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Speaker 1 (00:01):
And now a tale well calculated to keep you.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
In spence tonight, A well honed accounting of a lethal
impersonation in just a moment stand in for murder, written
especially for suspense by a Gladys Gallant.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Answer, Okay, answer him.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
I can't my voice, it isn't her.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Voice to answer it.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Please, Kay, You've got to prove that Laura Morgan is
still alive.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Or it stopped.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
Oh thank god, Jim, missus agony. When that phone rings,
I freeze, I can't talk.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Okay, okay, listen to me.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Laura's friends have to think she's leaving for Europe, and
they have to hear it from her voice.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
I can't remember how it's supposed to sound. Don't you
want to play the tape again? Last show she did?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Okay, we'll play the tape again. We've gone over it.
No Morrant, no over it starring Ralph Foreman.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
And I'll pay attention when you playing Laura Morgan as
Ruthe pay particular attention to ru dismay, but determined these
were the faithful words they exchanged.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Listen, Ruth, will I see you again?
Speaker 4 (01:47):
What about Marian?
Speaker 3 (01:48):
I think you got that one about the.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Parties over.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Live Hull. It was justice into her reflections. Bill, I
have to leave. Al right, Well let's try it. I say,
I have to leave.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
I have to leave.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Huh uh no, no, I'll pitch your voice higher.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I have to, Jim. It's no use. I can't do it. Hey,
You've got to. It's our only chance. Do you understand?
Our only chance?
Speaker 4 (02:39):
I remember thinking this must be a kind of dream,
a terrible nightmare. When I awoke, everything would be just
as it was before Jim asked me for a divorce.
I would never agree. I knew there was somebody else,
but I just kept hoping that some day he would
come back to me. One night.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Show, I'm gonna talk to you, Kay.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
The answer is still No.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
It's not about the divorce.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
Really, I suppose you just wrapped in for a drink.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Is that it was?
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Its very nice, It's like old times.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
No, never mind about all that.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Please, really, I insist. Oh is this still on the rock?
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Kay? Please?
Speaker 5 (03:27):
It's like the rock?
Speaker 3 (03:30):
I said, never mind?
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Are your names Laura Morgan? Isn't it right?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
You know?
Speaker 4 (03:35):
I heard we looked so much alike. Oh yes, I
could give you a detailed description. You know, people would talk.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
And all that dead O CAA met up? Will you?
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Morgan told Lawn sometime actress but full time girlfriends? What's this?
You're night out?
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Okay, stop it, I said, stop it. I don't just
what you meant. Kay.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
She uh she's dead. Laura is dead. It was an accident.
See last night we yes, we had a terrible argument
and I didn't want to marry a Kay. I wanted
to come back to you. Well, she became hysterical. She
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pulled out a gun. I grabbed it from her. It
it went off. She she's dead.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
Oh, Jimmy, what were you going to do?
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Did you?
Speaker 4 (04:48):
Did you call the police?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Call the police?
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Kay?
Speaker 1 (04:52):
If I call the police, I wouldn't have a chance, Jimmy,
they will find her.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
They'll know it was you. No, no, no, they'll never
find her. Now you see.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
I uh got her out of the apartment, down the
stairs and into the car.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
No one saw me, and then near the bridge, I stop.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
For God's sake, I don't wanna know any more.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Sorry, I'm sorry, Kay, Sorry for this mess. Sorry I
left you, Sorry for everything.
Speaker 6 (05:21):
Kay.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
I still love you.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Jimmy, Jimmy, what chance have we got?
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Now? There is one chance? But It all depends on
you k on me.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Yes, Kay, would you help me set up an alibi.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
At alibi of course, Jim?
Speaker 3 (05:52):
But how by becoming Laura Morgan?
Speaker 4 (06:09):
Twelve hours later, in a two room apartment on a
quiet street in the West sixties, I became Laura Morgan.
As Jim planned it. It would be for only a few days,
just long enough to establish her existence. But those few
days were a lifetime of terror. There was the constant
ringing of the phone right from the start, and the
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trouble I had imitating her voice. Acting wasn't my line
at all tomorrow, And Jim was playing that tape recorder
so I could hear Laura again and again.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Kay, you're just not getting in. I'll please pay attention. Huh,
all right, all right?
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Can we get it right? Would you be quiet? All right?
All right? Just listen words they exchange.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
It was a lovely party film.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
You hear what.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
About Marion?
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Well the bother.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
The party over the lives.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
It's y.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
Phone is driving me crazy.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
I answer it. I'll take the table.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
No, no, let it ring.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
It will be a four K answer it. Hello, are
you the lady an apartment for a yes?
Speaker 4 (07:36):
What is it?
Speaker 3 (07:37):
I'm a reporter from the Daily Globe.
Speaker 7 (07:39):
Miss, we'd like to ask you a few questions about
the murder Wednesday night.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
My god, you who was it? What they want?
Speaker 4 (07:47):
A reporter from the Globe. You wanted to ask me
about the murder Wednesday night?
Speaker 3 (07:52):
Murder Wednesday night, Jim pray, let it ring, No, no, no,
wait to pick it up.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
You might go and pick it up. I say you're
Laura Morgan and let him do the talking.
Speaker 7 (08:06):
Hello, this is the reporter from the Globe again. Hey,
you the lady I was just talking to.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Yes, this is Laura Morgan. We were disconnected.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Now about that murder, Miss Morgan.
Speaker 7 (08:20):
We understand you saw the killer's face as he passed
you in the lobby.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Well, I I didn't see anything. Who was killed?
Speaker 7 (08:31):
Yeah, if you don't know, miss, and I guess you
didn't see anything. Sorry to bother you. We were just
checking all the tenants.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
Oh, somebody was killed, but he doesn't know about Laura Morgan.
Oh oh oh, somehow it carried it off. Somehow I
(09:05):
went on to establish the fact that Laura Morgan was
still alive next day.
Speaker 8 (09:13):
This is a Jiffy cleaning service, Miss Morgan. Ah, yes,
what can I do for not that powder blue will
suit you sent back to us. Our very best men
worked on it to get that spot out that you
complained about, Miss Morgan.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
Oh the spot? Yes? Did you get it out?
Speaker 5 (09:29):
Miss Morgan?
Speaker 8 (09:30):
If you go out of your way to look for it,
there's still the faintest remains. Frankly, any more solvents and
you'd wind up with a hole instead of a state.
But if you don't know it's there, it isn't you
know what I mean? It's the best we can do.
I'm sure it'll be good enough, miss you mean.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
It'll be okay.
Speaker 8 (09:46):
The other day Neddie took my head off that it
didn't come out right, even when I explained it just
some things that you guse.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Would you send it right back today, Clese, Oh yeah, sure,
right away, within the hour. Wo That afternoon, wearing Laura's
powder blue suit, I left the apartment. My heart skipped
a beat when I saw the doorman looking my way.
I hurried past him. My face turned away.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
After looms barker, I love today.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Is that's nice? Jim's plan seemed to be working. To
kill time. I went to a movie and then decided
to walk home was a relief to be caught up
in the anonymity of New York, for it's a crush
of people. At six o'clock, I was just turning west
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on sixty fourth Street when lady you all right, lady,
what happened? What is it?
Speaker 5 (10:50):
A concrete a cornice or something? Right from the top
of that brown said you.
Speaker 4 (10:53):
Must you buy an inch?
Speaker 3 (10:53):
You better call it?
Speaker 5 (10:54):
Please?
Speaker 4 (10:54):
No, no, please, I'm fine.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
Really you want to file a complaint? Lady? It could
have been killed.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
No, I I have to hurry. I'm very late having
a lady.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
Oh you never can figure a name.
Speaker 9 (11:05):
Yeah, she's almost killed and she has to hurry because
she's late for her hair up.
Speaker 5 (11:09):
Win.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Hell, Hello, Laura Morgan.
Speaker 4 (11:35):
Yes, this is Laura Morgan.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Who is it that concrete block that dropped a few
minutes ago?
Speaker 4 (11:42):
Concrete book? What about it?
Speaker 7 (11:46):
I just want to tell you that was no accident,
No accident, no accidents, Just a little warning, Miss Morgan.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
Who is this? What do you want?
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Who are you?
Speaker 7 (12:02):
Next time? We won't miss if you say one word
about the murder?
Speaker 5 (12:09):
It did?
Speaker 4 (12:10):
Who I stood there, trembling in the darkness of the room.
A crash of concrete on the pavement, the ominous threatening
voice on the telephone still ringing in my ears.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (12:32):
I wanted to scream out, Laura Morgan is dead. But
I had to protect Jim's alibi.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (12:47):
I tried not to panic. I asked myself, if I
were Laura Morgan, what would I do? I would call
the police and tell them someone was threatening to kill me.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Why not?
Speaker 4 (13:02):
Jim would still be safe. He needed a live ALLI.
I'm not a dead one. I reached the phone. Oprit,
get me the police department in hurry, Please the police department.
Speaker 5 (13:24):
This is Laura Morgan the phone. Lady, hear what I
said on the phone, Miss Morgan?
Speaker 3 (13:30):
One word about the murder?
Speaker 5 (13:31):
You're dead?
Speaker 4 (13:32):
How are you? What do you want? Look, I'm not
Laura Morgan. You're making a very big mistake.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
She's dead.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
I tell you she's dead.
Speaker 10 (13:43):
But he's trying to pull you Laura Morgan. All right,
you just sold it to the police. I wish she's
gonna be talk too much.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
It's out the window.
Speaker 5 (13:56):
It's a case of what's why that was talking to
Remember the fires? No, they won't get fired. It was
a wad card downstairs. Tried to push come on, I said,
all right, a.
Speaker 9 (14:16):
Look, I'm I'm from homicide. We have been watching this
building all day. You witnessed the gang killing at Clint
to back Wednesday night?
Speaker 4 (14:31):
Your record here?
Speaker 9 (14:32):
Yeah, you're a late neighbor. It was shot right in
this lobby. Doorman said you were coming in when it happened.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
Oh were you?
Speaker 5 (14:42):
What?
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (14:44):
Well, that that must have been just before it happened.
Speaker 9 (14:49):
Now tell me did you get a good look at
the killer's face?
Speaker 4 (14:53):
Sorry, I really can't remember. There were several people passed.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
Me in the lobby.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
No, really didn't notice it.
Speaker 9 (15:01):
I noticed you are. Where did you disappear to Wednesday night?
We've been looking for you for two days, Miss Morgan.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
I know it seems a lot of people were looking
for me. Police, the newspapers. I would killer, I'm getting
out of here.
Speaker 5 (15:17):
I'd say for the stay report until we apprehend that.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
I will must stay here and take another chance in
my life.
Speaker 5 (15:22):
Oh no, don't leave this apartment, miss Morgan.
Speaker 9 (15:26):
If you do, you'll wind up as dead as your
latehood neighbor, Clint Toback.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
Who is it? It's me, Jim oh jimp Okay.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
I couldn't make out what you were saying on the phone,
Oh my god, you look off and.
Speaker 5 (15:56):
Would you try to kill me? I would almost killed Oh,
I don't understand.
Speaker 4 (16:02):
Lo Margan witnessed a murder right here in this lobby
Wednesday night. Did she say anything to you about it?
Speaker 3 (16:09):
Oh? We we have other things to talk about to her.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Is after her, even if she didn't see his face,
if he thinks she can identify him, if you didn't know, all.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Right, all right, now, look, you've got to get out
of here. K. Now, you start packing him. I'll try
to get you on a plane tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
Now, wait a minute. The police said, I can't go
anywhere until they catch the killer. Police said, I'd be
safeer here. They're watching this building.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Police. Okay, are you out of your mind?
Speaker 5 (16:38):
And you get me over here? Him?
Speaker 4 (16:39):
I had to, don't you see. You've got to tell
them the truth. Now, you've got to tell them, Margan
is dad.
Speaker 5 (16:45):
Tell them why I'm rule my life, our life.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
K And what does the matter with you? You didn't
commit murder. It was an accident. The police will understand.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
Sure, Sure, I'm sure they'll be very understanding.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
If you tell the police, it will be in the papers,
on the news broadcast. Don't you understand then nobody will
try to kill Laura Morgan if she's already dead.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
I see one thing. I've got to get out of
here and faster. OLA's miss Morgan.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
Just remember your Laura Morgan. As long as they believe
that we can get away.
Speaker 5 (17:20):
I had a reporter.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
A man was seen coming up here.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
Oh yes, yes, that was just a friend. Lieutenant, Oh please,
won't you come in?
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Thanks?
Speaker 4 (17:30):
This is mister Benson. Lieutenant Benson, Uh, Jim Benson.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Miss h Morgan tells me she's been having some trouble, Lieutenant.
Speaker 9 (17:40):
Quite a bit of trouble, mister Benson. It's Morgan. Uh,
I'm afraid I have to tell you there's more trouble.
What do you mean, Well, it seems to be were
seems to be some question about uh, your identity, that's
you say, my identity? Yeah, the doormment of this building. Well,
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come in, Brady, we can settle this right now.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
This is ridiculous, Lieutenant. This is an invasion of privacy.
At the moment, Miss Morgan's life is hardly private. All right,
what do you say, Brady? Is this Laura Morgan?
Speaker 3 (18:22):
No, No, that's not Laura Morgan.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
Nor are you positive when you put me back on
the door today, Sir, I knew she wasn't miss Morgan.
She wore the same suit, and she even looks like her.
But that walk and the way she kept her face
turned away, they made me think. So this lady here
isn't Laura Mark Okay, okay, all right? Who are you miss?
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Why are you impersonating Laura Mortain? Don't say a thing, Laura.
I'm calling my attorney and.
Speaker 5 (18:59):
Oh are you miss? To Benson, did you set this
woman up as a decoy so you could kill the
real Laura Morgan.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
We haven't found it yet, but the police are dragging
the river.
Speaker 5 (19:08):
I just say, we are all of you. I'll answers. Hello,
Lieutenant Kelly speaking. This is Blaine. Yes, Captain, don't let
that woman get away.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
Kelly will be right over. Laura Morgan has been found
and identified.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Oh, come on and captain, this is the woman, Kelly, Well,
this is the lady who says she's Laura Morgan.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Captain, it's very interesting. And the man.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
I'm Jim Benson. May I ask what you're doing here
before I call my attorney? Certainly, mister Benson, I just
came around to and reduce Laura Morgan. To Laura Morgan,
what okay?
Speaker 3 (20:12):
Max? Bring her in, Miss Morgan, meet the real Laura Morgan.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
I don't understand, Jim. You you said she was.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
Dead, Laura. Are you all right? Laura?
Speaker 11 (20:33):
Yes, Darving, But Jim My timing was off as usual.
I guess I was at the wrong place at the
wrong hour. I did just what you said Wednesday night,
but they managed to find me. And you knew she
was alive. You knew somebody wanted to kill her, and
you made me take her pland you botched it, just
as you butched your marriage.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
Kna.
Speaker 5 (20:54):
You said you killed her, You said you wanted me.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Why what I said?
Speaker 5 (20:59):
Kay fast, We.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Want to know exactly what you said.
Speaker 5 (21:03):
Mister Bellison, God, you wanted me to be killed. You
wanted me to be killed, and you can marry her.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
I bet you.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
I pleaded with you for a divorce Ky when she
wouldn't give it to you. You set your wife up
as a target for Laura Morgan's killer. I kid kid,
take him to headquarters. Kelly, Hi, this is really one
for the books, spand in for murder.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
Saw Spence. You've been listening to stand in for Murder,
starring Terry Keane and Larry Haynes, and written especially for
suspense by Gladys F.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
Geller.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
Sar Spence is produced and directed by Fred Hendrickson, music
supervision by Ethel Huber. Heard in Tonight's story were Clarenesen
Ivor Francis, Bob Reddick, Tony Darnay, Bill Lifton, Jack Grimes
and Joseph Julia. Listen again next week when we return
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with Formula for Death, written by Jonathan Bundy. Another tale
well calculated to keep you in sar Spence.
And now a tale well calculated to keep you.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
In spence tonight, A well honed accounting of a lethal
impersonation in just a moment stand in for murder, written
especially for suspense by a Gladys Gallant.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Answer, Okay, answer him.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
I can't my voice, it isn't her.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Voice to answer it.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Please, Kay, You've got to prove that Laura Morgan is
still alive.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Or it stopped.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
Oh thank god, Jim, missus agony. When that phone rings,
I freeze, I can't talk.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Okay, okay, listen to me.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Laura's friends have to think she's leaving for Europe, and
they have to hear it from her voice.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
I can't remember how it's supposed to sound. Don't you
want to play the tape again? Last show she did?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Okay, we'll play the tape again. We've gone over it.
No Morrant, no over it starring Ralph Foreman.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
And I'll pay attention when you playing Laura Morgan as
Ruthe pay particular attention to ru dismay, but determined these
were the faithful words they exchanged.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Listen, Ruth, will I see you again?
Speaker 4 (01:47):
What about Marian?
Speaker 3 (01:48):
I think you got that one about the.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Parties over.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Live Hull. It was justice into her reflections. Bill, I
have to leave. Al right, Well let's try it. I say,
I have to leave.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
I have to leave.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Huh uh no, no, I'll pitch your voice higher.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I have to, Jim. It's no use. I can't do it. Hey,
You've got to. It's our only chance. Do you understand?
Our only chance?
Speaker 4 (02:39):
I remember thinking this must be a kind of dream,
a terrible nightmare. When I awoke, everything would be just
as it was before Jim asked me for a divorce.
I would never agree. I knew there was somebody else,
but I just kept hoping that some day he would
come back to me. One night.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Show, I'm gonna talk to you, Kay.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
The answer is still No.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
It's not about the divorce.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
Really, I suppose you just wrapped in for a drink.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Is that it was?
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Its very nice, It's like old times.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
No, never mind about all that.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Please, really, I insist. Oh is this still on the rock?
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Kay? Please?
Speaker 5 (03:27):
It's like the rock?
Speaker 3 (03:30):
I said, never mind?
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Are your names Laura Morgan? Isn't it right?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
You know?
Speaker 4 (03:35):
I heard we looked so much alike. Oh yes, I
could give you a detailed description. You know, people would talk.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
And all that dead O CAA met up? Will you?
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Morgan told Lawn sometime actress but full time girlfriends? What's this?
You're night out?
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Okay, stop it, I said, stop it. I don't just
what you meant. Kay.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
She uh she's dead. Laura is dead. It was an accident.
See last night we yes, we had a terrible argument
and I didn't want to marry a Kay. I wanted
to come back to you. Well, she became hysterical. She
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pulled out a gun. I grabbed it from her. It
it went off. She she's dead.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
Oh, Jimmy, what were you going to do?
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Did you?
Speaker 4 (04:48):
Did you call the police?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Call the police?
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Kay?
Speaker 1 (04:52):
If I call the police, I wouldn't have a chance, Jimmy,
they will find her.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
They'll know it was you. No, no, no, they'll never
find her. Now you see.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
I uh got her out of the apartment, down the
stairs and into the car.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
No one saw me, and then near the bridge, I stop.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
For God's sake, I don't wanna know any more.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Sorry, I'm sorry, Kay, Sorry for this mess. Sorry I
left you, Sorry for everything.
Speaker 6 (05:21):
Kay.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
I still love you.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Jimmy, Jimmy, what chance have we got?
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Now? There is one chance? But It all depends on
you k on me.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Yes, Kay, would you help me set up an alibi.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
At alibi of course, Jim?
Speaker 3 (05:52):
But how by becoming Laura Morgan?
Speaker 4 (06:09):
Twelve hours later, in a two room apartment on a
quiet street in the West sixties, I became Laura Morgan.
As Jim planned it. It would be for only a few days,
just long enough to establish her existence. But those few
days were a lifetime of terror. There was the constant
ringing of the phone right from the start, and the
(06:30):
trouble I had imitating her voice. Acting wasn't my line
at all tomorrow, And Jim was playing that tape recorder
so I could hear Laura again and again.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Kay, you're just not getting in. I'll please pay attention. Huh,
all right, all right?
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Can we get it right? Would you be quiet? All right?
All right? Just listen words they exchange.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
It was a lovely party film.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
You hear what.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
About Marion?
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Well the bother.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
The party over the lives.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
It's y.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
Phone is driving me crazy.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
I answer it. I'll take the table.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
No, no, let it ring.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
It will be a four K answer it. Hello, are
you the lady an apartment for a yes?
Speaker 4 (07:36):
What is it?
Speaker 3 (07:37):
I'm a reporter from the Daily Globe.
Speaker 7 (07:39):
Miss, we'd like to ask you a few questions about
the murder Wednesday night.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
My god, you who was it? What they want?
Speaker 4 (07:47):
A reporter from the Globe. You wanted to ask me
about the murder Wednesday night?
Speaker 3 (07:52):
Murder Wednesday night, Jim pray, let it ring, No, no, no,
wait to pick it up.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
You might go and pick it up. I say you're
Laura Morgan and let him do the talking.
Speaker 7 (08:06):
Hello, this is the reporter from the Globe again. Hey,
you the lady I was just talking to.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Yes, this is Laura Morgan. We were disconnected.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Now about that murder, Miss Morgan.
Speaker 7 (08:20):
We understand you saw the killer's face as he passed
you in the lobby.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Well, I I didn't see anything. Who was killed?
Speaker 7 (08:31):
Yeah, if you don't know, miss, and I guess you
didn't see anything. Sorry to bother you. We were just
checking all the tenants.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
Oh, somebody was killed, but he doesn't know about Laura Morgan.
Oh oh oh, somehow it carried it off. Somehow I
(09:05):
went on to establish the fact that Laura Morgan was
still alive next day.
Speaker 8 (09:13):
This is a Jiffy cleaning service, Miss Morgan. Ah, yes,
what can I do for not that powder blue will
suit you sent back to us. Our very best men
worked on it to get that spot out that you
complained about, Miss Morgan.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
Oh the spot? Yes? Did you get it out?
Speaker 5 (09:29):
Miss Morgan?
Speaker 8 (09:30):
If you go out of your way to look for it,
there's still the faintest remains. Frankly, any more solvents and
you'd wind up with a hole instead of a state.
But if you don't know it's there, it isn't you
know what I mean? It's the best we can do.
I'm sure it'll be good enough, miss you mean.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
It'll be okay.
Speaker 8 (09:46):
The other day Neddie took my head off that it
didn't come out right, even when I explained it just
some things that you guse.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Would you send it right back today, Clese, Oh yeah, sure,
right away, within the hour. Wo That afternoon, wearing Laura's
powder blue suit, I left the apartment. My heart skipped
a beat when I saw the doorman looking my way.
I hurried past him. My face turned away.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
After looms barker, I love today.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Is that's nice? Jim's plan seemed to be working. To
kill time. I went to a movie and then decided
to walk home was a relief to be caught up
in the anonymity of New York, for it's a crush
of people. At six o'clock, I was just turning west
(10:38):
on sixty fourth Street when lady you all right, lady,
what happened? What is it?
Speaker 5 (10:50):
A concrete a cornice or something? Right from the top
of that brown said you.
Speaker 4 (10:53):
Must you buy an inch?
Speaker 3 (10:53):
You better call it?
Speaker 5 (10:54):
Please?
Speaker 4 (10:54):
No, no, please, I'm fine.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
Really you want to file a complaint? Lady? It could
have been killed.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
No, I I have to hurry. I'm very late having
a lady.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
Oh you never can figure a name.
Speaker 9 (11:05):
Yeah, she's almost killed and she has to hurry because
she's late for her hair up.
Speaker 5 (11:09):
Win.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Hell, Hello, Laura Morgan.
Speaker 4 (11:35):
Yes, this is Laura Morgan.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Who is it that concrete block that dropped a few
minutes ago?
Speaker 4 (11:42):
Concrete book? What about it?
Speaker 7 (11:46):
I just want to tell you that was no accident,
No accident, no accidents, Just a little warning, Miss Morgan.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
Who is this? What do you want?
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Who are you?
Speaker 7 (12:02):
Next time? We won't miss if you say one word
about the murder?
Speaker 5 (12:09):
It did?
Speaker 4 (12:10):
Who I stood there, trembling in the darkness of the room.
A crash of concrete on the pavement, the ominous threatening
voice on the telephone still ringing in my ears.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (12:32):
I wanted to scream out, Laura Morgan is dead. But
I had to protect Jim's alibi.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (12:47):
I tried not to panic. I asked myself, if I
were Laura Morgan, what would I do? I would call
the police and tell them someone was threatening to kill me.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Why not?
Speaker 4 (13:02):
Jim would still be safe. He needed a live ALLI.
I'm not a dead one. I reached the phone. Oprit,
get me the police department in hurry, Please the police department.
Speaker 5 (13:24):
This is Laura Morgan the phone. Lady, hear what I
said on the phone, Miss Morgan?
Speaker 3 (13:30):
One word about the murder?
Speaker 5 (13:31):
You're dead?
Speaker 4 (13:32):
How are you? What do you want? Look, I'm not
Laura Morgan. You're making a very big mistake.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
She's dead.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
I tell you she's dead.
Speaker 10 (13:43):
But he's trying to pull you Laura Morgan. All right,
you just sold it to the police. I wish she's
gonna be talk too much.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
It's out the window.
Speaker 5 (13:56):
It's a case of what's why that was talking to
Remember the fires? No, they won't get fired. It was
a wad card downstairs. Tried to push come on, I said,
all right, a.
Speaker 9 (14:16):
Look, I'm I'm from homicide. We have been watching this
building all day. You witnessed the gang killing at Clint
to back Wednesday night?
Speaker 4 (14:31):
Your record here?
Speaker 9 (14:32):
Yeah, you're a late neighbor. It was shot right in
this lobby. Doorman said you were coming in when it happened.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
Oh were you?
Speaker 5 (14:42):
What?
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (14:44):
Well, that that must have been just before it happened.
Speaker 9 (14:49):
Now tell me did you get a good look at
the killer's face?
Speaker 4 (14:53):
Sorry, I really can't remember. There were several people passed.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
Me in the lobby.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
No, really didn't notice it.
Speaker 9 (15:01):
I noticed you are. Where did you disappear to Wednesday night?
We've been looking for you for two days, Miss Morgan.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
I know it seems a lot of people were looking
for me. Police, the newspapers. I would killer, I'm getting
out of here.
Speaker 5 (15:17):
I'd say for the stay report until we apprehend that.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
I will must stay here and take another chance in
my life.
Speaker 5 (15:22):
Oh no, don't leave this apartment, miss Morgan.
Speaker 9 (15:26):
If you do, you'll wind up as dead as your
latehood neighbor, Clint Toback.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
Who is it? It's me, Jim oh jimp Okay.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
I couldn't make out what you were saying on the phone,
Oh my god, you look off and.
Speaker 5 (15:56):
Would you try to kill me? I would almost killed Oh,
I don't understand.
Speaker 4 (16:02):
Lo Margan witnessed a murder right here in this lobby
Wednesday night. Did she say anything to you about it?
Speaker 3 (16:09):
Oh? We we have other things to talk about to her.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Is after her, even if she didn't see his face,
if he thinks she can identify him, if you didn't know, all.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Right, all right, now, look, you've got to get out
of here. K. Now, you start packing him. I'll try
to get you on a plane tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
Now, wait a minute. The police said, I can't go
anywhere until they catch the killer. Police said, I'd be
safeer here. They're watching this building.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Police. Okay, are you out of your mind?
Speaker 5 (16:38):
And you get me over here? Him?
Speaker 4 (16:39):
I had to, don't you see. You've got to tell
them the truth. Now, you've got to tell them, Margan
is dad.
Speaker 5 (16:45):
Tell them why I'm rule my life, our life.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
K And what does the matter with you? You didn't
commit murder. It was an accident. The police will understand.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
Sure, Sure, I'm sure they'll be very understanding.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
If you tell the police, it will be in the papers,
on the news broadcast. Don't you understand then nobody will
try to kill Laura Morgan if she's already dead.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
I see one thing. I've got to get out of
here and faster. OLA's miss Morgan.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
Just remember your Laura Morgan. As long as they believe
that we can get away.
Speaker 5 (17:20):
I had a reporter.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
A man was seen coming up here.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
Oh yes, yes, that was just a friend. Lieutenant, Oh please,
won't you come in?
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Thanks?
Speaker 4 (17:30):
This is mister Benson. Lieutenant Benson, Uh, Jim Benson.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Miss h Morgan tells me she's been having some trouble, Lieutenant.
Speaker 9 (17:40):
Quite a bit of trouble, mister Benson. It's Morgan. Uh,
I'm afraid I have to tell you there's more trouble.
What do you mean, Well, it seems to be were
seems to be some question about uh, your identity, that's
you say, my identity? Yeah, the doormment of this building. Well,
(18:05):
come in, Brady, we can settle this right now.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
This is ridiculous, Lieutenant. This is an invasion of privacy.
At the moment, Miss Morgan's life is hardly private. All right,
what do you say, Brady? Is this Laura Morgan?
Speaker 3 (18:22):
No, No, that's not Laura Morgan.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
Nor are you positive when you put me back on
the door today, Sir, I knew she wasn't miss Morgan.
She wore the same suit, and she even looks like her.
But that walk and the way she kept her face
turned away, they made me think. So this lady here
isn't Laura Mark Okay, okay, all right? Who are you miss?
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Why are you impersonating Laura Mortain? Don't say a thing, Laura.
I'm calling my attorney and.
Speaker 5 (18:59):
Oh are you miss? To Benson, did you set this
woman up as a decoy so you could kill the
real Laura Morgan.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
We haven't found it yet, but the police are dragging
the river.
Speaker 5 (19:08):
I just say, we are all of you. I'll answers. Hello,
Lieutenant Kelly speaking. This is Blaine. Yes, Captain, don't let
that woman get away.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
Kelly will be right over. Laura Morgan has been found
and identified.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Oh, come on and captain, this is the woman, Kelly, Well,
this is the lady who says she's Laura Morgan.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Captain, it's very interesting. And the man.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
I'm Jim Benson. May I ask what you're doing here
before I call my attorney? Certainly, mister Benson, I just
came around to and reduce Laura Morgan. To Laura Morgan,
what okay?
Speaker 3 (20:12):
Max? Bring her in, Miss Morgan, meet the real Laura Morgan.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
I don't understand, Jim. You you said she was.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
Dead, Laura. Are you all right? Laura?
Speaker 11 (20:33):
Yes, Darving, But Jim My timing was off as usual.
I guess I was at the wrong place at the
wrong hour. I did just what you said Wednesday night,
but they managed to find me. And you knew she
was alive. You knew somebody wanted to kill her, and
you made me take her pland you botched it, just
as you butched your marriage.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
Kna.
Speaker 5 (20:54):
You said you killed her, You said you wanted me.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Why what I said?
Speaker 5 (20:59):
Kay fast, We.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Want to know exactly what you said.
Speaker 5 (21:03):
Mister Bellison, God, you wanted me to be killed. You
wanted me to be killed, and you can marry her.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
I bet you.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
I pleaded with you for a divorce Ky when she
wouldn't give it to you. You set your wife up
as a target for Laura Morgan's killer. I kid kid,
take him to headquarters. Kelly, Hi, this is really one
for the books, spand in for murder.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
Saw Spence. You've been listening to stand in for Murder,
starring Terry Keane and Larry Haynes, and written especially for
suspense by Gladys F.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
Geller.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
Sar Spence is produced and directed by Fred Hendrickson, music
supervision by Ethel Huber. Heard in Tonight's story were Clarenesen
Ivor Francis, Bob Reddick, Tony Darnay, Bill Lifton, Jack Grimes
and Joseph Julia. Listen again next week when we return
(22:24):
with Formula for Death, written by Jonathan Bundy. Another tale
well calculated to keep you in sar Spence.
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