March 31, 2025 • 38 mins
Today's Mystery: A receptionist overhears her boss, the owner of an import-export company, making a suspicious sale, and turns to The Falcon for help.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1952
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett Larry Haines; Bill Zuckert
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Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1952
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett Larry Haines; Bill Zuckert
Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net
Patreon Supporter of the Day: Eddie, Patreon supporter since July 2023
Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net
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Speaker 1 (00:28):
Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Vose, Idaho.
This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're
going to bring you this week's episode of The Falcon.
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dollars per month by going to Patreon dot Great Detectives
dot net. Now from June one of nineteen fifty two,
here is the Case of the Burning Bridges.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Hello. Yes, this is the Falcon speaking.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Oh Paula.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Now you'll have to cancel me out tonight. I've got
to do some antique collecting and I don't like it either,
but I have to go through with it. If it
kills me, I don't give up hope Angel it may
at that.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
Once again, the National Broadcasting Company brings you to the
transcribed Adventures of the Falcon starring Les Damon. The Adventures
of a Falcon dedicated to private investigators everywhere, Those hard
hitting detectives who like Mike Wearing, risk their lives to
aid law enforcement agencies. So join him now when the
Falcon solves the case of the Burning Bridges.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
It's early afternoon in Manhattan, and in New York's Chinatown.
A rugged looking gent named George Bridges pushes his way
through a marblick Chinese and heads for a small shop.
The legend Kessler's Imports is on the store window.
Speaker 6 (02:40):
Yes, sir, can I help you?
Speaker 7 (02:42):
I don't think so. I'd like to see mister Kessler.
Speaker 6 (02:45):
Well, mister Kesler doesn't like to be disturbed unless it's
very important.
Speaker 8 (02:48):
Well, if it isn't, I've traveled three thousand miles for nothing.
My name is George Bridges.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
Well just a second, what is it, jo I'm sorry
to bother you, Julian, but there's a gentleman here to
see mister Kesler. His name is George Bridges.
Speaker 7 (03:02):
Never heard tell him? I'm a friend of Oppenheimer in
San Francisco.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Julian, all right, Joan, show.
Speaker 6 (03:08):
The gentleman in if you'll just follow me please, I'd.
Speaker 7 (03:12):
Love to.
Speaker 6 (03:15):
Do.
Speaker 9 (03:15):
Come in, mister Bridges. Thanks, that will be all John.
This is a great pleasure. But this is my associate
Rabbert Julian Glad Millian. Likewise, do sit down, Bangs and
what can I do for you? I'm interested in buying
the Hooshian Buddha, the Hoshin Buddha. Yeah, I understood you
had one for sale. And where do you understand that?
Speaker 7 (03:37):
From Oppenheimer? OHI and told me to give this to.
Speaker 9 (03:40):
You, dear Kesler. This will serve to introduce George Bridges.
He's interested in completing his collection of Buddha's. Anything you
can do for him will be appreciated. Good stuff, Oppenheimer, Julian.
Don't we have another letter from Oppenheimer and the fires?
Speaker 10 (03:58):
Ye?
Speaker 9 (03:59):
Get it?
Speaker 10 (03:59):
Like?
Speaker 9 (04:00):
Good boy?
Speaker 7 (04:00):
What do you think this one is a forgery?
Speaker 9 (04:02):
It never occurred to me, mister Bridges, but now that
you mentioned it, it might be an investigation. Have you
got it? Julia?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Yeah?
Speaker 9 (04:12):
What do you think looks okay to me?
Speaker 8 (04:15):
Well, now that we've got that settle, let's get down
the cases. What do you want for the Hoshian Buddha.
Speaker 9 (04:19):
This presupposes I have one for saying.
Speaker 7 (04:22):
Well, if you haven't, I'm wasting my time.
Speaker 9 (04:23):
Just a second, mister Bridges, you realize a Hoshian Buddha
comes very high. There are only four an existence. This
one was uncovered during the box. Sorry ball, No, I'd
never mind the history lesson.
Speaker 7 (04:36):
What's your price?
Speaker 9 (04:37):
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars?
Speaker 7 (04:40):
You must take it dealing with a chump.
Speaker 9 (04:41):
Perhaps you'd like to see a picture of it. I
believe we have.
Speaker 8 (04:44):
I don't have to it figures on the size that
couldn't hold more than five killers of the stuff. Pardon, look, Kessler,
let's not do any more fencing. I'll pay seventy thousand.
Speaker 9 (04:54):
You're trying to take advantage of me. You realize what
five killers would yield after cutting seventy thousand?
Speaker 7 (05:01):
Take it or leave it?
Speaker 9 (05:03):
What do you think, Julian?
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Take it very well.
Speaker 9 (05:07):
Mister Bridges. I assume you have the money on you.
Speaker 8 (05:10):
I am got it at my hotel. When can you
make delivery? Where are you staying the Brighton under?
Speaker 7 (05:15):
What?
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Nay?
Speaker 7 (05:15):
My own?
Speaker 9 (05:16):
Is that safe?
Speaker 7 (05:17):
Do I tell you how to run your business?
Speaker 9 (05:20):
You're so right? I suppose we make it for tomorrow
or twelve.
Speaker 7 (05:24):
Okay, I'll see then.
Speaker 9 (05:26):
Good day, sir.
Speaker 7 (05:27):
A nice meeting, Julian.
Speaker 11 (05:28):
Yeh, friendly guy.
Speaker 9 (05:32):
Any well, in my lifetime, I've discovered, Julian.
Speaker 7 (05:36):
It's matter.
Speaker 9 (05:39):
Something just occurred to me.
Speaker 11 (05:41):
You think he's a phony?
Speaker 9 (05:43):
If you step here on the corner, I'd like to
show you something.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
What's up?
Speaker 9 (05:47):
Take a look at my desk? You notice anything strange? No,
you're not very observant, Julian. You left the key on
the intercom down?
Speaker 3 (05:58):
I what?
Speaker 9 (05:59):
Mm hmmm? Who's that fund?
Speaker 7 (06:01):
The girl you think she heard?
Speaker 9 (06:04):
There's one way to find out, John dear. Yes, mister Kesler,
would you come in here? I have an end for you.
Of course.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
She heard.
Speaker 7 (06:16):
What are you going to do?
Speaker 9 (06:18):
I haven't made up my mind, Julian, but when I do,
believe me, you'll be the first to know.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Well, hello, how do you do?
Speaker 6 (06:44):
I I'm looking for a mic wearing.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Well, you couldn't have picked a better place. Come in.
Speaker 6 (06:49):
Thank you?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
So down missus? Sim Oh, I'm sorry, I don't believe
I caught your name.
Speaker 6 (06:55):
It's Calvin, John Calvin.
Speaker 7 (06:57):
Try the sofa.
Speaker 6 (06:58):
I don't know if I'm doing the right thing.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Oh, don't be frightened. Darling, it is only a man's apartment.
Speaker 6 (07:04):
I didn't mean it that way.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
I did. Can I offer you a smell off, Martine?
Speaker 6 (07:10):
No thanks.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
You don't know what you're missing. You see the votka
in it.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
Came here on business, mister Waring, I see.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Well, you can't rule a man out for trying. What's
your problem?
Speaker 6 (07:21):
I just did? I don't know.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Come again, we see.
Speaker 6 (07:24):
I work for an importing firm. In this morning, my
employer had a conference with a man from San Francisco.
I don't know how it happened, but the intercom key.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Was down, so you couldn't help eavesdropping.
Speaker 6 (07:34):
Well, yes, they were talking about something called the Hoshian Buddha.
It dates back to the Wang dynasty. This man was
going to buy it for seventy thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Well, what's wrong with that? Objects come high?
Speaker 6 (07:48):
I know, but I checked with the library and there
never was a Wang dynasty.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
No wonder, it's so rare. What's your employer's name?
Speaker 6 (07:57):
I I can't tell you. I may be doing him injustice. Hell, look, angels,
please don't press me. Mister Wearing.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
What would you have me do?
Speaker 9 (08:07):
Well?
Speaker 6 (08:08):
Right after this gentleman left my employer called me into
his office and gave.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Me this and Central Claim Department not responsible for good
left over thirty days. You think this is for the
buddhen can you describe it for me?
Speaker 6 (08:21):
Why can do better? I've got a picture.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
I've seen a million like this in Chinatown.
Speaker 6 (08:29):
Well then why should this one be worth so much money?
Speaker 2 (08:32):
I don't know, angel, Let me have the claim check. Well,
where do you live at the Marlboro? All right, go
home and wait. I'll be by as soon as I
picked this thing up.
Speaker 10 (08:50):
Attention the Chicago Limited due to arrive at four twenty
seven will be.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Hey, buddy, Yeah, what do you like? I'd like to
pick up this parcel? Please?
Speaker 7 (09:04):
Four one seven seven.
Speaker 10 (09:07):
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and points west now loading at gate seven? Hey?
Speaker 2 (09:14):
What's taking us? How long? All right?
Speaker 7 (09:16):
Keep your shirt on?
Speaker 2 (09:17):
I got it.
Speaker 8 (09:18):
That's a funny thing. I remember checking this parcel for
a guy this morning.
Speaker 7 (09:21):
You don't look nothing like him.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
He sent me to pick it up.
Speaker 7 (09:25):
Got an identification?
Speaker 8 (09:26):
Sure, Well let's do Michael wearing four nineteenies. Yeah, sorry,
I had trouble you mister wearing a company rules?
Speaker 7 (09:35):
You know?
Speaker 2 (09:36):
All right? Sure that's all right? Thanks, a lot.
Speaker 10 (09:38):
That's the Missouri expreends leaving Boksburgh Cincinnati.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
You wouldn't have to have a match. Yeah, sure, thanks, Sorry,
I keep the book A real generous type kid, don't
you what? Maybe I do something for you my daughter?
Speaker 9 (09:58):
You never know?
Speaker 2 (09:59):
How about a lift, noe? I'll take a care.
Speaker 7 (10:00):
Come on, fella, you.
Speaker 11 (10:01):
Want to know why I'm keeping his hand in my pocket.
Just walk on like nothing happened.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Why is something going.
Speaker 11 (10:07):
To will if you don't behave yourself hold it.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
We'll make up your mind.
Speaker 11 (10:12):
I just came to the conclusion it'd be silly to
waltz you all the way through this joint. Let's see
what's behind that door.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Can't you read? Don't get gay?
Speaker 11 (10:20):
Just pick them up and lay them down, okay, corporal,
nice and quiet here, and I got a feeling it
won't be for long.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
I got the same feeling.
Speaker 11 (10:31):
Where do you get that parcel?
Speaker 2 (10:33):
What's it to you?
Speaker 11 (10:34):
Look, fella, don't get smart. Just lay it down on
the floor. I'll back up a couple of steps. Oh
that's fine. Tell me something about yourself.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Sure, Julian, What did you call me? Julian? Isn't that
your name? How'd you know that I got a great
memory for faces. You were pointed out to me about
nine years ago in Detroit when you were running with
the Purple Mob. And what do they call you, Mike Wearing?
Speaker 3 (10:58):
Where do you get that claim chick?
Speaker 2 (11:00):
I found it in the street.
Speaker 11 (11:01):
I asked you something, and I answered it.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
John Calvin gave it to you, didn't she look? Julian?
I think I've been very patient. I don't know what
you want it back. You can't blame a guy for trying.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
No.
Speaker 11 (11:15):
In your place, I'd probably do the same, you see,
But then I'm not in your place, and right now
I wouldn't change for the world.
Speaker 7 (11:23):
That's one thing I can't stand.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
It's a wise guy.
Speaker 11 (11:36):
Well that's the story, Kessler. When Joan didn't show up,
I got suspicious. Then I saw this character come up
and present the check.
Speaker 9 (11:43):
How far away were you, Julian, maybe thirty feet? And
from that distance, June, you immediately our little Johnny had
sent him that was very bright, And.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
I told you I had a hunch.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
When he picked up the parcel, I knew I was right.
Speaker 9 (11:56):
How do you suppose mister Waring came to have the
claim check?
Speaker 2 (11:59):
Why don't you asked Joan, as.
Speaker 9 (12:01):
I intend to. Unfortunately she isn't here. Well shall we
see if the gods have been kind to us? The
hoshin Buddha? Isn't it lovely? Julian? It puts me in
mind of a poem I once read.
Speaker 11 (12:18):
Puts me in mind of our friend George Bridges. He
still wait and remember?
Speaker 9 (12:21):
Oh yes, he hand me that paper weight.
Speaker 11 (12:24):
You're going open it now?
Speaker 9 (12:25):
Yes? Like you, I'm given to hunches.
Speaker 7 (12:28):
What are you talking about?
Speaker 9 (12:29):
Paperweight?
Speaker 7 (12:30):
Please?
Speaker 9 (12:34):
I was wrong?
Speaker 3 (12:35):
What do you expect?
Speaker 9 (12:37):
I thought it might be empty? In any event? I
think it needs testing.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
Careful you don't want to take off.
Speaker 9 (12:45):
You don't think there's much danger for that. It's sugar,
it's what see for yourself.
Speaker 7 (12:55):
We've been double crossed so it would appear.
Speaker 9 (12:58):
Now where do you think it came from?
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Could be that mic wearing?
Speaker 9 (13:02):
I don't see how, Julian, by your own admission, he
had no time to make a substitution. When did you
say you saw him around four thirty and you didn't
get back to the shop till seven? It was a
quarter of It's still two and a quarter hours to
be accounted for.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
Look are you accusing me?
Speaker 9 (13:18):
Old cliche, Julian. If the shoe hits, look.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Kessler, I don't have to take that kind of source.
Speaker 9 (13:24):
Still, seventy thousand dollars worth of merchandise has disappeared. You
would be most interesting to know what happened to it?
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Aren't you forgetting Joan? Suppose she was working with Bridges.
Speaker 9 (13:34):
It's a possibility. Get Uppenheimer on the phone in San
Francisco and ask him what he knows of the gentlemen.
Speaker 11 (13:40):
Asking yourself, I'm going over to see that wearing carriage,
and I wish you wouldn't look.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
I've got as much at stake in this thing as
you have.
Speaker 7 (13:47):
I'm gonna do my own checking.
Speaker 9 (13:48):
Why not wait to hear what Appenheimer said?
Speaker 7 (13:50):
It'll keep you. Just let me know what happens.
Speaker 9 (13:53):
I hope you'll do as much for me. Take care
of yourself, Julian, I should hate for anything to happen
to you. I'll never go there again.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
I don't blame you, remember me, How can I ever forget?
Speaker 11 (14:20):
You made quite an impression, and I still got the
gimmick that did.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
The trick, and you're smoking too much. Shut the door,
and I was hoping I've seen the last of you.
Speaker 11 (14:32):
We're going to get real chummy now that you want
some water, stay right there.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Maybe if I pat.
Speaker 11 (14:39):
You on the vacuum, let Joel drop it, drop it,
I kick it in the corner.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
All right now, you and I are going to have
a nice long talk. Come on, Julian, get up with
your starting. I said, on your feet, Julian, Julian, Hello, Tony,
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this mister wearing look, be a good kid and call
the police. I've got a visitor here who won't leave. No, no, no,
it wouldn't do any good for you to talk to him.
He's dead. I think we'll just have to wait for
the cops.
Speaker 4 (15:29):
Can you stop in time? Ask yourself that question the
next time you drive your car. If the car in
front of you should jam on his brakes to avoid
a stray dog, if a child should dash across an intersection,
if a tire should blow out, could you stop in
time to save a life? Slippery roads, fog, windshields, poor visibility.
All of these factors mean that you must be more
(15:50):
alert in following simple safety rules. Always get the feel
of the road before you accelerate, check on your driving habits.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Be careful.
Speaker 4 (15:59):
Accidents don't always happen to the other fellow. Now back
to the Adventures of the Falcon. Thirty minutes have passed
since Mike Wearing slugged Robert Julian, only to discover that
his man couldn't get off the floor. Now there's no
(16:22):
question in Sergeant Corbett's mind but that our hero packs
are deadly walloped.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
How don't be a chump, Corbett. I didn't kill him,
and he was alive when you sucked him. Yes, now
he's dead, you'll explain it. What do you make of this?
The man liked red neckties, red shirts too, eh, Look
under the tie, Notice the blood clot Where did it
come from?
Speaker 3 (16:42):
No, don't touch him.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
I just wanted to show you he was dead.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
Let's see that letter open.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Oh, don't be a fool. Nothing as wide as a
letter open. I made this decision. It was probably done
by something like a nail file. Five will get your tenant.
Happened long before he got here? Then how did he
make it over with an internal hemorrhage? He could live
for hours. He might never even known he was hurt.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
He said, you ran into him earlier today.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
I did. He took that parcel away from me at
Grand Central. Well, then, what was the point of the
return engagement? I don't know.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
You suppose your client?
Speaker 2 (17:15):
Does you mean Joan Calvin? Yes?
Speaker 3 (17:18):
What do you know about her?
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Everything? She looks like she posed for a mode Judd Hosiery.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
Ad by you this is everything?
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Well, isn't it enough?
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Not for me?
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Especially with people getting themselves knocked off in your apartment.
I guess you're right, Corbett. Well, I'll tell you what
we'll do. We'll split the assignment two ways. You take
care of Julian, I'll take care of Joan.
Speaker 6 (17:47):
Give you my word, mister Warring. I've told you all
I possibly can.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Oh, I ain't nearly enough, Angela. Since I met you,
the most interesting things have happened. One, I get slugged
as soon as I pick up your package. When I
come to I find the same character again waiting put
me in my apartment.
Speaker 6 (18:00):
Well, that's not my fault.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
How well did you know Julian?
Speaker 6 (18:04):
I didn't know him at all.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Look, John, we're dealing with a murder now, we're not
playing games.
Speaker 7 (18:09):
What do you work for Paul Kessler?
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Did Julian work for him too?
Speaker 6 (18:13):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (18:13):
When did you last see him?
Speaker 6 (18:15):
This morning? At worked before mister Kesler gave me that
claim check.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
And you haven't seen him since.
Speaker 9 (18:19):
No.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Okay, let's get back to Kessler. How did you get
the job?
Speaker 6 (18:24):
I answered, Nat?
Speaker 9 (18:25):
When was this about three weeks ago?
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Did you notice anything out of line?
Speaker 6 (18:29):
Nothing except that they seemed to discourage business anytime a
customer would walk in. They guess the expression is brush
him off.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
But there was one customer they didn't slough for, the
boy from San Francisco. You heard on the intercom. What
was his name?
Speaker 6 (18:42):
Eh, I can't remember?
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Come on, joan't think no, wait a minute, bridges bridges.
Do you remember his first name?
Speaker 6 (18:53):
I think it was George. You think he killed Juliet?
Speaker 2 (18:56):
We crossed those bridges when we get to the Oh
what I say after I see Kesler? I'm going home
and wash my mouth out with soap.
Speaker 9 (19:16):
I'm terribly sighed. We're closed for the day.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
Maybe it'll pay you to open again.
Speaker 9 (19:20):
I hardly think so.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Well, you never know. I might prove the customer of
the year. I'm interested in a Buddha.
Speaker 9 (19:27):
When there's a shop on the corner.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
It doesn't handle this kind. I'm looking for the ho
Shian Buddha supposed to date back to the Wang dynasty.
Speaker 9 (19:34):
It must be extremely rare.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
It is extremely you see, there never was a Wang dynasty.
I'm afraid they don't follow you. That's because you're twenty
miles ahead.
Speaker 9 (19:43):
Won't you sit down, mister Wearing Mike Wearing. Oh well,
what can I do for you?
Speaker 2 (19:49):
I told you I'm interested in the ho Shan Buddha.
Speaker 9 (19:52):
Pat by your own admission, there is no such thing.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
How strangely enough, there is a matter of fact, I
had my hands on it earlier today, only someone took
it away, someone named Robert Julian. You know him. It's
very well, and you should be interested in learning that
he was murdered. I beg your pardon, you should beg
his He was stabbed to death.
Speaker 9 (20:11):
Where did this happen?
Speaker 2 (20:13):
That's what I'd like to know. When was the last
time you saw him?
Speaker 9 (20:17):
Head to this afternoon?
Speaker 2 (20:18):
He was waiting for me at my apartment at nine.
Where do you suppose he was in the meantime?
Speaker 9 (20:22):
I have no idea I have.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
I think he was here.
Speaker 9 (20:25):
You're mistaken, my friend.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Well, that's possible, happens often enough. By the way, what
made that buddha so valuable?
Speaker 9 (20:32):
I wouldn't know.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
He had a girl named Joan Calvin who worked for you,
was supposed to pick it up. She showed me a
picture of it. She did, m M, yeah, I look
like this fella here.
Speaker 9 (20:43):
Please don't handle the merchandise.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Oh, I'm so sorry it slipped. There's nothing in it.
Speaker 9 (20:50):
What did you expect?
Speaker 2 (20:53):
Well, I don't know exactly, but you had a customer
for it, a man named George Bridges. How does he
figure in this?
Speaker 9 (21:00):
Correct me if I'm wrong, But you're a detective, that's right,
and then you should tell me. Alison Kessler, I'm so sorry.
As I said before, it's past our closing hour. That'll
before ninety eight. Please h for the Buddha you just destroyed.
When you make a mistake, mister Wearing, you should be
prepared to pay for it for a ninety eight please
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Kesler Imports are you Kesler? Yes?
Speaker 7 (21:34):
George Bridges?
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Oh how are you?
Speaker 9 (21:36):
Mister Bridges?
Speaker 7 (21:37):
Not's so hot? Your boy didn't show the merchandise.
Speaker 9 (21:40):
Oh there's been an unavoidable delay.
Speaker 7 (21:41):
Well, i'm too back on the coast. I got a
reservation tomorrow at eight on the El Capitan. You think
you'll be able to deliver before then?
Speaker 9 (21:47):
It's very problematical.
Speaker 7 (21:49):
Look, Kessler, there are other dealers in New York. Now
whither you want my business here?
Speaker 9 (21:52):
Don't?
Speaker 3 (21:53):
Oh?
Speaker 9 (21:53):
I do. But you see, Julian met with an unfortunate accident.
Poor fellow, he was how'd that happen? I have no idea,
but I think a man named Michael Wearing does well.
Speaker 7 (22:06):
How does this Wearing character affect that deal?
Speaker 9 (22:09):
He doesn't. Just be patient, mister breeches. I'll get to
you in time.
Speaker 7 (22:28):
Come in, fellow, the water's fine.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
Uh, you know this is the second time this has
happened today. Yes, he had a gun too.
Speaker 7 (22:38):
You better change your luck, and you better.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
Change your luck. He wound up murdered.
Speaker 7 (22:43):
You must be real tough.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
No, not me. I was scared, stiff. What's your name?
Or maybe I can guess?
Speaker 7 (22:49):
Maybe you can?
Speaker 8 (22:50):
And I gotta hunt at George Bridges from San Francisco.
How do you know that I'm psychic? What's your interest
in this wearing?
Speaker 2 (22:56):
Same as yours?
Speaker 7 (22:57):
No it isn't.
Speaker 8 (22:58):
You're doing business with Kessler in a manner of speaking,
and you ought to know.
Speaker 7 (23:01):
I didn't get the booter you picked up.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Hey, wait a minute, you look like the guy in
the baggage room.
Speaker 7 (23:06):
I look like a lot of people.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
Did you notice what happened to me afterwards?
Speaker 9 (23:10):
No?
Speaker 2 (23:10):
I was hijacked.
Speaker 7 (23:11):
Where's the Buddha?
Speaker 2 (23:12):
Now? I have no idea? Can you get me one?
If the price is right, I'll pay seventy thousand. Tell
me something, Bridges, What makes that Buddha so valuable?
Speaker 7 (23:21):
Don't you know?
Speaker 2 (23:22):
I got an idea, but I like to confirm it.
Speaker 8 (23:25):
You know, wearing I was right all along? You don't
know from nothing? No, but I'm learning, not nearly enough.
Speaker 7 (23:30):
If you're smart, you'll start minding your own business.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
This is my business. A man named Robert Jordian was
murdered right here.
Speaker 8 (23:36):
Well, if you don't want some of the same treatment,
you'll stop sticking your neck.
Speaker 7 (23:39):
Out now out of my way?
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Hey, not so fast, you can move. Put the gun away, Bridges,
You wouldn't dare use it. A shot would bring down
the house.
Speaker 8 (23:48):
This is so right, But you forget A gun has
two ends, and under proper conditions, one end is as
effective as the other.
Speaker 7 (23:58):
Let's see what I mean.
Speaker 4 (24:14):
Unbelievable as it may sound, accidents on the nation's highways
in the last ten years have killed more than three
hundred thousand Americans like you and me. What's more, they
have injured no fewer than eleven million men, women, and children,
crippling several million of these victims for life. Help to
protect your own life and the lives of your family
by driving safely. Work for greater highway safety for yourself
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and for your family in your own community and state.
And whenever you take the wheel of your own car,
drive as though your life depends on it.
Speaker 9 (24:46):
It does.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
Now back to the Adventures of the Falcon. Thirty minutes
have pas since Mike entertained George Bridges in his apartment,
And this was one Bridges Mike never should have attempted
to cross.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
Oh my head, what's the matter? Boy?
Speaker 2 (25:10):
Can't you take it there anymore? You gotta be used
to it by Now. What are you doing here, sergeant?
Your elevator boy found you and gave us a buzz. Well,
who did it this time? The boy who killed Julian? Huh, Look, Corbet,
I've got it all figured out. His name is George Bridges.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
George Bridges.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Yes, when your latch on to him, will be home,
Oh we will. Yes.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
Why do you suppose he killed Julian to.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Get his hands on that Buddha I told you about. Well,
for your information, George Bridges happens to be a Treasury
agent you want. He's head of the narcotics division. You
had him pegged as a killer. Oh, you're a real bloodhound, Mike.
I'm gonna get your can a strong heart. Yeah, but
if Bridges was a government boy, what did he want
(25:54):
with me? You know your talent for butting in. You
must have wanted to find out if you were mixed
up in this deal. Well, at least I'm making progress.
Well you're making progress. Yep, I know now that Bridges
didn't kill Julian.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Who you're amazing?
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Let me at that phone. Who you calling? My client?
Speaker 3 (26:13):
Joan Calvin.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
Yes, she can put the finger on the guilty party
if she doesn't lose her nerve. We can wrap this
up in fifteen minutes. Hello, Joan, this is Mike Wearing.
Speaker 6 (26:24):
Oh so glad you called my I'm getting frightened.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Now there's nothing to worry about. Angel. We'll have this
thing solved in minutes if you'll only cooperate. Now, here's
what I want you to do. Grab a cab and
go down to Kessler's shop.
Speaker 6 (26:36):
But you told me I was fired.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Oh, I've got a new job for you. I'll be
a good girl and go right to work.
Speaker 9 (26:52):
Just a second, please, hu, mister Kessler, you seem surprised,
my dear, Well, I expected someone else we have told
this is my establishment.
Speaker 6 (27:07):
I'm afraid I made a mistake.
Speaker 9 (27:09):
You've made several, my dear.
Speaker 6 (27:11):
Sit down, No, I'll come back, lad.
Speaker 9 (27:13):
I wouldn't think of it. You know you're a very
stupid girl, John. Really, I've misjudged you completely. Why did
you hire Mike Wearing? Now?
Speaker 6 (27:23):
Look, mister Kessel's.
Speaker 9 (27:24):
Very interested in your reasoning. Of course I have my
own theory, and.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
You're probably right, my almost miss Mike, you didn't I? Oh,
this is sergeant corporate. Are we interrupting anything or not?
A tour that you were asking Joan why she hired Wearing?
It's not too important, and you're not very flattering. She
came to me because she was worried and she had reason.
She was mixed up with several unsavory characters. One of
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these characters subsequently got himself murdered, and poor Julian. Yes, well,
at least his problems are over. Tell me who do
you think did it?
Speaker 9 (27:57):
I wouldn't know.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
Well, you must have some idea, I'm afraid not. He
told me the last time you saw a Julian was
at two o'clock this afternoon.
Speaker 9 (28:05):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
How was he dressed?
Speaker 9 (28:08):
He was wearing a blue suit with a yellow tie.
Speaker 6 (28:12):
He's lying he was wearing a red tie.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Thanks, Angel, I knew you'd be helpful. Okay, sergeant, what
are you waiting for? What are you talking about? Well,
don't you see who killed Julian?
Speaker 10 (28:23):
No?
Speaker 2 (28:24):
Who do you suppose dreamed up this double cross? Who's
the smart wheel that made all the little cogs go her?
Speaker 6 (28:30):
No?
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Him, really, mister ware No really, mister Kessler. He did
a nice piece of work. This is no time for
you to go modest on the people, all right, sergeant,
make like a policeman. I don't get it. I just
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don't get it at all. What's your problem, little man?
Talk about your switches? This is the first time I
can remember in this kind of a case where the
girl didn't know it. Oh, Kessler was your most obvious suspect.
Proving that the most obvious suspect is guilty can get
your barred from the union. What made you latch onto him? Oh,
it didn't make sense otherwise. According to Bridges, there were
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seventy thousand dollars worth a junk in that Buddha. Now
I ask you would a guy like Kesla trust a
girl you hardly knew to pick it up? Why should he?
Julian was available. Then it occurred to me this whole
thing must have been a test, and Kessler substituted Buddhas.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
Only Julian didn't know.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
Before he could find out, Kesler punctured his vanity. Now
does that answer all your questions?
Speaker 3 (29:39):
All but one? How do you count for the mistake
you made?
Speaker 2 (29:43):
Where did I make a mistake? Well, here there was
a beautiful blonde in the case, and you wind up
the evening with me.
Speaker 3 (29:50):
Now, if that ain't a boner, nothing is why.
Speaker 6 (29:54):
I'm so sorry. I hope I haven't kept you waiting.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Well, what do you know? You say something corporate? Now,
then I will good night, sergeant.
Speaker 4 (30:17):
The Case of the Dirty Dollar. The Case of the
Dirty Dollar that's the title of next week's adventure of
the Falcon, when Mike Wearing learns that some people with
money to burn often wind up pride. The Adventures of
the Falcon are based on the famous character created by
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Drexel Drake, produced and transcribed by Bernard L. Schubert, written
today by Eugene Wang, and directed by Richard Lewis. Les
Damon was starred as the Falcon with Chuck Webster as
Sergeant Corbett. This program came from New York. Howard Reig speaking.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Welcome back. A bit of a slow reaction to the
pistol whipping attempt by Bridges. I mean, he really telegraphed that,
and Mike just let him do that for some reason
or another. Also, since Bridges was a treasury man, why
did he pistol whip Mike just for the fun of it.
(31:32):
Also worth noting that Larry Haynes, who played Bridges, would
also start in the late nineteen fifties mutual revival of
Philip Lord's lesser known series Treasury Agent, which we played
several years back now, Even though we do only have
two episodes of that particular series and two of the
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earlier one from the forties, Haynes's agent in that series
was Agent Lincoln, and as far as I can remember,
there wasn't one pistol whipping in the episodes we listened to.
I also don't know what the collar tie was supposed
to prove, but maybe I missed something. I didn't go
(32:15):
back and listen again, and there was no indication as
to why that was a really important, crucial piece of
evidence that pointed the finger at the killer. The Falgin
once again had a nod to genre tropes and how
you can be surprising by being obvious and have it
turn out that the sinister villain is actually the murderer,
(32:40):
and also having the detective get the girl, although I
think Sergeant Corbett might be exaggerating or misremembering the number
of times that a woman ended up being the guilty party. Well,
now we turn to listener comments and feedback, and we
start with some tough questions are regarding the case of
(33:03):
the King of Hearts by Mechanic six' six 's eighty.
Two how Did corbett Know wearing was Following king For?
Vic and how is that enough to Arrest? Vic and
Since wynn is getting your ribs bandage enough for a?
Gunshot these are some fair. QUESTIONS i did go back
(33:24):
and listen to the, episode and there is an ANSWER
i could give that would be very Pat the Reason
Sergeant corbett knew is because we heard the fall can tell. Him,
however the way that played out is That corbett came
up To wearing's apartment Asked wearing if he Knew, vic
(33:47):
and Then wearing, said, YES i knew. HIM i did
this job for. Him, now after the, commercial when we
go to police, Headquarters vic is downtown lying to the
police and denying that he ever hired someone to trail his.
Wife so that raises the question why Did Sargent corbett
(34:10):
go down To wearing's apartment and ask him if he Knew?
Vic and that's not. Explained does he go To wearing's
apartment with every, Murder, no Because wearing said that it
had been a week since he'd Seen. Corbett but the
way it's done in the, writing Since wearing revealed that
he worked For, vic the listener would just tend to accept,
(34:34):
that even though we have no explanation for Why corbett
would even be asking this. Question as to the question
of how is the sufficient cause here? Is you, KNOW
i have sometimes theories of the way these universes, work
AND i, think whereas in our universe we have a
(34:55):
concept called probable, CAUSE i think that The falcon universe
operates under the premise for rest of plausible, cause and
so the way it's handled in terms of determining whether
to make an arrest judge to take a look and, say,
YEAH i mean it's not really, proven BUT i could
(35:19):
kind of see that have could have. Happened maybe it's
it's just a theory at this, point but that's What
i'm working. Out now we have a much easier. Question anthony,
asked would you please give me the name of the
actor who Played Johnny.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
King.
Speaker 1 (35:37):
Thanks it Was Mandel, kramer who would go on to
play the Last Johnny dollar in the early nineteen. Sixties
AND i do include the names of ACTORS i recognize
in the show, notes which you can see on your podcast,
player also on YouTube and The Great detectives. Website and
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pretty regularly get in some of the most recognized character
voice actors In New york. Radio we get regular appearances
By Mandel, Kramer Bill, zuckert And Ralph, bell and maybe
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slightly less frequent appearances By Maurice, Tarplin Larry, haynes and
Occasionally Jackson beck as. Well thanks so much for the.
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dot net. Now from June one of nineteen fifty two,
here is the Case of the Burning Bridges.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Hello. Yes, this is the Falcon speaking.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Oh Paula.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Now you'll have to cancel me out tonight. I've got
to do some antique collecting and I don't like it either,
but I have to go through with it. If it
kills me, I don't give up hope Angel it may
at that.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
Once again, the National Broadcasting Company brings you to the
transcribed Adventures of the Falcon starring Les Damon. The Adventures
of a Falcon dedicated to private investigators everywhere, Those hard
hitting detectives who like Mike Wearing, risk their lives to
aid law enforcement agencies. So join him now when the
Falcon solves the case of the Burning Bridges.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
It's early afternoon in Manhattan, and in New York's Chinatown.
A rugged looking gent named George Bridges pushes his way
through a marblick Chinese and heads for a small shop.
The legend Kessler's Imports is on the store window.
Speaker 6 (02:40):
Yes, sir, can I help you?
Speaker 7 (02:42):
I don't think so. I'd like to see mister Kessler.
Speaker 6 (02:45):
Well, mister Kesler doesn't like to be disturbed unless it's
very important.
Speaker 8 (02:48):
Well, if it isn't, I've traveled three thousand miles for nothing.
My name is George Bridges.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
Well just a second, what is it, jo I'm sorry
to bother you, Julian, but there's a gentleman here to
see mister Kesler. His name is George Bridges.
Speaker 7 (03:02):
Never heard tell him? I'm a friend of Oppenheimer in
San Francisco.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Julian, all right, Joan, show.
Speaker 6 (03:08):
The gentleman in if you'll just follow me please, I'd.
Speaker 7 (03:12):
Love to.
Speaker 6 (03:15):
Do.
Speaker 9 (03:15):
Come in, mister Bridges. Thanks, that will be all John.
This is a great pleasure. But this is my associate
Rabbert Julian Glad Millian. Likewise, do sit down, Bangs and
what can I do for you? I'm interested in buying
the Hooshian Buddha, the Hoshin Buddha. Yeah, I understood you
had one for sale. And where do you understand that?
Speaker 7 (03:37):
From Oppenheimer? OHI and told me to give this to.
Speaker 9 (03:40):
You, dear Kesler. This will serve to introduce George Bridges.
He's interested in completing his collection of Buddha's. Anything you
can do for him will be appreciated. Good stuff, Oppenheimer, Julian.
Don't we have another letter from Oppenheimer and the fires?
Speaker 10 (03:58):
Ye?
Speaker 9 (03:59):
Get it?
Speaker 10 (03:59):
Like?
Speaker 9 (04:00):
Good boy?
Speaker 7 (04:00):
What do you think this one is a forgery?
Speaker 9 (04:02):
It never occurred to me, mister Bridges, but now that
you mentioned it, it might be an investigation. Have you
got it? Julia?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Yeah?
Speaker 9 (04:12):
What do you think looks okay to me?
Speaker 8 (04:15):
Well, now that we've got that settle, let's get down
the cases. What do you want for the Hoshian Buddha.
Speaker 9 (04:19):
This presupposes I have one for saying.
Speaker 7 (04:22):
Well, if you haven't, I'm wasting my time.
Speaker 9 (04:23):
Just a second, mister Bridges, you realize a Hoshian Buddha
comes very high. There are only four an existence. This
one was uncovered during the box. Sorry ball, No, I'd
never mind the history lesson.
Speaker 7 (04:36):
What's your price?
Speaker 9 (04:37):
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars?
Speaker 7 (04:40):
You must take it dealing with a chump.
Speaker 9 (04:41):
Perhaps you'd like to see a picture of it. I
believe we have.
Speaker 8 (04:44):
I don't have to it figures on the size that
couldn't hold more than five killers of the stuff. Pardon, look, Kessler,
let's not do any more fencing. I'll pay seventy thousand.
Speaker 9 (04:54):
You're trying to take advantage of me. You realize what
five killers would yield after cutting seventy thousand?
Speaker 7 (05:01):
Take it or leave it?
Speaker 9 (05:03):
What do you think, Julian?
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Take it very well.
Speaker 9 (05:07):
Mister Bridges. I assume you have the money on you.
Speaker 8 (05:10):
I am got it at my hotel. When can you
make delivery? Where are you staying the Brighton under?
Speaker 7 (05:15):
What?
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Nay?
Speaker 7 (05:15):
My own?
Speaker 9 (05:16):
Is that safe?
Speaker 7 (05:17):
Do I tell you how to run your business?
Speaker 9 (05:20):
You're so right? I suppose we make it for tomorrow
or twelve.
Speaker 7 (05:24):
Okay, I'll see then.
Speaker 9 (05:26):
Good day, sir.
Speaker 7 (05:27):
A nice meeting, Julian.
Speaker 11 (05:28):
Yeh, friendly guy.
Speaker 9 (05:32):
Any well, in my lifetime, I've discovered, Julian.
Speaker 7 (05:36):
It's matter.
Speaker 9 (05:39):
Something just occurred to me.
Speaker 11 (05:41):
You think he's a phony?
Speaker 9 (05:43):
If you step here on the corner, I'd like to
show you something.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
What's up?
Speaker 9 (05:47):
Take a look at my desk? You notice anything strange? No,
you're not very observant, Julian. You left the key on
the intercom down?
Speaker 3 (05:58):
I what?
Speaker 9 (05:59):
Mm hmmm? Who's that fund?
Speaker 7 (06:01):
The girl you think she heard?
Speaker 9 (06:04):
There's one way to find out, John dear. Yes, mister Kesler,
would you come in here? I have an end for you.
Of course.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
She heard.
Speaker 7 (06:16):
What are you going to do?
Speaker 9 (06:18):
I haven't made up my mind, Julian, but when I do,
believe me, you'll be the first to know.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Well, hello, how do you do?
Speaker 6 (06:44):
I I'm looking for a mic wearing.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Well, you couldn't have picked a better place. Come in.
Speaker 6 (06:49):
Thank you?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
So down missus? Sim Oh, I'm sorry, I don't believe
I caught your name.
Speaker 6 (06:55):
It's Calvin, John Calvin.
Speaker 7 (06:57):
Try the sofa.
Speaker 6 (06:58):
I don't know if I'm doing the right thing.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Oh, don't be frightened. Darling, it is only a man's apartment.
Speaker 6 (07:04):
I didn't mean it that way.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
I did. Can I offer you a smell off, Martine?
Speaker 6 (07:10):
No thanks.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
You don't know what you're missing. You see the votka
in it.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
Came here on business, mister Waring, I see.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Well, you can't rule a man out for trying. What's
your problem?
Speaker 6 (07:21):
I just did? I don't know.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Come again, we see.
Speaker 6 (07:24):
I work for an importing firm. In this morning, my
employer had a conference with a man from San Francisco.
I don't know how it happened, but the intercom key.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Was down, so you couldn't help eavesdropping.
Speaker 6 (07:34):
Well, yes, they were talking about something called the Hoshian Buddha.
It dates back to the Wang dynasty. This man was
going to buy it for seventy thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Well, what's wrong with that? Objects come high?
Speaker 6 (07:48):
I know, but I checked with the library and there
never was a Wang dynasty.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
No wonder, it's so rare. What's your employer's name?
Speaker 6 (07:57):
I I can't tell you. I may be doing him injustice. Hell, look, angels,
please don't press me. Mister Wearing.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
What would you have me do?
Speaker 9 (08:07):
Well?
Speaker 6 (08:08):
Right after this gentleman left my employer called me into
his office and gave.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Me this and Central Claim Department not responsible for good
left over thirty days. You think this is for the
buddhen can you describe it for me?
Speaker 6 (08:21):
Why can do better? I've got a picture.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
I've seen a million like this in Chinatown.
Speaker 6 (08:29):
Well then why should this one be worth so much money?
Speaker 2 (08:32):
I don't know, angel, Let me have the claim check. Well,
where do you live at the Marlboro? All right, go
home and wait. I'll be by as soon as I
picked this thing up.
Speaker 10 (08:50):
Attention the Chicago Limited due to arrive at four twenty
seven will be.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Hey, buddy, Yeah, what do you like? I'd like to
pick up this parcel? Please?
Speaker 7 (09:04):
Four one seven seven.
Speaker 10 (09:07):
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and points west now loading at gate seven? Hey?
Speaker 2 (09:14):
What's taking us? How long? All right?
Speaker 7 (09:16):
Keep your shirt on?
Speaker 2 (09:17):
I got it.
Speaker 8 (09:18):
That's a funny thing. I remember checking this parcel for
a guy this morning.
Speaker 7 (09:21):
You don't look nothing like him.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
He sent me to pick it up.
Speaker 7 (09:25):
Got an identification?
Speaker 8 (09:26):
Sure, Well let's do Michael wearing four nineteenies. Yeah, sorry,
I had trouble you mister wearing a company rules?
Speaker 7 (09:35):
You know?
Speaker 2 (09:36):
All right? Sure that's all right? Thanks, a lot.
Speaker 10 (09:38):
That's the Missouri expreends leaving Boksburgh Cincinnati.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
You wouldn't have to have a match. Yeah, sure, thanks, Sorry,
I keep the book A real generous type kid, don't
you what? Maybe I do something for you my daughter?
Speaker 9 (09:58):
You never know?
Speaker 2 (09:59):
How about a lift, noe? I'll take a care.
Speaker 7 (10:00):
Come on, fella, you.
Speaker 11 (10:01):
Want to know why I'm keeping his hand in my pocket.
Just walk on like nothing happened.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Why is something going.
Speaker 11 (10:07):
To will if you don't behave yourself hold it.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
We'll make up your mind.
Speaker 11 (10:12):
I just came to the conclusion it'd be silly to
waltz you all the way through this joint. Let's see
what's behind that door.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Can't you read? Don't get gay?
Speaker 11 (10:20):
Just pick them up and lay them down, okay, corporal,
nice and quiet here, and I got a feeling it
won't be for long.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
I got the same feeling.
Speaker 11 (10:31):
Where do you get that parcel?
Speaker 2 (10:33):
What's it to you?
Speaker 11 (10:34):
Look, fella, don't get smart. Just lay it down on
the floor. I'll back up a couple of steps. Oh
that's fine. Tell me something about yourself.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Sure, Julian, What did you call me? Julian? Isn't that
your name? How'd you know that I got a great
memory for faces. You were pointed out to me about
nine years ago in Detroit when you were running with
the Purple Mob. And what do they call you, Mike Wearing?
Speaker 3 (10:58):
Where do you get that claim chick?
Speaker 2 (11:00):
I found it in the street.
Speaker 11 (11:01):
I asked you something, and I answered it.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
John Calvin gave it to you, didn't she look? Julian?
I think I've been very patient. I don't know what
you want it back. You can't blame a guy for trying.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
No.
Speaker 11 (11:15):
In your place, I'd probably do the same, you see,
But then I'm not in your place, and right now
I wouldn't change for the world.
Speaker 7 (11:23):
That's one thing I can't stand.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
It's a wise guy.
Speaker 11 (11:36):
Well that's the story, Kessler. When Joan didn't show up,
I got suspicious. Then I saw this character come up
and present the check.
Speaker 9 (11:43):
How far away were you, Julian, maybe thirty feet? And
from that distance, June, you immediately our little Johnny had
sent him that was very bright, And.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
I told you I had a hunch.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
When he picked up the parcel, I knew I was right.
Speaker 9 (11:56):
How do you suppose mister Waring came to have the
claim check?
Speaker 2 (11:59):
Why don't you asked Joan, as.
Speaker 9 (12:01):
I intend to. Unfortunately she isn't here. Well shall we
see if the gods have been kind to us? The
hoshin Buddha? Isn't it lovely? Julian? It puts me in
mind of a poem I once read.
Speaker 11 (12:18):
Puts me in mind of our friend George Bridges. He
still wait and remember?
Speaker 9 (12:21):
Oh yes, he hand me that paper weight.
Speaker 11 (12:24):
You're going open it now?
Speaker 9 (12:25):
Yes? Like you, I'm given to hunches.
Speaker 7 (12:28):
What are you talking about?
Speaker 9 (12:29):
Paperweight?
Speaker 7 (12:30):
Please?
Speaker 9 (12:34):
I was wrong?
Speaker 3 (12:35):
What do you expect?
Speaker 9 (12:37):
I thought it might be empty? In any event? I
think it needs testing.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
Careful you don't want to take off.
Speaker 9 (12:45):
You don't think there's much danger for that. It's sugar,
it's what see for yourself.
Speaker 7 (12:55):
We've been double crossed so it would appear.
Speaker 9 (12:58):
Now where do you think it came from?
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Could be that mic wearing?
Speaker 9 (13:02):
I don't see how, Julian, by your own admission, he
had no time to make a substitution. When did you
say you saw him around four thirty and you didn't
get back to the shop till seven? It was a
quarter of It's still two and a quarter hours to
be accounted for.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
Look are you accusing me?
Speaker 9 (13:18):
Old cliche, Julian. If the shoe hits, look.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Kessler, I don't have to take that kind of source.
Speaker 9 (13:24):
Still, seventy thousand dollars worth of merchandise has disappeared. You
would be most interesting to know what happened to it?
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Aren't you forgetting Joan? Suppose she was working with Bridges.
Speaker 9 (13:34):
It's a possibility. Get Uppenheimer on the phone in San
Francisco and ask him what he knows of the gentlemen.
Speaker 11 (13:40):
Asking yourself, I'm going over to see that wearing carriage,
and I wish you wouldn't look.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
I've got as much at stake in this thing as
you have.
Speaker 7 (13:47):
I'm gonna do my own checking.
Speaker 9 (13:48):
Why not wait to hear what Appenheimer said?
Speaker 7 (13:50):
It'll keep you. Just let me know what happens.
Speaker 9 (13:53):
I hope you'll do as much for me. Take care
of yourself, Julian, I should hate for anything to happen
to you. I'll never go there again.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
I don't blame you, remember me, How can I ever forget?
Speaker 11 (14:20):
You made quite an impression, and I still got the
gimmick that did.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
The trick, and you're smoking too much. Shut the door,
and I was hoping I've seen the last of you.
Speaker 11 (14:32):
We're going to get real chummy now that you want
some water, stay right there.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Maybe if I pat.
Speaker 11 (14:39):
You on the vacuum, let Joel drop it, drop it,
I kick it in the corner.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
All right now, you and I are going to have
a nice long talk. Come on, Julian, get up with
your starting. I said, on your feet, Julian, Julian, Hello, Tony,
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this mister wearing look, be a good kid and call
the police. I've got a visitor here who won't leave. No, no, no,
it wouldn't do any good for you to talk to him.
He's dead. I think we'll just have to wait for
the cops.
Speaker 4 (15:29):
Can you stop in time? Ask yourself that question the
next time you drive your car. If the car in
front of you should jam on his brakes to avoid
a stray dog, if a child should dash across an intersection,
if a tire should blow out, could you stop in
time to save a life? Slippery roads, fog, windshields, poor visibility.
All of these factors mean that you must be more
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alert in following simple safety rules. Always get the feel
of the road before you accelerate, check on your driving habits.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Be careful.
Speaker 4 (15:59):
Accidents don't always happen to the other fellow. Now back
to the Adventures of the Falcon. Thirty minutes have passed
since Mike Wearing slugged Robert Julian, only to discover that
his man couldn't get off the floor. Now there's no
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question in Sergeant Corbett's mind but that our hero packs
are deadly walloped.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
How don't be a chump, Corbett. I didn't kill him,
and he was alive when you sucked him. Yes, now
he's dead, you'll explain it. What do you make of this?
The man liked red neckties, red shirts too, eh, Look
under the tie, Notice the blood clot Where did it
come from?
Speaker 3 (16:42):
No, don't touch him.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
I just wanted to show you he was dead.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
Let's see that letter open.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Oh, don't be a fool. Nothing as wide as a
letter open. I made this decision. It was probably done
by something like a nail file. Five will get your tenant.
Happened long before he got here? Then how did he
make it over with an internal hemorrhage? He could live
for hours. He might never even known he was hurt.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
He said, you ran into him earlier today.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
I did. He took that parcel away from me at
Grand Central. Well, then, what was the point of the
return engagement? I don't know.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
You suppose your client?
Speaker 2 (17:15):
Does you mean Joan Calvin? Yes?
Speaker 3 (17:18):
What do you know about her?
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Everything? She looks like she posed for a mode Judd Hosiery.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
Ad by you this is everything?
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Well, isn't it enough?
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Not for me?
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Especially with people getting themselves knocked off in your apartment.
I guess you're right, Corbett. Well, I'll tell you what
we'll do. We'll split the assignment two ways. You take
care of Julian, I'll take care of Joan.
Speaker 6 (17:47):
Give you my word, mister Warring. I've told you all
I possibly can.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Oh, I ain't nearly enough, Angela. Since I met you,
the most interesting things have happened. One, I get slugged
as soon as I pick up your package. When I
come to I find the same character again waiting put
me in my apartment.
Speaker 6 (18:00):
Well, that's not my fault.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
How well did you know Julian?
Speaker 6 (18:04):
I didn't know him at all.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Look, John, we're dealing with a murder now, we're not
playing games.
Speaker 7 (18:09):
What do you work for Paul Kessler?
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Did Julian work for him too?
Speaker 6 (18:13):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (18:13):
When did you last see him?
Speaker 6 (18:15):
This morning? At worked before mister Kesler gave me that
claim check.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
And you haven't seen him since.
Speaker 9 (18:19):
No.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Okay, let's get back to Kessler. How did you get
the job?
Speaker 6 (18:24):
I answered, Nat?
Speaker 9 (18:25):
When was this about three weeks ago?
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Did you notice anything out of line?
Speaker 6 (18:29):
Nothing except that they seemed to discourage business anytime a
customer would walk in. They guess the expression is brush
him off.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
But there was one customer they didn't slough for, the
boy from San Francisco. You heard on the intercom. What
was his name?
Speaker 6 (18:42):
Eh, I can't remember?
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Come on, joan't think no, wait a minute, bridges bridges.
Do you remember his first name?
Speaker 6 (18:53):
I think it was George. You think he killed Juliet?
Speaker 2 (18:56):
We crossed those bridges when we get to the Oh
what I say after I see Kesler? I'm going home
and wash my mouth out with soap.
Speaker 9 (19:16):
I'm terribly sighed. We're closed for the day.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
Maybe it'll pay you to open again.
Speaker 9 (19:20):
I hardly think so.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Well, you never know. I might prove the customer of
the year. I'm interested in a Buddha.
Speaker 9 (19:27):
When there's a shop on the corner.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
It doesn't handle this kind. I'm looking for the ho
Shian Buddha supposed to date back to the Wang dynasty.
Speaker 9 (19:34):
It must be extremely rare.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
It is extremely you see, there never was a Wang dynasty.
I'm afraid they don't follow you. That's because you're twenty
miles ahead.
Speaker 9 (19:43):
Won't you sit down, mister Wearing Mike Wearing. Oh well,
what can I do for you?
Speaker 2 (19:49):
I told you I'm interested in the ho Shan Buddha.
Speaker 9 (19:52):
Pat by your own admission, there is no such thing.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
How strangely enough, there is a matter of fact, I
had my hands on it earlier today, only someone took
it away, someone named Robert Julian. You know him. It's
very well, and you should be interested in learning that
he was murdered. I beg your pardon, you should beg
his He was stabbed to death.
Speaker 9 (20:11):
Where did this happen?
Speaker 2 (20:13):
That's what I'd like to know. When was the last
time you saw him?
Speaker 9 (20:17):
Head to this afternoon?
Speaker 2 (20:18):
He was waiting for me at my apartment at nine.
Where do you suppose he was in the meantime?
Speaker 9 (20:22):
I have no idea I have.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
I think he was here.
Speaker 9 (20:25):
You're mistaken, my friend.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Well, that's possible, happens often enough. By the way, what
made that buddha so valuable?
Speaker 9 (20:32):
I wouldn't know.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
He had a girl named Joan Calvin who worked for you,
was supposed to pick it up. She showed me a
picture of it. She did, m M, yeah, I look
like this fella here.
Speaker 9 (20:43):
Please don't handle the merchandise.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Oh, I'm so sorry it slipped. There's nothing in it.
Speaker 9 (20:50):
What did you expect?
Speaker 2 (20:53):
Well, I don't know exactly, but you had a customer
for it, a man named George Bridges. How does he
figure in this?
Speaker 9 (21:00):
Correct me if I'm wrong, But you're a detective, that's right,
and then you should tell me. Alison Kessler, I'm so sorry.
As I said before, it's past our closing hour. That'll
before ninety eight. Please h for the Buddha you just destroyed.
When you make a mistake, mister Wearing, you should be
prepared to pay for it for a ninety eight please
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Kesler Imports are you Kesler? Yes?
Speaker 7 (21:34):
George Bridges?
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Oh how are you?
Speaker 9 (21:36):
Mister Bridges?
Speaker 7 (21:37):
Not's so hot? Your boy didn't show the merchandise.
Speaker 9 (21:40):
Oh there's been an unavoidable delay.
Speaker 7 (21:41):
Well, i'm too back on the coast. I got a
reservation tomorrow at eight on the El Capitan. You think
you'll be able to deliver before then?
Speaker 9 (21:47):
It's very problematical.
Speaker 7 (21:49):
Look, Kessler, there are other dealers in New York. Now
whither you want my business here?
Speaker 9 (21:52):
Don't?
Speaker 3 (21:53):
Oh?
Speaker 9 (21:53):
I do. But you see, Julian met with an unfortunate accident.
Poor fellow, he was how'd that happen? I have no idea,
but I think a man named Michael Wearing does well.
Speaker 7 (22:06):
How does this Wearing character affect that deal?
Speaker 9 (22:09):
He doesn't. Just be patient, mister breeches. I'll get to
you in time.
Speaker 7 (22:28):
Come in, fellow, the water's fine.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
Uh, you know this is the second time this has
happened today. Yes, he had a gun too.
Speaker 7 (22:38):
You better change your luck, and you better.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
Change your luck. He wound up murdered.
Speaker 7 (22:43):
You must be real tough.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
No, not me. I was scared, stiff. What's your name?
Or maybe I can guess?
Speaker 7 (22:49):
Maybe you can?
Speaker 8 (22:50):
And I gotta hunt at George Bridges from San Francisco.
How do you know that I'm psychic? What's your interest
in this wearing?
Speaker 2 (22:56):
Same as yours?
Speaker 7 (22:57):
No it isn't.
Speaker 8 (22:58):
You're doing business with Kessler in a manner of speaking,
and you ought to know.
Speaker 7 (23:01):
I didn't get the booter you picked up.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Hey, wait a minute, you look like the guy in
the baggage room.
Speaker 7 (23:06):
I look like a lot of people.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
Did you notice what happened to me afterwards?
Speaker 9 (23:10):
No?
Speaker 2 (23:10):
I was hijacked.
Speaker 7 (23:11):
Where's the Buddha?
Speaker 2 (23:12):
Now? I have no idea? Can you get me one?
If the price is right, I'll pay seventy thousand. Tell
me something, Bridges, What makes that Buddha so valuable?
Speaker 7 (23:21):
Don't you know?
Speaker 2 (23:22):
I got an idea, but I like to confirm it.
Speaker 8 (23:25):
You know, wearing I was right all along? You don't
know from nothing? No, but I'm learning, not nearly enough.
Speaker 7 (23:30):
If you're smart, you'll start minding your own business.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
This is my business. A man named Robert Jordian was
murdered right here.
Speaker 8 (23:36):
Well, if you don't want some of the same treatment,
you'll stop sticking your neck.
Speaker 7 (23:39):
Out now out of my way?
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Hey, not so fast, you can move. Put the gun away, Bridges,
You wouldn't dare use it. A shot would bring down
the house.
Speaker 8 (23:48):
This is so right, But you forget A gun has
two ends, and under proper conditions, one end is as
effective as the other.
Speaker 7 (23:58):
Let's see what I mean.
Speaker 4 (24:14):
Unbelievable as it may sound, accidents on the nation's highways
in the last ten years have killed more than three
hundred thousand Americans like you and me. What's more, they
have injured no fewer than eleven million men, women, and children,
crippling several million of these victims for life. Help to
protect your own life and the lives of your family
by driving safely. Work for greater highway safety for yourself
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and for your family in your own community and state.
And whenever you take the wheel of your own car,
drive as though your life depends on it.
Speaker 9 (24:46):
It does.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
Now back to the Adventures of the Falcon. Thirty minutes
have pas since Mike entertained George Bridges in his apartment,
And this was one Bridges Mike never should have attempted
to cross.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
Oh my head, what's the matter? Boy?
Speaker 2 (25:10):
Can't you take it there anymore? You gotta be used
to it by Now. What are you doing here, sergeant?
Your elevator boy found you and gave us a buzz. Well,
who did it this time? The boy who killed Julian? Huh, Look, Corbet,
I've got it all figured out. His name is George Bridges.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
George Bridges.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Yes, when your latch on to him, will be home,
Oh we will. Yes.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
Why do you suppose he killed Julian to.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Get his hands on that Buddha I told you about. Well,
for your information, George Bridges happens to be a Treasury
agent you want. He's head of the narcotics division. You
had him pegged as a killer. Oh, you're a real bloodhound, Mike.
I'm gonna get your can a strong heart. Yeah, but
if Bridges was a government boy, what did he want
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with me? You know your talent for butting in. You
must have wanted to find out if you were mixed
up in this deal. Well, at least I'm making progress.
Well you're making progress. Yep, I know now that Bridges
didn't kill Julian.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Who you're amazing?
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Let me at that phone. Who you calling? My client?
Speaker 3 (26:13):
Joan Calvin.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
Yes, she can put the finger on the guilty party
if she doesn't lose her nerve. We can wrap this
up in fifteen minutes. Hello, Joan, this is Mike Wearing.
Speaker 6 (26:24):
Oh so glad you called my I'm getting frightened.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Now there's nothing to worry about. Angel. We'll have this
thing solved in minutes if you'll only cooperate. Now, here's
what I want you to do. Grab a cab and
go down to Kessler's shop.
Speaker 6 (26:36):
But you told me I was fired.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Oh, I've got a new job for you. I'll be
a good girl and go right to work.
Speaker 9 (26:52):
Just a second, please, hu, mister Kessler, you seem surprised,
my dear, Well, I expected someone else we have told
this is my establishment.
Speaker 6 (27:07):
I'm afraid I made a mistake.
Speaker 9 (27:09):
You've made several, my dear.
Speaker 6 (27:11):
Sit down, No, I'll come back, lad.
Speaker 9 (27:13):
I wouldn't think of it. You know you're a very
stupid girl, John. Really, I've misjudged you completely. Why did
you hire Mike Wearing? Now?
Speaker 6 (27:23):
Look, mister Kessel's.
Speaker 9 (27:24):
Very interested in your reasoning. Of course I have my
own theory, and.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
You're probably right, my almost miss Mike, you didn't I? Oh,
this is sergeant corporate. Are we interrupting anything or not?
A tour that you were asking Joan why she hired Wearing?
It's not too important, and you're not very flattering. She
came to me because she was worried and she had reason.
She was mixed up with several unsavory characters. One of
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these characters subsequently got himself murdered, and poor Julian. Yes, well,
at least his problems are over. Tell me who do
you think did it?
Speaker 9 (27:57):
I wouldn't know.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
Well, you must have some idea, I'm afraid not. He
told me the last time you saw a Julian was
at two o'clock this afternoon.
Speaker 9 (28:05):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
How was he dressed?
Speaker 9 (28:08):
He was wearing a blue suit with a yellow tie.
Speaker 6 (28:12):
He's lying he was wearing a red tie.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Thanks, Angel, I knew you'd be helpful. Okay, sergeant, what
are you waiting for? What are you talking about? Well,
don't you see who killed Julian?
Speaker 10 (28:23):
No?
Speaker 2 (28:24):
Who do you suppose dreamed up this double cross? Who's
the smart wheel that made all the little cogs go her?
Speaker 6 (28:30):
No?
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Him, really, mister ware No really, mister Kessler. He did
a nice piece of work. This is no time for
you to go modest on the people, all right, sergeant,
make like a policeman. I don't get it. I just
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don't get it at all. What's your problem, little man?
Talk about your switches? This is the first time I
can remember in this kind of a case where the
girl didn't know it. Oh, Kessler was your most obvious suspect.
Proving that the most obvious suspect is guilty can get
your barred from the union. What made you latch onto him? Oh,
it didn't make sense otherwise. According to Bridges, there were
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seventy thousand dollars worth a junk in that Buddha. Now
I ask you would a guy like Kesla trust a
girl you hardly knew to pick it up? Why should he?
Julian was available. Then it occurred to me this whole
thing must have been a test, and Kessler substituted Buddhas.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
Only Julian didn't know.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
Before he could find out, Kesler punctured his vanity. Now
does that answer all your questions?
Speaker 3 (29:39):
All but one? How do you count for the mistake
you made?
Speaker 2 (29:43):
Where did I make a mistake? Well, here there was
a beautiful blonde in the case, and you wind up
the evening with me.
Speaker 3 (29:50):
Now, if that ain't a boner, nothing is why.
Speaker 6 (29:54):
I'm so sorry. I hope I haven't kept you waiting.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Well, what do you know? You say something corporate? Now,
then I will good night, sergeant.
Speaker 4 (30:17):
The Case of the Dirty Dollar. The Case of the
Dirty Dollar that's the title of next week's adventure of
the Falcon, when Mike Wearing learns that some people with
money to burn often wind up pride. The Adventures of
the Falcon are based on the famous character created by
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Drexel Drake, produced and transcribed by Bernard L. Schubert, written
today by Eugene Wang, and directed by Richard Lewis. Les
Damon was starred as the Falcon with Chuck Webster as
Sergeant Corbett. This program came from New York. Howard Reig speaking.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Welcome back. A bit of a slow reaction to the
pistol whipping attempt by Bridges. I mean, he really telegraphed that,
and Mike just let him do that for some reason
or another. Also, since Bridges was a treasury man, why
did he pistol whip Mike just for the fun of it.
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Also worth noting that Larry Haynes, who played Bridges, would
also start in the late nineteen fifties mutual revival of
Philip Lord's lesser known series Treasury Agent, which we played
several years back now, Even though we do only have
two episodes of that particular series and two of the
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earlier one from the forties, Haynes's agent in that series
was Agent Lincoln, and as far as I can remember,
there wasn't one pistol whipping in the episodes we listened to.
I also don't know what the collar tie was supposed
to prove, but maybe I missed something. I didn't go
(32:15):
back and listen again, and there was no indication as
to why that was a really important, crucial piece of
evidence that pointed the finger at the killer. The Falgin
once again had a nod to genre tropes and how
you can be surprising by being obvious and have it
turn out that the sinister villain is actually the murderer,
(32:40):
and also having the detective get the girl, although I
think Sergeant Corbett might be exaggerating or misremembering the number
of times that a woman ended up being the guilty party. Well,
now we turn to listener comments and feedback, and we
start with some tough questions are regarding the case of
(33:03):
the King of Hearts by Mechanic six' six 's eighty.
Two how Did corbett Know wearing was Following king For?
Vic and how is that enough to Arrest? Vic and
Since wynn is getting your ribs bandage enough for a?
Gunshot these are some fair. QUESTIONS i did go back
(33:24):
and listen to the, episode and there is an ANSWER
i could give that would be very Pat the Reason
Sergeant corbett knew is because we heard the fall can tell. Him,
however the way that played out is That corbett came
up To wearing's apartment Asked wearing if he Knew, vic
(33:47):
and Then wearing, said, YES i knew. HIM i did
this job for. Him, now after the, commercial when we
go to police, Headquarters vic is downtown lying to the
police and denying that he ever hired someone to trail his.
Wife so that raises the question why Did Sargent corbett
(34:10):
go down To wearing's apartment and ask him if he Knew?
Vic and that's not. Explained does he go To wearing's
apartment with every, Murder, no Because wearing said that it
had been a week since he'd Seen. Corbett but the
way it's done in the, writing Since wearing revealed that
he worked For, vic the listener would just tend to accept,
(34:34):
that even though we have no explanation for Why corbett
would even be asking this. Question as to the question
of how is the sufficient cause here? Is you, KNOW
i have sometimes theories of the way these universes, work
AND i, think whereas in our universe we have a
(34:55):
concept called probable, CAUSE i think that The falcon universe
operates under the premise for rest of plausible, cause and
so the way it's handled in terms of determining whether
to make an arrest judge to take a look and, say,
YEAH i mean it's not really, proven BUT i could
(35:19):
kind of see that have could have. Happened maybe it's
it's just a theory at this, point but that's What
i'm working. Out now we have a much easier. Question anthony,
asked would you please give me the name of the
actor who Played Johnny.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
King.
Speaker 1 (35:37):
Thanks it Was Mandel, kramer who would go on to
play the Last Johnny dollar in the early nineteen. Sixties
AND i do include the names of ACTORS i recognize
in the show, notes which you can see on your podcast,
player also on YouTube and The Great detectives. Website and
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one thing that's nice about The falcon is that they
pretty regularly get in some of the most recognized character
voice actors In New york. Radio we get regular appearances
By Mandel, Kramer Bill, zuckert And Ralph, bell and maybe
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slightly less frequent appearances By Maurice, Tarplin Larry, haynes and
Occasionally Jackson beck as. Well thanks so much for the.
Question now it's time to thank Our patreon supporter of the,
day AND i want to go ahead and Thank. Eddie
eddie's been one of Our patreon supporters Since july twenty twenty,
(36:44):
three currently supporting the podcast at The Detective sergeant level
of seven dollars and fourteen cents or more per. Month
thanks so much for your, Support, eddie and that will
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download us. From we'll be back Next monday with another
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DRIVER i wish to ask him to quick me with,
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Minutes join us in?
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Moments, Chan how would you think this question and answer
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Enough you are suggesting that we consider the matter Of
Madame landini's murders closed and like snap of, fingers permit
murderer to.
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Escape oh certainly.
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