December 14, 2025 • 34 mins
Someone is murdering night watchmen and leaving odd clues behind.
Original Air Date: July 29, 1946
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood
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Original Air Date: July 29, 1946
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood
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Speaker 1 (00:28):
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(00:49):
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(02:12):
All right, well, now it's time for today's episode of
the Casebook of Gregory Hood, the Case of the Forgetful Murderer.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Pettree Wine brings you Facebooks of Gregory Hood. Tonight's the
Petrie I'm going to bring you good wine. Invite you
to listen to the story of Getful Murderer, another exciting
story from the Casebooks of Gregory Hood. And if you
(02:46):
don't mind, I'd like to repeat something I've said before.
It's simply this, the best beginning a good meal ever
had is a glass of Petrie California sherry sorry survey
for dinner. And you'll know what I mean that Petrie
Sherry is a marvelous wine. Just look at its deep
amber color, so rich and inviting. And as for the
(03:08):
wine itself, what a flavor. Petrie Sherry has a flavor
you know, comes right from the heart of luscious sun
ripe in California. Grape and say if you like your
sherry dry like I do? You know not? Sweet Petrie
makes a delicious dry sherry Petree pale dry. If you
don't know which you prefer, the regular or the pale dry,
(03:29):
don't buy one by two, try them both, but remember
always buy Petrick. Well, it's Monday night in San Francisco
(03:55):
and it's time to keep our weekly date with Gregory
Hood and his friend Sanderson Sailor. Tonight's rendezvous is that
one of this city's favorite and most colorful meeting places
the top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel. Let's join the
man Shallen Harry Hortel aiding mister Taylor. Hello, greg oh,
Harry coming to them just in time to settle a
(04:16):
fierce arguments argument huh, company policy or a private opinion?
The latter Gregor and I have an arguing is to
what is the plural of mongoose? I say it's mongooses
and his vote has gone for monge. Now want cure
about Harry? I think I'd go for mongooses too. Greg
Or out voted Sandy Funk and Wagner's who hear of it? Now?
(04:37):
You must be an obbositate old mongoose. So how did
you get onto the project anyway? Oh, it came up
quite logically. A little earlier on Sandy and I were
shooting crafts at the apartment. He threw three double ass
in a row double as is better known as snake eyes.
From there we began to discuss snakes and the ways
of killing them, and that was when Sandy made his
fatal remark about mongy. You call that logical, you find,
(04:59):
Harry and Greg Lodge because almost a little involved. Well,
I'll forgive that if you'll keep up his record of
good storytelling. How's about tonight, Bean, Greg? Well, Harry, I
think I should preface the story by telling you that
last year I decided to open a small but select
retail store. And I may tell you, Harris, that it
took all the Briggs Wiles in personal contacts to wangle
a wrist. Yes, we finally secured a location on Post
(05:20):
Street near the San Francis Hotel. On the night my
story begins, Sandy and I were at a new place
talking over the final plans with our managers. He sat
there quite late, I remember, and it must with a
nastes ten As we left the store and walked down
Post Tought, where my car was passed. As we reached it,
we noticed quite a crowd gathered outside of jewelry stores. Naturally,
we walked over to see what had caused. Hello, what's
(05:44):
the exciting to start? Greg? I looked as if someone's
giving away nylons on the sidewalk. Let's go on, smooth.
Must be trouble, Greg, The police is here if I'm
prominent among them, Sergeant's batman? Hello, Sargeant, Oh hut, I'm not.
I hope back. Please out of the way. You got
to keep this clear. Huh. It doesn't take you long.
(06:06):
Smell out of murder, mister, hood and a murder, it's
purely a coincidences were happened to be passing Jargan. What happened?
Star broken into Georgey's stolen night watchman, stabbed to death,
nabbed the killer? Nah, he was too fast for us,
made a clean get away. Mist the hood? Can I
come in and take a gamda? Oh? Great, key pot.
That's your curiosity alone for one. I'm afraid I have
(06:28):
got strict instructions at the hood. If you call headquarters,
I'm sure they'll authorize the past of no no, serge,
and I will bother by the way. How is your
wife all over the operation doing fine? Thank you, mister
hurd so long night, and is hurting out of the way.
Wonder if ever sees greg we're actually walking away from
the scene of the murder. Purely commercial robbery. Murders like
(06:49):
that aren't in my line standing In any case, I'm
not in the mood for violence tonight. Let's go over
to the lick Grill and rattle a few dycks. No,
not me. I'm gonna hire me home to may You're
a very worthy She doesn't stand it. Here's my car
and I dropped you at the bridge terminal. No thanks,
it's here. Are walk and do you in the morning standing,
I give my love to marry. I will hello, Hello,
(07:20):
this is get into the wrong car.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
I don't think so. You're a Gregory whod aren't you? Yes,
that's what I said on the licensed card on the
steering clothes.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Who are you?
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Coffee? That's my nickname? Jump in and tell me where
we're going, Gregory.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
So listen. If you're sure you said top it, I do,
and then listen topic. I'm the kind of a guy
who's more than willing to spring along with a gag.
But before I say where we're going, I'd like you
to do one thing for me. Please switch on the
overhead light inside the car.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
Do you want to make certain I'm not too repulsive?
I the flu Claire? What's the Lurdict?
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Gregory? Move over top of it. We're going just wherever
you say, Gudian Broughton, Yes, Lieutenant, anything from the elaborate
reports on the jewelry store killing. It's not a thing. Lieutenant,
(08:24):
never saw a cleaner job. It's like we've got nothing
at all to go on, nothing but fish. We started
the scene of the murder. What is it, Lieutenant? You know,
I guess it's as good as mine. It's like just
a hunk of metal.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
To me.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
It almost wears it doesn't belong in the shop, So
we must assume the killer dropped it. Can I look
at us? Lieutenant? Sure? Yeah, yeahs hmmm. Piece of metal
about six inches long, thick as than a wire, not
not shop at one end, the ring at the other. Hm.
(08:57):
It's got to be a meat show, a lieutenant, and
don't ask me Sagan. Three days since the killing, Narrow
and after exhaustive Tessil I've been able to find out,
is that the moonder adropt and wants it. Maybe I
should ask Greg Food to come in on this one.
He was on the scene a few minutes after the
letters discovered the Senate h and I take it what
is said these headquarters? Homicide? God did Latin speaking? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah?
(09:26):
You know what, Lieutenants, No, I don't. If I've been
on my toes, I guess I should have deduced from
your conversation, but I didn't quite make it. What's happened?
There's been another robbery killing. Sounds like the same guy
down a market. Well, let's get moving and keep your
fingers cross, Sagest. Perhaps he's left another clue for us,
this time a cold that we'll be able to pick up. Well, Sandy,
(09:54):
the display suffers ready to coppins to the finish. The
interior decorator had finally okayed the hang of the last drat.
I think our store can open tomorrow on schedule, and
I'm very proud of it. If Cristain Company has to
go into the retail market, you couldn't have a better showcase. Yes,
as my roams over on newest Tomain, I feel quite happy.
By the way, Sandy looked at that watercolor of James
Cooper Wright's hanging over there. That's a very great painter.
(10:17):
Have you ever seen such a suckle and yet more
exciting blended color? Oh? I'm crazy about it. I've been
ever since the first sad. You know, I'm planning to
buy Mary or Jimmy Wright original for a birth. You're
a man at taste, Sandy, if only you were worthy
of Mary. Well, since we're talking about what is technically
known as the gentler sex, may I asked you if
you've seen any more of that girl you told me
(10:37):
you met the other night. What was your name? Tappy? No? No, Sanday,
her name was Topee. Uh well, okay, I don't want
to be a little snooper, but I am curious. Have
you seen any No, Sandy, it's one of the dardest
things that's happened to me. Yet he just showed up
out of nowhere. We had one of the most delightful
evenings I've ever spent, and then she vanished, insisted I'd
drop her at the cab stand if you please put
(10:58):
in the trail the cab. Everybody got away from me.
You realize, Sandy, that I don't even know a name.
You're flipping right here, so nothing envy door doesn't open
to them. I'm sure you knew Carducci. Oh you mean
a night watching Yes, yes, I thought it would be
a break for him. We're moving a little nearer to
the center of the Hello, you know good even and
(11:21):
are you mister Taylor? Do you know I'm to look
over your new empire to write the city? I have
fine places, you have the fine You think you like
being night watchman here?
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Do you know?
Speaker 3 (11:31):
I thought it would be a nice change for you
after the warehouse? And you know it is a very
happy miss a move. All my life by I have
wanted to be in the fashionable part of the city,
and now it's just the way until I tell my
mother she shoot me. See, I will examinate. Yes, makes
us over at home. You know someone else of the door.
You really have built a better mouth strap, lieutenant. Children
(11:56):
probably want to preview over the door. Hello, fam, good
to see you. Well, what do you think about new place?
It's very nice even with you look words, fam, what's
on your mind? Yeah? This series of robbery killings right,
it's getting me down. I was kidding. No, you have
him normally, you haven't got a decent lead. Are you
(12:16):
sure it's the same killing? Certain pattern in each case
is exactly the same, and that pattern is stor is
broken into self. A stlem night watchman gets flugged while
he's unconscious. A dirty rat stabs in the desk, as
the medical examiners report, strange your average see doesn't kill
unless you has to. It sounds like a twisted kind
of mind. It works. Then here's another thing. At the
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scene of each of the killings, the murderers dropped something. Okay,
got to the collection. If you can make anything else,
I had one plain women handkerchief initial with a C
no longer mind. Well that's a great help. Nearly narrows
it out to all the people in San Francisco whose first, last,
or middle name begins with the seed. I know. Well,
at least I put Greg and me in the clear.
What's the eye from number two? Oh, it's a hard
(13:01):
j piece of robin. Looks like an ear piece sometime
that is research in houses. It's an earpiece off a
seven sco Ah, the mad doctor, Well, that should give
you a lead. Well it happens, Greg, have you any
idea how many doctors there are in San Francisco whose
initials have as seen them somewhere I can imagine, and
these third exhibits, this funny looking piece of metal part
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of the the team in the first killing. It's not
unlike a meat hewer. No, no, it's not that family
rings the kind of a bell, but I can't quite
hear it. Well, then I hang on it with greg
until you do. Here at Williams. I certainly appreciate it
if you could help me out on this one. I'm
going crazy, Okay, Stan, I'll take it and brood on
(13:45):
the matter. You can have it back for exhibit A.
But I'll see if I get any bright ideas in
the meantime. But don't pin too much faith on me.
This really isn't my type of case.
Speaker 4 (14:13):
Hello, Gregory, coffee. You ought to lost your car?
Speaker 3 (14:18):
You know? I always used to until that night I forgot.
Now I leave it open, hoping i'll find you here again.
Move over, Darling. I think a bite of suffered the
palace is indicated. The lights are so discreet, they're admirably
shooting to your mystery and your beauty.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Man, if you're in great form tonight, Gregory and after that.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
After that, darling, we might take a drive up to
twin Peek. The view from there is quite lovely.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
I doubt if you've ever seen it, Gregory, But come on,
let's go. Oh you were actually true for gradually the
(15:10):
view is beause.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
You're right, Coffee, it's quite beautiful.
Speaker 4 (15:14):
You aren't even looking.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
Oh, yes, I am my whole father used to say
that even the taiz mahal in the moonlight doesn't compare
with the spark in a beautiful girl's eyes. I wish
i'd miss you, old father. So does he in the meanwhile,
hows about his son? Oh, darling, Oh, what's wrong? Coffee?
Speaker 4 (15:37):
You got me a process raisably that he trips me.
Speaker 3 (15:40):
Oh oh, it must be this gimmick.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
A fine things, sir, carrying concealed weapons.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
This isn't a weapon, my sweet. It's a vital glue
to a murder case. The only trouble is no one
knows what it is.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
That I know what it is. What it's the sing
for cleaning pipes?
Speaker 3 (15:58):
No, no, no, Darlan. The garget you're thinking of has
a much shorter spike, and it's got little spoons. But
swooping up the tobacco and all thoughts about the dude
ad done it.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
My body was to use one just like this. He
had express to need it just for cleaning out the
the oh you know the middle part of the pipe.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
You mean the shank, So you may be right at there.
You're a bright girl, copy. You may have helped to
solve the murders.
Speaker 4 (16:23):
There's going to be another murder very soon.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Graduate.
Speaker 4 (16:25):
If you're not careful me what have I done? You'll
talk too much?
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Hi fan Greg, that brings you over the police head corners,
you get any brain waves? And that the steel gimmick again, Yestan.
I went out with a beautiful girl last night. She
gave me an idea, nothing very surprising. Butt then go
big costs. Then I'm talking about the metal of this
found up the first murder. This gal suggested it might
be a rather special kind of pipe to you. I
(17:04):
checked on it this morning and learned two interesting texts.
The gimmick was made of physical steel and the reprices
of chepine on it. So we narrow it down still further.
Sand You're looking for a doctor who has a C
in his initials, and he's also a pipe smoker of
PC you can take your choice. Not another murder. Fan
ya last night you have the silver lighter as the
(17:26):
scene of the crime, unleft saying you look powder someone
else have a drink to get it for a while.
How can I forget it? Look, greg you're an amateur
that sometimes you get a bright eyede in Carver murders well,
and the safety and lives of a city don't depend
on it. But it's separate with me. When are dying
rag four men in the last two weeks and the
lord alone knows where the killer is going to strike
next or when? And what can I do? Nothing except
(17:51):
im a side silver speaking Yeah but what yeah, okay, body,
I'll be right over. Not another yes last night, maybe
early this morning. Hold on, Gregan, it was your new store.
What they murdered your night watchman. You'll hear the rest
(18:17):
of gregoryhood story in Justice. Second, just time for me
to tell you the simplest, easiest way I know to
make a good meal taste better serve that meal with
a glass of good Petree wine. You're having hamburgers or
a swell pot roast for dinner, and you just got
to try it with Petrie California burgundy. That Petrie Burgundy
is a hearty red wine. It's just made to go
(18:38):
with any meat or meat dish. Personally, I think it's great.
Now if you're having chicken for dinner, or maybe fish
or seafood, then by all means, try a Petrie California
so turned. Petrie so Turned is a subtle, intriguing white wine.
It's really something. Believe me, When you want a good wine,
your can't miss with a Petree wine. Well, Greg, this
(18:59):
was really got me on the edge of my chair.
So the murderer sut for a fifth time when he
killed you a night one, Yes, Kerry or Old Geno Seduci.
It was one of my favorite people, and I was
fighting mad when I heard the news. I called Sandy
and told him to join Mitt the store, and then
Lieutenant Silvers and I raced over to the team. As
the three of us stood there, I swore a silent
vows the splistic he's a last yes, but I do, Sandy.
(19:23):
While I was out having a romantic adventure with a
mysterious girl last night, or Old Gino was killed protecting
my property, and I don't see that you could have
done anything to save him. Greg, the murderer didn't write
a postcard and say he was going to be here
last night. I know, I know, no manifest to play
sarles those Yeah, now I've got him on a routine
jump that may lead us somewhere. What's that was? Taking
on a list of every minute go in San Francisco?
Who may have the initial PP or PC? Did they
(19:45):
forgetful murder leaders? Any clue this time? Yeah? These few
pages from an album. Sage and Barton said they were
lying beside the body. But they're not much help. No
fingerprints on him. Let me see me, sah hen in
which you make them? I mean when I'm going back
to headquarters now I've been in touch with you later, okay, Sam, okay,
Well what do you make of the pages? And well,
(20:07):
it seems to be torn from one of those novels
about the Galant young doctors And yeah he was who
kind of disposed her doctors of the moon. You can
see those pages. Wait a minute, if you were wrong
standing these pages went torn from a novel. They're loose sheets,
they've never been bound. What does that say? I think
it tells us where to look for doctor P. C
or PP. Well, who you calling Joseph Henry Jackson, book
(20:29):
editor on the Chronicles. I think he can help us Nica.
Joe Jackson, I hope you're on the right trails, and
so do I. Joe. This is Greg Hood. Oh listen, Joel,
I'm in a jam. I need some help. Oh no great,
I'm a respectable marriage man. No no, no, no, not
that kind of a jam. I need you a professional help.
That's the difference. What's the problem? Am I right in
(20:50):
thinking that? Sometimes book reviewers like yourself, I've sent unbound
pages on a book. Yes, they do that occasionally one
of the regular copies won't be out faring up ahead. Personally,
I wish publishers would do it more often. I see
another question, Joe, do you have a reviewer who covers
medical books? Someone who's the mistals might be PP or PP. Oh,
we have so many part time reviewers.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Let me see.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
Yes, there's a doctor Christopher's party. Have you ever met
in Joe? No, never been in here. We sent the
stuff off him and he mails a copyback. Doesn't mean
I'll check the address. What is all this anyway? Well, Joe,
you're well known as an authority on factual murder, aren't
you true murders a hobbyist line. What well, Joe, don't
(21:32):
look now, but I think you're just about to solve
a murder. Well, Sandy, this is the house of doctor
Christopher Potting. Very nice too. You're not pleasant out here
(21:54):
in the marina. Yeah, he's gonna ring about him, not
since the doors unless the prize is always an advantage
when you're dealing with the murderers, you really think he's
your man. The evidence would points that way. Come, I'm
saying me, keep your eyesopping. This guy probably knows all
the answers. I don't like open doors. This might say
(22:19):
traps and you soon see you should have called the roof.
No no fans if port Gino got killed. This is
a private battle. M here's the living rooms, so recently
occupied by a pipe smoker or another. I don't see
these pipes. Lay on. Look at that ashtray. Lots of
(22:40):
ashes and burn matches, but no cigarette.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
Who is left? Oh hello, Gregory Coffee?
Speaker 3 (22:50):
What on earth are you doing you?
Speaker 4 (22:52):
I tell you that when you tell me how you
attracted me here, Well, I.
Speaker 3 (22:57):
Have my methods. By the way, talky, let me produce
my friends. Anderson Tabors do you do well, how do
you do with miss? I think your friend has tracked
me here. You really should be able to send you
my name.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
Sony's thinking about it. I'll go and get you both
to drink.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
You could use one, trenders grant. I'll get the number
on that phone, slip off of the house and go
to the nearest public phone and called here, ask for
doctor Christopher Pottington.
Speaker 4 (23:22):
Oh, why did it?
Speaker 3 (23:23):
That'll smoke a mouse without your having to mention you.
That's a good idea, of great and then O come,
I s.
Speaker 4 (23:30):
Asked me, Sury, Well, that's.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
Where did your friend out a cigarettes? We wanted them?
I didn't notice any here us.
Speaker 4 (23:40):
Do you like sciriy Gregor's I'd.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
Rob a glass coffee?
Speaker 4 (23:45):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (23:46):
Do you live here with doctor Poppington?
Speaker 4 (23:50):
Yeah, here's your sharing.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
Thank you, Covey. Have you been reading about these night
watsman murders in San Francisco?
Speaker 4 (24:00):
Here's griddy. I've been developing the these tapser resporte.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
Ye their most unusual murders. The killer always leads the clues. Now,
these flus might be deliberately plse on on, but I
think not. I think it's a phenomenon a psychiatrist might
enjoy a murderer subconsciously compelled to betray himself. You know, tape.
They say that absent mindedness is never accidental. It's always
the result of subconscious desires, do they?
Speaker 4 (24:28):
Gregory Darling, being dreadfully serious?
Speaker 3 (24:30):
I see your dreadfully serious. You see an old friend
of mine was murdered last night.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
Excuse hello, yes, species, who's this funny?
Speaker 3 (24:46):
Hung up?
Speaker 4 (24:48):
Oh well, he.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Asks for doctor Schistopher Partington. Didn't he did?
Speaker 4 (24:53):
He?
Speaker 3 (24:54):
And you are doctor sisterph Parrington odd topic not a
common name for a girl, but I've heard of a
few others. I've heard of Christopher Bardington candy. So that
your nickname of copy was another clue, wasn't.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
It, Gregory Darling. I'm afraid I'm losing my losing soil,
But go on. It's fascinating.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
I've known of women who privately smoked pipes too. That
was another clue you gave me, And women doctor the
commonplace these days. The subconscious is beautifully tricky, is this topic?
Even while seeking to betray you? Let the series of
flues pointed to pipe smoking Doctor Parttington's all misleading factors
not to be associated with a beautiful girl nicknaming copy.
(25:36):
You're very silent, doctor Partington.
Speaker 4 (25:40):
I told her not to pretty. I kept telling her
not to kill those people. She wouldn't listen to me.
She was a surging your knowns. She loved you the knife,
and it was too easy for her to fool a
night watch she went right to so I had to
(26:03):
try to be true. That's why I waited in your car.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
That's just nice.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
I thought I might be able to help keep us First.
Who Pastor Peters is bad?
Speaker 3 (26:19):
Very bad? She kills people, Kathy Peters, see Peter's only smoke.
Don't tell me I think of this. That all wrong?
After all? Where is she this cat? Peter? Yes?
Speaker 4 (26:33):
Really inside of me? We use the same bodies I did. True,
I did so want to to catch her, Grace.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
It's all right, tough, I dear, I've caught her.
Speaker 4 (26:52):
To lock her up, Grace, please lock me up. I
promise you won't let her do those anymore? Well, will you?
Quick to me?
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Don't worry, Coffee, we won't let Cassie just kill people,
not anymore caps crag. I swear this is the strangest
(27:34):
case you've ever come. And the saddest. Five innocent men,
including my old Friendino, murdered in cold blood. Yet you
can't hold that girl morally responsible. She never went to
President Scorse. No, Harris, he was obviously an insane schizophrenic
a nineteen hundred and forty six declined high. He wound
up in the state institution. It was just a psychological misfait.
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God it, Harry, it was a miserable case. You know, Greg,
their time tonight, your hah be in your shoes, hees, Harry,
what NEAs is to taste. But there's my old father
would say, when you fry over a woman, there's always
another woman ready to wipe away the tears. Now you
can't dismiss it that easily, Greg. When you fall, I
know that you fall. But good, Yes, Harry, you and
I were the kind of fellows who decided to like something.
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And well that's that. That's right. I'll never forget the
night I no, but you don't want to hear about it,
but I do. The night you was the first night
I be sure, of course, the first night I tasted
Petrie wine. I said, that's the wine for me. And
it's sure is I should have known Yep, Petree wine
is a wine for everybody because it's good wine. It's
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got to be look at the long years of skill
and experience and go into its making. The Petrie family
has been making wine for generations. Why making is their heritage,
a heritage handed on down from father to son, from
father to son. So you can see why the Patrie
business has grown and grown on so that today the
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Petrie family are America's largest independent wine maker. Yes, the
making of Petrie wine is a family affair, and the
Petrie family has every intention of keeping it just that.
So you know, the name Petrie on a bottle of
wine is more than a trademark. It's the personal assurance
of the Petrie family. Petree wine is and always will
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be good wine. Well, Greg be what story from your
case book? If you lined up for us next week?
Next week, Harry, I'm going to tell you of an
odd adventure that Sandy and I had as we were
flying to New York a few months ago. It concerns
the Southern Colonel, an unusually attractive girl, and an elusive
piece of ice. I call the story the Double Diamonds.
You next Monday, Harry, The case Book of Gregory Hood
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While a really a bit of a bittersweet ending there,
I have to admit. Usually Harry Bartell as great as
the ad pitch guy for Petrie, but in this case
I don't think that there was how shall we say,
delegate or even an appropriate way to segue his comments
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had is a glass of Petrie California sherry sorry survey
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don't buy one by two, try them both, but remember
always buy Petrick. Well, it's Monday night in San Francisco
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and it's time to keep our weekly date with Gregory
Hood and his friend Sanderson Sailor. Tonight's rendezvous is that
one of this city's favorite and most colorful meeting places
the top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel. Let's join the
man Shallen Harry Hortel aiding mister Taylor. Hello, greg oh,
Harry coming to them just in time to settle a
(04:16):
fierce arguments argument huh, company policy or a private opinion?
The latter Gregor and I have an arguing is to
what is the plural of mongoose? I say it's mongooses
and his vote has gone for monge. Now want cure
about Harry? I think I'd go for mongooses too. Greg
Or out voted Sandy Funk and Wagner's who hear of it? Now?
(04:37):
You must be an obbositate old mongoose. So how did
you get onto the project anyway? Oh, it came up
quite logically. A little earlier on Sandy and I were
shooting crafts at the apartment. He threw three double ass
in a row double as is better known as snake eyes.
From there we began to discuss snakes and the ways
of killing them, and that was when Sandy made his
fatal remark about mongy. You call that logical, you find,
(04:59):
Harry and Greg Lodge because almost a little involved. Well,
I'll forgive that if you'll keep up his record of
good storytelling. How's about tonight, Bean, Greg? Well, Harry, I
think I should preface the story by telling you that
last year I decided to open a small but select
retail store. And I may tell you, Harris, that it
took all the Briggs Wiles in personal contacts to wangle
a wrist. Yes, we finally secured a location on Post
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Street near the San Francis Hotel. On the night my
story begins, Sandy and I were at a new place
talking over the final plans with our managers. He sat
there quite late, I remember, and it must with a
nastes ten As we left the store and walked down
Post Tought, where my car was passed. As we reached it,
we noticed quite a crowd gathered outside of jewelry stores. Naturally,
we walked over to see what had caused. Hello, what's
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the exciting to start? Greg? I looked as if someone's
giving away nylons on the sidewalk. Let's go on, smooth.
Must be trouble, Greg, The police is here if I'm
prominent among them, Sergeant's batman? Hello, Sargeant, Oh hut, I'm not.
I hope back. Please out of the way. You got
to keep this clear. Huh. It doesn't take you long.
(06:06):
Smell out of murder, mister, hood and a murder, it's
purely a coincidences were happened to be passing Jargan. What happened?
Star broken into Georgey's stolen night watchman, stabbed to death,
nabbed the killer? Nah, he was too fast for us,
made a clean get away. Mist the hood? Can I
come in and take a gamda? Oh? Great, key pot.
That's your curiosity alone for one. I'm afraid I have
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got strict instructions at the hood. If you call headquarters,
I'm sure they'll authorize the past of no no, serge,
and I will bother by the way. How is your
wife all over the operation doing fine? Thank you, mister
hurd so long night, and is hurting out of the way.
Wonder if ever sees greg we're actually walking away from
the scene of the murder. Purely commercial robbery. Murders like
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that aren't in my line standing In any case, I'm
not in the mood for violence tonight. Let's go over
to the lick Grill and rattle a few dycks. No,
not me. I'm gonna hire me home to may You're
a very worthy She doesn't stand it. Here's my car
and I dropped you at the bridge terminal. No thanks,
it's here. Are walk and do you in the morning standing,
I give my love to marry. I will hello, Hello,
(07:20):
this is get into the wrong car.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
I don't think so. You're a Gregory whod aren't you? Yes,
that's what I said on the licensed card on the
steering clothes.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Who are you?
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Coffee? That's my nickname? Jump in and tell me where
we're going, Gregory.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
So listen. If you're sure you said top it, I do,
and then listen topic. I'm the kind of a guy
who's more than willing to spring along with a gag.
But before I say where we're going, I'd like you
to do one thing for me. Please switch on the
overhead light inside the car.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
Do you want to make certain I'm not too repulsive?
I the flu Claire? What's the Lurdict?
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Gregory? Move over top of it. We're going just wherever
you say, Gudian Broughton, Yes, Lieutenant, anything from the elaborate
reports on the jewelry store killing. It's not a thing. Lieutenant,
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never saw a cleaner job. It's like we've got nothing
at all to go on, nothing but fish. We started
the scene of the murder. What is it, Lieutenant? You know,
I guess it's as good as mine. It's like just
a hunk of metal.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
To me.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
It almost wears it doesn't belong in the shop, So
we must assume the killer dropped it. Can I look
at us? Lieutenant? Sure? Yeah, yeahs hmmm. Piece of metal
about six inches long, thick as than a wire, not
not shop at one end, the ring at the other. Hm.
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It's got to be a meat show, a lieutenant, and
don't ask me Sagan. Three days since the killing, Narrow
and after exhaustive Tessil I've been able to find out,
is that the moonder adropt and wants it. Maybe I
should ask Greg Food to come in on this one.
He was on the scene a few minutes after the
letters discovered the Senate h and I take it what
is said these headquarters? Homicide? God did Latin speaking? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah?
(09:26):
You know what, Lieutenants, No, I don't. If I've been
on my toes, I guess I should have deduced from
your conversation, but I didn't quite make it. What's happened?
There's been another robbery killing. Sounds like the same guy
down a market. Well, let's get moving and keep your
fingers cross, Sagest. Perhaps he's left another clue for us,
this time a cold that we'll be able to pick up. Well, Sandy,
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the display suffers ready to coppins to the finish. The
interior decorator had finally okayed the hang of the last drat.
I think our store can open tomorrow on schedule, and
I'm very proud of it. If Cristain Company has to
go into the retail market, you couldn't have a better showcase. Yes,
as my roams over on newest Tomain, I feel quite happy.
By the way, Sandy looked at that watercolor of James
Cooper Wright's hanging over there. That's a very great painter.
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Have you ever seen such a suckle and yet more
exciting blended color? Oh? I'm crazy about it. I've been
ever since the first sad. You know, I'm planning to
buy Mary or Jimmy Wright original for a birth. You're
a man at taste, Sandy, if only you were worthy
of Mary. Well, since we're talking about what is technically
known as the gentler sex, may I asked you if
you've seen any more of that girl you told me
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you met the other night. What was your name? Tappy? No? No, Sanday,
her name was Topee. Uh well, okay, I don't want
to be a little snooper, but I am curious. Have
you seen any No, Sandy, it's one of the dardest
things that's happened to me. Yet he just showed up
out of nowhere. We had one of the most delightful
evenings I've ever spent, and then she vanished, insisted I'd
drop her at the cab stand if you please put
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in the trail the cab. Everybody got away from me.
You realize, Sandy, that I don't even know a name.
You're flipping right here, so nothing envy door doesn't open
to them. I'm sure you knew Carducci. Oh you mean
a night watching Yes, yes, I thought it would be
a break for him. We're moving a little nearer to
the center of the Hello, you know good even and
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are you mister Taylor? Do you know I'm to look
over your new empire to write the city? I have
fine places, you have the fine You think you like
being night watchman here?
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Do you know?
Speaker 3 (11:31):
I thought it would be a nice change for you
after the warehouse? And you know it is a very
happy miss a move. All my life by I have
wanted to be in the fashionable part of the city,
and now it's just the way until I tell my
mother she shoot me. See, I will examinate. Yes, makes
us over at home. You know someone else of the door.
You really have built a better mouth strap, lieutenant. Children
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probably want to preview over the door. Hello, fam, good
to see you. Well, what do you think about new place?
It's very nice even with you look words, fam, what's
on your mind? Yeah? This series of robbery killings right,
it's getting me down. I was kidding. No, you have
him normally, you haven't got a decent lead. Are you
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sure it's the same killing? Certain pattern in each case
is exactly the same, and that pattern is stor is
broken into self. A stlem night watchman gets flugged while
he's unconscious. A dirty rat stabs in the desk, as
the medical examiners report, strange your average see doesn't kill
unless you has to. It sounds like a twisted kind
of mind. It works. Then here's another thing. At the
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scene of each of the killings, the murderers dropped something. Okay,
got to the collection. If you can make anything else,
I had one plain women handkerchief initial with a C
no longer mind. Well that's a great help. Nearly narrows
it out to all the people in San Francisco whose first, last,
or middle name begins with the seed. I know. Well,
at least I put Greg and me in the clear.
What's the eye from number two? Oh, it's a hard
(13:01):
j piece of robin. Looks like an ear piece sometime
that is research in houses. It's an earpiece off a
seven sco Ah, the mad doctor, Well, that should give
you a lead. Well it happens, Greg, have you any
idea how many doctors there are in San Francisco whose
initials have as seen them somewhere I can imagine, and
these third exhibits, this funny looking piece of metal part
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of the the team in the first killing. It's not
unlike a meat hewer. No, no, it's not that family
rings the kind of a bell, but I can't quite
hear it. Well, then I hang on it with greg
until you do. Here at Williams. I certainly appreciate it
if you could help me out on this one. I'm
going crazy, Okay, Stan, I'll take it and brood on
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the matter. You can have it back for exhibit A.
But I'll see if I get any bright ideas in
the meantime. But don't pin too much faith on me.
This really isn't my type of case.
Speaker 4 (14:13):
Hello, Gregory, coffee. You ought to lost your car?
Speaker 3 (14:18):
You know? I always used to until that night I forgot.
Now I leave it open, hoping i'll find you here again.
Move over, Darling. I think a bite of suffered the
palace is indicated. The lights are so discreet, they're admirably
shooting to your mystery and your beauty.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Man, if you're in great form tonight, Gregory and after that.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
After that, darling, we might take a drive up to
twin Peek. The view from there is quite lovely.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
I doubt if you've ever seen it, Gregory, But come on,
let's go. Oh you were actually true for gradually the
(15:10):
view is beause.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
You're right, Coffee, it's quite beautiful.
Speaker 4 (15:14):
You aren't even looking.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
Oh, yes, I am my whole father used to say
that even the taiz mahal in the moonlight doesn't compare
with the spark in a beautiful girl's eyes. I wish
i'd miss you, old father. So does he in the meanwhile,
hows about his son? Oh, darling, Oh, what's wrong? Coffee?
Speaker 4 (15:37):
You got me a process raisably that he trips me.
Speaker 3 (15:40):
Oh oh, it must be this gimmick.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
A fine things, sir, carrying concealed weapons.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
This isn't a weapon, my sweet. It's a vital glue
to a murder case. The only trouble is no one
knows what it is.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
That I know what it is. What it's the sing
for cleaning pipes?
Speaker 3 (15:58):
No, no, no, Darlan. The garget you're thinking of has
a much shorter spike, and it's got little spoons. But
swooping up the tobacco and all thoughts about the dude
ad done it.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
My body was to use one just like this. He
had express to need it just for cleaning out the
the oh you know the middle part of the pipe.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
You mean the shank, So you may be right at there.
You're a bright girl, copy. You may have helped to
solve the murders.
Speaker 4 (16:23):
There's going to be another murder very soon.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Graduate.
Speaker 4 (16:25):
If you're not careful me what have I done? You'll
talk too much?
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Hi fan Greg, that brings you over the police head corners,
you get any brain waves? And that the steel gimmick again, Yestan.
I went out with a beautiful girl last night. She
gave me an idea, nothing very surprising. Butt then go
big costs. Then I'm talking about the metal of this
found up the first murder. This gal suggested it might
be a rather special kind of pipe to you. I
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checked on it this morning and learned two interesting texts.
The gimmick was made of physical steel and the reprices
of chepine on it. So we narrow it down still further.
Sand You're looking for a doctor who has a C
in his initials, and he's also a pipe smoker of
PC you can take your choice. Not another murder. Fan
ya last night you have the silver lighter as the
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scene of the crime, unleft saying you look powder someone
else have a drink to get it for a while.
How can I forget it? Look, greg you're an amateur
that sometimes you get a bright eyede in Carver murders well,
and the safety and lives of a city don't depend
on it. But it's separate with me. When are dying
rag four men in the last two weeks and the
lord alone knows where the killer is going to strike
next or when? And what can I do? Nothing except
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im a side silver speaking Yeah but what yeah, okay, body,
I'll be right over. Not another yes last night, maybe
early this morning. Hold on, Gregan, it was your new store.
What they murdered your night watchman. You'll hear the rest
(18:17):
of gregoryhood story in Justice. Second, just time for me
to tell you the simplest, easiest way I know to
make a good meal taste better serve that meal with
a glass of good Petree wine. You're having hamburgers or
a swell pot roast for dinner, and you just got
to try it with Petrie California burgundy. That Petrie Burgundy
is a hearty red wine. It's just made to go
(18:38):
with any meat or meat dish. Personally, I think it's great.
Now if you're having chicken for dinner, or maybe fish
or seafood, then by all means, try a Petrie California
so turned. Petrie so Turned is a subtle, intriguing white wine.
It's really something. Believe me, When you want a good wine,
your can't miss with a Petree wine. Well, Greg, this
(18:59):
was really got me on the edge of my chair.
So the murderer sut for a fifth time when he
killed you a night one, Yes, Kerry or Old Geno Seduci.
It was one of my favorite people, and I was
fighting mad when I heard the news. I called Sandy
and told him to join Mitt the store, and then
Lieutenant Silvers and I raced over to the team. As
the three of us stood there, I swore a silent
vows the splistic he's a last yes, but I do, Sandy.
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While I was out having a romantic adventure with a
mysterious girl last night, or Old Gino was killed protecting
my property, and I don't see that you could have
done anything to save him. Greg, the murderer didn't write
a postcard and say he was going to be here
last night. I know, I know, no manifest to play
sarles those Yeah, now I've got him on a routine
jump that may lead us somewhere. What's that was? Taking
on a list of every minute go in San Francisco?
Who may have the initial PP or PC? Did they
(19:45):
forgetful murder leaders? Any clue this time? Yeah? These few
pages from an album. Sage and Barton said they were
lying beside the body. But they're not much help. No
fingerprints on him. Let me see me, sah hen in
which you make them? I mean when I'm going back
to headquarters now I've been in touch with you later, okay, Sam, okay,
Well what do you make of the pages? And well,
(20:07):
it seems to be torn from one of those novels
about the Galant young doctors And yeah he was who
kind of disposed her doctors of the moon. You can
see those pages. Wait a minute, if you were wrong
standing these pages went torn from a novel. They're loose sheets,
they've never been bound. What does that say? I think
it tells us where to look for doctor P. C
or PP. Well, who you calling Joseph Henry Jackson, book
(20:29):
editor on the Chronicles. I think he can help us Nica.
Joe Jackson, I hope you're on the right trails, and
so do I. Joe. This is Greg Hood. Oh listen, Joel,
I'm in a jam. I need some help. Oh no great,
I'm a respectable marriage man. No no, no, no, not
that kind of a jam. I need you a professional help.
That's the difference. What's the problem? Am I right in
(20:50):
thinking that? Sometimes book reviewers like yourself, I've sent unbound
pages on a book. Yes, they do that occasionally one
of the regular copies won't be out faring up ahead. Personally,
I wish publishers would do it more often. I see
another question, Joe, do you have a reviewer who covers
medical books? Someone who's the mistals might be PP or PP. Oh,
we have so many part time reviewers.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Let me see.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
Yes, there's a doctor Christopher's party. Have you ever met
in Joe? No, never been in here. We sent the
stuff off him and he mails a copyback. Doesn't mean
I'll check the address. What is all this anyway? Well, Joe,
you're well known as an authority on factual murder, aren't
you true murders a hobbyist line. What well, Joe, don't
(21:32):
look now, but I think you're just about to solve
a murder. Well, Sandy, this is the house of doctor
Christopher Potting. Very nice too. You're not pleasant out here
(21:54):
in the marina. Yeah, he's gonna ring about him, not
since the doors unless the prize is always an advantage
when you're dealing with the murderers, you really think he's
your man. The evidence would points that way. Come, I'm
saying me, keep your eyesopping. This guy probably knows all
the answers. I don't like open doors. This might say
(22:19):
traps and you soon see you should have called the roof.
No no fans if port Gino got killed. This is
a private battle. M here's the living rooms, so recently
occupied by a pipe smoker or another. I don't see
these pipes. Lay on. Look at that ashtray. Lots of
(22:40):
ashes and burn matches, but no cigarette.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
Who is left? Oh hello, Gregory Coffee?
Speaker 3 (22:50):
What on earth are you doing you?
Speaker 4 (22:52):
I tell you that when you tell me how you
attracted me here, Well, I.
Speaker 3 (22:57):
Have my methods. By the way, talky, let me produce
my friends. Anderson Tabors do you do well, how do
you do with miss? I think your friend has tracked
me here. You really should be able to send you
my name.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
Sony's thinking about it. I'll go and get you both
to drink.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
You could use one, trenders grant. I'll get the number
on that phone, slip off of the house and go
to the nearest public phone and called here, ask for
doctor Christopher Pottington.
Speaker 4 (23:22):
Oh, why did it?
Speaker 3 (23:23):
That'll smoke a mouse without your having to mention you.
That's a good idea, of great and then O come,
I s.
Speaker 4 (23:30):
Asked me, Sury, Well, that's.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
Where did your friend out a cigarettes? We wanted them?
I didn't notice any here us.
Speaker 4 (23:40):
Do you like sciriy Gregor's I'd.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
Rob a glass coffee?
Speaker 4 (23:45):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (23:46):
Do you live here with doctor Poppington?
Speaker 4 (23:50):
Yeah, here's your sharing.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
Thank you, Covey. Have you been reading about these night
watsman murders in San Francisco?
Speaker 4 (24:00):
Here's griddy. I've been developing the these tapser resporte.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
Ye their most unusual murders. The killer always leads the clues. Now,
these flus might be deliberately plse on on, but I
think not. I think it's a phenomenon a psychiatrist might
enjoy a murderer subconsciously compelled to betray himself. You know, tape.
They say that absent mindedness is never accidental. It's always
the result of subconscious desires, do they?
Speaker 4 (24:28):
Gregory Darling, being dreadfully serious?
Speaker 3 (24:30):
I see your dreadfully serious. You see an old friend
of mine was murdered last night.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
Excuse hello, yes, species, who's this funny?
Speaker 3 (24:46):
Hung up?
Speaker 4 (24:48):
Oh well, he.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Asks for doctor Schistopher Partington. Didn't he did?
Speaker 4 (24:53):
He?
Speaker 3 (24:54):
And you are doctor sisterph Parrington odd topic not a
common name for a girl, but I've heard of a
few others. I've heard of Christopher Bardington candy. So that
your nickname of copy was another clue, wasn't.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
It, Gregory Darling. I'm afraid I'm losing my losing soil,
But go on. It's fascinating.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
I've known of women who privately smoked pipes too. That
was another clue you gave me, And women doctor the
commonplace these days. The subconscious is beautifully tricky, is this topic?
Even while seeking to betray you? Let the series of
flues pointed to pipe smoking Doctor Parttington's all misleading factors
not to be associated with a beautiful girl nicknaming copy.
(25:36):
You're very silent, doctor Partington.
Speaker 4 (25:40):
I told her not to pretty. I kept telling her
not to kill those people. She wouldn't listen to me.
She was a surging your knowns. She loved you the knife,
and it was too easy for her to fool a
night watch she went right to so I had to
(26:03):
try to be true. That's why I waited in your car.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
That's just nice.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
I thought I might be able to help keep us First.
Who Pastor Peters is bad?
Speaker 3 (26:19):
Very bad? She kills people, Kathy Peters, see Peter's only smoke.
Don't tell me I think of this. That all wrong?
After all? Where is she this cat? Peter? Yes?
Speaker 4 (26:33):
Really inside of me? We use the same bodies I did. True,
I did so want to to catch her, Grace.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
It's all right, tough, I dear, I've caught her.
Speaker 4 (26:52):
To lock her up, Grace, please lock me up. I
promise you won't let her do those anymore? Well, will you?
Quick to me?
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Don't worry, Coffee, we won't let Cassie just kill people,
not anymore caps crag. I swear this is the strangest
(27:34):
case you've ever come. And the saddest. Five innocent men,
including my old Friendino, murdered in cold blood. Yet you
can't hold that girl morally responsible. She never went to
President Scorse. No, Harris, he was obviously an insane schizophrenic
a nineteen hundred and forty six declined high. He wound
up in the state institution. It was just a psychological misfait.
(27:57):
God it, Harry, it was a miserable case. You know, Greg,
their time tonight, your hah be in your shoes, hees, Harry,
what NEAs is to taste. But there's my old father
would say, when you fry over a woman, there's always
another woman ready to wipe away the tears. Now you
can't dismiss it that easily, Greg. When you fall, I
know that you fall. But good, Yes, Harry, you and
I were the kind of fellows who decided to like something.
(28:19):
And well that's that. That's right. I'll never forget the
night I no, but you don't want to hear about it,
but I do. The night you was the first night
I be sure, of course, the first night I tasted
Petrie wine. I said, that's the wine for me. And
it's sure is I should have known Yep, Petree wine
is a wine for everybody because it's good wine. It's
(28:41):
got to be look at the long years of skill
and experience and go into its making. The Petrie family
has been making wine for generations. Why making is their heritage,
a heritage handed on down from father to son, from
father to son. So you can see why the Patrie
business has grown and grown on so that today the
(29:01):
Petrie family are America's largest independent wine maker. Yes, the
making of Petrie wine is a family affair, and the
Petrie family has every intention of keeping it just that.
So you know, the name Petrie on a bottle of
wine is more than a trademark. It's the personal assurance
of the Petrie family. Petree wine is and always will
(29:22):
be good wine. Well, Greg be what story from your
case book? If you lined up for us next week?
Next week, Harry, I'm going to tell you of an
odd adventure that Sandy and I had as we were
flying to New York a few months ago. It concerns
the Southern Colonel, an unusually attractive girl, and an elusive
piece of ice. I call the story the Double Diamonds.
You next Monday, Harry, The case Book of Gregory Hood
(30:03):
is written by Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher. Original music
composed and played by Dean Foxler. Gale Gordon plays the
part of Gregory Hood and Sanderson Taylor is played by
Howard mcneer. The Petri Wine Company of San Francisco, California
(30:26):
invite you to tune in again next week, same time,
same station. The case Book of Gregory Hood comes to
you from our Hollywood studio. This is Harry Bartrell saying
good night for the Petrie family, welcome back.
Speaker 2 (30:44):
While a really a bit of a bittersweet ending there,
I have to admit. Usually Harry Bartell as great as
the ad pitch guy for Petrie, but in this case
I don't think that there was how shall we say,
delegate or even an appropriate way to segue his comments
(31:08):
as he did. But be that as it may, it
was a pretty solid episode, though I expect though I
suspected a toffee from the moment that she showed up,
just because of where and how she showed up in
the story. But of course what throws you off is
for giving a clue and so a good case. And
(31:31):
we have one more Gil Gordon program to go, so
be sure and listen to that next week, all right,
listen her comments and feedback and we'll read a few.
First of all, we have this from Doug keep up
the great work at him. Your podcast helps make my
daily commute bearable. Johnny Dollar is one of my favorites,
(31:52):
and he says, I've been listening for about two years
now and have really enjoyed your podcast and the show
you've covered. Keep up the good work, and John says,
thank you. I really enjoy the content. Well, thanks so much.
I truly appreciate that. And then we have a comment
from Christine who says I am slowly catching up in
(32:13):
the podcast. I am on November twenty ten, I was
wondering if you could put any announcements on your blog
or here for those of us who are behind, we
can still keep up with what is going on with
the podcast. I'm hoping by the end of the year
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Speaker 3 (32:30):
Well.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
Thanks so much, And that's a good reminder, and I
will make every effort to go ahead and to do that,
because I do know a lot of folks listen to
it from behind, and i'dn't even done very much like
regarding listener support campaign, but I'll try and get stuff
over at Facebook regarding listener support campaigns and books and
(32:55):
things of that sort. I would probably also suggest that
if you're starting from the show, starting on the show
from the beginning, you could listen to the Tuesday episode
as well to get a feeling for what's going on currently,
just because the Tuesday shows tend to be short and
we tend to rotate them quite frequently. But regardless, I
(33:19):
appreciate the reminder to be using the Facebook page for
communicating that, and we have twenty eight hundred thirty four
fans there, so I truly appreciate everyone who's part of
that part of our community. All right, well, we will
be back tomorrow continuing on with yours truly, Johnny Dollar,
(33:41):
and then next week the last Gil Gordon episode of
the Casebook of Gregory Hood, and be sure and join
us on Saturday for Police Blatter. In the meantime, I
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Radio Detectives. But from Boise, Idaho, this is your host,
Adam Graham signing off
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