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A guy’s got a perfect blueprint for murder. His friend warns him, “You’ll make a mistake. You’ll slip up. You can’t plan for everything!”
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00:00Lipton Tea and Lipton Soups present Inner Sanctum Mysteries
00:30Good evening, friends of the Inner Sanctum.
00:34When you heard the sound of the squeaking door, it was exactly 30 seconds past the hour for murder.
00:43But don't worry, we won't keep you waiting much longer.
00:46Even as I talk to you now, our hero and his victim are standing beside me, wishing I'd dispense with formalities
00:54so they can get to more enjoyable pursuits, like murder.
01:02Now, isn't it funny, Mr. Host? I feel the same way in hot weather.
01:06You mean the heat makes you feel murderous?
01:10Now, this doesn't sound like our Mary.
01:12Please don't misunderstand me, Mr. Host.
01:15I mean the heat makes me want to dispense with formalities
01:18so I can get to more enjoyable pursuits,
01:21like serving myself and my friends tall, cooling glasses of iced Lipton tea in my backyard under the trees.
01:28Mmm, what grand iced tea Lipton's makes.
01:31So gloriously full-bodied, so full of zip.
01:35And it's that brisk Lipton flavor that does it.
01:38A flavor that's never flat, but always spirited and satisfying.
01:42You see, brisk is the word the tea experts themselves use to describe the livelier freshness of Lipton's.
01:48And those same tea experts agree that in iced teas, brisk flavor is extra important.
01:54That's why, for the best iced tea you ever tasted, you should always insist on Lipton tea.
01:59It's good iced because it's brisk in flavor.
02:02So keep a frosty pitcher of iced Lipton tea always on hand.
02:07Thank you for those cooling thoughts, Mary.
02:09Now into our sizzling thriller, Eight Steps to Murder.
02:16Written especially for Inner Sanctum by Emil Teppelman.
02:19This is the chronicle of a carefully calculated crime.
02:24A crime so twisted and subtle that it had to be blueprinted in advance.
02:31As Barry Kroger, in the role of Mark Durfee, the newspaper columnist, tells his story,
02:35We shall watch this crime develop, step by step, Eight Steps to Murder.
02:43When I decided to kill Basil Archer, I went about it like an architect,
02:47laying out the plans for a complicated building project.
02:51Only a fool leaves the details of such an undertaking to chance.
02:55I calculated every risk.
02:58I weighed every possibility of failure.
02:59I blueprinted each of the eight necessary steps I had to take.
03:06My first step was to get a suitable weapon.
03:09I went on Monday morning to the office of a pawnbroker I knew on 48th Street.
03:15Good morning, my friend.
03:17How are you, Mr. Krug?
03:18Come in, come in, Mr. Durfee.
03:22You know what I want.
03:23Indeed, yes.
03:25I have it here, exactly what you need.
03:27It's fully loaded.
03:30You can spin the barrel and see for yourself.
03:34Nice revolver.
03:37Looks a little awkward.
03:38You said you wanted it with the sirens attached.
03:43How much for this, Mr. Krug?
03:47$250.
03:48What?
03:49That is the price, Mr. Durfee.
03:51You know, it's against the law to sell these.
03:55It was, yes, but, but $250.
03:58You will pay it, Mr. Durfee.
04:01Wow.
04:02All right.
04:04You know what I want this gun for.
04:06But naturally.
04:08You know I'm planning to kill someone with it.
04:10But naturally.
04:12Otherwise, would you want a silencer, honey?
04:16You wouldn't be above a little honest blackmail, would you, Mr. Krug?
04:20Please, do not point that gun at me.
04:22It is loaded.
04:23I know that.
04:24What, uh, what are you going to do?
04:26I regret this, Mr. Krug.
04:28I'm going to have to kill you.
04:29No, I swear to you.
04:30Save it.
04:30He will be sorry for this.
04:32You will make a mistake.
04:33You will make a slip.
04:34There will be no mistake.
04:35There will.
04:35There will.
04:35You cannot think of everything.
04:37I have thought of everything.
04:38This is the first thing.
04:39Oh.
04:42You...
04:43Here.
04:44Good to know.
04:47Thanks.
04:49The very things.
04:52I left Krug's body where it lay and put the silenced revolver in my inside pocket
04:57and stepped out of the air.
05:01I stopped.
05:02Stock still.
05:04The rain
05:05suddenly coming down in buckets.
05:08I hadn't counted on it starting to rain.
05:12My alibi for cruise.
05:13Spilling was carefully planned.
05:14Everybody at my hotel thought I was still in my room.
05:17It was a drinking spree last night.
05:19What if my clothes were wet?
05:22They'd know I'd been out this morning.
05:24You cannot think of everything.
05:28You cannot think of everything.
05:31I hurried back to my hotel,
05:33walking in the rain.
05:34It was too dangerous to take care.
05:37I sleeped in the service entrance
05:39the way I'd come out
05:40and walked up the one flight of stairs.
05:44As soon as I got in my room,
05:45I took off my clothes,
05:47dropped them all in the bathtub,
05:49and started the shower going.
05:52And then I went to bed.
05:57About noontime,
06:07when the phone rang,
06:09I knew it was the clerk downstairs calling,
06:11because I'd left a call for twelve.
06:14I let the phone ring.
06:16That was step number two.
06:18A few minutes later,
06:26just as I expected,
06:28Ryan, the house detective,
06:29went up into the room with his pass key.
06:32I pretended to be asleep,
06:34dead into the world.
06:34All those cock-eyed shenanigans.
06:39Boy, what a load
06:40he must have taken on last night.
06:41I heard Ryan go into the bathroom
06:43where the shower was still running,
06:45and then come out muttering
06:46and approach the bed.
06:47Wake up, Mr. Daffy.
06:48Huh?
06:50What?
06:52Oh, my head.
06:55Boy, you must have been
06:55the size of a kite last night.
06:57Oh.
06:58You undressed in the shower.
07:00Left all your clothes in the bathtub.
07:03They're soaking wet.
07:05I was safe.
07:07My tracks were completely covered.
07:09This was Monday afternoon.
07:11According to my schedule,
07:13Basil Archer was to die
07:14on Friday evening
07:15at ten o'clock sharp.
07:16I was now free
07:18to take step three
07:19in my blueprint for murder.
07:22For this purpose,
07:23I went to Basil Archer's office.
07:25He was a theatrical producer, you see.
07:28His office was upstairs
07:29over the famous
07:30old fantasy theater
07:31where Archer's new play
07:33was to open on Friday evening.
07:35As I opened the door
07:36of Basil Archer's office,
07:37I was quite cool.
07:38I'd rehearsed myself well.
07:41Basil was seated at his desk
07:42talking to Gregory Sutherland,
07:44a young and handsome author
07:46of the new play.
07:48Hello there, Mark.
07:49Glad to see you.
07:50Hi, Basil.
07:51Just dropped in
07:52to get a line on the new play.
07:53You know Greg Sutherland,
07:54the author?
07:54Sure.
07:55Greg, this is Mark Durfee.
07:56Yeah, we've met.
07:57I tell you, Mark,
07:58Storm Over the Highlands
07:59is going to be
08:00the biggest hit of the season.
08:01Greg's written a fine play.
08:03I'm glad to hear that, Basil.
08:05How to go over big,
08:06especially with your wife
08:07during the lead.
08:07Nina's a great actress.
08:09Confidentially,
08:09that's one of the reasons
08:10why I'm doing
08:11Storm Over the Highlands.
08:13Just suited for Nina.
08:14Nina will be wonderful.
08:15I guess she likes
08:16working with you,
08:17Mr. Sutherland.
08:19It's always a good idea
08:20for the author
08:20and the star of a play
08:22to work together.
08:26Oh?
08:27Have you and Nina
08:27been working together, Greg?
08:29Well, yes, Mr. Arch.
08:30We sort of thought
08:31if we could exchange ideas.
08:32I never saw two people
08:34put their heart and soul
08:36into a job
08:37like Nina and Sutherland here.
08:40They spend every minute
08:41they can together.
08:44Now, look here, Durfee,
08:44I don't like the way
08:45you said that.
08:46Oh?
08:47I'm sorry, Sutherland.
08:48You know I didn't mean anything.
08:50It's only what people are saying
08:53seeing you both together so much.
08:55What's this all about, Mark?
08:57This is the first
08:57I've heard of anything.
08:58Oh, forget it, Basil.
09:00Oh, by the way,
09:01here's a package.
09:02I want to give it to Nina
09:03on opening night.
09:04I wonder if you put it
09:05in your safe for me
09:05to find you.
09:06Why, sure, if you want me to.
09:09I'll put it here
09:10on the bottom shelf
09:11next to the payroll money.
09:13Come in Friday evening
09:14during the first intermission
09:16and I'll get it out for you.
09:17Fine.
09:17Are those all packages
09:18of money on the bottom shelf?
09:19Yes.
09:20Over 100,000 in there.
09:22Receipts from my other shows.
09:25Here, Mark.
09:26All safely locked up.
09:28What kind of a present is it?
09:30I'd rather keep that a secret
09:33till Friday.
09:39From March's office,
09:40I went straight to his apartment.
09:42I knew Nina would be home
09:43and it was important
09:45that I talk to her now.
09:48Hello, Mark.
09:49I've been wondering
09:50if you'd come today.
09:51I told you I would, Nina.
09:52I've waited so long.
09:54Oh, darling.
09:59Oh, Mark,
10:00how long will it be now?
10:01How much longer?
10:02Only till Friday, darling.
10:04After Friday,
10:06you'll be free of him forever.
10:09And then you and I...
10:10There's work to do first.
10:15This is only the fourth step.
10:17There are four more to go.
10:19Everything's working
10:20according to schedule.
10:20The next step is up to you.
10:22What must I do, Mark?
10:23Oh, I started the ball rolling.
10:25Basil's beginning to worry
10:26about you and Sutherland.
10:28You've got to be encouraged
10:29to suspect as much as possible.
10:31You've got to be seen around
10:32with Sutherland
10:32as frequently as you can.
10:34Oh, that'll be easy.
10:35Sutherland's hardly more than a kid.
10:36He worships the ground I walk on.
10:39But I'd rather be with you, darling.
10:43There's five days more, Nina.
10:45And then we can be together.
10:47Always.
10:48Always.
10:50Outside Nina's house,
10:59I stopped for a moment
11:00with a queer sensation
11:02in the cut of my stomach.
11:04It was raining again.
11:06It reminded me of Mr. Krug.
11:07You can't think of everything.
11:10You can't think of everything.
11:13I seemed to hear Krug's voice
11:14drumming in my ears.
11:15You'll make a mistake, Mark Derby.
11:19You'll make a mistake.
11:21I won't.
11:21I won't.
11:22I won't.
11:23I'll make a mistake.
11:35Oh, poor Krug.
11:36You know, a pawnbroker's life
11:39is not an easy one.
11:40And Krug took such an interest
11:42in his business.
11:44And he never suspected Mark Derby.
11:46In fact, he probably liked him
11:47for his redeeming qualities.
11:51Though come to think of it,
11:52Krug was pretty lucky at that.
11:54Mark didn't steal anything
11:55from the store but the gun,
11:57so Krug lost practically nothing
11:59but his life.
12:01You know, Mark's story
12:04gives me an idea.
12:05I'd like to draw up
12:06a blueprint myself.
12:08Yes, Mary,
12:08another blueprint for murder.
12:10Oh, now, Mr. Host.
12:13I'd call mine
12:14a blueprint for summer refreshment.
12:17And I'd like to do it in sound.
12:19First, I'd start with
12:20the creep of porch rockers
12:21on shaded summer streets
12:23and the murmur of backyard gardeners
12:25and the lilac dust.
12:27And with the teensters
12:27home from school,
12:28there'd have to be
12:29some sweet swing music,
12:30of course.
12:31And just to make my blueprint
12:33of summer sounds complete,
12:34you'd hear the tinkle of ice
12:36in tall, cool glasses.
12:38Glasses of refreshing
12:39iced Lipton tea.
12:42Yes, iced Lipton tea
12:43just goes with summertime
12:45fun and enjoyment.
12:46Lipton's has such a
12:47wide-awake flavor.
12:49The whole family will love it.
12:50And that flavor, folks,
12:52is brisk.
12:53Yes, that's the secret.
12:55Lipton's brisk flavor
12:56is what makes
12:57iced Lipton tea
12:58taste extra good.
12:59So for a delightful treat
13:01to beat the heat,
13:02serve iced tea.
13:04And for the best iced tea ever,
13:06insist on Lipton tea.
13:08Brisk flavor,
13:09never flat.
13:10Couldn't have done better
13:11myself, Mary.
13:12But now,
13:14let's catch up with our
13:15architect of murder.
13:17If Mark Duffy's blueprint
13:19works out according to schedule,
13:20our death rate
13:21should go up sharply
13:22to about one per person.
13:25Let's see.
13:27He should be up to his
13:27fifth step by now,
13:29shouldn't he?
13:29Tuesday was a clear day
13:32without rain.
13:33I felt better.
13:34I knew now that I
13:35couldn't make a mistake.
13:37In four days,
13:38Basil Archer would die
13:40as planned.
13:41And now,
13:42for the fifth step.
13:43An easy one for Mark Duffy
13:45because he's a newspaper
13:46columnist.
13:47It merely requires
13:48dictating a little item
13:49for his column
13:50into the dictaphone
13:51at his desk.
13:51Oh,
13:53there's a new play
13:54opening soon
13:56which should be
13:57a huge success
13:58if the author
13:59and the leading lady
14:00can do anything
14:01to make it click.
14:03They're working harder
14:04on it than the producer
14:05himself.
14:07It looks like they've
14:08clicked with each other
14:10too.
14:15And now,
14:16the sixth step.
14:18Eight steps to murder
14:19and this is number six.
14:22Just a couple of
14:22telephone calls
14:23to set the sixth
14:24step in motion.
14:27Hello?
14:28Hello,
14:28Nina.
14:29Did you see the paper
14:29this morning?
14:30Mark,
14:30darling,
14:31it was perfect.
14:32I've had a half dozen
14:33phone calls.
14:34Everybody knows
14:34you've met Sutherland
14:35and me.
14:36Oh,
14:36good.
14:36Basil saw it too
14:37at breakfast this morning.
14:39Did he did?
14:40How did he like it?
14:41Oh,
14:41he just looked blum.
14:42I don't think he believes it.
14:44All right.
14:45Now,
14:46here's what I want you to do.
14:47Get a hold of Sutherland
14:48and make him
14:49take you out tonight.
14:50Uh-huh.
14:50There's a fast
14:52little nightclub
14:52out on the island,
14:53the Pirate's Hole.
14:54I know the place.
14:55Kind of disreputable,
14:57isn't it?
14:57Yeah,
14:58right.
14:58But now,
14:58look,
14:59you'll get Sutherland
15:00to take you there.
15:00You think you can manage that?
15:01Oh,
15:02he'll take me anywhere
15:02I want to go.
15:03Good.
15:04Be sure to be there
15:05tonight about ten.
15:07I'll take care of the rest.
15:08Basil Archer speaking.
15:18Oh,
15:18hello,
15:19Basil.
15:19How are you?
15:20Mark Durfing.
15:21Now,
15:21look,
15:21wait,
15:22take it easy,
15:22Basil.
15:23I know you wouldn't have
15:23bawled me out about that piece
15:25in the column.
15:25I thought you were a friend of mine.
15:26Look,
15:27Basil,
15:27that's why I printed that piece.
15:29I don't like what's going on.
15:30Just what do you mean?
15:32It means it feels like working
15:33with the author of the place,
15:34you know.
15:34Sure,
15:34sure,
15:34that's all right.
15:35But look,
15:35why keep things secret?
15:37What do you mean by that?
15:38Well,
15:38you ask Sutherland
15:39if he has any plans
15:40for tonight.
15:41I know what plans
15:42he has for tonight.
15:43He's going to stay home
15:44and work on some lines
15:45on the last scene.
15:46Oh,
15:47is that so?
15:49What are you hinting at,
15:50Mark?
15:50I'm hinting that you take
15:51a run out to the Pirate's Hold.
15:53You know where it is?
15:53Down on the island?
15:54And you'll see how hard
15:56Sutherland will be working
15:57on the last scene.
16:05Hello?
16:10Mark,
16:10this is Nina.
16:11Oh,
16:11where are you?
16:12I'm calling from the Pirate's Hold.
16:14Basil was just here.
16:15Oh,
16:15good.
16:16Did he find you
16:16with Sutherland?
16:17Well,
16:17naturally,
16:18I did just what
16:18you told me to.
16:19I'm fine.
16:21Everything is set
16:22for tomorrow.
16:23You're sure
16:23everything will be all right?
16:24Yes,
16:25quite sure.
16:26Now,
16:26this is what I want
16:26you to do tomorrow.
16:28Just before the show opens,
16:30you'll take sick.
16:31Oh.
16:31Basil will have to put
16:32in an understudy for you.
16:33Yes,
16:33I can do that all right.
16:35Then,
16:36you'll dismiss the servant.
16:37Yes.
16:38Now,
16:38remember this clearly,
16:39Nina.
16:40You're going to be my alibi
16:41for the hour between
16:41nine and ten.
16:43Understand?
16:44I understand,
16:45Mark.
16:46I'll be over at nine.
16:47But I'll leave a few minutes
16:48later by the back way.
16:50Only you'll swear
16:50that I stayed
16:51until a few minutes
16:52after ten.
16:53Is that clear?
16:54Yes,
16:54Mark.
16:55And good luck.
17:03When I rang the doorbell
17:06of Nina's apartment
17:07Friday night,
17:08I knew that every step
17:09I'd taken thus far
17:11had been right.
17:12I couldn't fail.
17:14Mark,
17:14I was afraid
17:15you weren't coming.
17:16I was afraid
17:16something had gone wrong.
17:17Oh, no, no.
17:18Nothing's gone wrong.
17:20You sent the servants away?
17:22Yes,
17:22they're all gone.
17:23I'm alone.
17:23I can swear
17:23you were here
17:24at last at ten.
17:25Good.
17:26How,
17:26how are you,
17:28how are you going
17:28to kill me?
17:30With this.
17:31It's a gun.
17:34What's that
17:35bulky looking thing
17:36on it,
17:36on the muzzle?
17:37That's a silence,
17:39I mean.
17:39Oh.
17:41Well,
17:42you'd better hurry,
17:43darling.
17:43You haven't much time.
17:44There's one thing
17:45more that I've got
17:46to do here
17:46before I go.
17:49Why are you
17:50pointing the gun
17:51at me?
17:52Because I'm going
17:53to kill you,
17:53Nina, dear.
17:54Oh, no, Mark,
17:55I don't like
17:56that kind of joke.
17:57It isn't a joke,
17:58my darling.
18:00Mark,
18:00are you crazy?
18:01You little fool.
18:03Did you think
18:03I'd go to all
18:04this trouble,
18:05planning this thing
18:06step by step?
18:06Did you think
18:07I was doing
18:07all of this
18:08for you?
18:08But I thought
18:09you loved me.
18:10You thought
18:10I was committing
18:11murder because
18:12I loved you?
18:15Lena,
18:16you're just
18:17another step
18:18in my blueprint.
18:20Now you've
18:21served your purpose,
18:23just like Krug.
18:25Krug was step one,
18:27you're step seven.
18:29Mark,
18:30I made sure
18:39Nina was dead
18:40and then I
18:40hurried out
18:41and went to
18:41Basil Archer's
18:42office.
18:43I had to be sure
18:43my timing was
18:44right.
18:46This was the
18:46eighth
18:47and the final
18:48step.
18:50I knew
18:50Basil would be
18:51in his office
18:52during the first
18:52intermission.
18:53So,
18:53hello,
18:55Basil.
18:56Oh,
18:56it's you,
18:56Mark.
18:57Come in.
18:57I want to
18:58talk to you.
18:59What about,
19:00Basil?
19:01Mark,
19:01what's going on
19:02between Sutherland
19:03and Nina?
19:04Oh,
19:04now,
19:04Basil,
19:05you're not a fool.
19:06I can't believe it.
19:08Well,
19:08if you want proof,
19:09suppose you get that
19:10package out of the
19:10safe,
19:10the one I left
19:11with you?
19:11The package?
19:12What's that got?
19:13You get it
19:14and I'll show you.
19:15All right.
19:15Well,
19:21here's your
19:21package.
19:22Now,
19:23what do you
19:23want to show
19:24me?
19:24Still got all
19:25that cash
19:25in the
19:26safe,
19:26huh?
19:26You know
19:27I always
19:27have it
19:28here.
19:28Yes,
19:29I know.
19:30Say,
19:31what are you
19:32doing with
19:32that revolver?
19:33Look,
19:34Basil,
19:34look into
19:35the muzzle.
19:36What's that?
19:37That's just
19:38right.
19:39Oh!
19:39Oh!
19:43I opened
19:44the package,
19:44Basil.
19:44It was only
19:45an empty
19:46box,
19:46nothing in
19:46it,
19:46but there
19:47was something
19:47here I
19:48could put
19:48into it
19:48now.
19:49I stepped
19:50across Basil's
19:51body,
19:52knelt before
19:53the open
19:53safe,
19:54took out
19:54the neatly
19:55tied bundles
19:56of money
19:56and put
19:57them into
19:57the empty
19:57box.
19:59A hundred
20:00thousand
20:01dollars.
20:02It was
20:03well worth
20:03the months
20:04of planning
20:05the careful
20:06blueprinting.
20:07I was a
20:08rich man.
20:10Now I was
20:11ready for the
20:12finale.
20:13The last bit
20:14of routine
20:14business,
20:15which would
20:15finish the
20:16whole thing
20:16off properly.
20:17I picked up
20:18the phone
20:18and dialed
20:19police headquarters.
20:21It wouldn't
20:21be too
20:21difficult to
20:22imitate Basil
20:23Archer's
20:23voice over
20:24the telephone.
20:25I'd rehearse
20:26that, too.
20:29Yes,
20:29headquarters.
20:30Hello.
20:31This is
20:31Basil Archer
20:32speaking.
20:33I've just
20:34killed my
20:34wife.
20:35What's that?
20:36My wife
20:37and Sutherland,
20:38they were
20:38planning to
20:39run away
20:39together.
20:40They stole
20:41all the
20:41money from
20:41my safe
20:42and were
20:43going away.
20:44So I
20:44killed her.
20:46But now I'm
20:46going to kill
20:47myself, too.
20:48Now wait,
20:48Mr. Archer.
20:49Now wait a minute.
20:50Don't do anything
20:50right.
20:51I thought they
20:51read this.
20:52Just stay there
20:52and we send
20:52the radio.
20:55Now.
20:57Now.
20:58Everything
20:58was set.
21:01Carefully,
21:01I placed the
21:02revolver in
21:02Basil's cold
21:04hand.
21:05I'd left
21:06up inside
21:06because I
21:07was wearing
21:08gloves.
21:09I picked up
21:10the package
21:10and walked
21:11out into
21:12the hall.
21:14But in
21:14the hall,
21:15I stopped
21:15short.
21:16Someone had
21:17just come
21:17into the
21:17building
21:18downstairs.
21:19I peered
21:19down and
21:20I saw
21:20Gregory
21:21Sutherland
21:21coming up.
21:22Mr. Archer,
21:23are you up
21:24there?
21:24You better
21:25hurry
21:25the second
21:25actor,
21:25Scottie.
21:26Sutherland
21:26was coming
21:26up the
21:27stairs.
21:27I couldn't
21:27get out,
21:28but I
21:29wasn't trapped.
21:29Oh, no.
21:30There was a
21:30porter's closet
21:31down the
21:31hall.
21:32I tipped
21:33over to it
21:33and slipped
21:34inside just
21:34as Sutherland
21:35got to
21:35the landing.
21:35George,
21:36are you in
21:36there?
21:37Sutherland
21:37was in
21:38Basil's
21:38office now.
21:39He'd be
21:40finding the
21:40body.
21:41This was
21:41my chance
21:42to sneak
21:42out.
21:43I opened
21:44the closet
21:44door.
21:45Come on,
21:46Kenny.
21:46Archer's
21:47house is
21:47one place
21:47up.
21:48And we
21:48can make
21:49it in
21:49time.
21:49The guy
21:50said he
21:50was going
21:50to kill
21:50himself.
21:51The police
21:52had come
21:52in answer
21:52to my
21:53telephone
21:53call.
21:54Now I
21:54couldn't
21:54get out.
21:56There'd
21:56be a crowd
21:56outside and
21:57I'd be seen
21:57leaving.
21:58I had to
21:59stay in the
22:00building.
22:04asked what
22:05to do.
22:06Instead of
22:07leaving the
22:07building,
22:08I would
22:08walk out
22:09of the
22:09closet and
22:09into
22:10Basil's
22:10office right
22:11after the
22:11police.
22:12They'd
22:13think I'd
22:13just
22:13arrived.
22:16I stepped
22:17out of
22:17the porter's
22:17closet.
22:18I started
22:19for the
22:19door of
22:19Basil's
22:20office.
22:22Then,
22:23suddenly,
22:24I got a
22:25sick,
22:26weak feeling
22:27in the pit
22:28of my
22:29stomach.
22:30I stopped
22:30to suck
22:31still.
22:32I'd
22:33almost walked
22:34in to
22:34my
22:35desk.
22:36It was
22:37raining
22:37outside.
22:39Suppose I'd
22:40walked in there
22:40with my
22:41clothes all
22:41dry,
22:42claiming that
22:42I'd just
22:42come in
22:43from the
22:43street.
22:43I'd
22:43know that
22:44I'd
22:44been
22:44hiding
22:44in the
22:44building
22:45all the
22:45time.
22:45The
22:45rain,
22:46that
22:46rain,
22:47it
22:48almost
22:48clicked
22:48me
22:48again.
22:49You can't
22:49think of
22:50everything.
22:52You'll make
22:52a mistake.
22:54You can't
22:55think of
22:55my
22:55can,
22:56you old
22:56fool.
22:56I'll
22:57show
22:57you.
22:59I
22:59hurried
22:59back into
23:00the porter's
23:00closet.
23:01I knew how
23:02to beat
23:02this,
23:03too.
23:04I turned
23:04on the
23:04faucet
23:05and the
23:05sink,
23:07splashed
23:08and drenched
23:09myself from
23:09head to
23:10foot.
23:13Now,
23:15now,
23:16I looked
23:16as if I'd
23:17just come in
23:18out of the
23:18rain.
23:19I stepped
23:20out of the
23:20closet,
23:21went down
23:21the hall,
23:23and entered
23:23Basil Archer's
23:24office,
23:24dripping wet.
23:26The two
23:27policemen were
23:27standing over
23:28Basil's body
23:28with Gregory
23:29Sutherland.
23:31They all
23:31looked up as I
23:32came in.
23:32Not at all,
23:33Mr.
23:33Durfee.
23:34Sorry about
23:34this.
23:35It's your
23:36friend passing
23:36out,
23:37sir.
23:37Did it
23:38suicide?
23:39Oh,
23:39no.
23:40Oh,
23:40it's impossible,
23:41Sergeant
23:42Moran.
23:43Basil wouldn't
23:44do a thing
23:44like that.
23:46Who
23:46found him?
23:47I did,
23:48Mr.
23:48Durfee.
23:48I came to
23:49call him for
23:49the second
23:49act.
23:49Oh,
23:50this is
23:50terrible.
23:51He was
23:51taking an
23:51open and
23:51shut case.
23:53He killed
23:53his wife,
23:53then came
23:54here to
23:54knock himself
23:54off.
23:55In
23:56what's
23:56more,
23:56Mr.
23:57Sutherland?
23:57Yes?
23:58Before he
23:59knocked himself
23:59off,
24:02saved.
24:03Oh,
24:03that's a
24:03lie,
24:03a rot...
24:04Wait a
24:05minute.
24:06Sergeant,
24:08uh,
24:08Mr.
24:09Durfee.
24:10Yes,
24:10Sutherland?
24:11How did
24:11you get
24:11yourself all
24:12wet like
24:12that?
24:13Oh,
24:14you try
24:15not getting
24:16wet in
24:16that rain.
24:17Rain?
24:19What rain,
24:20Mr.
24:20Durfee?
24:21Suddenly,
24:23suddenly,
24:23I went
24:24clammy all
24:24over.
24:26I saw
24:27that none
24:27of them
24:27was wet.
24:29Their
24:29clothes were
24:30all dry.
24:31But,
24:32how could
24:33that be?
24:34They'd
24:35just come
24:35in out
24:35of the
24:36rain.
24:36What
24:37rain,
24:37Mr.
24:37Sutherland?
24:39You can
24:40hear it,
24:41can't you?
24:42It's
24:42pouring rain.
24:44Just listen
24:45to that
24:45thunder.
24:46Thunder.
24:47Rain.
24:47Good heavens,
24:48that's the
24:48funniest thing
24:48I've ever
24:49heard.
24:49Don't you
24:49see,
24:50Sergeant,
24:50he's been
24:50in the
24:50building
24:51all the
24:51time.
24:52Trying
24:52to make
24:52us think
24:52he just
24:53came in
24:53and he
24:53got
24:53himself
24:54all wet
24:54for
24:54nothing.
24:55Sergeant,
24:56I bet
24:56you a
24:56dollar he
24:57murdered
24:57Archer.
24:58You're
24:58crazy.
24:59It's
25:02yourself.
25:03But just
25:03listen to
25:03that rain
25:04beating
25:04now.
25:05The
25:06thunder.
25:06You
25:06poor
25:07sap,
25:08that
25:08isn't
25:08rain you
25:09hear.
25:10It's
25:10my play
25:11next door.
25:12Storm
25:13over the
25:13highlands.
25:14Remember?
25:15And those
25:16are the
25:16sound effects
25:17in the
25:17second act.
25:29So,
25:30Oh,
25:31it looks
25:32like
25:32Mark
25:33Diffie
25:33was
25:33all
25:33wet.
25:35In
25:35fact,
25:35he got
25:35himself
25:36so
25:36soaking
25:37wet,
25:37he
25:37practically
25:38liquidated
25:39himself.
25:41But
25:41cheer
25:41up,
25:41I'm
25:41sure
25:42he
25:42won't
25:42spend
25:42more
25:42than
25:42six
25:43months
25:43in
25:43jail.
25:45That
25:45wouldn't
25:45be
25:45so
25:45bad,
25:46would it?
25:47If
25:47they
25:47weren't
25:48going
25:48to
25:48execute
25:48him
25:49afterwards.
25:50Poor
25:51Mark.
25:52If
25:52only
25:52someone
25:52had
25:53told
25:53him.
25:54Told
25:54him
25:54what,
25:55Mary?
25:56Well,
25:56look,
25:57Mark
25:57took
25:57eight
25:57steps
25:58to
25:58get
25:58in
25:58the
25:58cooler
25:59when
26:00you
26:00really
26:00only
26:00have
26:00to
26:00take
26:01one
26:01step
26:01to
26:01get
26:02cool.
26:03Sure,
26:04just
26:04step
26:04down
26:04to
26:04the
26:05grocers
26:05and
26:05get
26:05a
26:05large
26:06economical
26:06package
26:07of
26:07Frisk
26:07Lipton
26:08tea.
26:08Then
26:09keep
26:09a
26:09pitcher
26:09of
26:10iced
26:10Lipton
26:10tea
26:11always
26:11on
26:11hand
26:12and
26:12help
26:12yourself
26:13to
26:13its
26:13cooling
26:13refreshment
26:14off
26:14and
26:14on
26:14throughout
26:15the
26:15day.
26:15That's
26:16all
26:16there
26:16is
26:16to
26:16it.
26:17And
26:17you'll
26:17find
26:18Lipton's
26:18makes
26:18perfect
26:19iced
26:19tea
26:19because
26:20Lipton's
26:20is
26:20never
26:21flat.
26:21It
26:21always
26:22tastes
26:22delightfully
26:23tangy
26:24and
26:24full
26:24bodied.
26:26That's
26:26why
26:26this
26:26summer
26:27when
26:27you
26:27want
26:27iced
26:27tea
26:28you
26:28should
26:28be
26:29sure
26:29to
26:29use
26:29the
26:29tea
26:30with
26:30the
26:30brisk
26:30flavor.
26:31Ask
26:32your
26:32grocer
26:32tomorrow
26:33for
26:33Lipton's.
26:40And
26:41so
26:41ends
26:41our
26:42little
26:42essay
26:42on
26:43the
26:43modern
26:43methods
26:44of
26:44murder.
26:45Of
26:46course
26:46our
26:46little
26:46essays
26:47on
26:47murder
26:48are
26:48only
26:48for
26:48the
26:49select
26:49few.
26:50As
26:51a
26:51matter
26:51of
26:51fact
26:51only
26:51one
26:52person
26:52in
26:52every
26:52ten
26:53thousand
26:53is
26:54capable
26:54of
26:54murder.
26:57And
26:57speaking
26:58of
26:58statistics
26:59due
27:00to
27:00our
27:00high
27:00birth
27:01rate
27:01the
27:01population
27:02of
27:02this
27:02country
27:02is
27:03increasing
27:03faster
27:04than
27:04inner
27:04sanctum
27:05can
27:05kill
27:06them.
27:07Very
27:07discouraging.
27:08Very
27:09discouraging
27:10indeed.
27:14Oh
27:15by
27:15the
27:15way
27:15this
27:16month's
27:16inner
27:16sanctum
27:17mystery
27:17novel is
27:17The
27:18Panic
27:18Stricken
27:18by
27:19Mitchell
27:19Wilson.
27:21And
27:21next
27:21week
27:21the
27:22makers
27:22of
27:22Lipton
27:22tea
27:23and
27:23Lipton
27:23soups
27:24will
27:24bring
27:24you
27:24another
27:25inner
27:25sanctum
27:25story
27:26directed
27:26by
27:26Hyman
27:27Brown
27:27and
27:27called
27:28Bury
27:29Me
27:29Not.
27:31Now
27:32there's
27:32a plot
27:33for you.
27:34A plot
27:35right in
27:35the
27:35graveyard.
27:37Probably
27:37the rains
27:38come and
27:38uncover it.
27:40Hmm?
27:41What
27:41becomes of
27:42the body?
27:43Well
27:44now that's
27:44anybody's
27:46guess.
27:47But come
27:48around next
27:48week.
27:49We'll be
27:49right at
27:49the graveside
27:50and we'd
27:51like to
27:51have you
27:52drop in.
27:55Until
27:55then,
27:57good
27:57night.
27:59Pleasant
27:59dreams.
28:00Hmm?
28:01Hmm?
28:02Hmm?
28:02Hmm?
28:02Hmm?
28:03Hmm?
28:03Hmm?
28:03Hmm?
28:04Hmm?
28:04Hmm?
28:04Hmm?
28:05Hmm?
28:05Hmm?
28:05Hmm?
28:06Hmm?
28:06Hmm?
28:07Hmm?
28:07Hmm?
28:07Hmm?
28:08Hmm?
28:08Hmm?
28:09Hmm?
28:09Hmm?
28:10Hmm?
28:10Hmm?
28:11Hmm?
28:11Hmm?
28:11Hmm?
28:12Hmm?
28:12Hmm?
28:12Now that
28:13summer's
28:13here,
28:14keep cool
28:15by keeping
28:15out of
28:16the kitchen.
28:16Serve Lipton's
28:17noodle soup.
28:18It's quick
28:19and easy
28:19to prepare
28:20and gives
28:20you a delicious
28:21soup in a
28:22chiffy with
28:22so much
28:23less work
28:24and trouble.
28:24It's the
28:25perfect hot
28:25dish to
28:26serve with
28:26cool
28:26summertime
28:27suppers
28:27because Lipton's
28:28is luscious
28:29noodle soup
28:30with real
28:31old-time
28:31chickeny
28:32flavor.
28:33Besides,
28:34Lipton's
28:34noodle soup
28:35mix costs
28:35less and
28:36makes lots
28:37more than
28:37the usual
28:38canned
28:38soup.
28:39Ask for it
28:40tomorrow.
28:41Lipton's
28:41noodle soup.
28:42And tune in
28:43next week
28:44for another
28:45Inner Sanctum
28:46mystery.
28:47This is
28:48CBS,
28:48the Columbia
28:49Broadcasting System.
28:50and tune in
28:51next week.
28:52This is
28:52a
28:52episode of
28:54The
28:54Bird
28:54of the
28:55Bird
28:56of the
28:57Bird
28:58of the
28:59Bird
29:00of the
29:01Bird
29:02of the
29:03Bird
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