Death Wears a Lonely Smile | The Bog-Oak Necklace - Inner Sanctum Mysteries

[00:00:07] Good evening, friends.

[00:00:09] This is your host to welcome you through the creaking door into the inner sanctum.

[00:00:15] Come in. I want you to see the changes we've made around here. Very, very smart.

[00:00:20] Now, this new morbid motif was designed by those southern decorators,

[00:00:26] Autopsy and Evil.

[00:00:30] This three-part section of sofa was made especially for the wife of Harry the Hatchet Man.

[00:00:35] You see, Harry left his wife in pieces, so naturally we let the chip and dales fall where they may.

[00:00:45] Now here's our new dropped living room, just freshly dug.

[00:00:51] It's for rent, a real bargain. All you have to do is slab on a down payment.

[00:00:58] Tonight's inner sanctum mystery, Death Wears a Lonely Smile, was written by Ed Adamson and Bob Sloan,

[00:01:13] and stars Mr. Sloan in the role of Walter with Mercedes McCambridge as Carol.

[00:01:21] Well, now let's get to tonight's torturous tale.

[00:01:27] Find your places and make yourselves comfortable before we begin.

[00:01:30] As Harry the Hatchet Man says, we're not seating anyone before the first axe curtain falls.

[00:01:38] It's dusk, and a cold wind whips through the burial ground,

[00:01:44] stirring the leafless branches into wordless whispers of dead, forgotten voices.

[00:01:50] Amid the gravestones, the big man with a bloodied gash in his forehead stands, hapless,

[00:01:57] his massive ape-like arms hanging limply at his side, his eyes set in a lost, vacant stare.

[00:02:06] The big man remains there, transfixed, as the young woman in black comes out of the shadows behind him.

[00:02:13] Can I help you?

[00:02:14] Well, where did you come from?

[00:02:19] Oh, I was over there putting flowers on my father's grave, and I saw you.

[00:02:23] You were standing here, and you seemed lost, so I...

[00:02:26] Lola.

[00:02:28] What?

[00:02:29] I've been waiting for you, Lola.

[00:02:31] Oh, I'm not...

[00:02:32] I knew you'd come if I waited, Lola. I knew you would.

[00:02:36] But my name isn't Lola.

[00:02:37] I waited so long. I waited every day.

[00:02:40] I told you I'm not Lola. You've mistaken me. My name is Carol.

[00:02:43] Carol.

[00:02:44] That's right. Carol Finley.

[00:02:47] Lola said she'd come. She promised me. I need her.

[00:02:53] Who is Lola?

[00:02:54] Lola's my friend. She never made fun of me because I'm... I'm so big.

[00:03:01] Lola never laughed like all the others, like all those other ones who were so mean.

[00:03:07] What's your name?

[00:03:08] I told you, it's Carol.

[00:03:11] What's yours?

[00:03:12] Walter.

[00:03:14] Walter, you'd better let me take you home.

[00:03:17] Home?

[00:03:17] Yes. Where do you live?

[00:03:20] Where? I don't know.

[00:03:24] There's something the matter with you.

[00:03:26] Yes, you're hurt. That cut on your forehead.

[00:03:28] Cut?

[00:03:29] Yes.

[00:03:30] Look, I'll take you to my place. My mother has a rooming house, and you can stay there until you feel better.

[00:03:35] No, I... I can't go. I must wait for Lola. I... I promised I'd wait for her.

[00:03:40] Walter.

[00:03:42] Yeah?

[00:03:43] Was her name Lola Douglas?

[00:03:46] Yeah. Yeah, Lola Douglas.

[00:03:48] There's no use in your waiting.

[00:03:50] Oh, you mustn't talk like that. She'll be here. She will.

[00:03:54] She's already here. That gravestone there, look at it.

[00:03:59] Lola Douglas, dying March 6, 1948.

[00:04:11] There you are, Walter. Now, that bandage will do for a while.

[00:04:14] Ah, you're nice to me, Carol. You're like Lola. You're not afraid of me, are you?

[00:04:20] Of course not. Why should I be afraid?

[00:04:22] Because I'm so big. I... I remember when I was in school, a boy made fun of me.

[00:04:28] I... I grabbed his arm and I... I told him to stop. He just laughed at me.

[00:04:34] I didn't mean to hurt him, but I... I broke his arm. I... I just squeezed a little and... and it broke.

[00:04:42] Then they were all afraid of me.

[00:04:45] They shouldn't have laughed at you.

[00:04:47] I like you, but I can't stay here.

[00:04:51] It's perfectly all right. I spoke to my mother and she said that you can have my room for a few days and I'll move downstairs.

[00:04:56] Oh, I have to find Lola. I... I promised her I...

[00:04:59] Walter, try to understand. Lola is dead.

[00:05:03] Oh, no.

[00:05:04] She was buried over a year ago.

[00:05:06] Oh, that isn't true. I... I saw Lola last week. I... I spoke to her.

[00:05:13] All right, Walter. All right.

[00:05:16] And tomorrow you can start looking for her again.

[00:05:20] But now you must get some rest.

[00:05:22] You just lie down here and I'll...

[00:05:26] Carol, why are you looking at me like that?

[00:05:30] This was on the table among the things you took out of your pocket.

[00:05:34] What is it?

[00:05:35] A newspaper clipping.

[00:05:37] I didn't have a clipping in my pocket.

[00:05:39] It's dated March 7, 1948.

[00:05:43] Woman found brutally crushed to death.

[00:05:48] Victim identified as Lola Douglas.

[00:05:57] Carol, I just stopped by for a minute.

[00:05:59] Oh, I'm sorry. I thought Carol Finley was here.

[00:06:02] Uh, Carol gave me her...

[00:06:05] Lola.

[00:06:07] Lola?

[00:06:08] I knew you weren't dead.

[00:06:09] Oh, my name isn't Lola.

[00:06:11] I know they were lying all the time, Lola.

[00:06:13] Now, I'm glad as heart I live down the hall.

[00:06:15] They were trying to keep me from you. Come in, Lola.

[00:06:19] Let go of my hand.

[00:06:20] Come with me, Lola.

[00:06:21] Please, let go.

[00:06:23] Oh, my hand. You're hurting me.

[00:06:25] I wouldn't hurt you, Lola. You know I wouldn't.

[00:06:28] Let go!

[00:06:29] You mustn't talk so loud, Lola.

[00:06:31] They'll hear you. They'll think I'm hurting you.

[00:06:34] Oh, please. Please let me out of here.

[00:06:36] Don't try to get away from me, Lola. I might hurt you.

[00:06:39] I don't want to hurt you, Lola, but you might make me.

[00:06:43] You see, I'm hurting you.

[00:06:45] You're making me, and I don't want to.

[00:06:52] Open this door. Open it.

[00:06:57] What do you want?

[00:06:58] Well, I was downstairs, and I heard someone scream.

[00:07:00] Who are you?

[00:07:01] Carol's mother, Mrs. Finley.

[00:07:03] The scream came from this room. I'm sure of it.

[00:07:05] Oh, no, Mrs. Finley. Nobody...

[00:07:07] There she is! On the floor in there.

[00:07:10] Get out of my way.

[00:07:13] Gladys. Gladys.

[00:07:15] What have you done to her?

[00:07:16] Well, she wasn't here before.

[00:07:18] Lola was here, but now she's gone.

[00:07:21] Gladys. Gladys, are you all right?

[00:07:23] Oh, Mrs. Finley.

[00:07:25] Who is she?

[00:07:27] Keep him away from me. Keep him away!

[00:07:28] Now, you're all right, my dear. I'm here.

[00:07:31] He tried to kill me.

[00:07:32] No, no, I wouldn't hurt anybody.

[00:07:33] Here's your pocketbook, Gladys. He probably wanted your money.

[00:07:36] I don't want money.

[00:07:39] There's money in it. How much did you have, Gladys?

[00:07:41] I just cashed a check.

[00:07:44] $68. It was your rent.

[00:07:47] 20, 40, 60, 5, 6, 8.

[00:07:52] 68! Well, it's all here.

[00:07:55] Come on now, dear, and I'll take you to your room.

[00:07:57] All right.

[00:07:58] And you, I want you to clear out of here.

[00:08:01] No, I can't go.

[00:08:03] You're getting out, you understand? You're getting out.

[00:08:06] I can't go. Lola's coming back.

[00:08:09] I promised her I'd wait, and I'm staying here until she comes.

[00:08:16] Carol. Carol!

[00:08:22] What is it, Mom? What's the matter?

[00:08:23] I can't find Gladys. Her bed wasn't slept in. Did you see her?

[00:08:27] No.

[00:08:28] Well, I went to her room and she wasn't there.

[00:08:30] I had a feeling when you brought him home the other night.

[00:08:33] I had a feeling I should have turned him away.

[00:08:36] He's killed Gladys.

[00:08:37] Oh, Mom, stop it. Stop talking like that.

[00:08:39] Well, he tried it yesterday.

[00:08:40] No, he didn't, Mom. He's just mixed up.

[00:08:41] You've got to try to understand him.

[00:08:43] Please take it easy. Gladys probably left for work early.

[00:08:46] No, sir. She didn't leave this house alive.

[00:08:49] I was in her room. He's done something to her. He's hidden her body.

[00:08:52] Mommy, I don't believe he'd do a thing like that.

[00:08:54] Then what about Lola Douglas?

[00:08:56] She was murdered a year ago. You told me about that yourself.

[00:08:59] All right, I did. But there's no proof that Walter killed her.

[00:09:03] Mom, I understand him. I'll go up and talk to him.

[00:09:06] No, you won't. You're staying right here.

[00:09:09] I'll do the talking to him.

[00:09:11] I've got to get him out of this house before we're all murdered.

[00:09:19] You've got to get out of here.

[00:09:20] Oh, please, Mrs. Finley, don't make me go. Lola will come back.

[00:09:25] Lola Douglas was murdered a year ago.

[00:09:27] That's not true. Lola's alive. I saw her last week.

[00:09:31] She was murdered by you.

[00:09:33] No, I wouldn't hurt Lola.

[00:09:35] You killed her the same way you killed Gladys.

[00:09:37] Oh, you shouldn't say things like that, Mrs. Finley.

[00:09:40] You took Gladys out of here last night and murdered her.

[00:09:43] No, Mrs. Finley, I didn't leave. I was waiting for Lola.

[00:09:47] You're a monster, a horrible, crazy monster.

[00:09:50] You're saying mean things to me, Mrs. Finley.

[00:09:53] Well, I want you out of my house. I want you out right now.

[00:09:56] You're not like Carol. Carol's nice.

[00:10:00] Carol said I could stay here in her room.

[00:10:03] Yes, but not if you don't pay.

[00:10:05] Pay?

[00:10:06] Oh, I know you have no money.

[00:10:08] You can't stay here another moment unless you pay.

[00:10:10] And I want a month's rent in advance.

[00:10:13] Now, what do you say to that?

[00:10:15] All right, Mrs. Finley.

[00:10:17] And the quicker you get out of here...

[00:10:18] Where is your money?

[00:10:20] Well, where did you...

[00:10:21] Is this enough for a month in advance, Mrs. Finley?

[00:10:26] Is $68 enough?

[00:10:37] $68, Carol. Here, look. He gave me $68.

[00:10:41] I don't understand it, Mom.

[00:10:43] Yesterday he didn't have a penny in his pocket.

[00:10:45] Don't you see what this proves?

[00:10:47] It's just as I told you. He's murdered Gladys.

[00:10:50] That's exactly what she had in her pocketbook last night.

[00:10:53] $68.

[00:11:01] Sergeant Pierce, 12th Precinct.

[00:11:03] Sergeant, this is Mrs. Finley, 529 Elm Street.

[00:11:07] You'd better come over right away.

[00:11:09] Finley, 529 Elm. What's the trouble, lady?

[00:11:12] Oh, one of my rumors, Gladys Hart. She's missing.

[00:11:15] Missing? Well, we don't handle that, lady.

[00:11:17] Oh, but listen...

[00:11:18] I'll switch you over to missing persons.

[00:11:19] Wait just a minute, please.

[00:11:21] Yeah?

[00:11:22] Well, this woman, she's not just missing.

[00:11:24] She's been murdered.

[00:11:25] Now, look, lady, which is it? She missing or murdered?

[00:11:28] Both. She hasn't been in her room all night.

[00:11:30] She had $68 in her pocketbook and...

[00:11:33] Hello? Hello?

[00:11:35] You!

[00:11:37] Good afternoon, Mrs. Finley.

[00:11:39] What's going on there? Hello?

[00:11:41] I'm sorry I troubled you, officer. I... I made a mistake.

[00:11:45] Gladys Hart's alive. She... she just walked in.

[00:11:58] Who's there?

[00:11:59] It's Carol, Walter.

[00:12:00] Oh, come in, Carol.

[00:12:03] Did I disturb you?

[00:12:05] Oh, I... I was listening to the music on the radio.

[00:12:09] It's... it's nice music, isn't it, Carol?

[00:12:12] Yes, Walter, very pleasant.

[00:12:13] Lola likes music just like that, too.

[00:12:17] Walter?

[00:12:18] Yeah?

[00:12:19] I came up to apologize for the way Mom acted to you.

[00:12:23] Mrs. Finley said mean things to me.

[00:12:26] Well, Mom didn't understand.

[00:12:27] Mrs. Finley said I killed that girl.

[00:12:30] I didn't kill her.

[00:12:31] Yes, we know that now.

[00:12:32] Gladys came in a little while ago. She stayed at a friend's house overnight.

[00:12:36] Walter, where did you get the money you gave Mom?

[00:12:40] Well, it was in my pocket.

[00:12:42] I found the $68 in my pocket.

[00:12:45] But it was more than $68.

[00:12:46] More?

[00:12:47] Yes, Mom was so excited when you gave it to her, she forgot to count it.

[00:12:50] But you gave her $85.

[00:12:51] Oh, I only had $68.

[00:12:53] You must have made a mistake. You had $85.

[00:12:55] You gave Mom $17 too much.

[00:12:57] So here, she told me to give you back the $17.

[00:13:00] Oh, you keep it, Carol. You're nice to me.

[00:13:03] No, Walter, it's yours.

[00:13:05] Please take it.

[00:13:07] Carol?

[00:13:08] Yes?

[00:13:09] This money, I, uh...

[00:13:11] Well, would you let me take you to dinner?

[00:13:15] Well, you see, I don't.

[00:13:17] Oh, you wouldn't be ashamed to go with me because I'm so big?

[00:13:21] Because people would look at me and laugh.

[00:13:25] Of course I wouldn't be ashamed.

[00:13:27] Then you'll go?

[00:13:29] Yes, Walter, I'd be very glad to go with you.

[00:13:31] I'll just run downstairs and get my things.

[00:13:34] You meet me out in front of the house in ten minutes.

[00:13:36] All right, Carol, I'll meet you.

[00:13:39] We'll have a nice time.

[00:13:40] Yes, Walter, I'm sure we will.

[00:13:43] The state authorities are conducting an extensive search...

[00:14:11] They stopped playing the music.

[00:14:15] The music was so nice.

[00:14:18] And they stopped playing it.

[00:14:21] Carol!

[00:14:30] Yes, Mom? What's the matter?

[00:14:32] Oh, I've been looking all over the house for you.

[00:14:35] You're all right?

[00:14:36] Of course I'm all right.

[00:14:37] Why are you putting on your coat?

[00:14:39] I'm going out to dinner.

[00:14:40] Out to dinner?

[00:14:41] Yes, with Walter.

[00:14:42] Him? Oh, thank heavens I got here in time.

[00:14:46] Mom, what are you talking about?

[00:14:47] He's a murderer.

[00:14:48] Oh, you're not going to start that all over again, are you?

[00:14:50] Well, it just came over the radio.

[00:14:51] A woman was killed last night in Washington Park.

[00:14:53] That doesn't prove that Walter is a murderer.

[00:14:55] It does.

[00:14:56] The radio said the woman had $85 in her pocketbook.

[00:14:59] She had what?

[00:15:00] $85.

[00:15:01] That's what he gave me this afternoon, $85.

[00:15:04] That's what he killed that woman for.

[00:15:06] Oh, Mom, I can't believe it.

[00:15:08] That's how he suddenly had the money to pay the rent.

[00:15:10] And the radio said the woman was crushed to death by a man who was big and powerful.

[00:15:14] Who's big and powerful?

[00:15:15] It's him.

[00:15:16] Oh, and you would have been the next, Carol.

[00:15:18] Where is he now?

[00:15:20] I was supposed to meet him outside the house.

[00:15:21] I suppose he's out there waiting for me now.

[00:15:23] That man's a lunatic, a crazy killing lunatic.

[00:15:26] Mom, what are we going to do?

[00:15:27] Well, you stay here in this room now and don't leave it.

[00:15:30] What about you?

[00:15:31] Well, I'm going downstairs to call the police.

[00:15:33] I'll be back in a few minutes.

[00:15:36] And remember, no matter what happens, don't leave this room.

[00:15:41] Operator, the police.

[00:15:43] Quick, get me the police.

[00:15:44] One moment, please.

[00:15:55] Hello, Mrs. Freeman.

[00:15:57] Oh!

[00:15:58] You're calling the police?

[00:16:00] No, no, I...

[00:16:01] You're going to tell on me.

[00:16:02] No, you're wrong.

[00:16:04] I wasn't going to...

[00:16:05] Ah!

[00:16:06] Ah!

[00:16:09] Mom, what took you so long?

[00:16:10] I was...

[00:16:19] Hello, Carol.

[00:16:22] Hello, Walter.

[00:16:24] Hello, Carol.

[00:16:26] Hello, Walter.

[00:16:27] I was waiting for you, Carol.

[00:16:30] Well, I...

[00:16:32] I'm not ready yet.

[00:16:33] You've got your hat and coat on.

[00:16:36] Well, can't we wait just a little long?

[00:16:38] You're afraid.

[00:16:39] You're afraid to go to dinner with me.

[00:16:41] No.

[00:16:42] Otherwise, you'd go with me right now.

[00:16:44] Well, I...

[00:16:46] All right, Walter, all right.

[00:16:49] I'll do just as you like.

[00:16:52] We'll go right now.

[00:16:57] Carol, why did you change?

[00:17:03] Me change?

[00:17:04] I don't know what you mean.

[00:17:05] I don't think you like me anymore.

[00:17:07] Oh, but I do like you, Walter.

[00:17:09] You want to get away from me, I can tell.

[00:17:11] You don't want to be with me.

[00:17:13] But I came out with you.

[00:17:14] I'm going to dinner with you.

[00:17:15] But you don't want to.

[00:17:16] I can tell by the way you act.

[00:17:18] You keep pulling away from me.

[00:17:20] Wait, will you?

[00:17:21] What is it?

[00:17:23] Did you really want me to like you, Walter?

[00:17:25] Yeah.

[00:17:26] Very much.

[00:17:27] Then I tell you what.

[00:17:29] This florist shop here, you go in there.

[00:17:31] You buy me some flowers.

[00:17:33] Some flowers?

[00:17:34] Mm-hmm.

[00:17:35] Oh, all right.

[00:17:36] Well, what kind?

[00:17:37] Oh, any kind.

[00:17:38] And I'll wait here while you do it.

[00:17:40] No, you come with me.

[00:17:41] You pick them out.

[00:17:42] Oh, but I want you to surprise me.

[00:17:44] Oh, I don't want you to be alone.

[00:17:46] You might run away from me.

[00:17:47] No, I wouldn't do a thing like that.

[00:17:49] Oh, if you want some flowers,

[00:17:50] you got to come in the shop with me.

[00:17:52] All right, Walter.

[00:17:54] All right, Walter.

[00:17:56] I'll go with you.

[00:18:01] Good evening.

[00:18:02] What can I do for you?

[00:18:03] Uh, what kind of flowers do you want, Carol?

[00:18:06] Roses.

[00:18:07] Oh, yes, roses.

[00:18:08] Roses.

[00:18:09] Very nice.

[00:18:11] A dozen?

[00:18:12] Yes.

[00:18:13] Well, I'll have them for you.

[00:18:14] Oh, uh, miss.

[00:18:15] Yes?

[00:18:16] Miss, I...

[00:18:17] I have to make a phone call.

[00:18:18] I wonder if I could...

[00:18:19] Well, there's a pay booth over there behind the first.

[00:18:21] Oh, thank you.

[00:18:22] I'll just be a minute, Walter.

[00:18:23] But, Carol, I...

[00:18:24] I have to get some flowers.

[00:18:25] I'll be right back.

[00:18:26] May I help you?

[00:18:40] Operator, get me the police.

[00:18:42] One moment, please.

[00:18:46] Sergeant Pearce, 12th Precinct.

[00:18:48] Listen to me carefully.

[00:18:49] I don't have much time.

[00:18:50] My name is Carol Finley.

[00:18:52] And the man who murdered that woman in Washington Park last night is with me.

[00:18:55] Where are you?

[00:18:56] In Kramer's Florist Shop on 6th Street.

[00:18:58] But we're leaving here in a minute.

[00:18:59] He's taking me to dinner at the Black Grotto down the block.

[00:19:02] Black Grotto.

[00:19:03] I got you.

[00:19:04] Please, hurry.

[00:19:08] Don't worry.

[00:19:09] We'll get there.

[00:19:12] Oh, you have the flowers, Walter.

[00:19:13] Oh, they're very pretty.

[00:19:14] Who did you call, Carol?

[00:19:16] Why, I...

[00:19:17] Called Mom.

[00:19:19] You talked to Mrs. Finley?

[00:19:22] Yes, I just wanted to let her know where I'd be so that she wouldn't worry.

[00:19:25] You talked to her?

[00:19:28] Yes, I just told her that I did.

[00:19:30] Come on, Walter.

[00:19:31] I'm hungry.

[00:19:32] All right, Carol.

[00:19:39] Wait, Carol.

[00:19:40] I'll call a taxi.

[00:19:41] We're just going to the Black Grotto.

[00:19:42] We don't need a taxi.

[00:19:43] It's just down the street there.

[00:19:44] I changed my mind, Carol.

[00:19:46] We're not going to the Black Grotto.

[00:19:48] I'm taking you to a nicer place.

[00:19:51] Much nicer.

[00:19:53] Walter?

[00:20:02] Why did you take me out here?

[00:20:04] Oh, there's something in this cemetery I want to show you.

[00:20:07] Walter, please, let's go back to town.

[00:20:09] We won't be long.

[00:20:11] It's right here.

[00:20:13] This is what I wanted to show you.

[00:20:16] Is it...

[00:20:17] It's an empty grave.

[00:20:18] Yes, Carol.

[00:20:21] And we have the flowers to put on it.

[00:20:23] But no one's in there.

[00:20:24] It's empty.

[00:20:25] You'll be there, Carol.

[00:20:27] Walter?

[00:20:28] It's for you.

[00:20:30] Oh, you don't want to hurt me, Walter.

[00:20:32] I'm your friend, remember?

[00:20:34] No, no, you're bad.

[00:20:36] You're like all the rest of them.

[00:20:37] I thought you were nice, but you're not.

[00:20:39] Don't you remember I tried to help you?

[00:20:41] You didn't call Mrs. Finley from the flower shop.

[00:20:44] Yes, I did, Walter.

[00:20:45] I spoke to Mom.

[00:20:46] That's not the truth.

[00:20:47] You couldn't talk to her.

[00:20:48] Mrs. Finley is dead.

[00:20:50] She's what?

[00:20:52] I killed her.

[00:20:54] She was going to tell the police about me.

[00:20:56] I put my hands around her neck and I squeezed and...

[00:21:00] She was dead.

[00:21:02] I...

[00:21:03] I put her in the cellar.

[00:21:06] Now I've got to kill you.

[00:21:08] No, Walter, wait, wait.

[00:21:10] If you do anything to me,

[00:21:11] there won't be anybody left to help you find Lola.

[00:21:13] Lola?

[00:21:14] Yes.

[00:21:15] Lola?

[00:21:16] Yes, Walter, I can help you find Lola.

[00:21:17] I think I know where she's hiding.

[00:21:19] Lola's dead.

[00:21:20] No.

[00:21:21] She laughed.

[00:21:22] She laughed at me.

[00:21:23] She said I was crazy, a big, crazy fool.

[00:21:26] That's what she said.

[00:21:28] I thought she was my friend, but she wasn't.

[00:21:30] She was mean.

[00:21:31] She laughed at me.

[00:21:32] She was mean like all the rest.

[00:21:33] They all laughed at me.

[00:21:34] I wouldn't laugh at you, Walter.

[00:21:35] I wouldn't.

[00:21:36] I hate it when people laugh at me.

[00:21:39] I want to hurt them just like I want to hurt you

[00:21:42] because you're laughing at me now.

[00:21:44] I'm not laughing.

[00:21:45] I'm not.

[00:21:46] You are.

[00:21:47] Please, no.

[00:21:48] Let's go.

[00:21:49] Walter, don't.

[00:21:50] If you stopped laughing, I wouldn't have to hurt you.

[00:21:53] But you wouldn't stop.

[00:21:54] You'd keep on.

[00:21:55] Don't.

[00:21:56] Walter.

[00:21:57] Lola.

[00:21:59] Lola, make them stop.

[00:22:01] Lola.

[00:22:03] Lola, please, make them stop.

[00:22:06] They're hurting me.

[00:22:12] You all right, miss?

[00:22:13] Yes, officer.

[00:22:15] I'm all right.

[00:22:16] That was a close call you had.

[00:22:18] You didn't turn up at the black grotto I checked with the florist.

[00:22:21] She saw him take you into a cab outside her shop.

[00:22:25] Lucky thing I got out here in time.

[00:22:27] Yes.

[00:22:28] He sure was a big guy, wasn't he?

[00:22:31] Yes, he was.

[00:22:32] A big guy who didn't want people to laugh at him.

[00:22:38] Well, that closes the lid on tonight's little coffin of curious characters.

[00:22:51] And Walter certainly proved a point.

[00:22:53] The bigger they are, the harder they fall into a grave.

[00:22:58] Say, Carol certainly had a narrow escape, didn't she?

[00:23:01] The poor girl almost died laughing.

[00:23:04] You know, that's the trouble with most people.

[00:23:06] No sense of humor.

[00:23:07] Some of them just can't take a choke.

[00:23:10] And Walter, he's a good guy.

[00:23:12] He's a good guy.

[00:23:13] He just can't take a choke.

[00:23:18] All right, so my gags leave you morbid.

[00:23:21] You didn't want to sleep tonight anyway.

[00:23:24] Oh, did you?

[00:23:38] Night pleasant dream?

[00:23:45] Inner Sanctum was heard in the United States over CBS, the Columbia broadcasting system.

[00:24:06] And has been rebroadcast for service men and women overseas.

[00:24:10] This is the United States Armed Forces Radio Service, the voice of information and education.

[00:24:16] To present Inner Sanctum Mysteries, starring Miriam Hopkins.

[00:25:07] Good evening, friends of the Inner Sanctum.

[00:25:13] This is your host, Raymond Reddy, as always, to provide you with your weekly ration of screams, giggles and blood.

[00:25:21] All in a spirit of gentle fun, I have no other object in mind.

[00:25:25] Except to reduce you to sniveling wrecks of nerves and shudders.

[00:25:30] Have you got a white sheet handy?

[00:25:32] You might wrap it around yourself in case a ghost shows up.

[00:25:36] You'll think you're in the business and pass right on through you.

[00:25:40] Now, Mr. Raymond, don't be so silly.

[00:25:42] You know there are no such things as ghosts.

[00:25:44] Who said that?

[00:25:45] Oh, hello, Mary Bennett.

[00:25:48] So you don't believe in ghosts, huh?

[00:25:50] Now, what's that standing behind you?

[00:25:53] Oh, you shouldn't have done that.

[00:25:55] Frightening me that way.

[00:25:56] Shame on you.

[00:25:57] Oh, I'm sorry, Mary.

[00:25:58] Can I make amends?

[00:25:59] Well, you might tell the folks how much you enjoy Lipton tea.

[00:26:03] Oh, gladly, gladly.

[00:26:05] Friends, just the other day a ghost and I were having a conversation about Lipton tea.

[00:26:10] Now, hear, hear, hear.

[00:26:11] Enough of that.

[00:26:13] Nobody is interested in what you and the ghost said about Lipton tea.

[00:26:17] No.

[00:26:18] Ghosts talk about real people and the solid pleasure they get from Lipton.

[00:26:23] They drink it at meal times.

[00:26:25] They serve it when friends drop in for a visit.

[00:26:27] And, of course, they often brew themselves a cup of Lipton during the day.

[00:26:31] Just because it's so nice to relax and enjoy that famous brisk flavor.

[00:26:36] Oh, by the way, that word brisk, B-R-I-S-K, is one that tea experts use.

[00:26:43] Brisk means that Liptons always taste tangy and bracing.

[00:26:47] And Liptons are a matter of wishy-washy.

[00:26:49] Yes, you just don't know how good tea can be until you know how good Liptons is.

[00:26:54] Okay, Mary, suppose you go fry me a cup of tea.

[00:26:57] But keep the kitchen door open because you're about to hear the story of the Bog Oak Necklace.

[00:27:05] It's an original radio play by David Driscoll.

[00:27:08] And our heroine tonight is that beautiful star of stage and screen, Miss Miriam Hopkins,

[00:27:14] and the role of Emily.

[00:27:24] Standing behind you, at least nobody you can see.

[00:27:33] At the edge of a lake in a small New England town, two men are busy digging an excavation.

[00:27:45] Must have been like a caver out here once, huh?

[00:27:49] Old Miss Bristow used to own this property before she sold it to this here city man's building.

[00:27:55] Used to be a fine apple orchard right up there.

[00:27:58] And was all fine trees once.

[00:28:00] Well, let's dig. That's what we're getting paid for.

[00:28:07] Hey! What's the matter with you, Paulie?

[00:28:09] Look down there what I just hit with my shovel.

[00:28:12] Hm? Oh, a bone.

[00:28:15] Oh, it's a cow, I think.

[00:28:17] Cow? That ain't no cow bone, Jerry.

[00:28:20] Look. Look at this with the bone.

[00:28:22] Yeah, I see it. And you call that a cow bone now?

[00:28:25] No, I don't.

[00:28:27] This here must have been a graveyard once.

[00:28:29] This here was never no graveyard.

[00:28:31] The river used to come right up to here almost before the big flood.

[00:28:35] Before they built the dam.

[00:28:36] Hey, what are you doing?

[00:28:37] Get your golden hat.

[00:28:39] You're bringing that, will you?

[00:28:40] Of course I am. Hat and this.

[00:28:43] Yeah, but there must be a skull here too.

[00:28:46] Of course there must be. We don't have to look for that, Paulie.

[00:28:49] But in our job. Come on.

[00:28:52] Jerry and me was digging away there, Mr. Warren, down towards the river.

[00:29:06] And all of a sudden, Jerry kind of yelled.

[00:29:09] And when I asked him what's the matter, he shows me this leg bone.

[00:29:13] So I looks and there's this skeleton right at his feet.

[00:29:18] I see.

[00:29:19] So I figure you being the county attorney here, you're the man who ought to know first.

[00:29:24] Yes. Now this place by the river that you're talking about,

[00:29:28] it's the land that city man bought to build a home on?

[00:29:31] Yeah, that's right. He bought it from old Miss Emily Bristow.

[00:29:35] And then we found this too around the...

[00:29:40] Well, I guess you'd call it the neck.

[00:29:43] That is where the neck would be.

[00:29:49] Is there anything wrong, Mr. Warren?

[00:29:52] Where did you say you found this bone and this necklace?

[00:29:55] Well, Jerry and me is making a trench for a water pipe.

[00:29:59] And we're digging where the old riverbank used to be.

[00:30:03] Right near the river edge.

[00:30:05] Leave the necklace with me.

[00:30:07] If I need any more help, I'll get in touch with you. That's all.

[00:30:10] Yes, sir.

[00:30:15] Forty years. Forty years.

[00:30:20] Emily... Emily Bristow.

[00:30:28] What do you want with me after 40 years, Andrew?

[00:30:34] Look, Emily.

[00:30:36] Well, these are old woman's eyes.

[00:30:40] Look closer.

[00:30:42] Take that away. Take it away.

[00:30:46] The bar of gold necklace, Emily. Do you remember?

[00:30:50] She sent it to Miss Emily Bristow on her 24th birthday by...

[00:30:54] by Andrew Warren.

[00:30:56] Where did you get it, Andrew?

[00:30:58] It was found at the river edge on the property you've just sold.

[00:31:03] Daisy. Daisy!

[00:31:06] It's come back to us, Emily. After all these years.

[00:31:10] It's come back to us. The bar of gold necklace.

[00:31:14] The necklace that meant the death of your sister, Daisy.

[00:31:27] Oh, Andrew. Oh, Andrew, darling.

[00:31:30] Daisy, there aren't two people anywhere as happy as we are.

[00:31:33] Of course not.

[00:31:36] May I tell Emily?

[00:31:38] Yes. Yes, I suppose so. After all, she's your sister. She should know.

[00:31:43] Good night, darling.

[00:31:45] Look at that mood.

[00:31:47] Smiling at you.

[00:31:49] I'm going to close my eyes and I won't open them until you're down the road out of sight.

[00:31:54] Good night, sweetheart.

[00:31:58] Good night. Good night, sweetheart.

[00:32:02] Good night, moon.

[00:32:04] Young ladies shouldn't stand staring at the moon that way.

[00:32:07] Oh, Emily. You frightened me so. Did I?

[00:32:12] You had a nice drive with Andrew in the moonlight, I hope.

[00:32:17] Emily. Andrew...

[00:32:21] Andrew...

[00:32:22] Yes?

[00:32:24] Andrew and I, we're...

[00:32:28] Oh, darling. How will I ever stop my heart from beating so again?

[00:32:32] Let me say it for you. You're engaged.

[00:32:36] And there you are. It was easy, wasn't it?

[00:32:38] For you?

[00:32:41] You have no idea how easy it was for me.

[00:32:45] Emily.

[00:33:02] Right here.

[00:33:03] Emily. I wanted to see you so badly.

[00:33:08] She's already told me, Andrew.

[00:33:11] Emily, I want you to understand about this.

[00:33:15] I know how this must hurt you.

[00:33:18] You've got to break it off. You've got to.

[00:33:21] You can't marry her.

[00:33:23] Andrew, listen to me. Please. Please marry me.

[00:33:28] I beg you.

[00:33:30] Emily, we must be sensible.

[00:33:32] I beg you.

[00:33:34] If you love me, Emily, you must let me do what I feel is right.

[00:33:37] I can't let you marry Daisy.

[00:33:39] You're mine. I must have you.

[00:33:42] If not me, Andrew, no one.

[00:33:45] No one else at all.

[00:33:48] It's too late now.

[00:33:50] Forgive me.

[00:33:52] I'll never forgive you.

[00:33:54] And I'll never let you go.

[00:33:57] Emily.

[00:33:58] Never. Never, never.

[00:34:03] Emily.

[00:34:11] Emily, are you asleep?

[00:34:12] Go to bed, Daisy.

[00:34:13] Oh, Emily, don't be cross. I can't sleep.

[00:34:15] You can't sleep?

[00:34:16] No, I'm so excited.

[00:34:18] Why, Emily, you're still dressed too.

[00:34:20] So I am.

[00:34:22] What's the matter, dear? Don't you feel well?

[00:34:24] Oh, I feel very well. Thank you, Daisy.

[00:34:27] Emily, what's the matter? What, you use that tone with me?

[00:34:31] Oh, darling, you're not feeling well, are you? I can tell by the look on your face.

[00:34:35] Oh, come on. Come on, let's go to bed.

[00:34:38] It's going out into the night. The moon has fallen.

[00:34:41] And let's walk up to the apple orchard.

[00:34:44] After all, Emily, even though we're going to be separated, it won't be forever.

[00:35:00] Aren't you afraid to be out here at night?

[00:35:03] Afraid? Afraid of what?

[00:35:05] We are at the end of the apple orchard.

[00:35:08] There's the little patch that goes down the river.

[00:35:11] I think you'd better go back now.

[00:35:14] Go back?

[00:35:16] Well, what'll you do? I'm going to stay here.

[00:35:19] I wouldn't dream of going back to the house alone.

[00:35:21] I thought you weren't afraid. All alone?

[00:35:24] Of course I'd be afraid all alone.

[00:35:27] Daisy, I don't want you to marry Andrew.

[00:35:31] Emily, you know what you've just said?

[00:35:35] Certainly. Why, I...

[00:35:38] Oh, Emily, I'm surprised at you.

[00:35:41] Why, you're jealous. That's right.

[00:35:44] I want you to write to Andrew and tell him that you've thought it over

[00:35:48] and that you've decided you don't love him and you're not going to marry him.

[00:35:52] How dare you speak to me that way?

[00:35:55] Now, get out of my way. I'll never talk to you again as long as I live.

[00:35:59] Have you thought that you may not have very long to live?

[00:36:02] Emily! Emily, I'll scream!

[00:36:04] No, you won't scream. You won't scream at all.

[00:36:06] And do you know why? Down in that little pigeon heart of yours, you're frightened.

[00:36:10] Frightened? Let go of my arm! You're hurting me! You're out of your mind, Emily!

[00:36:13] I'll let you go when you promise to write that letter.

[00:36:15] I promise, I... I promise, Emily. Now, let go of me!

[00:36:17] As soon as we get back.

[00:36:19] Yes, yes, yes!

[00:36:20] And don't you dare breathe a word of this to anyone ever as long as you live.

[00:36:24] I promise, I promise.

[00:36:25] Now, I think we understand who loves Andrew.

[00:36:28] Yes?

[00:36:29] I'll let you go. You don't know how close you came.

[00:36:32] Come back here, Daisy.

[00:36:34] You'd run away, would you?

[00:36:36] Emily! Emily, I wasn't running away. Please let me go!

[00:36:39] What are you doing with that letter?

[00:36:41] Emily, no! No!

[00:36:43] I knew I couldn't trust you.

[00:36:45] I knew I never should have told you.

[00:36:48] Help! Help!

[00:36:49] Stop, Emily!

[00:36:50] You're joking me!

[00:37:18] Well, girls, we'll be...

[00:37:23] It's kind of pity about little Emily, though.

[00:37:25] Just think what a wonderful hangman she'd have made if she'd been born a girl.

[00:37:30] Kind of cute, huh?

[00:37:31] Being taken for a little swing by a girl.

[00:37:35] What a terrible woman she is, Mr. Raymond.

[00:37:37] Oh, now listen, I like Emily. She's so inventive.

[00:37:40] Most women will do anything for a necklace, but only Emily knows what to do with a necklace.

[00:37:46] Now, Pete, you know very well that the only thing you can do with a necklace is wear it.

[00:37:51] Oh, yeah?

[00:37:52] Well, the only thing you can do with Lipton tea is drink it.

[00:37:56] Well, what's wrong with that?

[00:37:58] And, Mr. Raymond, maybe you don't realize how often folks do drink Lipton tea.

[00:38:03] Why, it's the perfect beverage for so many occasions.

[00:38:06] And that's why it makes sense to have a good supply on hand,

[00:38:09] to buy the larger, more economical-sized packages.

[00:38:12] And it is more economical that way, too.

[00:38:14] Oh, yes, it's wise to have a large-sized package of Lipton tea on your shelf

[00:38:19] because that well-known brisk flavor, that bracing, full-bodied taste,

[00:38:24] makes Lipton always welcome.

[00:38:26] Hmm, that gives me an idea.

[00:38:28] Maybe we should have had Emily and little Daisy talk out their quarrel.

[00:38:32] Over a cup of Lipton tea.

[00:38:34] Oh, man, that'd be chummy.

[00:38:37] But it's too late now.

[00:38:39] Daisy is stretched out on the ground with a bog oak necklace twisted tight around her neck.

[00:38:46] She's not sleeping now.

[00:38:48] She's just dead to the world.

[00:38:54] So, let's get back to our star, Miss Miriam Hopkins, who plays the role of...

[00:39:06] Daisy, get up.

[00:39:08] Get up this minute and stop cheating me.

[00:39:10] You're not hurt that bad, and you know you're not.

[00:39:13] Please get up, Daisy.

[00:39:16] You're frightening me.

[00:39:20] Daisy.

[00:39:22] Daisy, you're... you're acting...

[00:39:26] just as though you were... you were... dead.

[00:39:30] Bog oak necklace.

[00:39:39] You see? You see, you wouldn't be talking to me if you were dead.

[00:39:42] You've killed...

[00:39:43] That voice, that... Daisy's voice.

[00:39:52] But your lips are not moving.

[00:39:54] How can you be speaking to me, Daisy, when your lips are not moving?

[00:39:57] They'll find me.

[00:40:10] I will marry you. I will.

[00:40:12] I must...

[00:40:16] Who am I talking to?

[00:40:19] Somebody's speaking to me with Daisy's voice.

[00:40:22] I must do something.

[00:40:36] I must get some help.

[00:40:39] Somewhere, I must get some help.

[00:40:41] She can't be dead.

[00:40:43] I just pulled the necklace a little bit, not tightly at all.

[00:40:47] You pulled it very tightly.

[00:40:59] Stop it. Stop talking to me.

[00:41:01] I'll never leave you as long as you...

[00:41:09] You are dead, aren't you?

[00:41:12] I murdered you.

[00:41:14] Something dreadful will happen to me. I've got to do something.

[00:41:18] What do I... what can I do?

[00:41:22] The river. I'm near the river.

[00:41:25] Stones, yes.

[00:41:27] With twine, strong twine, wound around the stones and outside the stones, too.

[00:41:32] And I could throw her into the water from the crag on the hill,

[00:41:35] and the stones would make her sink to the bottom, and then...

[00:41:38] She'd never come back. Never.

[00:41:41] And who would know?

[00:41:57] Maybe... maybe when I get back to her, she'll be moving, and I'll talk to her.

[00:42:02] No. She is dead.

[00:42:04] She is.

[00:42:06] Oh, I'm running in the wrong direction.

[00:42:09] It was over there that I... I killed her.

[00:42:12] It couldn't have been because... because she's not there.

[00:42:16] She... it was right here.

[00:42:21] Daisy's gone.

[00:42:23] She's got to have walked away somewhere. She's alive.

[00:42:27] Emily.

[00:42:29] I found her, Emily.

[00:42:32] Strangler dead.

[00:42:34] I killed her.

[00:42:36] What are you doing then with that twine in your hand?

[00:42:39] You wanted to tie stones to her, didn't you?

[00:42:42] Throw her in the river.

[00:42:44] I... I killed her because I was jealous.

[00:42:49] You're as guilty as I am.

[00:42:52] Because you should have married me.

[00:42:54] Yes, I am as guilty as you are.

[00:42:57] What will become of me now? All my hopes, my ambitions?

[00:43:01] We can get rid of the body. Then we can get married after all.

[00:43:05] It'll only take a little while for people to forget, and...

[00:43:08] then we can go away somewhere and begin all over again.

[00:43:11] I never want to look at you again as long as I live.

[00:43:14] I hate you.

[00:43:16] I came back here to speak to you again.

[00:43:19] I wanted to tell you I'd done the wrong thing.

[00:43:21] That I ought to marry you.

[00:43:23] I wanted to arrange with you about Daisy.

[00:43:26] How we could tell her without hurting her too much.

[00:43:30] I was heading toward your window when I saw her.

[00:43:33] Strangled with a barbed-oak necklace.

[00:43:36] What have you done with it?

[00:43:39] Exactly what you planned to do.

[00:43:42] Because no woman would have the strength to do it.

[00:43:45] I had rope in my rowboat.

[00:43:47] I tied stones to the body.

[00:43:49] Rolled a bit into the river with it.

[00:43:52] Dropped it overboard.

[00:43:54] If the plan works, you're safe.

[00:43:58] If it doesn't, you'll die.

[00:44:01] And I'll go to prison.

[00:44:04] I'm going now.

[00:44:06] The moon is down already.

[00:44:08] Soon it will be dawn.

[00:44:10] The necklace.

[00:44:12] What did you do with the necklace?

[00:44:16] I left it...

[00:44:18] where it was.

[00:44:20] Around her neck.

[00:44:39] That sound.

[00:44:41] The sound the necklace makes.

[00:44:44] I have heard it every night for 40 years.

[00:44:49] 40 years.

[00:44:52] Now she's come back to us.

[00:44:54] To me.

[00:44:55] Tell me, Andrew.

[00:45:00] Where was it found?

[00:45:02] It's been there.

[00:45:04] At the bottom of the river all this time.

[00:45:06] During the flood last year, the...

[00:45:09] skeleton must have been swept into that old sewer.

[00:45:14] Twine probably rotted away a long time ago.

[00:45:18] That's the only explanation I can give.

[00:45:20] Watching!

[00:45:22] Down there at the bottom of the river, watching!

[00:45:24] I'm going now, Emily.

[00:45:27] It's probably the last time we'll ever see each other.

[00:45:32] I'll leave the necklace with you.

[00:45:34] It was to you I gave it 40 years ago.

[00:45:37] What's that?

[00:45:40] What?

[00:45:42] The voice.

[00:45:44] Her voice.

[00:45:45] I'm going.

[00:45:46] Don't leave me, Andrew. Don't leave me.

[00:45:48] Dear Lever, leave the two sisters together.

[00:45:54] Andrew!

[00:45:55] We're alone.

[00:46:06] No. No.

[00:46:13] Come, come.

[00:46:19] No, I've not been near that orchard in 40 years.

[00:46:22] Come, Emily.

[00:46:24] But I'm old.

[00:46:25] No, you're young.

[00:46:38] Yes.

[00:46:40] The crickets will be chirping and the moon coming up.

[00:46:43] All as it used to be.

[00:46:45] Yes.

[00:46:48] And the bark oak necklace that Andrew gave you.

[00:46:53] You wear it the way you used to wear it.

[00:46:59] When he used to roll to the bottom of the hill and wait for you.

[00:47:02] And you could stand...

[00:47:07] Yes.

[00:47:13] You've forgotten something.

[00:47:15] Forgotten?

[00:47:16] The bark oak necklace.

[00:47:22] Oh.

[00:47:52] I can't run as fast as I...

[00:47:54] Come, Emily. Come. It's waiting.

[00:47:57] Yes.

[00:48:00] Listen.

[00:48:01] Andrew's whistling for you. Go on.

[00:48:08] I can't whistle.

[00:48:10] That's strange.

[00:48:11] You must run so much faster.

[00:48:25] You will be late.

[00:48:32] I'm all out of breath here.

[00:48:35] Apple trees, the branches, they're in my way.

[00:48:38] I can't bend over.

[00:48:41] Faster, faster.

[00:48:45] No.

[00:48:47] Wait for me, Andrew.

[00:48:52] Wait for...

[00:48:53] Oh!

[00:48:55] That necklace.

[00:48:57] Emily, you caught it in a branch.

[00:49:00] Turn around, Emily.

[00:49:08] Yes.

[00:49:12] That's the way my voice sounded one night long ago.

[00:49:17] When I wore the bark oak necklace.

[00:49:22] When I too was strangled by the bark oak necklace.

[00:49:33] Come, sister.

[00:49:35] Come.

[00:49:38] It's so cool here in the river.

[00:49:43] Cool.

[00:50:12] Daisy, Daisy, tell me your answer true.

[00:50:20] Who gets choked first?

[00:50:23] Me or lovely you?

[00:50:26] If you'll be the first to strangle,

[00:50:28] I'd appreciate your angle.

[00:50:31] And when I learn that it's now my turn,

[00:50:35] I'll gargle as nice as you.

[00:50:41] What awful words to sing to such a nice song.

[00:50:44] Oh, but listen, I sing so well and I can recite too.

[00:50:46] Shall I recite you something suitable?

[00:50:48] Say, a Mother Goose rhyme, huh?

[00:50:50] Mr. Raymond, you don't know any Mother Goose.

[00:50:53] Is that so?

[00:50:54] Well, I know one that you will love.

[00:50:56] Listen.

[00:50:57] Polly put the kettle on, Polly put the kettle on,

[00:50:59] Polly put the kettle on and we'll all have tea.

[00:51:03] Well, that's fine.

[00:51:05] Only I hope Polly makes sure that it's Lipton tea.

[00:51:07] Naturally.

[00:51:08] But I suppose there's little doubt that she'll use Lipton

[00:51:11] because after all more people drink Lipton tea than any other brand.

[00:51:15] The reason for that is Lipton's famous brisk flavor.

[00:51:19] Yes, Lipton tea is never flat or insipid.

[00:51:22] It always tastes full-bodied and vigorous

[00:51:26] and, well, I guess it's all summed up by that word brisk.

[00:51:30] Yes, folks, brisk is the word that the tea experts use

[00:51:33] when they talk about Lipton tea.

[00:51:36] So try it real soon, won't you?

[00:51:47] They say...

[00:51:49] Of course, I'll just tell you what the gossip is in the morgues I visit.

[00:51:53] They say that Daisy and Emily can be seen almost any moonlit night.

[00:52:00] Skull gently touching skull,

[00:52:03] floating through the old apple orchard as of yore.

[00:52:08] If you'd like them in your home, you could use their ration coupon.

[00:52:12] Outside of rattling a bit when the wind blows,

[00:52:15] they're very nice and companionable,

[00:52:18] especially on dark nights.

[00:52:20] And in the summer, you can always use them for scarecrows in your victory garden.

[00:52:30] By the way, this month's Inner Sanctum Mystery Novel

[00:52:34] is The Outsider by A.E. Martin.

[00:52:38] Well, now it's really time to close that there squeaking door

[00:52:41] until next week at the same time when Lipton tea

[00:52:45] and Lipton soup will once again bring you another Inner Sanctum Mystery

[00:52:50] produced under the direction of Hyman Brown.

[00:52:54] So until then, good night.

[00:52:59] Pleasant dreams.

[00:53:12] Folks, I wonder what our grandmothers would have said if they had heard about Lipton's noodle soup.

[00:53:17] I'll bet they wouldn't have believed it possible that a delicious chicken noodle soup

[00:53:21] could come ready to make in an envelope.

[00:53:24] But if they'd tasted Lipton's,

[00:53:25] they would have agreed that it has an old-fashioned, homemade flavor,

[00:53:29] that it tastes just like the kind of chicken soup they used to make themselves.

[00:53:33] And Lipton's is economical too.

[00:53:35] It costs less and makes more than canned soups.

[00:53:39] So folks, be sure to try Lipton's noodle soup.

[00:53:43] And be sure to tune in next Tuesday night for another Inner Sanctum Mystery.

[00:53:49] This is CBS Columbia Broadcasting System.

[00:53:55] This has been a Cryptic County Podcast.

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[00:54:13] We'll see you next time.

[00:54:15] You know what ought to happen next?

[00:54:17] If this was a horror story?

[00:54:21] That's what ought to happen next.

[00:54:23] It did.