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Inner Sanctum Mystery, also known as Inner Sanctum, is a popular old-time radio program that aired from January 7, 1941, to October 5, 1952.
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00:00Good evening friends, this is your host to welcome you through the creaking door into
00:15the Inner Sanctum.
00:17Come in.
00:18We would like at this point to deny certain rumors that have been spread around to the
00:23effect that we of the Inner Sanctum lack culture.
00:27While we have our own shelf of the world's great classics, in our case, a six-foot shelf
00:34naturally, we subscribe regularly to such magazines as a Saturday evening goes.
00:43We're all members of the Spook of a Month Club.
00:47There's nothing we like more than curling up in a fire with a copy of Shakespeare's immortal
00:53Midsummer Night's Scream.
00:57In short, we are people definitely interested in the spirit.
01:03And I can safely say that all of us here have received their degree.
01:08Usually, the third.
01:09Tonight's Inner Sanctum mystery, Death's Little Brother, was written by Lou Vitus and stars
01:24Larry Haynes in the role of Danny with Amzie Strickland as Susie.
01:28Very well.
01:34Lock the windows, bolt the door, pull the shade down, pay the premium on your life insurance,
01:41and listen to Death's Little Brother.
01:45A happy-minded opus devoted to the thesis that nobody lives forever, and most people even
01:51live.
01:54Little Brother.
01:55Meet Danny.
01:56A lad on the train.
01:57His ticket paid on his way to...
02:00Suppose you find out.
02:02The big idea about trains is that they go someplace
02:10Someplace where people want to get to
02:13I wasn't going anyplace
02:17I was only getting out of town
02:19The cops wanted to talk to me about a coffee pot that got itself held up
02:24After the conversation, I would have wound up in front of a jury
02:28And a judge would have made a speech about crime
02:30And I'd have spent a year or maybe two in state prison
02:32So I got on a train
02:35Any train, I wasn't particular
02:37But the rest of the people, they picked this train
02:40It was going to places they knew about
02:44Places they wanted to be
02:47I looked at them and skated every one of them
02:51Including the guy who flopped into the seat next to mine
02:55It was around my age, around my size
02:58To somebody in a hurry, he could have been my brother
03:01Quite a train, huh?
03:04Quite a train
03:04Say, would you know how long it'll be before we get to Dorchester?
03:10No, I wouldn't know
03:11That's where I'm headed for
03:12I guess that
03:13Yeah
03:14You, uh, you think they got a smoker on this train?
03:19I wouldn't be surprised
03:20I think I'll go find it
03:22Second train I've been on tonight
03:25A guy who was overdoing it
03:28Not only one train, two trains
03:30A guy who was very anxious to get someplace
03:33So anxious
03:35He hadn't noticed his wallet dropping out of his pocket
03:39I had
03:42A couple of tens, a handful of ones
03:45It went into my pocket fast
03:47Driver's license
03:49Which said the guy's name was Clark Davis
03:52Hard to name for junk
03:54A letter
03:56A letter which smelled of perfume
03:59Night perfume
04:00I read it
04:01Clark Davis had a sister named Susie
04:05She wrote the letter
04:06Her mother and father had died 20 years ago in a car crash
04:10An uncle named Davis had brought up the guy
04:12The girl had gone to another uncle named Carter
04:15Out in Africa, Uncle Carter had died
04:18And left his dough
04:19Lots of it
04:20To his niece Susie
04:21And to his nephew Clark
04:22Clark and Susie
04:25Hadn't seen each other for 20 years
04:27I put the dough back into the wallet
04:31Susie was in the old family shack in Dorchester
04:35That was where Clark was going
04:38That was where I was going
04:41Say, did you happen to notice
04:43This?
04:44Yeah, my wallet
04:45You dropped it
04:46Thanks
04:46For a while I was afraid it was gone
04:48It's come back
04:49Thanks again
04:50He went to sleep sitting in the seat next to me
04:55I didn't go to sleep
04:57Susie and Clark hadn't seen each other for 20 years
05:02I wasn't going anyplace in particular
05:05Dorchester might be just as good a place to get off that as any
05:10Maybe even better
05:13You got her off here too, huh?
05:20Yeah, it looks that way, doesn't it?
05:22What a dump
05:23Station's dark
05:25Not a cabin site
05:26Wasn't anybody supposed to meet you?
05:28I didn't tell her what train I was coming on
05:31Her?
05:32My sister
05:33Oh
05:34Live in town?
05:36Nope
05:36I'm out on Lakeshore Drive
05:38Wherever that is
05:39I know where it is
05:39You wait here
05:40I'm heading out that direction myself
05:42Maybe I can rustle up a car
05:43Hey, Frank
05:43I swear on you
05:44Forget it
05:45It's on my way
05:46I'd spotted a sign down the street
05:50A cheap hotel battling the termites
05:53I went in
05:54Hey
05:57Huh?
05:58Oh, yeah
06:00Where's Lakeshore Drive?
06:01Oh, a couple of miles out
06:03East on the highway
06:03Can't miss the turnoff
06:05I need a car to get there, don't I?
06:06Yep
06:07Got one you can let me have?
06:08Yeah
06:09Old station wagon
06:10But, uh
06:11You didn't mention your name
06:13I didn't, did I?
06:16It's Clark Davis
06:17Susan Carter's brother?
06:19Yeah
06:19Well, we've been hearing a lot about you in town
06:23How about that station wagon?
06:24Why, sure
06:25Seeing as who you are
06:26Won't have any need of it tonight
06:28There you are
06:30Glad to be of service
06:32Run fine
06:34Only you gotta be careful of the brakes
06:35Don't worry, I'll be careful
06:36Hold on
06:37Station wagon was there
06:41And so was Clark
06:42Came along after you
06:43Yeah, that's station wagon
06:44Hop in
06:45Okay
06:45I was pretty sure
06:50Nobody had seen Clark
06:51Get into the car
06:52And pretty sure
06:54It would have to be good enough
06:55We hit the turnoff in ten minutes
07:08And I began pumping the hand choking
07:10Clark had his eyes closed
07:12Look
07:14Hey, what, what happened?
07:16Motor
07:16I'll, uh
07:17Have to take a look at it
07:19Know much about Clark?
07:21No, not a thing
07:21Might be trouble
07:22Now, let's see what's under the hood
07:25Oh, yeah, yeah
07:27Carburetor's flooded
07:29Is that bad?
07:29That's serious
07:30Take a while to drain off
07:31In the meantime
07:32There's a flake over there
07:33Like to take a look at it?
07:34Yeah, sure
07:35The bank's kind of steep
07:37Oh, it's no hurry
07:38The water looks good
07:40That three quarters of the flake
07:43Well, why don't you get some water on your face
07:44It might wake you up
07:45Yeah, it's not a bad idea
07:46Oh, boy, it's cold
07:49Cold and deep
07:50Davis
07:52Huh?
07:53How's your sister going to know it's you when you show up?
07:55I'll tell her
07:56Didn't you send her any pictures of yourself?
07:59No, I haven't got any pictures
08:00Come on down here
08:02The water's fine
08:03Yeah, sure
08:04Say, it just occurred to me
08:07How come you know about Susie and me?
08:10Hotel clerk, town gossip
08:11Oh
08:12Better be careful with the rocks
08:15I'll be careful
08:16And I was
08:18There were lots of rocks around
08:20I didn't grab just any rock
08:24I picked one that was heavy enough
08:25But not too heavy to handle, you see
08:27And I went down
08:29Well, I certainly feel a lot better
08:32So what do you got that rock for?
08:35The rock?
08:36You weren't thinking of trying to skip that across the water, were you?
08:40Skip it?
08:40What you need is a flat rock
08:41I want a whole lot smaller
08:43What I need is this rock
08:44He went down, sprawling over the rocks at the edge of the lake
08:48He wasn't dead, but after a while
08:51He was dead
08:55I went through his pocket
08:57Wallet identification letter from Susan Carter, the worst
09:00It went into my pocket
09:02It wasn't robbery, though
09:03I gave him my wallet
09:04And I gave him some rocks, too
09:06Loaded his pockets with him
09:09So when I jumped him in the lake, he went down
09:12He'd stay down, too, for a while
09:14And if he came up in a week or two, he'd be a guy called Danny
09:18Wanted by the cops for larceny
09:20And he wouldn't have much of a face left to identify
09:23I turned around and headed back for the car
09:26Now I was somebody who had some place to go to
09:31Yes?
09:42Hello, Susie
09:42Hello
09:43Oh, you must be
09:45Haven't you got a kiss for your big brother?
09:47Clark
09:47Oh
09:48I, uh, didn't wire
09:52I thought I'd surprise you
09:53Oh, it's a wonderful surprise, Clark
09:55Oh, I'm so glad you came
09:57I was lonely
09:58Lonely?
09:59Well, this is your home
10:00I've never lived there
10:01Uncle and I were dead over here
10:02Oh, but of course you know that
10:04Yeah, sure
10:05You let her
10:06See?
10:07It's funny, after such a long time
10:10But you know, Clark, I think I'm going to like my brother
10:13He's kind of handsome
10:15Well, I guess it runs in the family
10:16Thank you, darling
10:18Say, uh, I'm kind of tired
10:20Oh, of course you are
10:21Come on
10:21I'll show you the room
10:23I sort of expected Mrs. Brenner to be with you, though
10:27Mrs. Brenner?
10:29I bet she's a wonderful person
10:31Mrs. Brenner
10:32Clark, what's the matter with you?
10:35I'm talking about the housekeeper
10:37One who practically brought you up
10:39You wrote me about her, don't you remember?
10:41Oh, yeah
10:41Yeah, sure, I remember her
10:43I'm just fuzzy
10:45I haven't had much sleep
10:46I know
10:47Well, like your room?
10:50Yes, well
10:51I've got Mrs. Brenner's room ready for her
10:53Down the hall
10:54Susie
10:54Yes
10:55Susie, she, uh
10:57She didn't come with me because, uh
10:59Well, because she wasn't feeling too good
11:01Matter of fact, I
11:03I don't know when she'll get here
11:05You're worried about her, that sweet, Clark
11:07But you don't really have to
11:09Huh?
11:09I got a phone call from her
11:11Oh, about half an hour before you came
11:13You did?
11:13Uh-huh
11:14She said she'll be here
11:15First thing in the morning
11:16Good night, Clark
11:18With Mrs. Brenner doing the morning
11:28Mrs. Brenner, who knew Clark Davis
11:31I had things to think about
11:32One of them was finding out
11:34When the train came
11:35I found out
11:37It was coming in early the next morning
11:40Which meant I had to be early, too
11:42Very early
11:43Clark?
11:46Huh?
11:46Oh, Susie
11:48Good morning, darling
11:49Why you up so early?
11:51Oh, what about you?
11:52I always get up early
11:53Don't forget I'm taking care of the house
11:55Well, I, uh
11:56Gotta get the station wagon
11:57Back to the hotel
11:57They don't need it
11:59Not right away
11:59And besides, Mrs. Brenner's coming in
12:01Oh
12:01I want to meet her at the train
12:02Well, she could always get a cab
12:04Yeah, but, uh
12:05Well, I'd like to make sure she gets here
12:08I'd, uh
12:09Like to make sure
12:10But she didn't come in
12:17Not on that train
12:19Hi, Mr. Davis
12:21Huh?
12:23Oh, the clerk
12:23Yep
12:24Seen somebody off?
12:26No
12:26Expecting somebody?
12:27No
12:28Well, it's fun watching trains
12:31I brought the hotel space wagon
12:32Oh, well, it was in no great hurry
12:34Uh, cigarette, Mr. Davis?
12:37I don't smoke
12:37Ain't much of a habit
12:39I guess the other fella
12:41Left this back in the station wagon then
12:44What the fella?
12:46Yeah, one that you was with last night
12:48I was alone
12:48Looked kind of sick
12:50Guess he's staying out of the house with me
12:53I tell you I was alone
12:53Thought you might have some trouble
12:55Starting the wagon
12:56You were so nervous
12:57Well, I was tired, that's all
12:58So I kind of drifted over to the window
13:01In front of the hotel
13:02And seen you help him in
13:04I told you I was alone
13:05That's right
13:05I, uh, I guess the pack of cigarettes
13:09Could have been left in the car
13:10Before last night
13:11Sure
13:12Even though I cleaned it out
13:14Sorry before you took it
13:15And, uh, I guess
13:17Maybe I could have made a mistake
13:19About, uh, seeing another fella
13:22Get in with you
13:23Mr. Davis, Joe
13:25I need a little time
13:27To think about, uh, these mistakes
13:30Get my mind straight about them
13:32Can't do that if I have to keep on working
13:35I don't get it
13:36Well, I could use a vacation
13:38And take one
13:39Well, I can't afford it
13:40Blessing a rich young fella like you
13:43Feels like helping out
13:45Well, I haven't
13:45The whole town knows about the legacy, Mr. Davis
13:48Now, uh, I ain't the fancy kind
13:52Say, uh, couple of thousand dollars
13:55Hmm?
13:56Couple of thousand
13:57You're crazy
13:59No
14:00Just need a vacation awful bad
14:03Say, uh, tonight
14:05Tonight?
14:07Yep
14:07All right
14:09Where can I meet you?
14:11Well, stop by the house
14:13No, no
14:13My sister
14:14Well
14:15Outside the house, then
14:17Okay
14:18Uh, down either road
14:21By the lake
14:22Sounds all right
14:23Around eight
14:24You better wait inside the house
14:26Till you hear a hoot owl
14:28Go three times
14:29I do awful good
14:30Hoot owl
14:31Ain't any real ones around
14:33So you'll know it's me
14:35Yeah
14:35I, uh, don't want you
14:37Waiting outside for me
14:39In the dark
14:39You
14:40Might catch cold
14:43So long, Mr. Davis
14:45See you tonight
14:47And, uh, besides doing a good hoot owl
14:51I'm pretty good at shooting things
14:53Comes from the hockey
14:55You don't want to forget that
14:58Do you?
15:06Clark
15:06Yeah
15:07You're so fidgety
15:09Well, I'm, uh, kind of worried
15:10How about Mrs. Brennan?
15:11She'll probably show up tomorrow
15:13No, no
15:14Not about her
15:14Uh, Susie
15:17Uh, Susie
15:18I've got some debts to take care of
15:20Oh?
15:20I, uh
15:21I guess the legacy is all set, isn't it?
15:23Uh-huh
15:23I'd like to lay my hands on some of it
15:25Just, uh
15:27Just for the fun of it
15:28Well, it'll take only about a week
15:29Before it comes through, Clark
15:31A week?
15:31You know all the legal red tape and stuff
15:34Yeah
15:34Yeah, but a week can be an awful long time
15:37Uh, Susie, you wouldn't have any money
15:40Of course I have
15:41Well, how much can you let me have?
15:42Against my share, of course
15:44Two, three hundred dollars?
15:46That's all
15:46Clark, are you in trouble?
15:48No, no, no
15:49Of course not, only
15:50Well, do you think the lawyer in charge of the estate might have asked you, though?
15:54I don't think so
15:55Why not?
15:56Well, most of Uncle's money is tied up a drug
15:59Yeah
15:59Yeah, well, that's it
16:01It's it
16:02It's it, what?
16:04I'll just have to wait, Susie
16:05That's all
16:06I might have paid the clerk off if I had the money
16:13Might have
16:15But this way
16:17It was going to be cheaper
16:18And safer
16:18He was waiting for me down by the lake
16:22And he had a gun
16:24He told me that
16:25I'd have to come to him
16:27Tracing him
16:28If he saw it
16:28But he forgot the lake
16:30I'd had all day to find a boat
16:33I found one
16:34There was no moon
16:36Though it was dark
16:37There was a wind
16:39Which made noise
16:40More than noise enough
16:43To cover the sound of the boat
16:44Even
16:44Even if he'd been listening for it
16:47And he wasn't
16:47I was wearing a white shirt
16:50Which made it easy
16:51He was standing a couple of feet from the shore
16:55Facing towards the top
16:56I let the boat drift the last two yards
17:00Quieter
17:02Besides, I needed an oar for another purpose
17:06It was a heavy oar
17:08I was out of the boat and hit the shallow water
17:12There was a splash
17:13But it didn't register on him until I was close
17:15Hey, what?
17:16He started turning
17:16It was almost all the way around
17:17Went
17:17Ow!
17:18Ow!
17:19Ow!
17:20Ow!
17:20Ow!
17:20Ow!
17:20Ow!
17:20Ow!
17:21Ow!
17:26The house was dark
17:29When I got back
17:30Susie asleep
17:31That was good
17:31I'd had enough for a day
17:33More than enough
17:34I went to my room
17:35And hit the head
17:36I didn't bother on Jesse
17:39I wanted darkness fast
17:41Darkness
17:43And quiet and sweet
17:45And though I didn't expect it to come
17:49It came
17:51It seemed
17:53What the?
18:03Who the hell?
18:06No, there aren't any around here
18:08There aren't any
18:08God was coming from the direction of the lake
18:12I was dreaming, sure
18:14But I had to go outside
18:16When I got close to where I put them
18:20There was no more time
18:23The earth over them
18:26Hadn't even been touched
18:27He was still under it
18:29Deep under it
18:30Where I'd put them
18:30After I finished with the oar
18:32Even if he'd still been able
18:35To hood like them
18:36Ow!
18:36You couldn't hurt them
18:37Not with all that earth
18:38On top of them
18:39I'm sure I'd been dreaming
18:42I got back to the house
18:48That's where the hood owl
18:50Was yelling from
18:50Except that when I got back
18:52The house was the same
18:53And my room was the same
18:54Till I put the lights on
18:55What?
18:57I nearly let go of it
18:58I nearly turned and ran
19:00Because
19:01Because sitting in the chair
19:03Next to my bed
19:04Was Mr. Davis
19:06Mr. Clark Davis
19:09Dead and in prison
19:12The water was dripping
19:15From his clothes
19:15Under the floor
19:16But there was no blood
19:17Nothing more
19:17He was cold when I touched him
19:20Because I had to touch him
19:21I didn't want to
19:21I wanted to run
19:22To get away
19:22To keep running forever
19:23But I went to him
19:25And I touched him
19:27And his body
19:28Was cold and wet
19:30And solid
19:30My hand didn't control
19:31That was all I needed
19:34I headed downstairs
19:35Susie had a car
19:36A convertible
19:37Back to the house
19:37I was there all right
19:39I reached in
19:40Felt the seats
19:41One of them was wet
19:41I went to the front of the car
19:43And touched the hood
19:43It was warm
19:44All he asked was
19:45Except one
19:45And that one
19:46I'd get in person
19:47I turned back to the house
19:48I wasn't thinking anymore
19:49Just doing what had to be done
19:50But I should have
19:52Prosted
19:52Both shots had got me
19:57It ain't good
19:59Oh
20:01Not trying for anything fancy
20:04Like the head
20:05Both shots were in me
20:08Deep
20:08I hit the ground
20:11And stayed put
20:13Blake did
20:15It was easy
20:17A rehearsal
20:18I could taste my own blood
20:20And my mouth
20:21Soon it wouldn't be
20:24A rehearsal
20:24But the real thing
20:25But before that
20:28He stopped
20:32He was smart
20:34He stopped a few feet away
20:38From me and waited
20:39I didn't breathe
20:42She was one of those
20:44Don't thrift more noise
20:45After a while
20:48She came a little closer
20:49She'd seen the blood
20:52I was lying in
20:53She came a little closer
20:56And I still had strength enough
20:59To roll
21:00And hit her ankle
21:01And bring her down
21:01I got a risk
21:03She still was
21:05Watching through the gun
21:06Too far
21:06To get out
21:07And I still danced with
21:09But
21:09Darling what's the matter
21:11With you
21:11It's no use
21:12You dragged your brother
21:13Out of the lake
21:14Didn't you
21:14You hooted like an hour
21:16You saw me kill a hotel clerk
21:17Didn't you
21:17I'll let you feel
21:18The better I did
21:19Better let go of me
21:21You're not doing yourself
21:23Any good breathing
21:23The way you are
21:24Why shoot me
21:25Why didn't you yell
21:26At the cops
21:26You had the goods on me
21:27All you had to do
21:28Was show him
21:28Your brother's body
21:29Why drag it into my room
21:30Why try to drive me nuts
21:31Because you
21:32That body in your room
21:34Isn't my brother
21:36Brother
21:38Who is he
21:40A friend
21:41A boyfriend
21:43What about
21:44What about your brother
21:46You want to close your breath
21:48A dying man like you
21:50What about your brother
21:51He was murdered
21:53Fine
21:53The man you fought
21:55Was my brother
21:55Why
21:56Because my uncle
21:56Left all the money
21:57To my brother
21:57He didn't trust me
22:00Didn't like me
22:00So I had my brother killed
22:03The man you met
22:05On the train
22:06Was going to impersonate
22:07My brother
22:07Until the war went through
22:08You had to come along
22:11Yeah I had to come along
22:12When you walked in
22:14I didn't know what to do
22:14I tested you
22:16There is no Mrs. Brenner
22:17But you fell for it
22:18So I knew you didn't
22:20Come from across the town
22:21Why did you shoot me
22:22I think for the corner
22:24For the act
22:24Not after you killed
22:25The hotel clerk
22:26He'll be missed
22:28If I couldn't afford
22:30To have an unsolved
22:31Murder around
22:31They'd find out
22:33About my real brother
22:34This way you're a killer
22:36My brother's dead
22:38Because of you
22:39I'll get the money
22:41She'd stop trying
22:45To get away
22:46She was waiting
22:49For me to die
22:50And I was dying
22:52All right
22:53But I was still
22:55Strong enough
22:56My
22:57No
22:58Don't
22:59No
23:00No
23:00No
23:01No
23:01Still
23:04Still
23:05Long enough
23:06Thanks
23:08And I
23:09With me
23:12Now that I think
23:24Pretty much winds up
23:25The sad story of Danny
23:27A winsome lad
23:29Who only wanted
23:30A new address
23:30And discovered
23:31That the housing
23:32Situation is
23:33Murder
23:34We can sympathize
23:36With his feeling
23:37About rent feelings
23:38But he really
23:39Shouldn't have
23:40Raised the rule
23:41Of course
23:42It's no fun
23:43To be out in the cold
23:44But did Danny
23:45Have to go to the other
23:46Extreme
23:47The person that we
23:50Really don't understand
23:51Though is Susie
23:52She didn't have
23:54To kill Danny
23:55After all
23:56He only wanted
23:57To be a brother
23:58To her
23:59My
24:10Pleasant
24:12Dream
24:13Or
24:17But
24:22He only wanted
24:23To be a woman
24:23To be a woman
24:25And the
24:26A prawma
24:27And the
24:32Come who
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