32:52.430 ghost. I don't know. I guess it just got tired 00:32:52.430 --> 00:32:57.480 of haunting me. I got a little present for you. 00:32:58.059 --> 00:33:02.460 Nothing fancy, just something small and green. 00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:05.839 Thanks, John. Okay, open it up. Take a look. 00:33:10.950 --> 00:33:13.569 That's a lot of money Joe. Well a couple of kids 00:33:13.569 --> 00:33:16.009 get married today. They need every pay they get 00:33:16.009 --> 00:33:18.609 their hooks. I still think it's too much. Look 00:33:18.609 --> 00:33:21.710 you got a nice long future ahead of you. Me, 00:33:21.930 --> 00:33:23.890 most of what I got is past, you know? Well, I 00:33:23.890 --> 00:33:26.750 know something else too. The past is the past, 00:33:27.009 --> 00:33:31.549 Joe. Once it's gone, it's gone, understand? Hey, 00:33:31.890 --> 00:33:36.609 Ira, you know something? I think... I think Kitty 00:33:36.609 --> 00:33:46.150 got herself a pretty good catch. Come on now 00:33:46.150 --> 00:33:48.730 honey, you don't have to do this. I can get my 00:33:48.730 --> 00:33:51.849 own taxi. It's alright Uncle Joe. I just want 00:33:51.849 --> 00:33:54.750 to make sure you get home alright. Oh yeah, I 00:33:54.750 --> 00:33:57.609 know what you think. You think your Uncle Joe 00:33:57.609 --> 00:34:00.670 is drunk. That's what you think. You just had 00:34:00.670 --> 00:34:04.710 a very good time. I had a very good reason that 00:34:04.710 --> 00:34:09.449 my little girl is getting herself engaged. Hey, 00:34:10.070 --> 00:34:12.849 now look at that, huh? You see that? See what? 00:34:12.909 --> 00:34:16.909 That lady, there's some nerve, huh? Hey, lady! 00:34:17.869 --> 00:34:21.150 Lady! We were here first! Don't worry about it, 00:34:21.210 --> 00:34:23.230 Uncle Joe. There'll be more than one cat. No, 00:34:23.429 --> 00:34:25.630 people shouldn't do that. It's not nice to do 00:34:25.630 --> 00:34:29.429 that. Hey, lady! We're trying to steal our cab. 00:34:29.650 --> 00:34:33.289 Excuse me. I uncle Joe listen lady you can't 00:34:33.289 --> 00:34:59.969 do You're a lucky man, Joe. You must have good, 00:35:00.190 --> 00:35:02.070 strong bones, because you didn't break one of 00:35:02.070 --> 00:35:07.530 them. I'm OK. That car just knocked a wing out 00:35:07.530 --> 00:35:10.969 of me. Look, I ought to pull some strings where 00:35:10.969 --> 00:35:13.030 to get me out of this place. I just want you 00:35:13.030 --> 00:35:15.469 for observation, Joe, just for a couple of days. 00:35:15.610 --> 00:35:17.889 I'll run home and get you a toothbrush, anything 00:35:17.889 --> 00:35:21.429 else you might need. And your hospitalization 00:35:21.429 --> 00:35:23.829 card. Don't forget that. Yeah, that's right. 00:35:24.110 --> 00:35:27.449 There's no use adding insult to injury. Now you're 00:35:27.449 --> 00:35:30.829 being sensible. Okay. Where's my clothes? Everything's 00:35:30.829 --> 00:35:33.329 right here in the closet, but don't get any ideas. 00:35:33.349 --> 00:35:36.429 I'm thinking about my house keys. They're in 00:35:36.429 --> 00:35:38.510 one of the pockets. Don't worry about the keys. 00:35:38.550 --> 00:35:42.909 I've got my old set with me. Okay. Well, where'd 00:35:42.909 --> 00:35:46.190 you go now then, huh? Alright. I'll be back in 00:35:46.190 --> 00:35:54.679 an hour or so. Listen, I want to... Alone all 00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:59.300 right about what? He was wrong What do you mean 00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:02.739 your whole theory was all wet those guys without 00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:05.099 mouths? I mean you thought I was being haunted 00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:08.900 by a lot of a lot of ghosts in the past, but 00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:12.719 You were wrong. Why do you say that? because 00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:19.900 I Saw another one tonight And it wasn't a man 00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:24.250 It was a woman What? You heard me. I saw a woman 00:36:24.250 --> 00:36:27.670 with a lot of mouth. And there ain't a woman 00:36:27.670 --> 00:36:31.210 in my whole life I ever... I ever felt guilty 00:36:31.210 --> 00:36:34.190 about, you understand? That sends your whole 00:36:34.190 --> 00:36:37.630 idea up the flu. Look, Joe, I told you I wasn't 00:36:37.630 --> 00:36:41.309 a psychiatrist. Now maybe my diagnosis was wrong, 00:36:41.349 --> 00:36:45.590 or maybe it was incomplete. It was wrong! There 00:36:45.590 --> 00:36:47.769 ain't no reason for me to see a woman without 00:36:47.769 --> 00:36:50.309 a mouth I never heard a woman in my life never 00:36:50.309 --> 00:36:53.349 all right all right, so I was mistaken. I'm sorry 00:36:53.349 --> 00:36:57.210 I did it all for nothing. I put the whole thing 00:36:57.210 --> 00:37:07.110 on tape What were you gonna say? What are you 00:37:07.110 --> 00:37:10.969 talking about Joe my my hospitalization card 00:37:10.969 --> 00:37:14.929 all that stuff I keep it in the library And the 00:37:14.929 --> 00:37:16.690 top drawer on my desk. Well, don't worry. I'm 00:37:16.690 --> 00:37:19.730 sure Kitty will know where to look. Yeah. Yeah, 00:37:19.789 --> 00:37:25.170 she'll know all right. She'll know exactly... 00:37:25.170 --> 00:37:30.409 Hey, listen. Do me a favor, will ya? I'm kind 00:37:30.409 --> 00:37:33.570 of... kind of sleepy. Maybe if I took a little 00:37:33.570 --> 00:37:36.329 nap. Sure, Joe. I'll let you sleep. Thanks. I'll, 00:37:36.329 --> 00:38:01.730 uh... I'll see you later. Yeah. Fine. Kitty, 00:38:01.730 --> 00:38:53.619 you here? Kitty? Library door's closed. Did you 00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:57.679 see what I'm doing, Uncle Joe? I'm playing your 00:38:57.679 --> 00:39:01.340 tape. The one you had in the envelope. Who told 00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:03.320 you to do that? Didn't you see what it said? 00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:09.159 Yes. I saw what it said. It said not to be opened 00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:12.780 until your death. Did you think I could resist 00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:16.000 something like that? You know me, Uncle Joe. 00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:18.539 Kitty, give me that tape. You know that's why 00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:21.599 Pop called me Kitty in the first place. Not because 00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:26.940 my name was Catherine. My name's Mary. But he 00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:31.719 always said I was as nosy as a kitten, as curious 00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:35.239 as a cat. Honey, please. Please, you shouldn't 00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:37.239 have listened to that stuff. It's got nothing 00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:40.619 to do with you. Nothing to do with me anymore 00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:44.139 either now. That was the second time, Uncle Joe. 00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:48.960 What? What did you say? It's the second time 00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:52.219 I've played the tape. I heard it all the way 00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:55.079 through the first time, but I didn't believe 00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:59.380 what I was hearing. I couldn't. Why? Why did 00:39:59.380 --> 00:40:04.360 you have to do that? Papa, my poor papa. Kitty, 00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:07.340 Kitty, listen to me. You don't know about these 00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:09.280 things. You don't know how a man gets pushed 00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:11.079 and shoved into this world until he's got to 00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:14.559 be like an animal. That's the only reason, Kitty. 00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:18.559 Try, try to understand. Kitty, no, don't, don't 00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:20.880 play it, don't! Listen to yourself, Uncle Joe! 00:40:21.300 --> 00:41:55.199 Listen! They said I had to do it. Kitty, it would 00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:57.260 have been the same with your papa if he was told 00:41:57.260 --> 00:41:59.820 to hit me. There's a gun in your desk, Uncle 00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:03.519 Joe. Is this the gun you killed him with? No, 00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:05.900 put that down, Kitty. Nothing is loaded. Tell 00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:09.079 me how you killed my father. No. Your best friend. 00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:11.480 Why don't you tell me how? No, please, put it 00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:13.360 down! They know it was you, Uncle Joe! Kitty! 00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:15.400 Did you look him in the eyes when you shot him 00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:50.699 the way I'm looking at you? Kitty! I hear myself. 00:42:51.760 --> 00:43:44.710 Light. I notice some light. That beat. His eyelids 00:43:44.710 --> 00:43:48.769 are moving, and his fissure must be wearing off. 00:43:48.989 --> 00:43:51.380 This pulse is still dropping fast, Doctor. Keep 00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:55.260 that respirator going. It's no use. We're losing 00:43:55.260 --> 00:44:03.159 him. That's tense, nurse. We've lost him. I'm 00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:10.300 sorry. Yeah. So am I. But I'm not sorry to get 00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:15.000 this mask off. Oh, yes. Me too. It always makes 00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:24.539 me feel as if I have no mouth at all. It seems 00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:27.599 that Joe Gannett was seeing ghosts all right. 00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:30.820 But in this case, they weren't the ghosts of 00:44:30.820 --> 00:44:34.059 the past. They were the ghosts of the future. 00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:39.480 Men without mouths, clustered around an operating 00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:44.619 table, not trying to destroy his life, but attempting 00:44:44.619 --> 00:45:00.650 to save it. I'll be back shortly. Of course, 00:45:00.869 --> 00:45:03.170 we're really not worried about men and women 00:45:03.170 --> 00:45:05.789 without mouths at the Radio Mystery Theater, 00:45:06.329 --> 00:45:09.929 as long as they have ears. And since you seem 00:45:09.929 --> 00:45:12.389 to have a pair of ears in good working order, 00:45:13.090 --> 00:45:15.469 we hope you'll turn them to our wavelength again. 00:45:16.289 --> 00:45:19.929 It's our purpose in life to show you that sometimes 00:45:19.929 --> 00:45:25.030 it's fun to be afraid. Our cast included Joe 00:45:25.030 --> 00:45:27.909 Silver, Patricia Elliott, Ira Lewis, and Dan 00:45:27.909 --> 00:45:30.880 Ako. The entire production was under the direction 00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:36.000 of Hyman Brown. And now, a preview of our next 00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:41.400 tale. Hey, that's wonderful! That's just like 00:45:41.400 --> 00:45:44.179 a magician I saw once! It's not magic, Effie. 00:45:44.219 --> 00:45:47.400 It's a natural power. I read somewhere that most 00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:50.059 of us use only a small portion of our brain potential. 00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:52.840 Less than five percent. You mean that anyone 00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:55.920 can do what you just did? Sure, most people can. 00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:58.159 I'm sure of it. Oh, hey, Joe, will you teach 00:45:58.159 --> 00:46:00.639 me? Will you show me how you did that? If you 00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:04.039 want to, I can show you that and much more. Like 00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:07.260 what? Well, like hear what I have in my mind 00:46:07.260 --> 00:46:10.340 without my saying a word. Oh, hey, that'd be 00:46:10.340 --> 00:46:12.380 neat. We could talk and nobody would hear us. 00:46:12.380 --> 00:46:14.480 I could show you how to move objects from across 00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:17.139 the room. We could clean up from here. I could 00:46:17.139 --> 00:46:19.539 even teach you how to fly. Yeah, like Peter Pan. 00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:21.960 Hey, look, I'm flying. Hey, you mustn't joke 00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:24.500 about it, Effie. Oh, hey, I'm sorry, Joseph. 00:46:25.420 --> 00:46:29.019 Listen, I wasn't making fun of you. I was just 00:46:29.019 --> 00:46:33.380 happy. Never make fun of me, Effie. You're frightening 00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:37.820 me. It's all over now. Let's finish the dish. 00:46:38.300 --> 00:46:40.940 This is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return 00:46:40.940 --> 00:46:44.000 to our mystery theater for another adventure 00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:50.820 in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams. 00:47:45.579 --> 00:47:51.719 This is K .O .I .N. Music Radio 97. It's 12 o 00:47:51.719 --> 00:47:51.940 'clock.