October 12, 2025 • 33 mins
Gregory Hood receives multiple death threats and after one close call, he decides to play dead while he solves his own murder.
Original Air Date: June 17, 1946
Originating in Hollywood
Starring Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood
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Original Air Date: June 17, 1946
Originating in Hollywood
Starring Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood
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Speaker 1 (00:28):
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here now is today's episode of the Casebook of Gregory Hood.
The Murder of Gregory Hood.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
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Speaker 4 (03:04):
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(03:32):
we have a date with Gregory Hood. A little earlier,
Gregory phoned me to say that he was working later
at his office, So let's join him there, shall we.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
Come in?
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Hello, Harry Gregory.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
Sorry to Gregor over here, but I really was tied up.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
That's all right.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
I'm quite impressed to see the sea head of Gregory Hood.
Importers has to work late occasionally, just like anyone else.
Oh yes, Harry, I mustn't think that all my time
has spent gallivanting around San Francisco. Quite a hard working
man on occasion. This afternoon, for instance, we received a
particularly valuable shipment from China, some exquisite jade pieces. I've
been examining and cataloging them myself.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Is this Peace on the Death part of the collection?
Speaker 5 (04:12):
Yes? You want to buy its?
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Well? What is it?
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Looks like just a chunk of jade where a hole
through it?
Speaker 4 (04:18):
It is, Harry, but it also happens to be an
archer summring ten period two hundred and six pc. How
much in your case, Harry, I'll make a special price,
say fifteen thousand dollars. I'm afraid that I'm a little
short this month.
Speaker 5 (04:33):
It's a beautiful specimen.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
Harry. I must show this to Richard Gump. He's got
the finest collection in town. You know what's funny this
shipment arrived today. Why because the story I'm going to
tell you tonight concerned the shipment of jade that I
received just over a year ago. Only on that occasion,
it was for me jade, and it gave me one
of the worst headaches I've ever had. In fact, I've
done nearly got myself murdered. Oh well, it's a salliatory
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tale that proves that being an amateur dete it was
a foolish and dangerous occupation. I suppose the story really
began about six years ago in Lieutenant Silver's office in homicide.
My old friend was patiently trying to sweat the truth
out of a certain gent by the name of Lenn Carp,
a murderer, with come on, Cardy, you know we've got
(05:19):
your cold.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Ain't got nothing on me covery.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Why don't you be smart Pete guilty and take a
self defense wrapp otherwise it's the gas chamber.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Not to that I was in time all at the
time of the murder. See I'm sticking to it.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
Hello, Hi, Greg, still lat today. Yeah, this is one
rat that won't squeal. Greg, I've got a friend outside Stan.
I'd like you to meet her. Look, Greg, I have
no time for wenches now. I don't know that i'd
call her a wench. Stan inflation is set in somewhat,
but I think she'll interest you and you Carper, I
don't know, know, babe. It's funny she knows you. The
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name's Dodo Wearing, and she's prepared to testify that she
spent an hour with you in San Francisco on the
night of the murder.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Okay, Gregory, Hood, I know who you are.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
And I'll get you for this.
Speaker 6 (06:01):
I'll get you the last.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
Thing I do. As a matter of fact, it was
the last thing he did too, but that comes later.
How did you round up the girl, Gregory? I have
my contact Harry.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
How bad?
Speaker 4 (06:15):
What happened to Corna? Well, he had a good lawyer
and got off at Man's daughter went off to San Quentin,
still swearing I'd pay with my life for putting the
finger on him.
Speaker 5 (06:23):
I never gave him.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
Another thought until one night, just over a year ago,
when my friend and attorney Sanderson Taylor and I were
having drinks at the top of the mark. I, by
an art coincidence, was waiting there to keep an appointment
with an excluding the beautiful young woman. Gregory. Yes, and
what's her name? Whose name? The girl you're waiting for?
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I didn't say I was waiting for a girl.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
You didn't have to.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
I know you well enough to recognize the sympaths, the
red carnation in your button hole and the way you've
been eyeing your watch.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Tell their own story. What's her name?
Speaker 4 (06:55):
Sherry Drake, New Conquest. This is to be something of
a business meeting, Sandy, And I'm sure you use the
word business loosely.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Don't be cynical, Sandy.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
By the way, much as I love your company, will
you beat a snappy retreat when the young lady arrived?
Afraid of competition? Eh, you're aging, Gregory. Don't worry. Soon
as I finished his last support, I'll be on my way.
In any case, I have a wife and two children
waiting for me in Berkeley. Hell, no, isn't that Lieutenant
Silver standing in the entrance at Oh?
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Sure it is Beanley?
Speaker 4 (07:25):
There he comes, Oh Gregory, Oh evening, mister Tay.
Speaker 5 (07:29):
Gregory my boy, are stuck with a guest tonight. I
know it's due any moment. I don't know about it.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
She you're stuck with me for the evening. Look, Stand,
you are a man of irresistible charm. Some of your
anecdotes are fascinating, and you play a wizard a game
of chess. Another evening we'll have a long session together.
But great, I'm going to have to insist, Greg, what's
up with I'm caught? I got for all today, Lenn
Cart that's the man that you put the finger on
five years ago, and Greg, remember he touching you at.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
The time I talk. The guys were in store with him.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
Greg, he's still squaring vengeance and no need to take
that very seriously. I think there is We put a
tail on him the moment he got turned loose.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
But he gave us a slip and I'm sticking with you,
Greg until he turns up.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
If he's putting a rod, there's a parole violation and
we've got him, but I'm keeping you safe until then.
I appreciate your concerns, Stand, but I can look after
myself and it'll be safer to let the lieutenant stick
with you. Gregory but I've got a date and freeze
a crowd. Don't you worry, Greg, I can be the scold,
but stay going.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
I'll leave you guys to fight it out. What's in
the package? A little presence for you?
Speaker 5 (08:30):
Greg?
Speaker 3 (08:30):
What is it?
Speaker 5 (08:31):
A wig?
Speaker 3 (08:31):
One for grinding smoke? Oh?
Speaker 4 (08:33):
Greg, it's a lot more practical than that, and it's
something we'd better discuss before your young.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Lady shows up.
Speaker 5 (08:39):
All right, but that's not all.
Speaker 7 (08:40):
We're going to discuss you Doenna.
Speaker 6 (08:56):
Are you sure we're not boring you? Lieutenant Schilder?
Speaker 5 (08:58):
Don't worry about me, young, but we do worry about you.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Stan.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
We've been sitting here at the top of the mark
for nearly an hour and all you've done is to
drink four gigantic orangeades and look gloomy. Are you quite
sure you wouldn't like to take a nice.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Long ride on the cable car and meet us somewhere later? Yes, Gregor,
I'm quite sure.
Speaker 4 (09:14):
Just carry on, don't mind me.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
Do you usually have a chaperone you take girls?
Speaker 3 (09:19):
Greg's not, as a rule. It's rather cramped my style.
Speaker 6 (09:21):
And then it's quite a style too, Gregory. Where did
you get my numbers?
Speaker 4 (09:26):
Harry Bartel gave me the idea by an art coincidence.
He was talking about Sherry the other night, and I
thought what a nice name it would be for girls.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
So I summed through the phone book until I found.
Speaker 6 (09:36):
Your Seriously, Gregory, how did you get it?
Speaker 5 (09:39):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (09:39):
Excuse me back in the don't hurry, Yes, stand take
your time, my dear young lady. Let's not fly into
his personal life. Let's accept the miracle of his disappearance
gratefully and get down to business. Disneys. Yes, Sherry, I
have a little unfinished business that I think you can.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
Help me with.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
Oh this is a new one. Go on, Gregory, I
am an importer Sherry. Two months ago, go somebody switched
the shipment of jade on me somewhere between Hong Kong
and San Francisco.
Speaker 6 (10:04):
You mean I substituted Tony Jade.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
For the real stary. Yes, Sherry, I've been doing a
little private snooping and I have a hunch that are
gent by the name of Hillary Pearson is at the
back of it. I found out that you knew him,
and that's why I called you.
Speaker 6 (10:16):
Oh, yes, I do know him slightly, But I'm sure
you're making a mistake.
Speaker 4 (10:20):
Gregory.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Hillary is a straight should write.
Speaker 4 (10:22):
Better on that.
Speaker 5 (10:22):
I wouldn't.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
I found out quite a bit about the gentleman in
the past few days. He's just about as straight as
a regular worm. Good evening, Shelley. Oh hello, Hillary, introduce
me to your friend.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
Weren't you?
Speaker 4 (10:33):
Why?
Speaker 6 (10:34):
Yes, Hillary Pearson.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Gregory Hood How do you do?
Speaker 3 (10:37):
How do you do? Hillary Pierson?
Speaker 4 (10:40):
I was just talking about you, and I thought you
might be That's why I came to your table. I
think I know what you're doing, mister Hood. You're interested
in that shipment of Tony j to sit by.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Your agent, don't you.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
I'd be a mighty poor business man if I weren't interested.
My friends and you somewhere required the curious notion that
Sherry knows something about it?
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Have you ever thought of taking up mine?
Speaker 5 (10:58):
Reading?
Speaker 4 (10:59):
Funny, very very funny, mister hood. But I warn you
you're making a great mistake. I might even say you'd
live to the greatest if I thought it was the
least likelihood that you live at all. Nor what are
you talking about? You know what I'm talking about, don't you,
mister Hoodie. Oh sure, I can recognize the threat just
like the next man. Listen, mister Pearson. We're being chaperone
by Lieutenant Silver's a parmecide. He'll be back in a moment.
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Why not sit down and wait for him. He'd love
to meet you.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
I have no interest in meeting policemen.
Speaker 8 (11:24):
Don't forget what I said before.
Speaker 6 (11:26):
He certainly had me for Gregory, Why don't you grab me?
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Threatened you? Oh he's not dangerous by himself. I'll have
silver for the tail on him. Maybe he'll lead us
to the whole gang. Well, Cherry, do you still think
he's a streak shooter. He's a raft. I'll never see
him again. Perhaps you can help me, Nevin Cherry.
Speaker 6 (11:44):
I'll tell you anything I can, Gregory, but there isn't
much had a few dates with the guy oh deeper.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
Here comes to Lieutenant again, welcome home, saying all is forgiven.
Anything interesting happened in my absence? Greg No, No, just
another death threat?
Speaker 5 (11:58):
You're kidding, I'm not. People are queuing up to kill me.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Well, I start a line for anything these days, Come on,
greg give well.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
A rather olyaginists.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Gentleman by the name of Hillary Pierson just came up
to our table in a voice simply dripping with vitriol.
He suggested Gray Scott, Sandy's come back that I'm popular tonight.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
What's wrong? Sanday?
Speaker 4 (12:18):
I was worried about what the lieutenant told us about
Lem Carter, so I drove by your apartment. I didn't
get too good a look at the man across the street,
but I'm certain it was cought good.
Speaker 5 (12:25):
We've got him.
Speaker 4 (12:26):
Now, come on, how about me. I'm not not letting
go of you now, Jerry, come along and watch the fun.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
I'm Gregory. You can't bring a girl.
Speaker 4 (12:32):
Look Sandy, whose murder is this?
Speaker 5 (12:34):
Yours?
Speaker 4 (12:34):
Online?
Speaker 5 (12:35):
Come on, come on, everybody.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
Well, here's the apartment.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
If there's any shooting, Jerry dropped down in the back
seat and keeps down.
Speaker 6 (12:54):
Don't worry about me, Gregory.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
The guy's still there.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
See him in the doorway. It's Carter, all right. He'll
open the sto window a little. I don't want to
have to use this rod, but I'll keep it handy.
Carter has spotted us. He's moving back in the doorway.
Speaker 5 (13:06):
Let's see if I can talk a little sentiment to him.
Speaker 8 (13:09):
Carter, don't be a.
Speaker 5 (13:12):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
Carter tried has one off the side, got him?
Speaker 6 (13:15):
Then?
Speaker 3 (13:15):
Come on?
Speaker 4 (13:18):
He held down the steps when you're winged, I think
he did, Cherry.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
He stayed in the car.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
I can't feel he is dead.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
He can't be. I wasn't failing to kill.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
There's one of your bullets in's legs.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
He must have hit his head as he fell down.
Speaker 6 (13:31):
The steps, his neck broken. Must have died instantly.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
Cherry, Darling, you seem remarkably handy with Corson.
Speaker 6 (13:38):
I was at I can take it up.
Speaker 4 (13:43):
I'm so saying she fainted, Okay, Sandy, I've got her.
Speaker 5 (13:46):
Poor kid.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
The whole thing has been a little too much for her.
It's been a little bit too much for me too.
Speaker 4 (13:50):
He's a brave girl, Greg, Yeah, yes, but there's rather
spoils of the evening, doesn't it. Nothing else to do
now but take the lady home and the crops of
the morgue.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Oh stand yes, Greig?
Speaker 5 (14:01):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (14:02):
Thanks? What four about Coffer? I mean, whether he was
gunning for me or gip it? Greig, Come on, let's
get moving. Well, this evening didn't turn out the way
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I planned it, not for me. I should have been
back in Berkeley hours ago.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
I was speaking for myself.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
I had a twelve dinnut what did bride kid?
Speaker 5 (14:39):
Greg?
Speaker 4 (14:40):
Very welcome fan, and I'm a black SCU fan. If
you driving me home, I'll see you in the morney.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Okay, good night.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
Greg, Good night night fan.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Greg.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
Wait here until we see your lights go on.
Speaker 6 (14:49):
Might be someone else waiting for it.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
Okay, but I think you overestimate my popularity.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
No. Oh, into the lem car to.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
Get the castered and my girl friends friends and he's
got his family.
Speaker 5 (15:15):
Who's there? But I know you're there. Come out of
those shadows.
Speaker 8 (15:20):
Come on, Gregory, did I get you? Help me out?
Speaker 4 (15:35):
I'm okay?
Speaker 3 (15:37):
You see who it was?
Speaker 4 (15:38):
No?
Speaker 5 (15:38):
Oh, they must have kake by the backstairs.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
Thank the lord who brought me that bullet beam. Oh
so that was the presence he gave Gregory at the mark. Yes, here,
sucky thing. I didn't take it off after Carter was dead,
but even with a steel vest, three bullets in the
belly kind of.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
Knocked you off load. Here's a note under your door, mat.
What is the flame is?
Speaker 5 (15:58):
Taylor?
Speaker 3 (16:00):
See?
Speaker 4 (16:01):
I told you i'd get you if it was the
last thing I did well, and it signed lemb Cotton.
But Lamb's dead. Oh I get the pattern now. Somebody
who wanted to kill me, took advantage of Carter's release
to frame it on him, not knowing he was dead already.
So it didn't work. Oh yes it did. Stand I
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was murdered. What bright new triggers this, Gregory? I was killed,
or at least well, let the would be murderer think
so it will lull him. Good idea, Gregg, I'll go
ahead with an.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
Official vests investigation.
Speaker 4 (16:34):
Sign Stand you do that, and I'll calm the underground
in my own way. But speaking has a very recent corpse,
I think I may say I'm going to enjoy solving
my own murder. You'll hear the rest of gregory Hood
(16:58):
story in the second, which is all the time. I
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Petrie Musketel has such a beautiful golden color, bright as sunshine,
(17:19):
but most likely it's because Petrie Muscatel has a flavor.
It comes right from the heart of plump, luscious muscat grape.
Like Petri Port, Petri Muscatel is just perfect at the dinner.
As a matter of fact, why not buy a bottle
of Petri Port and a bottle of Petrie Muscatel. Don't
buy one, buy two, but remember always by Petrick.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
Gregory.
Speaker 4 (17:47):
How did it feel to be a walking court? Surprisingly pleasant, Harry.
In fact, I'd say that the professional zombie probably.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
Has quite a gay life.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
Did you find out who fired those three shots?
Speaker 6 (17:57):
That? Oh?
Speaker 4 (17:57):
Yes, yes, but that comes a little later in the story.
At the time, my only suspect was Hillary Pisson. After all,
he threatened my life a short while before.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
True.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
But and this is almost terresy, Gregg, you know who
I suspect?
Speaker 3 (18:10):
Oooh, the girl Jerry?
Speaker 4 (18:13):
And may I say how much I like that name?
Speaker 3 (18:15):
You may?
Speaker 4 (18:16):
In fact, I'd like to go a little further and Harry, okay,
but it seemed to me that if this girl was
mixed up with the jade get.
Speaker 5 (18:23):
Harry, don't you see because.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
She was with us when lem Carter was killed, she
was the only person who knew positively that she couldn't
hope to frame a later killing on him. I guess so, well, Greg,
what did you do next? As I say, Harry Pearson
was my only suspect, and I had a hunch it
wasn't he. First, it wasn't his style, and second, the
time elements.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
Seemed to rule him out.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
But fortunately I have some interesting contacts with the underworld,
and I knew where to look for further suspects. While
Sandy Taylor waited in my apartment, I spent a profitable
half hour with some crape hair and a bottle of
spirit Comes, giving myself what I thought would be quite
a convincing beard. Yeah, it's an official corpse. I guess
you had to disguise it south. And then Sandy and
I drove over to a little hideaway on Market Street,
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a bar known as the Scarlet Dolphins. It has the
most persistent juke box.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Oh cool, old Sandy, he's so patient with me. Then
I just call Mary.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
Well, Sandy, did you explain your absence satisfactorily? Yes, Mary's
wonderfully understanding, just the same. I can almost see that patient,
knowing smile of hers when I tell her I'm going
to a bar with you strictly on business. Mary is
a very remarkable girl. Incidentally, now that we're here, just
what are we doing? In the Scarlet Salphin waiting to
talk to Ole O'Leary, oleo'laring.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
An expert on yodling, no doubt. Can he help it?
Speaker 4 (19:43):
If he had an Irish father and the Swedish mother.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
What's his specialist?
Speaker 4 (19:46):
He's the windshil of the underworld. Oh, Stanley, this grape
hair is driving me crazy. If you must go around
being a corps, Greggory, at least you deserve to be uncomfortable.
Speaker 5 (19:54):
Becomes only enough.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Let's see.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
We don't want to drink only just information?
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Uh, Gregory, what are you doing with that chin?
Speaker 5 (20:05):
Being a corpse only?
Speaker 3 (20:06):
Can you use a fins? Are you kidding? Come to daddy? Thanks? Greg?
Speaker 4 (20:13):
What do you want to know?
Speaker 5 (20:13):
Did you know lem Cott was out of Hawk?
Speaker 3 (20:15):
Sure?
Speaker 4 (20:16):
Get out this morning?
Speaker 3 (20:17):
You know his contact? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (20:19):
H just one though, Greg A date, name and address?
Speaker 4 (20:22):
Alla, Ruby hat Devon's your apartment?
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Sound turk?
Speaker 4 (20:25):
Thanks o Gollo. Okay, thanks for the finn. Good luck Greg.
Now when Ruby comes through the door, Sandy, remember that
you're playing this scene.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
I don't worry, Gregory. I'm not simple mind.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
I'm a child of three.
Speaker 8 (20:47):
Yeah, miss Ruby.
Speaker 4 (20:49):
Hart, Yeah, may we come in? Who are you? I'm
mister Gregory Hood's lawyer, and this is my secretary, mister Bunker,
Gregory Hood's lawyer. Okay, and then well, Patana mind, you
(21:09):
may have heard that lem Carter was killed at teen.
No I didn't.
Speaker 9 (21:14):
I ass cares all running because I was reading a
sad book. And listen, brother, if you can't hit a
glown on Idel of Crown.
Speaker 4 (21:20):
Yet, but I haven't. Mister Hood feels that he is
in part liable for Lem Carter's death, and he ain't
kidden brother. He wishes to make some financial contribution. He
feels that if mister Carter had any close associates or depends.
Speaker 8 (21:31):
On them, had me.
Speaker 4 (21:32):
That's all and that's enough, or it could have been
you've known him for some time. I've known him no time.
Never heard him before.
Speaker 9 (21:40):
He went to San Quentin, but I had a brother,
He's a buddy alms there. Then got my letter to
go and so he started writing to me, and I
wrote back to Hinsey, they need to come alive. All
over that letter writing. So he came out and saw
me just once, just today. It was just like a letter.
Speaker 4 (22:01):
Tony was pushing blood in him. The night is dead.
And I got lawyers calling.
Speaker 9 (22:06):
Around me asking about financial dependence and stuff.
Speaker 6 (22:10):
It was just us.
Speaker 9 (22:10):
See ten didn't see nobody else before they got him.
Speaker 8 (22:14):
All our lives. It's going to be nobody but us,
and I want to get us.
Speaker 4 (22:18):
Can Hill out of here. I want to go on
reading that tad book.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
Leave me, miss Hark. When I say that, mister wood.
Speaker 9 (22:23):
Cam futher you so I'm about to get moving.
Speaker 4 (22:25):
I'm you think, yeah, yeah, break your heart on it.
Good night. Then sorry that he missed it, all right?
Speaker 5 (22:33):
That was your job.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
Then there me too, poor girl, I'm sorry for her?
Who am I? Sandy?
Speaker 4 (22:38):
I feel like a rather elderly near white plug about
those financial contributions.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
As Ruby would say, I.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
Ain't kidding, brother. Anybody that can find good in limb
cotton deserves all I can do.
Speaker 5 (22:50):
But this was a dead end.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
No food's there? And what's the next move?
Speaker 5 (22:52):
Gregory?
Speaker 4 (22:53):
The jade trail and the girl named Cherry eleven said, not.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Too late to call? Why not remove the beard?
Speaker 5 (22:59):
No handy, Well she's a brave girl.
Speaker 4 (23:01):
Let's see how she faces up to midnight shadow Ptentually.
I'll pay the next scene alone if you don't mind,
I don't mind.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
I'll wait for you in your apartment. Too late to
drive back to Berkeley night.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
Anyway, if your wife only knew a smart attorney, she
could cite me as good ground for divorce. Okay, Stanley,
wait for me back at the apartment. I have the
feeling that the next scene won't take.
Speaker 6 (23:20):
Very long, Gregory, I'm so glad you came back. Seems
to night.
Speaker 4 (23:33):
That's the same when you walked in wearing.
Speaker 6 (23:35):
That ridiculous beard.
Speaker 5 (23:36):
You were down near fainted again, Sir.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
I should have might have been smart too, I understand,
and like a lady likes woon, not to the extent
of complete unconsciousness.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
How are you feeling now?
Speaker 4 (23:49):
Nice place you have here, Sherry. It's a modest little check,
but I like it. Gregory. Yes, you look worried quite frankly,
I am what's wrong? I'll try I lest you tonight
They tried to ventilate me with billets, greg No, fortunately
I was wearing a tin vest. Otherwise I'd be in
the morgue. Now where did it happen? Didn't bring my apartment?
Speaker 6 (24:10):
Did you see what it was?
Speaker 3 (24:11):
No? No, it was too dark. Curry.
Speaker 5 (24:14):
Yes, I've got a list of questions a.
Speaker 4 (24:16):
Yard long for you, but before I asked them, I
I want to do a little checking.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
Do you mind if I use your phone?
Speaker 4 (24:20):
Of course? Not go ahead. You see, officially I'm supposed
to be a corp, but I wish you'd stopped being one.
I don't like bearded man. Well, I may be able
to take it off as soon as I've made this call.
Lieutenant Silvera's in homicides for you.
Speaker 5 (24:36):
Yes a minute.
Speaker 3 (24:37):
Did Hillary Pearson call you this evening?
Speaker 4 (24:39):
Jerry? Really?
Speaker 6 (24:40):
No, no one's called scuse me?
Speaker 5 (24:43):
This is Gregory. Hi, greg did you dig up any leaves?
Speaker 4 (24:46):
No?
Speaker 5 (24:46):
Stand? How about you?
Speaker 4 (24:47):
Nothing yet? Oh that's one thing you might want to
know about that totally caught on your doorsteps, the one
from Pater. There's no chance to atentiicate the handwriting yet,
but loudly.
Speaker 5 (24:56):
With Cotton's fingerprints. What's that?
Speaker 1 (24:58):
I say?
Speaker 5 (24:58):
The note was loudly with Cotton's finger Yes, yes it does.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
It gives me the answer. Thanks?
Speaker 6 (25:07):
Then learn anything, Gregory?
Speaker 4 (25:10):
Yes I did, Sherry? Maybe everything well.
Speaker 6 (25:13):
Before you tell me about it, come over here on
the sofa. I want to show you my pet you
moon light on the day. We don't need a life,
do it. Oh it's beautiful, Gregory.
Speaker 5 (25:27):
So are you?
Speaker 3 (25:28):
Sherry? Thank you sir, you're very beautiful, and you wore
gloves this evening, didn't you.
Speaker 6 (25:35):
I don't talk so much.
Speaker 4 (25:38):
Yes, maybe I could learn to like theer.
Speaker 8 (25:45):
There's only one to end that, darling.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
That wasn't a very gentlemanly action, Gregory.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
I know, but my old father used to say, never
strike a woman until she pulls a knife on your
Shouldn't that be unless my old father always said until?
Maybe that's why I'm still a bachelor.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
Did you have much of a job getting her over
to the station?
Speaker 4 (26:12):
No, she was out cold until Silver's got there, and
then she screamed bloody murder and fought like a wildcat.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
Quite a female. Did she steal anything? Splendid?
Speaker 4 (26:20):
Ry Pearson was at the back of it. Philba is
picking him up tonight and in the morning. I prefer
charges and with Sherry on the spot, I don't think
it's going to be hard to track down our Jade.
She was a smart girl and realized you'd guessed her
secret the moment you'd talk to Silvery now. She must
have heard him talking about the fingerprints. But it was
smart figuring on her past and on yours too, Gregory.
You see the fingerprints proved the note was genuinely from Carper.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
He planned to leave it by your body after he
shot you.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
I stole it instead of which he was shot first.
Therefore the note was stolen from his body. Only Sherry
could have done that while she was performing her nurse's
aid act of the corpse. The fact that she was
wearing gloves kept her fingerprints off the note. She was
a SmartLess dance, smart because she appeared to be the
one person who couldn't have framed the dead cart. She
thought the frame up attempts would clear her completely. The doubles,
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which a rule, very neat, and I nearly fell for it.
It was quick thinking on your part to piece it
all together as soon as you had the phone message.
I almost wish I hadn't pieced it together quite so fast. Sandy,
Why Gregory? Oh, the man asks why. Sherry was a
very beautiful girl, Sandy, And the moonlight was quite potent.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
Sometimes.
Speaker 4 (27:27):
I must tell you what my old father used to
say about that. Well, greg is usual. That story was
a knockout. You're the most popular corpse I met an
eighty Yes, Harry means that everybody's just dying to kill me. Ooh,
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and that girl Sherry. You know, Harry, there's one woman
who almost got me for life, and I didn't tell me, Harry,
if she succeeded, would you miss me? How can you
talk like that? Would you really miss our little Monday?
Speaker 3 (28:03):
You mean get together?
Speaker 5 (28:04):
Why?
Speaker 3 (28:04):
Sure?
Speaker 4 (28:05):
If you have a little silly talking about Petri wine
and myself, I should have known one track mind battell,
But I guess you're right. Good detectives are diame a dozen.
But good wine ah. And when you say good wine,
naturally you mean Petrie wine. Why. The Petrie family has
been making wine for generations. The art of turning luscious
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sun ripened grapes into delicious, fragrant wine is their heritage,
a heritage handed on down within the Petrie family, from
father to son, from father to son. No wonder Petrie
wine is so good. No wonder the Petrie business is
grown and grown till. But today the Petrie family are
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America's largest independent wine makers. Yes, the making of Petrie
wine is a family affair, and the Petrie family has
every intention of keeping it that way, because by so
doing they can be sure that every bottle of wine
that bears them named Petrie is and always will be
good wine. Well, Gregory, what page of your notebook are
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you turning to next week? Next week, Harry, I'm going
to tell you an odd story that took place in
an extremely dense fog in the Berkeley Hills. It's concerns
the disappearing wife, a haunted house, and a hot Plaaronet player.
And see your next Monday, Harry. The Case Book of
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Gregory Hood is written by Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher.
Original music is composed and played by Dean Fossler. Dale
Gordon plays the part of Gregory Hood and Sanderson Taylor
is played by r. Gilmore. The Petry Wine Company of
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San Francisco, California invite you to tune in again next week,
same time, same station. The case Book of Gregoryhood comes
to you from my Hollywood studio. This is Harry Bartel
saying good night for the Petrie family.
Speaker 5 (30:24):
Welcome back.
Speaker 4 (30:24):
Well.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
I liked him working at Harry Bartel into the story
and with the suggestion that he dated her because her
name was Sherry, and and Harry Bartell mentioned Sherry quite
a bit I get from what I gather. The next week,
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his date will be with a girl named Muscatel. The
one thing, of course, that doesn't quite work about this
is that the meeting between Gregory Hood and Harry Bartell
was a lot more recent than he year before, But
we go ahead and we'll let that pass. For the
most part, this was just a pretty entertaining case and
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nice bit of a twist ending. All right, well, listener
comments and feedback, and we have this from Brian who
writes regarding the casebook of Gregory Hood looking forward to
hearing this really enjoyed mister cameleon skips and all well,
thanks so much, Brian, glad to hear it about mister cameleon.
And actually Andrew Rynes several years ago he did a
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I think that in indication of what most people want
to hear, we're under standing of difficulties that sometimes occur
with old time radio programs, which were after all saved
by people who are in many cases great radio fans,
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but amateurs or were captured in some way like a
reel to reel recording tape off the radio, that doesn't
necessarily produce the best recordings. So if it's intelligible and
we can get the ending and we kind of get
what's going on the case, and it's in a series
we're doing, we'll probably play it. So thanks for your comment, Brian,
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I truly appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (32:41):
That'll do it for today.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
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we have a date with Gregory Hood. A little earlier,
Gregory phoned me to say that he was working later
at his office, So let's join him there, shall we.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
Come in?
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Hello, Harry Gregory.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
Sorry to Gregor over here, but I really was tied up.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
That's all right.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
I'm quite impressed to see the sea head of Gregory Hood.
Importers has to work late occasionally, just like anyone else.
Oh yes, Harry, I mustn't think that all my time
has spent gallivanting around San Francisco. Quite a hard working
man on occasion. This afternoon, for instance, we received a
particularly valuable shipment from China, some exquisite jade pieces. I've
been examining and cataloging them myself.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Is this Peace on the Death part of the collection?
Speaker 5 (04:12):
Yes? You want to buy its?
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Well? What is it?
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Looks like just a chunk of jade where a hole
through it?
Speaker 4 (04:18):
It is, Harry, but it also happens to be an
archer summring ten period two hundred and six pc. How
much in your case, Harry, I'll make a special price,
say fifteen thousand dollars. I'm afraid that I'm a little
short this month.
Speaker 5 (04:33):
It's a beautiful specimen.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
Harry. I must show this to Richard Gump. He's got
the finest collection in town. You know what's funny this
shipment arrived today. Why because the story I'm going to
tell you tonight concerned the shipment of jade that I
received just over a year ago. Only on that occasion,
it was for me jade, and it gave me one
of the worst headaches I've ever had. In fact, I've
done nearly got myself murdered. Oh well, it's a salliatory
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tale that proves that being an amateur dete it was
a foolish and dangerous occupation. I suppose the story really
began about six years ago in Lieutenant Silver's office in homicide.
My old friend was patiently trying to sweat the truth
out of a certain gent by the name of Lenn Carp,
a murderer, with come on, Cardy, you know we've got
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your cold.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Ain't got nothing on me covery.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Why don't you be smart Pete guilty and take a
self defense wrapp otherwise it's the gas chamber.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Not to that I was in time all at the
time of the murder. See I'm sticking to it.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
Hello, Hi, Greg, still lat today. Yeah, this is one
rat that won't squeal. Greg, I've got a friend outside Stan.
I'd like you to meet her. Look, Greg, I have
no time for wenches now. I don't know that i'd
call her a wench. Stan inflation is set in somewhat,
but I think she'll interest you and you Carper, I
don't know, know, babe. It's funny she knows you. The
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name's Dodo Wearing, and she's prepared to testify that she
spent an hour with you in San Francisco on the
night of the murder.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Okay, Gregory, Hood, I know who you are.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
And I'll get you for this.
Speaker 6 (06:01):
I'll get you the last.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
Thing I do. As a matter of fact, it was
the last thing he did too, but that comes later.
How did you round up the girl, Gregory? I have
my contact Harry.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
How bad?
Speaker 4 (06:15):
What happened to Corna? Well, he had a good lawyer
and got off at Man's daughter went off to San Quentin,
still swearing I'd pay with my life for putting the
finger on him.
Speaker 5 (06:23):
I never gave him.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
Another thought until one night, just over a year ago,
when my friend and attorney Sanderson Taylor and I were
having drinks at the top of the mark. I, by
an art coincidence, was waiting there to keep an appointment
with an excluding the beautiful young woman. Gregory. Yes, and
what's her name? Whose name? The girl you're waiting for?
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I didn't say I was waiting for a girl.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
You didn't have to.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
I know you well enough to recognize the sympaths, the
red carnation in your button hole and the way you've
been eyeing your watch.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Tell their own story. What's her name?
Speaker 4 (06:55):
Sherry Drake, New Conquest. This is to be something of
a business meeting, Sandy, And I'm sure you use the
word business loosely.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Don't be cynical, Sandy.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
By the way, much as I love your company, will
you beat a snappy retreat when the young lady arrived?
Afraid of competition? Eh, you're aging, Gregory. Don't worry. Soon
as I finished his last support, I'll be on my way.
In any case, I have a wife and two children
waiting for me in Berkeley. Hell, no, isn't that Lieutenant
Silver standing in the entrance at Oh?
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Sure it is Beanley?
Speaker 4 (07:25):
There he comes, Oh Gregory, Oh evening, mister Tay.
Speaker 5 (07:29):
Gregory my boy, are stuck with a guest tonight. I
know it's due any moment. I don't know about it.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
She you're stuck with me for the evening. Look, Stand,
you are a man of irresistible charm. Some of your
anecdotes are fascinating, and you play a wizard a game
of chess. Another evening we'll have a long session together.
But great, I'm going to have to insist, Greg, what's
up with I'm caught? I got for all today, Lenn
Cart that's the man that you put the finger on
five years ago, and Greg, remember he touching you at.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
The time I talk. The guys were in store with him.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
Greg, he's still squaring vengeance and no need to take
that very seriously. I think there is We put a
tail on him the moment he got turned loose.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
But he gave us a slip and I'm sticking with you,
Greg until he turns up.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
If he's putting a rod, there's a parole violation and
we've got him, but I'm keeping you safe until then.
I appreciate your concerns, Stand, but I can look after
myself and it'll be safer to let the lieutenant stick
with you. Gregory but I've got a date and freeze
a crowd. Don't you worry, Greg, I can be the scold,
but stay going.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
I'll leave you guys to fight it out. What's in
the package? A little presence for you?
Speaker 5 (08:30):
Greg?
Speaker 3 (08:30):
What is it?
Speaker 5 (08:31):
A wig?
Speaker 3 (08:31):
One for grinding smoke? Oh?
Speaker 4 (08:33):
Greg, it's a lot more practical than that, and it's
something we'd better discuss before your young.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Lady shows up.
Speaker 5 (08:39):
All right, but that's not all.
Speaker 7 (08:40):
We're going to discuss you Doenna.
Speaker 6 (08:56):
Are you sure we're not boring you? Lieutenant Schilder?
Speaker 5 (08:58):
Don't worry about me, young, but we do worry about you.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Stan.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
We've been sitting here at the top of the mark
for nearly an hour and all you've done is to
drink four gigantic orangeades and look gloomy. Are you quite
sure you wouldn't like to take a nice.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Long ride on the cable car and meet us somewhere later? Yes, Gregor,
I'm quite sure.
Speaker 4 (09:14):
Just carry on, don't mind me.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
Do you usually have a chaperone you take girls?
Speaker 3 (09:19):
Greg's not, as a rule. It's rather cramped my style.
Speaker 6 (09:21):
And then it's quite a style too, Gregory. Where did
you get my numbers?
Speaker 4 (09:26):
Harry Bartel gave me the idea by an art coincidence.
He was talking about Sherry the other night, and I
thought what a nice name it would be for girls.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
So I summed through the phone book until I found.
Speaker 6 (09:36):
Your Seriously, Gregory, how did you get it?
Speaker 5 (09:39):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (09:39):
Excuse me back in the don't hurry, Yes, stand take
your time, my dear young lady. Let's not fly into
his personal life. Let's accept the miracle of his disappearance
gratefully and get down to business. Disneys. Yes, Sherry, I
have a little unfinished business that I think you can.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
Help me with.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
Oh this is a new one. Go on, Gregory, I
am an importer Sherry. Two months ago, go somebody switched
the shipment of jade on me somewhere between Hong Kong
and San Francisco.
Speaker 6 (10:04):
You mean I substituted Tony Jade.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
For the real stary. Yes, Sherry, I've been doing a
little private snooping and I have a hunch that are
gent by the name of Hillary Pearson is at the
back of it. I found out that you knew him,
and that's why I called you.
Speaker 6 (10:16):
Oh, yes, I do know him slightly, But I'm sure
you're making a mistake.
Speaker 4 (10:20):
Gregory.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Hillary is a straight should write.
Speaker 4 (10:22):
Better on that.
Speaker 5 (10:22):
I wouldn't.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
I found out quite a bit about the gentleman in
the past few days. He's just about as straight as
a regular worm. Good evening, Shelley. Oh hello, Hillary, introduce
me to your friend.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
Weren't you?
Speaker 4 (10:33):
Why?
Speaker 6 (10:34):
Yes, Hillary Pearson.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Gregory Hood How do you do?
Speaker 3 (10:37):
How do you do? Hillary Pierson?
Speaker 4 (10:40):
I was just talking about you, and I thought you
might be That's why I came to your table. I
think I know what you're doing, mister Hood. You're interested
in that shipment of Tony j to sit by.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Your agent, don't you.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
I'd be a mighty poor business man if I weren't interested.
My friends and you somewhere required the curious notion that
Sherry knows something about it?
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Have you ever thought of taking up mine?
Speaker 5 (10:58):
Reading?
Speaker 4 (10:59):
Funny, very very funny, mister hood. But I warn you
you're making a great mistake. I might even say you'd
live to the greatest if I thought it was the
least likelihood that you live at all. Nor what are
you talking about? You know what I'm talking about, don't you,
mister Hoodie. Oh sure, I can recognize the threat just
like the next man. Listen, mister Pearson. We're being chaperone
by Lieutenant Silver's a parmecide. He'll be back in a moment.
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Why not sit down and wait for him. He'd love
to meet you.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
I have no interest in meeting policemen.
Speaker 8 (11:24):
Don't forget what I said before.
Speaker 6 (11:26):
He certainly had me for Gregory, Why don't you grab me?
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Threatened you? Oh he's not dangerous by himself. I'll have
silver for the tail on him. Maybe he'll lead us
to the whole gang. Well, Cherry, do you still think
he's a streak shooter. He's a raft. I'll never see
him again. Perhaps you can help me, Nevin Cherry.
Speaker 6 (11:44):
I'll tell you anything I can, Gregory, but there isn't
much had a few dates with the guy oh deeper.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
Here comes to Lieutenant again, welcome home, saying all is forgiven.
Anything interesting happened in my absence? Greg No, No, just
another death threat?
Speaker 5 (11:58):
You're kidding, I'm not. People are queuing up to kill me.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Well, I start a line for anything these days, Come on,
greg give well.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
A rather olyaginists.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Gentleman by the name of Hillary Pierson just came up
to our table in a voice simply dripping with vitriol.
He suggested Gray Scott, Sandy's come back that I'm popular tonight.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
What's wrong? Sanday?
Speaker 4 (12:18):
I was worried about what the lieutenant told us about
Lem Carter, so I drove by your apartment. I didn't
get too good a look at the man across the street,
but I'm certain it was cought good.
Speaker 5 (12:25):
We've got him.
Speaker 4 (12:26):
Now, come on, how about me. I'm not not letting
go of you now, Jerry, come along and watch the fun.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
I'm Gregory. You can't bring a girl.
Speaker 4 (12:32):
Look Sandy, whose murder is this?
Speaker 5 (12:34):
Yours?
Speaker 4 (12:34):
Online?
Speaker 5 (12:35):
Come on, come on, everybody.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
Well, here's the apartment.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
If there's any shooting, Jerry dropped down in the back
seat and keeps down.
Speaker 6 (12:54):
Don't worry about me, Gregory.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
The guy's still there.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
See him in the doorway. It's Carter, all right. He'll
open the sto window a little. I don't want to
have to use this rod, but I'll keep it handy.
Carter has spotted us. He's moving back in the doorway.
Speaker 5 (13:06):
Let's see if I can talk a little sentiment to him.
Speaker 8 (13:09):
Carter, don't be a.
Speaker 5 (13:12):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
Carter tried has one off the side, got him?
Speaker 6 (13:15):
Then?
Speaker 3 (13:15):
Come on?
Speaker 4 (13:18):
He held down the steps when you're winged, I think
he did, Cherry.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
He stayed in the car.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
I can't feel he is dead.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
He can't be. I wasn't failing to kill.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
There's one of your bullets in's legs.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
He must have hit his head as he fell down.
Speaker 6 (13:31):
The steps, his neck broken. Must have died instantly.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
Cherry, Darling, you seem remarkably handy with Corson.
Speaker 6 (13:38):
I was at I can take it up.
Speaker 4 (13:43):
I'm so saying she fainted, Okay, Sandy, I've got her.
Speaker 5 (13:46):
Poor kid.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
The whole thing has been a little too much for her.
It's been a little bit too much for me too.
Speaker 4 (13:50):
He's a brave girl, Greg, Yeah, yes, but there's rather
spoils of the evening, doesn't it. Nothing else to do
now but take the lady home and the crops of
the morgue.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Oh stand yes, Greig?
Speaker 5 (14:01):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (14:02):
Thanks? What four about Coffer? I mean, whether he was
gunning for me or gip it? Greig, Come on, let's
get moving. Well, this evening didn't turn out the way
(14:33):
I planned it, not for me. I should have been
back in Berkeley hours ago.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
I was speaking for myself.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
I had a twelve dinnut what did bride kid?
Speaker 5 (14:39):
Greg?
Speaker 4 (14:40):
Very welcome fan, and I'm a black SCU fan. If
you driving me home, I'll see you in the morney.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Okay, good night.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
Greg, Good night night fan.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Greg.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
Wait here until we see your lights go on.
Speaker 6 (14:49):
Might be someone else waiting for it.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
Okay, but I think you overestimate my popularity.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
No. Oh, into the lem car to.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
Get the castered and my girl friends friends and he's
got his family.
Speaker 5 (15:15):
Who's there? But I know you're there. Come out of
those shadows.
Speaker 8 (15:20):
Come on, Gregory, did I get you? Help me out?
Speaker 4 (15:35):
I'm okay?
Speaker 3 (15:37):
You see who it was?
Speaker 4 (15:38):
No?
Speaker 5 (15:38):
Oh, they must have kake by the backstairs.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
Thank the lord who brought me that bullet beam. Oh
so that was the presence he gave Gregory at the mark. Yes, here,
sucky thing. I didn't take it off after Carter was dead,
but even with a steel vest, three bullets in the
belly kind of.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
Knocked you off load. Here's a note under your door, mat.
What is the flame is?
Speaker 5 (15:58):
Taylor?
Speaker 3 (16:00):
See?
Speaker 4 (16:01):
I told you i'd get you if it was the
last thing I did well, and it signed lemb Cotton.
But Lamb's dead. Oh I get the pattern now. Somebody
who wanted to kill me, took advantage of Carter's release
to frame it on him, not knowing he was dead already.
So it didn't work. Oh yes it did. Stand I
(16:23):
was murdered. What bright new triggers this, Gregory? I was killed,
or at least well, let the would be murderer think
so it will lull him. Good idea, Gregg, I'll go
ahead with an.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
Official vests investigation.
Speaker 4 (16:34):
Sign Stand you do that, and I'll calm the underground
in my own way. But speaking has a very recent corpse,
I think I may say I'm going to enjoy solving
my own murder. You'll hear the rest of gregory Hood
(16:58):
story in the second, which is all the time. I
need to tell you about Petrie California Muscatel. If you
ever tried Petrie muscatel, I've noticed that it seems to
be a particular favorite of the lady. Perhaps that's because
Petrie Musketel has such a beautiful golden color, bright as sunshine,
(17:19):
but most likely it's because Petrie Muscatel has a flavor.
It comes right from the heart of plump, luscious muscat grape.
Like Petri Port, Petri Muscatel is just perfect at the dinner.
As a matter of fact, why not buy a bottle
of Petri Port and a bottle of Petrie Muscatel. Don't
buy one, buy two, but remember always by Petrick.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
Gregory.
Speaker 4 (17:47):
How did it feel to be a walking court? Surprisingly pleasant, Harry.
In fact, I'd say that the professional zombie probably.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
Has quite a gay life.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
Did you find out who fired those three shots?
Speaker 6 (17:57):
That? Oh?
Speaker 4 (17:57):
Yes, yes, but that comes a little later in the story.
At the time, my only suspect was Hillary Pisson. After all,
he threatened my life a short while before.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
True.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
But and this is almost terresy, Gregg, you know who
I suspect?
Speaker 3 (18:10):
Oooh, the girl Jerry?
Speaker 4 (18:13):
And may I say how much I like that name?
Speaker 3 (18:15):
You may?
Speaker 4 (18:16):
In fact, I'd like to go a little further and Harry, okay,
but it seemed to me that if this girl was
mixed up with the jade get.
Speaker 5 (18:23):
Harry, don't you see because.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
She was with us when lem Carter was killed, she
was the only person who knew positively that she couldn't
hope to frame a later killing on him. I guess so, well, Greg,
what did you do next? As I say, Harry Pearson
was my only suspect, and I had a hunch it
wasn't he. First, it wasn't his style, and second, the
time elements.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
Seemed to rule him out.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
But fortunately I have some interesting contacts with the underworld,
and I knew where to look for further suspects. While
Sandy Taylor waited in my apartment, I spent a profitable
half hour with some crape hair and a bottle of
spirit Comes, giving myself what I thought would be quite
a convincing beard. Yeah, it's an official corpse. I guess
you had to disguise it south. And then Sandy and
I drove over to a little hideaway on Market Street,
(19:04):
a bar known as the Scarlet Dolphins. It has the
most persistent juke box.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Oh cool, old Sandy, he's so patient with me. Then
I just call Mary.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
Well, Sandy, did you explain your absence satisfactorily? Yes, Mary's
wonderfully understanding, just the same. I can almost see that patient,
knowing smile of hers when I tell her I'm going
to a bar with you strictly on business. Mary is
a very remarkable girl. Incidentally, now that we're here, just
what are we doing? In the Scarlet Salphin waiting to
talk to Ole O'Leary, oleo'laring.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
An expert on yodling, no doubt. Can he help it?
Speaker 4 (19:43):
If he had an Irish father and the Swedish mother.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
What's his specialist?
Speaker 4 (19:46):
He's the windshil of the underworld. Oh, Stanley, this grape
hair is driving me crazy. If you must go around
being a corps, Greggory, at least you deserve to be uncomfortable.
Speaker 5 (19:54):
Becomes only enough.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Let's see.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
We don't want to drink only just information?
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Uh, Gregory, what are you doing with that chin?
Speaker 5 (20:05):
Being a corpse only?
Speaker 3 (20:06):
Can you use a fins? Are you kidding? Come to daddy? Thanks? Greg?
Speaker 4 (20:13):
What do you want to know?
Speaker 5 (20:13):
Did you know lem Cott was out of Hawk?
Speaker 3 (20:15):
Sure?
Speaker 4 (20:16):
Get out this morning?
Speaker 3 (20:17):
You know his contact? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (20:19):
H just one though, Greg A date, name and address?
Speaker 4 (20:22):
Alla, Ruby hat Devon's your apartment?
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Sound turk?
Speaker 4 (20:25):
Thanks o Gollo. Okay, thanks for the finn. Good luck Greg.
Now when Ruby comes through the door, Sandy, remember that
you're playing this scene.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
I don't worry, Gregory. I'm not simple mind.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
I'm a child of three.
Speaker 8 (20:47):
Yeah, miss Ruby.
Speaker 4 (20:49):
Hart, Yeah, may we come in? Who are you? I'm
mister Gregory Hood's lawyer, and this is my secretary, mister Bunker,
Gregory Hood's lawyer. Okay, and then well, Patana mind, you
(21:09):
may have heard that lem Carter was killed at teen.
No I didn't.
Speaker 9 (21:14):
I ass cares all running because I was reading a
sad book. And listen, brother, if you can't hit a
glown on Idel of Crown.
Speaker 4 (21:20):
Yet, but I haven't. Mister Hood feels that he is
in part liable for Lem Carter's death, and he ain't
kidden brother. He wishes to make some financial contribution. He
feels that if mister Carter had any close associates or depends.
Speaker 8 (21:31):
On them, had me.
Speaker 4 (21:32):
That's all and that's enough, or it could have been
you've known him for some time. I've known him no time.
Never heard him before.
Speaker 9 (21:40):
He went to San Quentin, but I had a brother,
He's a buddy alms there. Then got my letter to
go and so he started writing to me, and I
wrote back to Hinsey, they need to come alive. All
over that letter writing. So he came out and saw
me just once, just today. It was just like a letter.
Speaker 4 (22:01):
Tony was pushing blood in him. The night is dead.
And I got lawyers calling.
Speaker 9 (22:06):
Around me asking about financial dependence and stuff.
Speaker 6 (22:10):
It was just us.
Speaker 9 (22:10):
See ten didn't see nobody else before they got him.
Speaker 8 (22:14):
All our lives. It's going to be nobody but us,
and I want to get us.
Speaker 4 (22:18):
Can Hill out of here. I want to go on
reading that tad book.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
Leave me, miss Hark. When I say that, mister wood.
Speaker 9 (22:23):
Cam futher you so I'm about to get moving.
Speaker 4 (22:25):
I'm you think, yeah, yeah, break your heart on it.
Good night. Then sorry that he missed it, all right?
Speaker 5 (22:33):
That was your job.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
Then there me too, poor girl, I'm sorry for her?
Who am I? Sandy?
Speaker 4 (22:38):
I feel like a rather elderly near white plug about
those financial contributions.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
As Ruby would say, I.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
Ain't kidding, brother. Anybody that can find good in limb
cotton deserves all I can do.
Speaker 5 (22:50):
But this was a dead end.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
No food's there? And what's the next move?
Speaker 5 (22:52):
Gregory?
Speaker 4 (22:53):
The jade trail and the girl named Cherry eleven said, not.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Too late to call? Why not remove the beard?
Speaker 5 (22:59):
No handy, Well she's a brave girl.
Speaker 4 (23:01):
Let's see how she faces up to midnight shadow Ptentually.
I'll pay the next scene alone if you don't mind,
I don't mind.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
I'll wait for you in your apartment. Too late to
drive back to Berkeley night.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
Anyway, if your wife only knew a smart attorney, she
could cite me as good ground for divorce. Okay, Stanley,
wait for me back at the apartment. I have the
feeling that the next scene won't take.
Speaker 6 (23:20):
Very long, Gregory, I'm so glad you came back. Seems
to night.
Speaker 4 (23:33):
That's the same when you walked in wearing.
Speaker 6 (23:35):
That ridiculous beard.
Speaker 5 (23:36):
You were down near fainted again, Sir.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
I should have might have been smart too, I understand,
and like a lady likes woon, not to the extent
of complete unconsciousness.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
How are you feeling now?
Speaker 4 (23:49):
Nice place you have here, Sherry. It's a modest little check,
but I like it. Gregory. Yes, you look worried quite frankly,
I am what's wrong? I'll try I lest you tonight
They tried to ventilate me with billets, greg No, fortunately
I was wearing a tin vest. Otherwise I'd be in
the morgue. Now where did it happen? Didn't bring my apartment?
Speaker 6 (24:10):
Did you see what it was?
Speaker 3 (24:11):
No? No, it was too dark. Curry.
Speaker 5 (24:14):
Yes, I've got a list of questions a.
Speaker 4 (24:16):
Yard long for you, but before I asked them, I
I want to do a little checking.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
Do you mind if I use your phone?
Speaker 4 (24:20):
Of course? Not go ahead. You see, officially I'm supposed
to be a corp, but I wish you'd stopped being one.
I don't like bearded man. Well, I may be able
to take it off as soon as I've made this call.
Lieutenant Silvera's in homicides for you.
Speaker 5 (24:36):
Yes a minute.
Speaker 3 (24:37):
Did Hillary Pearson call you this evening?
Speaker 4 (24:39):
Jerry? Really?
Speaker 6 (24:40):
No, no one's called scuse me?
Speaker 5 (24:43):
This is Gregory. Hi, greg did you dig up any leaves?
Speaker 4 (24:46):
No?
Speaker 5 (24:46):
Stand? How about you?
Speaker 4 (24:47):
Nothing yet? Oh that's one thing you might want to
know about that totally caught on your doorsteps, the one
from Pater. There's no chance to atentiicate the handwriting yet,
but loudly.
Speaker 5 (24:56):
With Cotton's fingerprints. What's that?
Speaker 1 (24:58):
I say?
Speaker 5 (24:58):
The note was loudly with Cotton's finger Yes, yes it does.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
It gives me the answer. Thanks?
Speaker 6 (25:07):
Then learn anything, Gregory?
Speaker 4 (25:10):
Yes I did, Sherry? Maybe everything well.
Speaker 6 (25:13):
Before you tell me about it, come over here on
the sofa. I want to show you my pet you
moon light on the day. We don't need a life,
do it. Oh it's beautiful, Gregory.
Speaker 5 (25:27):
So are you?
Speaker 3 (25:28):
Sherry? Thank you sir, you're very beautiful, and you wore
gloves this evening, didn't you.
Speaker 6 (25:35):
I don't talk so much.
Speaker 4 (25:38):
Yes, maybe I could learn to like theer.
Speaker 8 (25:45):
There's only one to end that, darling.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
That wasn't a very gentlemanly action, Gregory.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
I know, but my old father used to say, never
strike a woman until she pulls a knife on your
Shouldn't that be unless my old father always said until?
Maybe that's why I'm still a bachelor.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
Did you have much of a job getting her over
to the station?
Speaker 4 (26:12):
No, she was out cold until Silver's got there, and
then she screamed bloody murder and fought like a wildcat.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
Quite a female. Did she steal anything? Splendid?
Speaker 4 (26:20):
Ry Pearson was at the back of it. Philba is
picking him up tonight and in the morning. I prefer
charges and with Sherry on the spot, I don't think
it's going to be hard to track down our Jade.
She was a smart girl and realized you'd guessed her
secret the moment you'd talk to Silvery now. She must
have heard him talking about the fingerprints. But it was
smart figuring on her past and on yours too, Gregory.
You see the fingerprints proved the note was genuinely from Carper.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
He planned to leave it by your body after he
shot you.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
I stole it instead of which he was shot first.
Therefore the note was stolen from his body. Only Sherry
could have done that while she was performing her nurse's
aid act of the corpse. The fact that she was
wearing gloves kept her fingerprints off the note. She was
a SmartLess dance, smart because she appeared to be the
one person who couldn't have framed the dead cart. She
thought the frame up attempts would clear her completely. The doubles,
(27:06):
which a rule, very neat, and I nearly fell for it.
It was quick thinking on your part to piece it
all together as soon as you had the phone message.
I almost wish I hadn't pieced it together quite so fast. Sandy,
Why Gregory? Oh, the man asks why. Sherry was a
very beautiful girl, Sandy, And the moonlight was quite potent.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
Sometimes.
Speaker 4 (27:27):
I must tell you what my old father used to
say about that. Well, greg is usual. That story was
a knockout. You're the most popular corpse I met an
eighty Yes, Harry means that everybody's just dying to kill me. Ooh,
(27:50):
and that girl Sherry. You know, Harry, there's one woman
who almost got me for life, and I didn't tell me, Harry,
if she succeeded, would you miss me? How can you
talk like that? Would you really miss our little Monday?
Speaker 3 (28:03):
You mean get together?
Speaker 5 (28:04):
Why?
Speaker 3 (28:04):
Sure?
Speaker 4 (28:05):
If you have a little silly talking about Petri wine
and myself, I should have known one track mind battell,
But I guess you're right. Good detectives are diame a dozen.
But good wine ah. And when you say good wine,
naturally you mean Petrie wine. Why. The Petrie family has
been making wine for generations. The art of turning luscious
(28:26):
sun ripened grapes into delicious, fragrant wine is their heritage,
a heritage handed on down within the Petrie family, from
father to son, from father to son. No wonder Petrie
wine is so good. No wonder the Petrie business is
grown and grown till. But today the Petrie family are
(28:46):
America's largest independent wine makers. Yes, the making of Petrie
wine is a family affair, and the Petrie family has
every intention of keeping it that way, because by so
doing they can be sure that every bottle of wine
that bears them named Petrie is and always will be
good wine. Well, Gregory, what page of your notebook are
(29:07):
you turning to next week? Next week, Harry, I'm going
to tell you an odd story that took place in
an extremely dense fog in the Berkeley Hills. It's concerns
the disappearing wife, a haunted house, and a hot Plaaronet player.
And see your next Monday, Harry. The Case Book of
(29:39):
Gregory Hood is written by Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher.
Original music is composed and played by Dean Fossler. Dale
Gordon plays the part of Gregory Hood and Sanderson Taylor
is played by r. Gilmore. The Petry Wine Company of
(30:04):
San Francisco, California invite you to tune in again next week,
same time, same station. The case Book of Gregoryhood comes
to you from my Hollywood studio. This is Harry Bartel
saying good night for the Petrie family.
Speaker 5 (30:24):
Welcome back.
Speaker 4 (30:24):
Well.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
I liked him working at Harry Bartel into the story
and with the suggestion that he dated her because her
name was Sherry, and and Harry Bartell mentioned Sherry quite
a bit I get from what I gather. The next week,
(30:45):
his date will be with a girl named Muscatel. The
one thing, of course, that doesn't quite work about this
is that the meeting between Gregory Hood and Harry Bartell
was a lot more recent than he year before, But
we go ahead and we'll let that pass. For the
most part, this was just a pretty entertaining case and
(31:08):
nice bit of a twist ending. All right, well, listener
comments and feedback, and we have this from Brian who
writes regarding the casebook of Gregory Hood looking forward to
hearing this really enjoyed mister cameleon skips and all well,
thanks so much, Brian, glad to hear it about mister cameleon.
And actually Andrew Rynes several years ago he did a
(31:34):
survey of his audience as to what they wanted him
to do with poor sound quality programs. And Andrew Rynes
of course at OTR Westerns dot com, and they said
to go ahead and play him. And while I've never
conducted a formal survey, that has been my instinct, and
(31:56):
I think that in indication of what most people want
to hear, we're under standing of difficulties that sometimes occur
with old time radio programs, which were after all saved
by people who are in many cases great radio fans,
(32:17):
but amateurs or were captured in some way like a
reel to reel recording tape off the radio, that doesn't
necessarily produce the best recordings. So if it's intelligible and
we can get the ending and we kind of get
what's going on the case, and it's in a series
we're doing, we'll probably play it. So thanks for your comment, Brian,
(32:39):
I truly appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (32:41):
That'll do it for today.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
Join us tomorrow as we continue on with the open
Town matter, and we'll be back next week to open
up another file from the case book of Gregory Hood.
In the meantime, sender comments to Box thirteen at Great
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(33:02):
Graham signing off.
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