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Be careful who you invite into your home...A tale of the creepy nanny and the trusting family....
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01:20All this has nothing to do with tonight's story.
01:23One of the family which begins after the following commercial.
01:28And that is one minute of reality I intend to miss.
01:32There's people like that.
01:36Maybe.
01:38I love her.
01:41The service is really helpful.
01:43The service is really helpful.
01:45There's people experiencing this close to theos.
01:47There's people you might need anything to ask but the desire is好.
01:50That's so much fun to also.
01:53Another round.
01:55I don't know.
02:25Mrs. Daly?
02:33Yes.
02:35Well, you must be Frieda. How do you do?
02:38Come in, please.
02:46Where's Mr. Daly? Didn't he meet you at the bus depot?
02:49No.
02:52Isn't that funny?
02:53He left ages ago. I'm surprised he missed you.
02:57There were plenty of taxes.
02:59Oh.
03:01I guess you'd like to see your room. It's back here.
03:03Oh, no, thank you.
03:05First, the baby. I want more to see him.
03:10He's asleep right now, but you can take a peek in a minute.
03:14This way.
03:15Here we are. I hope you'll find it comfortable.
03:26Very nice. Everything.
03:29Oh, your bathroom is over there.
03:30Oh, and real flowers.
03:33Makes the room so gemütlich.
03:37Oh, uh, and your own TV set.
03:41Do you like to watch television?
03:43Hmm.
03:44Not so much anymore.
03:46They took off my program.
03:48Oh, what was that?
03:50Wrestling.
03:52Wrestling?
03:52The baby's in here. May I please?
03:55Oh, yes. Yes, of course.
04:04Hey, mister. You're supposed to be asleep.
04:08Yes, my darling.
04:09Oh, such a beautiful baby.
04:16Cookie!
04:20Even more beautiful than his papa.
04:25For eight years, I was like his mama to Mr. Daly.
04:29Mooty, he called me.
04:31Oh, I know. He's talked about you a lot.
04:34What a wonderful nurse his Mooty was.
04:37Yes.
04:37I think we're going to agree with him.
04:40Hmm.
04:42I am Mooty.
04:44My little Dixie.
04:47Oh, that must be Dax.
04:50Dax, we're in the nursery.
04:52Hi.
04:53Hello, sweetie.
04:53How did you get here?
04:54Hmm. By cab. I guess you missed her.
04:56Well, I don't see how.
04:57I was there when the Bakersfield bus came in.
04:59I watched every passenger get off.
05:00She's here with the baby.
05:01Mooty!
05:02Oh, good to see you.
05:04Mr. Daly.
05:05I looked all over for you. What happened?
05:06Oh, I looked for you, too, but I think maybe my bus was earlier.
05:10Well, I did, too, but I checked, and there was only one bus from Bakersfield this morning.
05:13You probably just didn't recognize each other.
05:15Oh, I'd recognize her anywhere.
05:17She's just as I remember her.
05:19You haven't changed a bit.
05:21Still the same Mooty.
05:22Oh, I've changed.
05:24Too much coffee cooking, you remember.
05:26Do I?
05:27I haven't tasted anything like you're cooking since.
05:30Oh, they just don't take care of me like that anymore.
05:33Oh, poor neglected Dexter.
05:36What do you think of our boy?
05:39He's a darling baby.
05:41I can't a schnooklepuss.
05:43Oh, schnooklepuss.
05:44That's what you used to call me.
05:46Hi, schnooklepuss.
05:47Well, I guess if you could handle me, you ought to be able to take care of him for a couple of months by yourself.
05:55Oh, you are going away, both?
05:57Yeah.
05:57If everything works out all right, we're going to take a trip to Europe.
06:01Oh, of course, we wouldn't leave until you're all settled in and organized.
06:04Oh, I'm sure that won't take long, Mrs. Staley.
06:08I'm so happy to have a little taxi again.
06:11You don't know how happy we are to have you with us, Frida.
06:17Oh.
06:21Made by Mooty, with tender, loving care.
06:24Not for breakfast, please.
06:25She'll be hurt.
06:27Maybe later.
06:29You asked for it.
06:30Anyway, she thinks you're too skinny.
06:33He needs some meat on his bones.
06:35You mean flab.
06:37There's a time when I could have knocked off two of those without batting an eye.
06:40Not anymore.
06:45Frida, what have you got there?
06:47Little Dex's diapers.
06:49I'm going to wash them.
06:50I thought I told you we have a diaper service.
06:52Yes.
06:53But I canceled it.
06:54It's a waste of money, Mrs. Staley.
06:57I always like to do it myself.
06:59Frida, would you please let me decide what's a waste of money?
07:01Call the diaper service and ask them to come as usual.
07:09Yes, ma'am.
07:10She's inclined to take a little too much on herself.
07:19She meant well.
07:20After all, sweetie, you can't have her both ways.
07:22Either she takes over or she doesn't.
07:25And besides, if she wants to save me money...
07:27Yes, but I think that's overdoing the old country fugality bit, don't you?
07:32What's the matter, hon?
07:33Isn't it working with you two?
07:34It's fine.
07:36No, really, Dex.
07:37She's wonderful.
07:38She really is.
07:39The baby's crazy about her.
07:41Well, I wish she'd stop calling him Dexie.
07:45Sounds like a girl or a riverboat gambler.
07:48Well, it's not as bad as Junior.
07:52Besides, she called me Dexie and it didn't seem to do me any harm.
08:04Say, how about night on the town?
08:07Oh.
08:08Well, we've got a built-in babysitter worth her weight in gold.
08:11Why not get our money's worth?
08:13Don't you think it's a little too soon?
08:15Isn't that why we hired Frida?
08:18Mm-hmm.
08:19You got a date?
08:20Good.
08:21What time you'll be home?
08:22Well, I'll try to get away early.
08:24Why don't you plan to be ready about 6?
08:26Okay.
08:26Stay tuned for local news and weather.
08:28Charges and countercharges were violently exchanged at a city council meeting yesterday
08:32over the proposed freeway route through West Los Angeles.
08:35In San Francisco, violence of a different order is suspected in connection with the recent
08:40death of the 6-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Callender.
08:44The discovery of a bottle containing an arsenic compound has led to a demand for the exhumation
08:48of the infant's body.
08:50In an interview with our reporter, Police Captain Martin Grauman explained that the child's
08:55nurse, an elderly woman of German origin, is being sought for questioning.
08:58Meanwhile, the parents...
09:05What's with the radio?
09:10I've turned it off.
09:11And anyone having knowledge of the person fitting this description should get in touch
09:15with the local police.
09:16Now for the weather.
09:18Partly cloudy, clearing tomorrow morning with temperatures...
09:20Oh, excuse me, I thought that you had finished breakfast.
09:25Oh, that's all right.
09:26Just one for the row.
09:27Oh, uh, he was tempted, but he didn't have time.
09:32We'll keep.
09:32Uh, Frida, Mr. Daly and I thought we'd go out for dinner tonight.
09:50Do you think you'll be all right?
09:52Oh, yes, Mrs. Daly.
09:54Little Dex and I, we will be fine.
09:59Good.
10:02Little Dex and I, we will be fine.
10:32Bib Applicant Kindness
10:37All the way to the mother.
10:38It was Scott Martian.
10:41possessions, bits, bits, bits, bits and bits, bits, bits, bits, bits, bits, bits, bits and bits.
10:45Oh, yes, Mrs. 저녁, bits, bits, bits, bits, bits, bits and bits and bits.
10:47The
10:52Screw
10:53Colin
10:55All the
10:56Big
10:57And
10:59Fil
11:00No, no, no, no, no.
11:30Oh, this is the way to live.
11:50No babysitter to drive home, no four o'clock feeding, huh?
11:54Oh, oh, that's just what I need to soak up, son.
12:02Oh, boy, nothing like having a nurse around to do everything for you.
12:07Sure takes a sting out of being a parent.
12:11You are an unnatural father.
12:19Rita, what is it?
12:20It's nothing, ma'am.
12:21Well, why is he screaming like that?
12:23Oh, our little Dixie has a tummy ache, ma'am.
12:26Oh, no.
12:27It's only about tummy ache, nothing else.
12:29Did you take his temperature?
12:30Yeah.
12:31He has a small fever.
12:33But with babies, that's nothing.
12:35What do you mean, nothing?
12:36I've never heard him scream like that before.
12:38How long has he been like this?
12:39Only a little while.
12:40How long?
12:42After his bottle, he sleeps good, and then he wakes up, and he has a clumpy.
12:49A what?
12:50A pain in his tummy.
12:51I'm going to call the doctor.
12:52There's no need for the doctor.
12:54It's not serious.
12:54I'm not asking for your advice, Rita.
13:10Little stinker scared the pants off us last night, and now look at him.
13:14You haven't seen anything yet.
13:16They know every trick in the book.
13:17The object is to turn you prematurely gray.
13:20Your favorite was to roll over on your stomach.
13:22Jack, hold your breath until you were blue in the face.
13:25All right.
13:26All right.
13:26Let's not give him any more ideas.
13:28Oh.
13:28Oh, very neat, dear.
13:30Please.
13:33Oh, thank you, Frida.
13:35Uh, Mother, this is Frida.
13:37Frida, this is my mother, Mrs. Landon.
13:40Hello.
13:41You were Mr. Daly's nurse, too, weren't you?
13:44Yes, ma'am.
13:45Excuse me.
13:46Shall I take him out for his nap now, Mrs. Daly?
13:49Please, Frida.
13:52Frida was the only one who didn't panic last night.
13:57She said it was a crompy, and a crompy it was.
14:01Excuse me.
14:05What on earth is a crompy?
14:07A German tummy ache.
14:08Oh.
14:09And the doctor agreed with her.
14:11He wouldn't even come out to look at him.
14:13So she sat up with the baby all night long.
14:16Well, you seem to have acquired an absolute jewel, dear.
14:19I'm beginning to appreciate that.
14:22Mm.
14:22Mine didn't get too bossy, though.
14:24I think I nipped that in the bud.
14:26Good.
14:27There's nothing worse than the overbearing ones.
14:29They get too possessive and end up hating you.
14:31No, no, not Frida.
14:32Last night, I was so panicked, I nearly snapped her head off.
14:36She took it like a lamb, sat up with the baby all night,
14:38and when I told her you were coming this morning, she made this tort.
14:41Very sweet.
14:42No calories, of course.
14:45It's delicious and pure disaster.
14:47Oh, well.
14:49Nine extra holes of golf should take care of it.
14:50No, listen, Dexter says he's going to have to start playing handball again.
14:54Uh, last night, he ate half a coffee cake she'd made for him.
14:58She's really a menace.
15:00Well, if that's all you have to worry about, you're in good shape.
15:03Did you read about that other darling German nanny up in San Francisco
15:05who fed the baby arsenic?
15:08Oh, no, really?
15:09What happened?
15:12The poor child died.
15:14The police found the bottle behind the dresser in the nurse's room.
15:17Enough arsenic to kill a dozen babies.
15:19Oh, no.
15:21I thought you'd have read about it, you know.
15:23I was really relieved when you told me you'd hired this Frida woman.
15:27I wasn't exactly looking forward to babysitting with Junior.
15:30Well, you and Dexter were gallivanting around Europe for two months
15:34on a tax-deductible trip.
15:36Mother, you read my mind.
15:38Hardly a feat to qualify us as a clairvoyant act, darling.
15:42If you hadn't have asked me, I'd have felt rejected, but I was relieved.
15:46This is delicious.
15:47I've got to stop.
15:49I'll have to order a whole new fall wardrobe.
15:52Wait a minute, now.
15:53You didn't finish your story about the nurse in San Francisco.
15:56What was her name?
15:57Oh, some fairytale name, Hansel and Gretel.
16:00No, it was Gretchen.
16:03That's it, Gretchen Reuter.
16:04Did they catch her?
16:06No.
16:07She seems to have disappeared, but they're still looking for her.
16:09Of course, they'll never catch her.
16:10Those ridiculous descriptions.
16:12Sixty-ish, German accent.
16:14You know, that could be Frida.
16:16Yes, or a thousand other German nannies.
16:18Darling, it was delicious, but I've got to run.
16:20Give my love to Dexter, huh?
16:21Mm-hmm.
16:21And if she gets too bossy, I'll take her as a cook.
16:25Oh, you will, huh?
16:27Bye, darling.
16:27Bye.
16:30Well, your tort certainly made a hit with my mother.
16:38I'm happy she liked my tort, eh?
16:40Matter of fact, she liked it so much, she liked to steal you away just to cook for her.
16:44I like to cook, but not to cook only.
16:48A house with no babies, not for Frida.
16:51That's a relief.
16:52By the way, Frida, have you seen the morning paper?
16:55I can't seem to find it.
16:56Oh, I used it to wrap up the garbage.
16:59I thought you were finished.
17:00Oh, well, Mr. Daly will bring one home tonight.
17:02I meant to ask you something, Mrs. Daly.
17:04Mm-hmm.
17:04When Mr. Daly was little, I used to give him ground steak sometimes.
17:08You know, raw.
17:09I scrape it good with a spoon.
17:11What do you think for little Dexter now, too?
17:14Oh, I don't like to alter his diet without asking Dr. Beaumont first.
17:19But I'll check when he comes back from vacation.
17:24Frida, don't you think four months is a little young for raw meat?
17:28It's very strengthening.
17:33There it is.
17:36Why don't you ever listen to the radio, Frida?
17:38I like a bit of quiet when I'm out here so I can hear if Dexter cries.
17:41Oh, oh, yes, of course.
17:43You're right.
17:45Always on the job, Frida.
17:47Oh, listen, that reminds me.
17:49I have to get your social security number so that I can declare you.
17:54Declare me?
17:56Why must you declare me?
17:59You make it sound like it's something terrible, actually.
18:01It's only a matter of form.
18:03You know, if you let your social security lapse,
18:05you won't be eligible for pensions and things like that.
18:07It's for your own protection.
18:09Oh, I protect myself, Mrs. Daly.
18:11I save my money.
18:13I escape from nobody, not even the government.
18:18Well, that's very admirable of you, Frida.
18:20But it's a matter of law.
18:21I have to declare you and pay half your taxes.
18:25Would you bring me your card when you're finished there, please?
18:28I have no card.
18:29I never joined the social security.
18:33What didn't your previous employers tell you?
18:35They tell me, but I do nothing and they do nothing.
18:39Well, I have to do something.
18:42I don't want to be put in the position of breaking the law,
18:45and I'm sure you don't either.
18:46I'll have to get you a card.
18:50Now, it's, uh, Frida Schmidt, isn't it?
18:54And your husband's name?
18:56Heinrich.
18:57Heinrich.
18:57And what was the name of your last employer?
19:01Oh, now, look at this mess.
19:05My last employer was Mrs. Müller.
19:10Müller.
19:12M-U-E-L-L-E-R?
19:15M-U-E-L-L-E-R.
19:18And the first name?
19:20Frank.
19:22Mr. and Mrs. Frank Müller.
19:30And their address?
19:32Bakersfield.
19:34Could you be more specific, the name of the street?
19:36I'm not so sure.
19:38These Americans' names, they are still very difficult for me.
19:42Oh, come now, Frida, you must remember the name of the street.
19:45What was the address?
19:47There is no street.
19:48Just a big house near the highway.
19:51Oh, you excuse me, Mrs. Daly.
19:53Little Dexy wants his bottle, and we go out for a little walk.
19:56Just a minute, Frida.
19:59I seem to remember getting a Christmas card from you, uh, from San Francisco.
20:03So, did you work there before going to Bakersfield?
20:07No, ma'am.
20:08I never worked in San Francisco.
20:10I never worked in San Francisco.
20:40I don't know.
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21:11What are man's two greatest inventions?
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21:30The wheel and the martini.
21:33The wheel gets you to work,
21:34and the martini gets you through the day.
21:37Say, honey, about my trip to New York tomorrow.
21:39You coming? I could stretch it through the weekend.
21:42Oh, no sale.
21:45Something wrong?
21:47Dex, did you get a reference on Frida?
21:50A reference on Frida?
21:52Mm-hmm.
21:53Well, it never occurred to me.
21:54She's like one of the family.
21:56What brought this on?
21:58I don't know.
21:59Well, I was asking her where she'd worked before she came here,
22:07you know, for the Social Security thing.
22:09Yeah?
22:10She wouldn't tell me.
22:12What do you mean she wouldn't tell you?
22:13Said she couldn't remember the address.
22:16Well, she couldn't.
22:17Well, there's a slight difference.
22:18Really?
22:21You don't believe that one can forget the address
22:23of a place where one worked and lived?
22:25Well, that might depend on how long one worked and lived there
22:29and how long ago.
22:31And you didn't think to ask anything like that
22:33or the name of the people she worked for
22:35or how long?
22:36Right.
22:37Right.
22:37I didn't ask because I didn't care.
22:40Try that.
22:42An old German nurse you haven't heard from in 20 years
22:45calls you from out of the blue
22:47and says,
22:47do you happen to meet a nurse,
22:48Mein Kleiner Schnuckelpuss,
22:50and Schnuckelpuss can't wait to make her one of the family.
22:52What's this all about, Joyce?
22:55This.
22:56Yes, now...
22:57Now, do you remember getting a Christmas card
22:59from Frida from San Francisco this year?
23:02Do I have to swear to it?
23:03Well, I would.
23:04Just look at this.
23:06I saw it at breakfast.
23:07What about it?
23:08What do you mean, what about it?
23:13This is why you're not going to New York with me, isn't it?
23:20He's sick again, ma'am.
23:22Maybe you'd better come.
23:27For the strong, there is more to come.
23:31Our second half follows this word
23:33from a distant station.
23:37Yeah, well, let's just pull this up here.
23:46Little old tummy acting up again, huh?
23:48He's never had any trouble like this before,
23:50not twice in a few days.
23:52Yeah, there's...
23:53there's a virus going around.
23:55I think that's what hit him the other day.
23:57This could be just a flare-up.
23:58Shouldn't last more than, oh, another 24 hours.
24:01Why this all of a sudden?
24:03He was perfectly healthy until a week ago.
24:07So were a lot of other babies and adults.
24:10Oh, plenty of liquids and keep him warm.
24:13Yes, Doctor.
24:14Mrs. Daly, why don't you relax?
24:18Now, you have an excellent nurse.
24:21What hurt would you be worrying, huh?
24:23I'll try to do that.
24:27Oh, Dr. Brock, how's the patient?
24:30Nothing wrong with his lungs.
24:31I guess not.
24:32By this time tomorrow,
24:33he's going to be screaming for something to eat.
24:35Oh, I'll be at the hospital all day tomorrow, Mrs. Daly.
24:37You can leave any messages for me at my office.
24:40Thank you, Doctor.
24:40You bet.
24:42Bye, honey.
24:42Bye.
24:44What's the trouble, son?
24:46About to eat again.
24:48Is that what it is, huh?
24:50Why don't you quit bugging your mother?
24:52A bag packed, honey?
24:53Mm, it's ready.
24:54We ought to be going soon.
24:56Oh, Dex, I don't like to leave him when he's like this.
24:58Will you just drive me to the airport?
25:00I know.
25:01Okay, I'll drive myself then.
25:06Troublemaker.
25:07Oh, Frida, I'll be going for a couple of days.
25:12Look after them, hmm?
25:13Don't you worry, Mr. Daly.
25:19I'll take him.
25:20No.
25:23Just leave him there.
25:24He may go to sleep.
25:28Dex?
25:30Honey, you didn't say goodbye.
25:33Didn't I?
25:33Oh, darling, I'm sorry.
25:37I can't go with you.
25:38Oh, the joys of parenthood.
25:39I can't wait till he starts with the measles and the mumps and the chicken pox.
25:43Oh, now, listen.
25:43If it was something like that, I wouldn't be such an idiot about it.
25:46It's this tiny thing.
25:47Nobody knows what it really is.
25:49Not even the doctor's sure.
25:52He's in such pain.
25:53Just listen to him.
25:54I wish Dr. Beaumont were back.
25:59I don't trust these cheerful, fatherly types like Brock.
26:03Dex, I'm so worried.
26:04Easy, sweetheart, easy.
26:07The kid's got a bellyache, that's all.
26:10I gotta go.
26:11No, Dex.
26:12I'll call you in the morning as soon as I find out what hotel I'm staying at.
26:17Honey, he'll be all right.
26:19Just rely on Frida.
26:25Goodbye.
26:26Bye, dear.
26:27What are you doing?
26:47What is that?
26:50Something.
26:51Something I have for the crampy.
26:53I thought I told you never to give my baby anything without asking me.
26:57It is what I give to all my little boys.
26:59Well, you are not to give it to my little boy.
27:01Is that understood?
27:04Yeah, it is understood.
27:27Yes, I want to place a person-to-person call to Mrs. Frank Muller in Bakersfield, California.
27:37M-U-E-L-L-E-R.
27:41No, I'm sorry.
27:42I don't have the number.
27:42You'll have to get it from information.
27:46Please hurry.
27:47Hurry.
27:47Yes, Frank Muller.
27:56Are you sure?
27:59No one by that name.
28:04Operator, I want to place a call
28:32to the George Callender residence
28:34in San Francisco.
28:37I don't have the number.
28:43Yes, George Callender.
28:45My number is 275-4124.
28:48I'll speak with anyone.
28:53That's it.
28:54Please connect me.
28:55Mrs. Callender?
29:00I'm sorry.
29:01There's no one at home.
29:03I'm the maid.
29:04Oh.
29:06Wouldn't you expect them back?
29:07I'm not sure.
29:09Would you care to leave a message?
29:11Yes.
29:13This is Mrs. Daly.
29:14I'm calling from Los Angeles.
29:17This is very important.
29:19Do you suppose you could have them call me as soon as they return?
29:21My number is 275-4124.
29:27It's about the German nurse.
29:28I'm the nieve.
29:29Yes.
30:00Hello?
30:09Yes, this is Mrs. Daly.
30:11Mrs. Callender?
30:13No, this is Christine Callender.
30:15My brother and sister-in-law are out of town.
30:18Oh.
30:19Oh, I see.
30:21Do you expect them back soon?
30:23No, I'm afraid not.
30:24They've gone away for a rest.
30:26Oh, yes, of course.
30:27This is rather urgent.
30:31Well, perhaps I can help you.
30:33The message you left said something about a German nurse.
30:38Do you mean Gretchen Reuter?
30:40Yes.
30:42Well, she's going by a different name, but I really think that...
30:46I'm terribly afraid that woman is in my house.
30:49What makes you think it's the same woman, Mrs. Daly?
30:52I can't possibly explain it all over the phone, but I read the description in the newspaper, and she fits it.
30:58You see, she was my husband's nurse years ago.
31:02She came to work for us two weeks ago, and she's been acting very strangely.
31:05And my husband's away.
31:07I'm here alone with my baby, and that woman is...
31:10Have you called the police, Mrs. Daly?
31:12Well, I can't call them until I'm certain, don't you see?
31:15That's why I called you.
31:16I have to be sure.
31:17Yes, well, perhaps I can help you.
31:19I have a photo of her, one my brother took.
31:23It's not very good, but it might help.
31:26Anything that might identify her.
31:28Could you send it to me?
31:29Yes, yes, of course.
31:30I'll send it out.
31:31Air mail special delivery.
31:32It ought to reach you sometime tomorrow.
31:35Meantime, Mrs. Daly, I would suggest you be very careful.
31:37You see, if this is the woman, she could be very dangerous.
31:43I wouldn't let her know that you suspect anything, or that you're upset.
31:48You see, she's quite insane.
32:07Mrs. Daly?
32:21Yes.
32:22I'm Christine Callender.
32:25I'm Christine Callender.
32:29What?
32:30I'm Christine Callender.
32:35Yes, I'm Christine Callender.
32:38Oh.
32:40Oh, yes, come in, please.
32:43After I hung up, I got worried about you.
32:46All alone in this house with that woman.
32:48I thought I'd better come around myself.
32:52Where is she?
32:55She's in her room.
32:57Oh, dear, I was so sure when I called you.
33:02Now I...
33:03I don't know.
33:07It just has to be her.
33:10Well, if it isn't, we'll both feel rather foolish.
33:14Yeah?
33:16Is it?
33:20Yes.
33:22What are you going to do?
33:27Freda!
33:29What are you doing?
33:33Mrs. Staley!
33:38But Mrs. Staley, let me out!
33:46Come on, darling.
33:48Here you go, sweetheart.
33:49What happened?
33:55I locked her in the closet.
33:57Did you tell her I was here?
34:01What am I going to do?
34:04What am I going to do?
34:06If only Dex were here, I'd...
34:07I guess I'd better call the police here.
34:12Yeah, let me do that.
34:13You look after the baby.
34:14Shh!
34:14Shh!
34:19Operator?
34:24Give me the police.
34:25Shh!
34:30Hello?
34:32Uh, I'm...
34:32I'm calling for Mrs. Dexter Daly.
34:343-28 Iskia Drive.
34:38Mm-hmm.
34:39It's...
34:39It's an emergency.
34:41Uh, I...
34:42I believe we have the woman who...
34:44Who poisoned the calendar baby in San Francisco.
34:48She...
34:48She's right here in the house.
34:49Yes.
34:51Will...
34:52Will you send someone out immediately?
34:55Mm-hmm.
34:56Hurry, please.
34:57Well, now, all we need to do is wait for the police to get here.
35:09Shh!
35:09No, no, no, son.
35:10No.
35:12Are you all right?
35:16Why?
35:17Why?
35:18Look, shouldn't you have something?
35:21What?
35:21Is that coffee, I smell?
35:24I'd love a cup, too, if it isn't too much trouble.
35:26Oh.
35:27Well, of course.
35:32Forgive me, I'm sorry.
35:34Here.
35:35Let me take him.
35:37May I?
35:42Here.
35:44Here.
35:44Here.
35:45What a darling.
35:48Mm-hmm.
35:57I wish the police would get here.
36:15Don't worry, my dear.
36:17Everything will work out.
36:19It always does.
36:20You know, she was my husband's nurse for years.
36:24He always knew her as Frida.
36:27Frida Schmidt.
36:29Is her real name Gretchen Reuter, or what?
36:33Schmidt was her maiden name, I believe.
36:35Her husband was a Heinrich Reuter, that I know.
36:45She probably has two Christian names, they usually do.
36:48But Gretchen Reuter was the name on her social security card.
36:52Oh, then she did have a social security card.
36:56Mm-hmm.
36:57Oh, she lied.
36:59Do you know my husband would stake his life on her?
37:01Ben, I like that, my dear.
37:04Just children.
37:05Oh, here.
37:06Let me take him.
37:08Such an adorable child.
37:10I'm so tiny.
37:14What a wallop they pack in those little fists.
37:17Here, no, son.
37:18Yes.
37:19Come over there.
37:21Yes.
37:24This must have been awful for your brother and his wife.
37:28Shouldn't you let them know?
37:31Why, I thought I told you that George and Millie had gone off on a trip somewhere.
37:37They couldn't take any more.
37:40May I?
37:41Of course.
37:43Of course, I don't blame them exactly.
37:45You can imagine what it was like at that house after the baby's death.
37:49Oh, yes, I can.
37:52No, no, sir.
37:55Millie was no help at all.
37:58She just fell apart.
38:00I can understand that, too.
38:01Of course, I warned George that you couldn't rely on her.
38:04Never should have married her.
38:05You see, we were really very happy, just the two of us living on in Daddy's house.
38:17George needed me to look after the place, and, of course, he took care of the financial worries.
38:23We were really quite happy, you see.
38:26And then, and then she came along.
38:34I warned George that it was a mistake, that she was no good.
38:38But he wouldn't see it.
38:40He married her, anyway.
38:41And then, and then the baby came.
38:48It, it was sickening to watch them with that baby, the way they doted.
38:52The next thing she wanted was a, a nurse to look after the child.
39:00I, I objected strongly, of course.
39:03I reminded George of our own childhood with that, that dreadful woman that Daddy had hired to, to look after us.
39:09A nurse?
39:11Nurse?
39:13It was more a tyrant, really.
39:15We were both terrified of her.
39:17You see, Daddy was away a lot on, on business, and, and, we had no one to turn to.
39:26She was to beat us.
39:28I, I told George, he, he could never be sure about this Reuter person.
39:33She might be the same type.
39:35You see, what happened, I was right.
39:38How could anybody do a thing like that?
39:41Poison a baby?
39:44She'd have to really be insane, wouldn't she?
39:48Insane?
39:50No.
39:51No, no, I don't think so.
39:54Not, not really.
39:56You'd, you'd be surprised.
39:59People hate to be pushed round.
40:02Even by those soft little hands.
40:06They, they, they look so innocent, but, they, they can ruin your life.
40:10They, they, they are so innocent, and yet they are so, powerful.
40:19It, it was because of him that they asked me to leave.
40:25Leave my own house, mind you.
40:28I, I was in the way.
40:30He, he was more important.
40:31Of course, I, I, I told George that, that I, I wouldn't leave, that, that I needed time to find my own home.
40:41He understood that.
40:42And then, and then, and then Nanny started telling the most dreadful stories about me.
40:53I, I'm sure she did.
40:55It, it, it was very unpleasant.
40:59It was then that George really asked me to leave.
41:03So, you see what I mean about those, those tiny little fists.
41:13And, and the harm they can do.
41:22You hated the baby.
41:23Hated?
41:25Oh, no.
41:27No, I, I didn't hate him.
41:30I, I couldn't have loved him more if he'd been mine.
41:33But you just said.
41:37She, did, did, did you hear that?
41:43No, what?
41:44It's her.
41:45She's, she's trying to get out.
41:49I didn't hear anything.
41:50We, we mustn't let her escape.
41:54But she cannot escape.
41:55I locked her in.
41:56No, we, we, we can't take any chances, you see.
41:59We, we, we've got to be sure.
42:01You, you, you, you, you can't trust Nanny.
42:04She, she's apt to tell them the most terrible stories about me.
42:09And, and I, I can't have that.
42:13I, I, I've got to take care of her.
42:16No, wait.
42:20Wait.
42:22No, no, no, no.
42:26Don't you think we should let the police handle it when they get here?
42:29The, the, the police?
42:31Yes.
42:32Oh, oh, oh, no.
42:35Well, no.
42:36They, they, they, they'd be no good at all.
42:39They, they, they don't understand about things like this.
42:43Well, they, they might even let her go.
42:46Oh, no.
42:47No, I, I, I've, I've got to handle Nanny by myself.
42:51But they'll be here any minute.
42:53No.
42:55No, they won't.
42:56They're not coming.
42:58I, I, I didn't call them.
43:01Not really.
43:02I, I was just pretending.
43:06No, don't.
43:08Oh, no, you, you mustn't try to stop me.
43:11I, I, I've got to talk to Nanny.
43:15Surely you must see that.
43:27I, I, I knew you were there, Nanny.
43:31You did?
43:35I, I've been looking for you for a long time, Nanny.
43:40Well.
43:42Now that you've found me,
43:44you don't need that anymore.
43:48Do you?
43:49No.
43:50But, but I won't let you tell brother what I did.
43:54What was that?
43:59I, I hid that bottle in your room, Nanny.
44:05After you left.
44:08I, I, I had to, you see,
44:11because they, they didn't want me any longer.
44:15They, they wanted me to leave.
44:20Even George.
44:21It was unkind.
44:26No.
44:30Give it to me.
44:32Christine.
44:34No.
44:36No, you, you, you'll only punish me if I do.
44:40I won't.
44:41I promise.
44:44Cross, cross your heart.
44:47Cross my heart.
44:48You, you, you won't tell daddy.
44:53Not a word.
45:00Oh, no.
45:02No, I, I, I don't believe you.
45:04You, you, you don't love me.
45:06You, you don't love me.
45:08You love the baby.
45:10You all love the baby.
45:13Daddy.
45:13I, I, I don't want to hear it.
45:17I, I don't want to hear it.
45:18Boy, I'll stop it.
45:20I, I hate you.
45:23No.
45:24No, you can't have it.
45:26It's mine.
45:26It's mine.
45:26You, you, you made me do it.
45:43You made me do it.
45:47You all love the baby.
45:50But the baby's gone now.
45:51Oh, yes, he's, he's gone.
46:01So you must be good.
46:05And, and then, daddy will love me again?
46:10Yes, dear.
46:12And I love you.
46:14You know that.
46:15Do you, nanny?
46:22Really?
46:23Yes.
46:25I do.
46:28Oh, nanny.
46:30Nanny, don't punish me.
46:33I, I didn't mean to be naughty.
46:36I'm not going to punish you.
46:40I'm sorry, nanny.
46:42I, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.
46:54It's all right, it's all right.
47:00Nanny's here.
47:01Nanny's here.
47:01Our story ends happily for Frieda and the Daly family.
47:19As for Christine, the authorities saw to it that she was placed in the sanitarium where she received psychiatric help.
47:25My own story has taken a turn for the better.
47:28I find I can face anything now.
47:30I have reached a new plateau of maturity.
47:33Next week we shall return with another story and more therapy.
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