WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.000 Suspense. 00:17.000 --> 00:23.000 This is the Man in Black, here again to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. 00:23.000 --> 00:27.000 Our starring Hollywood cast of characters reads as follows for tonight. 00:27.000 --> 00:35.000 As Aunt Julie, one of those stark, severe and terrifying women who is encountered ever so often along the grimmer outposts of the American countryside. 00:35.000 --> 00:37.000 Miss Agnes Moorhead. 00:37.000 --> 00:44.000 As Carol Linden, the girl who returned to a scene of childhood happiness and found terror living in the house. 00:44.000 --> 00:46.000 Miss Ellen Drew. 00:46.000 --> 00:51.000 As Paul Carroll's husband who had his own ideas as to the explanation of these strange events. 00:51.000 --> 00:53.000 Mr. Ted Reed. 00:53.000 --> 01:00.000 A first radio play by Larry Roman called Uncle Henry's Rosebush is tonight's tale of suspense. 01:00.000 --> 01:08.000 If you have been with us before, you will know that suspense is compounded of mystery and suspicion and dangerous adventure. 01:08.000 --> 01:19.000 In this series our tales calculated to intrigue, to stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold a solution until the last possible moment. 01:19.000 --> 01:27.000 And so it is with Uncle Henry's Rosebush and the performances of Agnes Moorhead as Aunt Julie, Ellen Drew as Carol and Ted Reed as Paul. 01:27.000 --> 01:31.000 We again hope to keep you in Suspense. 01:31.000 --> 01:39.000 Suspense 01:39.000 --> 01:42.000 I shall tell you the story exactly as it happened. 01:42.000 --> 01:44.000 There's no use pretending. 01:44.000 --> 01:48.000 I'll never forget and I know I'll not awake and find it all a dream. 01:48.000 --> 01:53.000 It's real and for the rest of my life I shall know it's real. 01:53.000 --> 01:58.000 Paul's Rosebush 01:58.000 --> 02:02.000 Paul was to have his first vacation since we were married. 02:02.000 --> 02:06.000 I suggested we visit my Aunt Julie and Uncle Henry who had a small farm upstate. 02:06.000 --> 02:08.000 They had always been very kind to me. 02:08.000 --> 02:11.000 When I was a child I used to spend my summer vacations with them. 02:11.000 --> 02:13.000 They loved children. 02:13.000 --> 02:16.000 I've often wondered why they never had any of their own. 02:16.000 --> 02:18.000 Some time ago I'd lost track of them. 02:18.000 --> 02:21.000 They'd never seen Paul and I was certain they'd like to. 02:21.000 --> 02:23.000 Paul said it would be fine. 02:23.000 --> 02:25.000 We'll surprise them I thought. 02:25.000 --> 02:28.000 We were the ones who were surprised. 02:28.000 --> 02:37.000 Paul's Rosebush 02:37.000 --> 02:39.000 Just a few more miles Paul. 02:39.000 --> 02:40.000 I remember this road. 02:40.000 --> 02:42.000 We used to hike along it going to the village. 02:42.000 --> 02:44.000 Ah, this country air is wonderful. 02:44.000 --> 02:47.000 Two weeks of green grass and wicker chairs. 02:47.000 --> 02:49.000 I can't think of anything better. 02:49.000 --> 02:51.000 You'll love Aunt Julie and Uncle Henry. 02:51.000 --> 02:53.000 They live alone, quiet and peaceful. 02:53.000 --> 02:55.000 It'll be quite a change from the city. 02:55.000 --> 02:57.000 Yeah, they must be happy together. 02:57.000 --> 02:59.000 Oh they are but they're lonely. 02:59.000 --> 03:01.000 Smooth lawns and orchards. 03:01.000 --> 03:02.000 Flowers. 03:02.000 --> 03:05.000 Uncle Henry planted huge rose bushes around the porch. 03:05.000 --> 03:08.000 Every night as I crawled in the bed he used to bring me a rose. 03:08.000 --> 03:09.000 They're his favorite flowers. 03:09.000 --> 03:11.000 Ah, vacation here we come. 03:11.000 --> 03:13.000 Come on Carl let's go. 03:13.000 --> 03:23.000 Just around the bend. 03:23.000 --> 03:30.000 Here we go. 03:30.000 --> 03:32.000 There it is. 03:32.000 --> 03:34.000 Carl, look. 03:34.000 --> 03:36.000 Why Paul. 03:36.000 --> 03:38.000 Are you sure this is the place? 03:38.000 --> 03:41.000 Yes but all the weeds and the broken shutters. 03:41.000 --> 03:43.000 Looks as though it's been neglected for months. 03:43.000 --> 03:44.000 I don't understand. 03:44.000 --> 03:46.000 Perhaps it's deserted. 03:46.000 --> 03:48.000 It can't be. It's their home. 03:48.000 --> 03:56.000 Oh come on let's go up and see. 03:56.000 --> 04:05.000 The dirt on this porch must be an inch thick. 04:05.000 --> 04:06.000 No answer. 04:06.000 --> 04:07.000 Nobody here. 04:07.000 --> 04:09.000 Look Paul over there at the end of the porch. 04:09.000 --> 04:10.000 The rose bush. 04:10.000 --> 04:12.000 Uncle Henry's rose bush. 04:12.000 --> 04:14.000 Why it's trimmed and neat. 04:14.000 --> 04:17.000 It's the only thing that seems to be taken care of. 04:17.000 --> 04:19.000 Well then somebody must be here. 04:19.000 --> 04:22.000 Maybe they can tell us what happened to Aunt Julie and Uncle Henry. 04:22.000 --> 04:26.000 Knock again. 04:26.000 --> 04:30.000 Someone's coming. 04:30.000 --> 04:31.000 Well? 04:31.000 --> 04:34.000 We're looking for a Mr. and Mrs. Connors. 04:34.000 --> 04:36.000 They used to live... 04:36.000 --> 04:37.000 Why Aunt Julie? 04:37.000 --> 04:40.000 I didn't recognize you. 04:40.000 --> 04:43.000 It's me Aunt Julie. It's Carol. 04:43.000 --> 04:45.000 I wasn't expecting you. 04:45.000 --> 04:48.000 Paul's vacation. We thought we'd spend it here. 04:48.000 --> 04:51.000 Well you've been asking for us for years. 04:51.000 --> 04:53.000 This is Paul, my husband. 04:53.000 --> 04:54.000 Carol's told me so much about you. 04:54.000 --> 04:55.000 Why did you come? 04:55.000 --> 04:56.000 What? 04:56.000 --> 04:58.000 I said why did you come? 04:58.000 --> 05:01.000 Aren't you glad to see us? 05:01.000 --> 05:03.000 Aunt Julie something's happened. 05:03.000 --> 05:04.000 Nothing's happened. 05:04.000 --> 05:06.000 Oh but it did. Tell me Aunt Julie we'll help. 05:06.000 --> 05:07.000 Of course we will. 05:07.000 --> 05:09.000 You shouldn't have come. 05:09.000 --> 05:11.000 Carol if she doesn't want us let's go. 05:11.000 --> 05:14.000 No Paul. This isn't like you Aunt Julie. 05:14.000 --> 05:16.000 Something dreadful has happened. I know it. 05:16.000 --> 05:17.000 Go Carol. Please go. 05:17.000 --> 05:21.000 Listen if it's money Aunt Julie, well we haven't got too much but you're welcome to it. 05:21.000 --> 05:23.000 I tell you nothing's wrong. 05:23.000 --> 05:24.000 But there must be. This house... 05:24.000 --> 05:28.000 You're her husband. I'm asking you to take her and go away. 05:28.000 --> 05:32.000 Come on Carol. We're not wanted. Let's go. 05:32.000 --> 05:34.000 We're going to stay. 05:34.000 --> 05:38.000 Well there you are. She's your niece and you know how stubborn she can be. 05:38.000 --> 05:41.000 We're going to stay. 05:41.000 --> 05:43.000 Where's Uncle Henry? 05:43.000 --> 05:45.000 I say where's Uncle Henry? 05:45.000 --> 05:47.000 He's... he's not here. 05:47.000 --> 05:48.000 But where is he? 05:48.000 --> 05:49.000 He's not here. Isn't that enough? 05:49.000 --> 05:50.000 Well he'll be back. 05:50.000 --> 05:51.000 He won't be. 05:51.000 --> 05:52.000 Oh but Aunt Julie... 05:52.000 --> 05:54.000 He won't ever be back. 05:57.000 --> 05:59.000 They stood there bewildered. 05:59.000 --> 06:01.000 Aunt Julie had run out of the room. 06:01.000 --> 06:04.000 Perhaps she was crying. I don't know. 06:04.000 --> 06:07.000 I just knew that Uncle Henry was gone. 06:07.000 --> 06:09.000 He had left her. 06:09.000 --> 06:12.000 It seemed strangely impossible. 06:12.000 --> 06:14.000 They'd always been so happy. 06:14.000 --> 06:20.000 So supremely happy that it seemed that the only thing that could separate them on this earth was... 06:20.000 --> 06:22.000 Death. 06:25.000 --> 06:28.000 And now this. I couldn't believe it. 06:28.000 --> 06:33.000 Paul and I walked into the living room. It was almost as dusty as the outside. 06:33.000 --> 06:37.000 The curtains were dirty. The floor littered with old newspapers. 06:37.000 --> 06:41.000 The entire room showed the same signs of neglect as the outside. 06:41.000 --> 06:45.000 And when I recalled how neat Aunt Julie had always been with her housework... 06:45.000 --> 06:49.000 All that feeling of apprehension crawled up my back. 06:49.000 --> 06:52.000 Frankly I was frightfully worried and... 06:52.000 --> 06:56.000 And I could tell by the look on Paul's face that he was worried too. 06:56.000 --> 07:00.000 I don't like it, Paul. There's something strange here. 07:00.000 --> 07:03.000 Yeah. I never saw a house in such a mess. 07:03.000 --> 07:06.000 It's not just the house. It's more than that. 07:06.000 --> 07:08.000 Something much more. I'm sure of it. 07:08.000 --> 07:11.000 Well really, Carol, it's none of our business, don't you? 07:11.000 --> 07:14.000 Well, perhaps not, but you don't know Aunt Julie like I do. 07:14.000 --> 07:18.000 She'd never ask for help. No matter how much she needed it. 07:18.000 --> 07:21.000 I'm just not trying, Paul. It's... 07:21.000 --> 07:22.000 I suppose you're right. 07:22.000 --> 07:25.000 They've always been so kind to me. I've got to help them. 07:25.000 --> 07:29.000 But how can we, Carol? We don't even know what's wrong. 07:29.000 --> 07:31.000 They were always so happy together. 07:31.000 --> 07:34.000 Somehow I can't believe they've broken up. 07:34.000 --> 07:37.000 Something else has happened. Something terrible. 07:37.000 --> 07:40.000 And I'm going to stand till I find out what. 07:40.000 --> 07:42.000 Well, in that case we'd better find a place to sleep. 07:42.000 --> 07:44.000 All the bedrooms are upstairs. Come on. 07:44.000 --> 07:46.000 Right. 07:48.000 --> 07:51.000 Wow. Look at the dust on the banister. 07:51.000 --> 07:53.000 I bet this place hasn't been cleaned in a month. 07:53.000 --> 07:55.000 Paul. Huh? 07:55.000 --> 07:57.000 Did you see the way she looks? 07:57.000 --> 07:58.000 Yeah. 07:58.000 --> 08:01.000 Gee, her face seems completely wrinkled with worry. 08:01.000 --> 08:03.000 No wonder I didn't recognize her. 08:03.000 --> 08:06.000 She seems much older and frightened. 08:06.000 --> 08:09.000 Well, do you think she's ill? 08:09.000 --> 08:11.000 I don't know. I wish I did. 08:13.000 --> 08:17.000 Wow, look at that hall. Gloomy and dirty. 08:17.000 --> 08:19.000 Where do these doors go to? 08:19.000 --> 08:22.000 That one's to Aunt Julie's room, and this one's Uncle Henry's. 08:22.000 --> 08:25.000 The one across the way is a spare. I guess that's ours. 08:25.000 --> 08:27.000 Well, let's go in. 08:29.000 --> 08:31.000 Wow. What a mess. 08:31.000 --> 08:33.000 Well, might as well get busy cleaning. 08:33.000 --> 08:36.000 Yeah. There's nothing like a good round of house cleaning before supper. 08:36.000 --> 08:41.000 Paul, so long as Uncle Henry's not here, maybe we can take his room. 08:41.000 --> 08:45.000 It's got an adjoining door to Aunt Julie's, and then in case she needs it, we'll be near. 08:45.000 --> 08:48.000 Okay. It doesn't matter to me which room we clean. Let's go. 08:48.000 --> 08:52.000 Yeah. This one over here. 08:52.000 --> 08:57.000 Well, this is... Paul, look. It's all clean and neat. 08:57.000 --> 09:02.000 Well, I'll be darned. It's the only clean place in the whole house. 09:02.000 --> 09:07.000 I don't understand. Every room is inches in dirt, except this one. 09:07.000 --> 09:09.000 The outside is completely neglected. 09:09.000 --> 09:11.000 Except the rose bush. 09:11.000 --> 09:15.000 Uncle Henry's room and Uncle Henry's rose bush. I don't get it. 09:15.000 --> 09:20.000 Well, look on the dresser there. Aunt Julie's picture and a pipe and tobacco. 09:20.000 --> 09:23.000 Why, that's Uncle Henry's favorite pipe. 09:23.000 --> 09:27.000 Drawers full of shirts, socks, underwear. 09:27.000 --> 09:30.000 Carol, if your uncle went away, why did he leave this? 09:30.000 --> 09:31.000 I don't know. 09:31.000 --> 09:32.000 Strange, but... 09:32.000 --> 09:34.000 What's that paper, Paul? 09:34.000 --> 09:44.000 Why, it looks like... It is an insurance policy for $30,000 payable to your Aunt Julie in case Uncle Henry dies. 09:44.000 --> 09:45.000 Carol, this is... 09:45.000 --> 09:46.000 What are you two doing here? 09:46.000 --> 09:47.000 Aunt Julie, I... 09:47.000 --> 09:48.000 What are you doing here? 09:48.000 --> 09:49.000 Well, we thought that we... 09:49.000 --> 09:50.000 What's that in your hand? 09:50.000 --> 09:51.000 An insurance. 09:51.000 --> 09:52.000 Give it to me. 09:52.000 --> 09:53.000 And keep out of this room. 09:53.000 --> 09:54.000 We didn't look at it hard. 09:54.000 --> 09:58.000 I didn't know how to take this. 09:58.000 --> 10:01.000 Uncle Henry's pipe and all his clothes were still in his room. 10:01.000 --> 10:04.000 And yet, Uncle Henry was gone. 10:04.000 --> 10:07.000 I couldn't understand why Aunt Julie got so angry. 10:07.000 --> 10:10.000 I looked to Paul for an explanation. 10:10.000 --> 10:14.000 I could tell he had something on his mind, but I didn't dare ask him what it was. 10:14.000 --> 10:16.000 And he didn't say. 10:16.000 --> 10:19.000 After Aunt Julie's outburst, we went back to the spare room and cleaned it. 10:19.000 --> 10:24.000 Then we washed and started downstairs for supper. 10:24.000 --> 10:25.000 Watch your step, Carol. 10:25.000 --> 10:27.000 These aren't the strongest looking stairs. 10:27.000 --> 10:28.000 It'll be all right. 10:28.000 --> 10:31.000 Paul, what do you make of Aunt Julie's behavior? 10:31.000 --> 10:32.000 Frankly, Carol, I'm worried. 10:32.000 --> 10:33.000 I'm frightened. 10:33.000 --> 10:35.000 May as well admit it. 10:35.000 --> 10:38.000 There's something stranger that frightens me to death. 10:38.000 --> 10:41.000 I don't think there's anything to be frightened of. 10:41.000 --> 10:43.000 It's just that... 10:43.000 --> 10:45.000 There, that's the last step. 10:45.000 --> 10:46.000 This way to the kitchen. 10:46.000 --> 10:47.000 All right. 10:47.000 --> 10:50.000 Oh, as I was saying, I don't think there's... 10:50.000 --> 10:51.000 Look out, Carol! 10:55.000 --> 10:56.000 That was close. 10:56.000 --> 10:58.000 That vase just missed you. 10:58.000 --> 10:59.000 Vase? 10:59.000 --> 11:00.000 Yes, and it was a heavy one. 11:00.000 --> 11:02.000 The one at the top of the stairway. 11:02.000 --> 11:03.000 It would have hit me. 11:03.000 --> 11:04.000 Yeah. 11:04.000 --> 11:05.000 Oh, Paul, I'm frightened. 11:05.000 --> 11:07.000 Look, coming down the stairs. 11:07.000 --> 11:08.000 What happened? 11:08.000 --> 11:09.000 The vase fell. 11:09.000 --> 11:10.000 Just missed Carol. 11:10.000 --> 11:11.000 Well, don't worry about it. 11:11.000 --> 11:13.000 I didn't like the vase anyway. 11:13.000 --> 11:14.000 The vase? 11:14.000 --> 11:15.000 What about Carol? 11:15.000 --> 11:16.000 She almost got killed. 11:16.000 --> 11:17.000 Never mind, Paul. 11:17.000 --> 11:18.000 It was an accident. 11:18.000 --> 11:19.000 An accident? 11:19.000 --> 11:21.000 We were just going in for supper, Aunt Julie. 11:21.000 --> 11:22.000 Care to join us? 11:22.000 --> 11:23.000 Well, I... 11:23.000 --> 11:24.000 Come on, Aunt Julie. 11:24.000 --> 11:25.000 It'll do you good. 11:25.000 --> 11:27.000 Oh, all right. 11:27.000 --> 11:28.000 Here. 11:28.000 --> 11:30.000 You two sit right down. 11:30.000 --> 11:32.000 I'll have something prepared in a minute. 11:32.000 --> 11:34.000 I'm not very hungry. 11:34.000 --> 11:36.000 Oh, nonsense, Aunt Julie. 11:36.000 --> 11:39.000 I'll fix something that'll make your mouth water. 11:39.000 --> 11:44.000 You know, when Carol and I get through cleaning this place up, 11:44.000 --> 11:46.000 it'll look just like new. 11:46.000 --> 11:47.000 Yeah? 11:47.000 --> 11:48.000 Sure. 11:48.000 --> 11:50.000 I think when Carol and I have a family, 11:50.000 --> 11:52.000 we'll take them to a farm. 11:52.000 --> 11:53.000 Really? 11:53.000 --> 11:54.000 Yes, yes. 11:54.000 --> 11:57.000 You know, this place would be swell for children. 11:57.000 --> 12:00.000 Oh, what do you mean? 12:00.000 --> 12:01.000 Oh. 12:01.000 --> 12:02.000 Oh. 12:02.000 --> 12:03.000 Oh. 12:03.000 --> 12:05.000 What did I say? 12:05.000 --> 12:06.000 What's the matter? 12:06.000 --> 12:08.000 What's the matter with Aunt Julie? 12:08.000 --> 12:09.000 Where is she going? 12:09.000 --> 12:10.000 I don't know. 12:10.000 --> 12:12.000 I was just trying to make conversation. 12:12.000 --> 12:14.000 Just talked about children on a farm. 12:14.000 --> 12:15.000 That's all. 12:15.000 --> 12:17.000 Oh, Paul, unfightfully word. 12:17.000 --> 12:19.000 Do you think we ought to call a doctor for her? 12:19.000 --> 12:20.000 I don't know. 12:20.000 --> 12:21.000 We have to do something. 12:21.000 --> 12:23.000 She certainly doesn't look too well. 12:23.000 --> 12:25.000 But maybe she isn't really sick. 12:25.000 --> 12:26.000 What do you mean? 12:26.000 --> 12:30.000 Well, maybe if your Uncle Henry did leave her, 12:30.000 --> 12:31.000 well, then maybe... 12:31.000 --> 12:33.000 You mean, you mean she still loves him? 12:33.000 --> 12:35.000 It's possible, but... 12:35.000 --> 12:37.000 Oh, but you don't really believe it. 12:37.000 --> 12:40.000 Oh, Carol, I don't know what to believe. 12:40.000 --> 12:42.000 I just know something's wrong. 12:42.000 --> 12:44.000 Uh-huh. 12:44.000 --> 12:46.000 I'm not hungry, Paul. 12:46.000 --> 12:47.000 Me either. 12:47.000 --> 12:49.000 Let's go for a walk. 12:49.000 --> 12:52.000 Maybe we can figure something out. 12:55.000 --> 12:58.000 The country's so peaceful and beautiful in the night. 12:58.000 --> 12:59.000 Yes, it is. 12:59.000 --> 13:01.000 I wish you could enjoy it. 13:01.000 --> 13:03.000 But I can. 13:03.000 --> 13:04.000 Don't try to fool me. 13:04.000 --> 13:07.000 Your first vacation in years, and you run into this. 13:07.000 --> 13:09.000 Well, we have to help her. 13:09.000 --> 13:10.000 Of course. 13:10.000 --> 13:12.000 But how? 13:12.000 --> 13:13.000 Yes, we don't even know what's wrong. 13:13.000 --> 13:16.000 She not only won't tell, but we can't get near her 13:16.000 --> 13:18.000 long enough to talk to her. 13:18.000 --> 13:20.000 Suppose Uncle Henry really did leave her. 13:20.000 --> 13:22.000 He may have gone off in a huff. 13:22.000 --> 13:24.000 That would account for the clothes being here. 13:24.000 --> 13:25.000 Well, perhaps. 13:25.000 --> 13:27.000 And suppose she still is in love with him. 13:27.000 --> 13:28.000 Well, that would account for... 13:28.000 --> 13:29.000 Oh, but even if that's so, 13:29.000 --> 13:31.000 could that make her feel so badly? 13:31.000 --> 13:32.000 Make her act like this? 13:32.000 --> 13:35.000 Not talking, neglecting everything? 13:35.000 --> 13:37.000 Everything except his room and his flowers. 13:37.000 --> 13:39.000 I don't know. 13:39.000 --> 13:41.000 A woman's love is a strange thing. 13:41.000 --> 13:45.000 If you left me, I don't know what I'd do. 13:45.000 --> 13:47.000 Well, if that is the case, 13:47.000 --> 13:49.000 the thing to do is to make her forget. 13:49.000 --> 13:50.000 That won't be easy. 13:50.000 --> 13:52.000 No, I don't imagine it would be. 13:52.000 --> 13:55.000 But suppose we take her to the city with us 13:55.000 --> 13:56.000 until she forgets. 13:56.000 --> 13:58.000 Well, we could ask her at least. 13:58.000 --> 14:02.000 Yeah. Yeah, come on. Let's go find her. 14:04.000 --> 14:05.000 Oh! 14:05.000 --> 14:07.000 Watch out! You almost fell. 14:07.000 --> 14:09.000 I tripped. I'm all right. 14:09.000 --> 14:11.000 Look, Paul. 14:11.000 --> 14:12.000 What? 14:12.000 --> 14:13.000 Look what I tripped over. 14:13.000 --> 14:16.000 It's a mound of freshly dug earth. 14:16.000 --> 14:17.000 What's that for? 14:17.000 --> 14:21.000 Paul. Paul, it looks like a grave. 14:21.000 --> 14:24.000 Oh, don't be silly. 14:24.000 --> 14:28.000 Why, it's just a... Forget it. 14:28.000 --> 14:30.000 Come on, let's find Aunt Julie. 14:32.000 --> 14:33.000 Paul, that... 14:33.000 --> 14:35.000 Forget it. 14:35.000 --> 14:37.000 Say, what's that building over there? 14:37.000 --> 14:38.000 That's the barn. 14:38.000 --> 14:40.000 There used to be a swell old cow there 14:40.000 --> 14:41.000 with a bell around her neck 14:41.000 --> 14:44.000 and chickens and ducks and all sorts of pets. 14:44.000 --> 14:45.000 This must have been a happy place. 14:45.000 --> 14:48.000 It was, but now... 14:48.000 --> 14:51.000 Paul, standing by the barn, it's Aunt Julie. 14:51.000 --> 14:52.000 Come on, let's ask her now. 14:52.000 --> 14:53.000 Aunt Julie! 14:53.000 --> 14:54.000 What are you doing? 14:54.000 --> 14:55.000 Following me? 14:55.000 --> 14:58.000 How could you? 14:58.000 --> 15:01.000 Well, it was a nuisance. 15:01.000 --> 15:03.000 Oh, Aunt Julie. 15:03.000 --> 15:09.000 Oh, a cat with its neck wrung. 15:13.000 --> 15:14.000 This was the first indication 15:14.000 --> 15:16.000 of Aunt Julie's ruthlessness. 15:16.000 --> 15:19.000 It seemed so unlike Aunt Julie that I knew. 15:19.000 --> 15:21.000 She was always kind. 15:21.000 --> 15:24.000 There was no mistaking the anger in her eyes 15:24.000 --> 15:26.000 as she stood there in the dim moonlight, 15:26.000 --> 15:29.000 the strangled cat in her hands. 15:29.000 --> 15:32.000 She killed it, she said, because it was a nuisance. 15:32.000 --> 15:33.000 If she could do that, 15:33.000 --> 15:37.000 what else was she capable of doing? 15:37.000 --> 15:38.000 Paul and I went into the house. 15:38.000 --> 15:40.000 We went upstairs and put the finishing touches 15:40.000 --> 15:42.000 in our room and went to bed. 15:42.000 --> 15:44.000 I couldn't sleep. 15:44.000 --> 15:45.000 As I watched the moon make its slow, 15:45.000 --> 15:48.000 solitary way across the heaven, 15:48.000 --> 15:50.000 I kept thinking. 15:50.000 --> 15:53.000 Paul and I are also a nuisance. 15:53.000 --> 15:57.000 Paul and I are also a nuisance. 15:57.000 --> 15:59.000 Toward midnight, I became drowsy 15:59.000 --> 16:01.000 and was just beginning to fall off to sleep 16:01.000 --> 16:05.000 when I heard footsteps in the hall. 16:05.000 --> 16:06.000 Paul! 16:06.000 --> 16:08.000 What? 16:08.000 --> 16:10.000 Paul! Paul, wake up! 16:10.000 --> 16:12.000 What is it? 16:12.000 --> 16:15.000 Shh! I hear footsteps in the hall. 16:15.000 --> 16:17.000 Footsteps? 16:17.000 --> 16:20.000 I don't hear anything. 16:20.000 --> 16:22.000 There. Hear it? 16:22.000 --> 16:23.000 Yeah. 16:23.000 --> 16:25.000 Must be Aunt Julie. 16:25.000 --> 16:28.000 What would she be doing up this time of night? 16:28.000 --> 16:30.000 I don't know, but who else could it be? 16:30.000 --> 16:31.000 I'll go see. 16:31.000 --> 16:33.000 I'm coming with you. 16:33.000 --> 16:37.000 Quiet. Don't put on the light. 16:39.000 --> 16:42.000 I can't see. 16:42.000 --> 16:46.000 Yes, now I can. 16:46.000 --> 16:48.000 It is Aunt Julie. 16:48.000 --> 16:52.000 She's walking down the hall. 16:52.000 --> 16:54.000 I think she's coming this way. 16:54.000 --> 16:56.000 Quiet. 16:56.000 --> 16:59.000 Shh. I think she's... 16:59.000 --> 17:00.000 What's she got in her hand? 17:00.000 --> 17:02.000 Looks like a scissors. 17:02.000 --> 17:03.000 Scissors? 17:02.000 --> 17:03.000 Yes. 17:03.000 --> 17:05.000 What would she be doing with... 17:05.000 --> 17:06.000 Carol, she's coming this way. 17:06.000 --> 17:07.000 Get back in bed, quick. 17:07.000 --> 17:08.000 What? 17:08.000 --> 17:10.000 Get in bed. 17:10.000 --> 17:17.000 All right, now. Quiet. 17:24.000 --> 17:25.000 She went out. 17:25.000 --> 17:26.000 What? 17:26.000 --> 17:29.000 Yeah. She just looked in and left. 17:29.000 --> 17:31.000 Do you think she knew we were awake? 17:31.000 --> 17:32.000 I don't see how. 17:32.000 --> 17:33.000 Let's follow her. 17:33.000 --> 17:37.000 All right. Where's my other slipper? 17:37.000 --> 17:42.000 There. All right, come on. 17:42.000 --> 17:44.000 She's going downstairs. 17:44.000 --> 17:47.000 Come on and be quiet. 17:47.000 --> 17:48.000 I think she's going outside. 17:48.000 --> 17:49.000 Let's go. 17:49.000 --> 17:50.000 Not so fast. 17:50.000 --> 17:53.000 Give her a chance to get out. 17:53.000 --> 17:59.000 There she's out. Come on. 17:59.000 --> 18:01.000 Look, Pa. 18:01.000 --> 18:03.000 She's cutting a bunch of roses off the bush. 18:03.000 --> 18:06.000 She's taking them around to the back of the house. 18:06.000 --> 18:09.000 Come on. 18:09.000 --> 18:12.000 Here. Now get down behind this bush. 18:12.000 --> 18:14.000 Look, Pa. 18:14.000 --> 18:19.000 She's going over to that mound and placing the roses on it. 18:19.000 --> 18:20.000 Pa. 18:20.000 --> 18:23.000 Shh. But, Pa, it looks like... 18:23.000 --> 18:28.000 Quiet, Carol. She's kneeling beside it. 18:28.000 --> 18:31.000 Now she's getting up and coming back. 18:31.000 --> 18:41.000 Get down. 18:41.000 --> 18:42.000 She's gone. 18:42.000 --> 18:45.000 Pa, do you know what that is? 18:45.000 --> 18:47.000 I got a pretty good idea. 18:47.000 --> 18:54.000 Uncle Harry's roses with Uncle Harry's grave. 18:54.000 --> 18:58.000 I said it. I said it without thinking. 18:58.000 --> 19:02.000 Of course we had no way of knowing Uncle Henry was dead. 19:02.000 --> 19:07.000 We had no way of knowing that that was Uncle Henry's grave or that it was a grave at all. 19:07.000 --> 19:16.000 But at that moment, stooping behind the bush and the blackness of the country, we felt it, not knowing why. 19:16.000 --> 19:19.000 Paul and I went back to our room as quickly and as silently as possible. 19:19.000 --> 19:22.000 Needless to say, we didn't sleep anymore. 19:22.000 --> 19:27.000 We just kept looking at each other, asking ourselves questions, trying to analyze our feelings. 19:27.000 --> 19:31.000 Soon we could see the streaks of dawn coming up over the treetops. 19:31.000 --> 19:35.000 And we slept the early morning hours, trying to... 19:35.000 --> 19:39.000 We were trying to convince each other that our thoughts were ridiculous. 19:39.000 --> 19:42.000 Frankly, I don't think we succeeded. 19:42.000 --> 19:49.000 Finally we decided not to mention it, to go on with the cleaning the next day as we'd planned, to make believe nothing had happened until we had proof. 19:49.000 --> 19:54.000 That day we spent cleaning and all day Aunt Julie was nowhere to be seen. 19:54.000 --> 20:01.000 Yet I had a strange feeling that something, someone was watching our every move. 20:01.000 --> 20:05.000 Toward evening, Paul and I sat down for a bite to eat. 20:05.000 --> 20:07.000 More coffee? 20:07.000 --> 20:09.000 Oh, thanks. 20:09.000 --> 20:11.000 I wonder where Aunt Julie is. 20:11.000 --> 20:13.000 I don't know, Carol. 20:13.000 --> 20:15.000 That's a strange aunt you've got. 20:15.000 --> 20:17.000 Yes. 20:17.000 --> 20:19.000 Oh, look, the window. 20:19.000 --> 20:20.000 What is it? 20:20.000 --> 20:22.000 Oh, I thought I saw someone looking in. 20:22.000 --> 20:23.000 What? 20:23.000 --> 20:25.000 There's no one there now. 20:25.000 --> 20:27.000 But I'm sure I saw... 20:27.000 --> 20:29.000 Probably just a shadow. 20:29.000 --> 20:31.000 Yes, I'll be just a shadow. 20:31.000 --> 20:33.000 You're on edge, Carol. 20:33.000 --> 20:35.000 I'll be all right. Finish your coffee. 20:35.000 --> 20:37.000 I'll start cleaning the bathroom. 20:37.000 --> 20:40.000 We'll both work on the kitchen, and I'll take care of the downstairs. 20:40.000 --> 20:42.000 All right. 20:42.000 --> 20:44.000 Paul, you look worried. 20:44.000 --> 20:46.000 You know, this whole crazy business... 20:46.000 --> 20:48.000 Let's not talk about it. 20:48.000 --> 20:50.000 But putting roses on a... 20:50.000 --> 20:52.000 I'm sorry, Carol. 20:52.000 --> 20:54.000 It's you I'm really worried about. 20:54.000 --> 20:56.000 If something should happen to you, I'll never forgive myself. 20:56.000 --> 20:58.000 Nothing will happen. 20:58.000 --> 21:00.000 I'll finish your coffee. I'll start cleaning the bathroom. 21:00.000 --> 21:02.000 Okay, Carol. 21:02.000 --> 21:04.000 I won't be long. 21:04.000 --> 21:06.000 Hmm. 21:06.000 --> 21:08.000 Well. 21:08.000 --> 21:10.000 Isn't too bad. 21:10.000 --> 21:12.000 There's the sink. 21:12.000 --> 21:14.000 Some hot water. 21:14.000 --> 21:16.000 There, that's it. 21:16.000 --> 21:28.000 I'll wash the rag around the sink bowl. 21:28.000 --> 21:30.000 Oh! 21:30.000 --> 21:32.000 Oh. 21:32.000 --> 21:34.000 Oh dear. 21:34.000 --> 21:36.000 Just the wind. 21:36.000 --> 21:38.000 I guess I'm getting jumpy. 21:38.000 --> 21:40.000 Hmm. 21:40.000 --> 21:42.000 This place won't be half bad when it's clean. 21:42.000 --> 21:44.000 The medicine chest. 21:44.000 --> 21:46.000 Clean the mirror. 21:46.000 --> 21:48.000 And the shelves. 21:48.000 --> 21:50.000 Oh. 21:50.000 --> 21:52.000 Paul. 21:52.000 --> 21:54.000 Paul. 21:54.000 --> 21:56.000 Come here. 21:56.000 --> 21:58.000 What's the matter? 21:58.000 --> 22:00.000 Look, there in the medicine chest. 22:00.000 --> 22:02.000 Where? 22:02.000 --> 22:04.000 What's a hypodermic needle? 22:04.000 --> 22:06.000 What would a hypodermic needle be doing here? 22:06.000 --> 22:08.000 Well, it's not likely to be here for nothing. 22:08.000 --> 22:10.000 Look, alongside of it. 22:10.000 --> 22:12.000 A bottle of...what's it say? 22:12.000 --> 22:14.000 It's awful looking stuff. 22:14.000 --> 22:16.000 Open the bottle. 22:16.000 --> 22:18.000 That corks in tight. 22:18.000 --> 22:20.000 There. 22:20.000 --> 22:22.000 Oh, nauseating. 22:22.000 --> 22:24.000 Stuff like that would kill a person. 22:24.000 --> 22:26.000 Paul, it's not a joke. 22:26.000 --> 22:28.000 I'm sorry, Carol. 22:28.000 --> 22:30.000 Do you really think Aunt Julie... 22:30.000 --> 22:32.000 I don't know. 22:32.000 --> 22:34.000 It can't be, Paul. It can't be. 22:34.000 --> 22:36.000 Maybe not, but we better find out. 22:36.000 --> 22:38.000 And quickly, Carol, there's one more thing to do. 22:38.000 --> 22:40.000 I'm going to see if that's really Uncle Henry's grave. 22:40.000 --> 22:42.000 Don't you see? I have to. 22:42.000 --> 22:44.000 If it is, we're in danger. 22:44.000 --> 22:46.000 I'm still not sure that falling vase was an accident. 22:46.000 --> 22:48.000 We have to find out about this business once and for all. 22:48.000 --> 22:50.000 I'm coming with you. 22:52.000 --> 22:54.000 We walked out toward the back of the house. 22:56.000 --> 22:58.000 And through my mind flashed the succession of events. 23:00.000 --> 23:02.000 The neglected house, 23:02.000 --> 23:04.000 Aunt Julie's insistence that we leave, 23:04.000 --> 23:06.000 the roses, the grave, the insurance policy, 23:06.000 --> 23:08.000 and now the hypodermic needle in that infernal oil. 23:08.000 --> 23:10.000 All the evidence pointed to but one conclusion. 23:12.000 --> 23:14.000 I couldn't believe it, and yet, 23:14.000 --> 23:16.000 there it was, motive and method. 23:16.000 --> 23:18.000 And now we were going outside 23:18.000 --> 23:20.000 to dig up the last remaining evidence. 23:22.000 --> 23:24.000 Well, this is it, Carol. 23:24.000 --> 23:26.000 Sure you want to watch? 23:26.000 --> 23:28.000 I won't stay in this house alone. 23:28.000 --> 23:30.000 Look at the beautiful roses around it. 23:30.000 --> 23:32.000 Hurry up, Paul. Let's get it over with. 23:32.000 --> 23:34.000 Okay. Here goes. 23:34.000 --> 23:36.000 Here goes. 23:38.000 --> 23:40.000 I never thought I'd turn into a grave digger. 23:42.000 --> 23:44.000 This dirt isn't packed tight. 23:44.000 --> 23:46.000 Easy to dig. 23:48.000 --> 23:50.000 It's getting dark. 23:50.000 --> 23:52.000 Yeah. 23:52.000 --> 23:54.000 I think I'll run in and get a lantern. 23:54.000 --> 23:56.000 I'll be right back, Carol. 23:56.000 --> 23:58.000 All right. 23:58.000 --> 24:00.000 Every one of those lengthening shadows 24:00.000 --> 24:02.000 looks like a ghost. 24:02.000 --> 24:04.000 It gets dark quickly in the country. 24:04.000 --> 24:06.000 I was afraid, but I knew 24:06.000 --> 24:08.000 Paul would be back in a minute. 24:08.000 --> 24:10.000 I picked up the shovel and began to dig. 24:14.000 --> 24:16.000 Oh, dear. That's better. 24:16.000 --> 24:18.000 I'm not so nervous. 24:18.000 --> 24:20.000 I'm working. 24:22.000 --> 24:24.000 Is that you behind me, Paul? 24:24.000 --> 24:26.000 Bring the lantern closer. 24:26.000 --> 24:28.000 Gee, it's so dark. 24:28.000 --> 24:30.000 Paul. Paul, I... 24:30.000 --> 24:32.000 Look at Henry. 24:32.000 --> 24:34.000 What are you doing? 24:34.000 --> 24:36.000 What are you doing to my grave? 24:36.000 --> 24:38.000 Put it back. Put it back. 24:38.000 --> 24:40.000 Oh, my flowers, my beautiful flowers, 24:40.000 --> 24:42.000 my lovely roses. You've hurt them. 24:42.000 --> 24:44.000 You've hurt my roses, and I won't let you. 24:44.000 --> 24:46.000 I won't. I won't. 24:46.000 --> 24:48.000 Keep away. Keep away, Uncle Henry. 24:48.000 --> 24:50.000 I won't let you hurt my roses, my sweet delicate roses. 24:50.000 --> 24:52.000 Take your hands away. Take them. 24:52.000 --> 24:54.000 You broke them. 24:54.000 --> 24:56.000 You killed them. Stop it. Stop it, Henry. 24:56.000 --> 24:58.000 I'm going to kill her after she did my roses. 24:58.000 --> 25:00.000 Henry. Henry. Henry. 25:04.000 --> 25:06.000 Oh, forgive me, Henry. I didn't mean... 25:06.000 --> 25:08.000 Are you all right, Carol? 25:08.000 --> 25:10.000 Yes. Yes, I think so. 25:10.000 --> 25:12.000 What happened? What... 25:12.000 --> 25:14.000 Uncle Henry? 25:14.000 --> 25:16.000 Aunt Julie saved my life, Paul. 25:16.000 --> 25:18.000 And we thought she... 25:18.000 --> 25:20.000 Oh, can you ever forgive us, Aunt Julie? 25:20.000 --> 25:22.000 You didn't know? 25:22.000 --> 25:24.000 That he wasn't dead at all? 25:24.000 --> 25:26.000 No. No, he wasn't. 25:26.000 --> 25:28.000 He was living in his room all the time, Carol. 25:28.000 --> 25:30.000 I was taking care of him. 25:30.000 --> 25:32.000 When you two insisted on staying here, 25:32.000 --> 25:34.000 I kept him out of sight. 25:34.000 --> 25:36.000 Oh, I didn't want to kill him, 25:36.000 --> 25:38.000 and I had to. 25:38.000 --> 25:40.000 He would have killed Carol. 25:40.000 --> 25:42.000 Aunt Julie. Oh, if you only had left 25:42.000 --> 25:44.000 when I asked you to. 25:44.000 --> 25:46.000 But perhaps it's better this way. 25:46.000 --> 25:48.000 He never got that violent before. 25:48.000 --> 25:50.000 I could always take care of him. 25:50.000 --> 25:52.000 The hypodermic needle and the sedative 25:52.000 --> 25:54.000 calmed him when he got a little wild, 25:54.000 --> 25:56.000 but then... 25:56.000 --> 25:58.000 then when I saw him strangle the cat, 25:58.000 --> 26:00.000 I knew he was getting completely out of hand. 26:00.000 --> 26:02.000 Yes, it's... it's better this way. 26:02.000 --> 26:04.000 He's better off dead. 26:04.000 --> 26:06.000 Poor Uncle Henry. 26:06.000 --> 26:08.000 The grave and the roses 26:08.000 --> 26:10.000 were a whim of his. 26:10.000 --> 26:12.000 A whim. 26:12.000 --> 26:14.000 And look, 26:14.000 --> 26:34.000 he fell right in his own grave. 26:34.000 --> 26:36.000 And so closes the story, 26:36.000 --> 26:38.000 Uncle Henry's Rosebush, starring 26:38.000 --> 26:40.000 Agnes Moorhead, Ellen Drew, and Ted Reed. 26:40.000 --> 26:42.000 Tonight's tale of... 26:42.000 --> 26:44.000 suspense. 26:44.000 --> 26:46.000 This is your narrator, the man in black, 26:46.000 --> 26:48.000 who conveys to you Columbia's invitation 26:48.000 --> 26:50.000 to spend this half hour in suspense 26:50.000 --> 26:52.000 with us again next week, same time, 26:52.000 --> 26:54.000 when we will present 26:54.000 --> 26:56.000 another flowery bouquet 26:56.000 --> 26:58.000 of suspicion 26:58.000 --> 27:00.000 and terror, and a 27:00.000 --> 27:02.000 homicidal maniac at large. 27:02.000 --> 27:04.000 Only this time, the roses 27:04.000 --> 27:06.000 will be white. 27:06.000 --> 27:08.000 The story will be The White Rose 27:08.000 --> 27:10.000 Murders by Cornell Woolrich. 27:10.000 --> 27:12.000 The tale of a killer who 27:12.000 --> 27:14.000 trademarked his crimes by leaving 27:14.000 --> 27:16.000 a white rose on the victim. 27:16.000 --> 27:18.000 Our star will be 27:18.000 --> 27:20.000 Maureen O'Hara. 27:22.000 --> 27:24.000 The producer of these broadcasts is 27:24.000 --> 27:26.000 William Spear, with Ted Bliss, the director, 27:26.000 --> 27:28.000 Bernard Herrmann, and Lucian 27:28.000 --> 27:30.000 Mahowich, conductor and composer, 27:30.000 --> 27:32.000 and Larry Roman, the author, 27:32.000 --> 27:34.000 collaborated on tonight's... 27:34.000 --> 27:48.000 suspense. 27:48.000 --> 27:50.000 This is CBS, 27:50.000 --> 27:52.000 the Columbia Broadcasting 27:52.000 --> 28:06.000 System.