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Roma Wines, those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 7 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:51,000 To your happiness in entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 8 00:00:51,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Yes, right now, a glass full would be very pleasant as Roma Wines bring you Lloyd Nolan and Vincent Price in a remarkable tale of Suspense. 9 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:12,000 It began with just a little hunting trip for the two of us, Eric and me. 10 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:17,000 I hadn't seen Eric for several months, not since before Karen died, in fact. 11 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:23,000 When I bumped into him at the club, he suggested that we run up to his cabin in the mountains for a few days, 12 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:28,000 grab a bit of fresh air and relaxation, see if we couldn't bag ourselves a moose or a deer. 13 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:34,000 And yet, almost at the outset, I had an uncanny feeling about that trip. 14 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:44,000 I suppose actually it was the night and the setting. It was the blackest night I'd ever seen. 15 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,000 We'd left all humankind behind us. There was no moon. 16 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:51,000 There was only blackness, the kind that seemed to be all enveloping, 17 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:56,000 as though there was nothing outside our car but blackness. No road, no forest, no mountains. 18 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:01,000 Now let's admit I was nervous. I was boring my feet into the floorboard of the car, 19 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,000 as though somehow that would help. 20 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,000 What are you laughing at? 21 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,000 You, Stan. You don't look as though you're having a very good time. 22 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Well, I'm not, I frankly. Shouldn't you be driving a little bit slower? 23 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,000 Why? 24 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Why? Good heavens, Eric, if you make just one little slip of the wheel, we're done for that. 25 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,000 So all I doubt if they'd ever even find us down in those canyons. 26 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Nonsense. I know every crook and turn in this road. 27 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,000 Oh, yeah? 28 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 I don't think you're much of an outdoors man, Stan. 29 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Well, maybe not. I love this kind of country in the daytime, 30 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:36,000 but I'll confess I'm not so keen on it at night. I don't like what I can't see. 31 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Funny, I'm just the opposite. 32 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,000 There's, well, there's a challenge in the darkness that stimulates my senses. 33 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,000 It's exhilarating. It stirs my imagination. 34 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Sure, I suppose it would. But I'm not equipped to grapple with the mysteries of the universe. 35 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Stan, you're much too modest. You always were. 36 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,000 You've gotten out of life pretty much what you wanted, haven't you? 37 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Well, yes, I suppose so. 38 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,000 Then don't always be belittling yourself. 39 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,000 It's an effective technique, Stan, but I'm on to you. 40 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:10,000 You're as clever as the next fellow, in your own way. 41 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,000 I sat back and tried to relax. 42 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:27,000 Things weren't quite as Eric had pictured them. I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, as they say. 43 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,000 Eric had come up the hard way. I was average and soft. 44 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 He was brilliant and hard. 45 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:39,000 We'd known each other a long time, gone to school together, been in love with the same girl, Karen. 46 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:44,000 When I married her, he was my best man, and yet I didn't pretend to understand him. 47 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:49,000 He was still pretty much of a stranger to me. I glanced over his way. 48 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:56,000 He actually seemed to be enjoying himself. It crossed my mind that he was rather enjoying seeing me in a bit of a lather, too. 49 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Well, it's not far now, just around the next bend. 50 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Well, thank the Lord. 51 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Well, am I amusing you again? 52 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:12,000 No. I was just thinking what a perfect spot this would be for a murder. 53 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,000 A murder? Honestly, Eric, I believe that's all you think about. 54 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:21,000 It is almost. When I buy a newspaper, I read about murder the way you study the stock quotations. 55 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Murder is fascinating to me. I spend most of my time figuring out ways and means to commit murder. 56 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Now you're trying to sound like a mental case. 57 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Who knows? Perhaps I am. I have a mind. 58 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:43,000 Well, here we are, old man. You see, I've delivered you safe and sound, all in one piece. 59 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Eric's cabin was perched high on a rocky crag jutting out from the side of a mountain, with one more flush against a sheer drop. 60 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:02,000 In front there was a steep path leading down to a lake. I could hear the lapping of the waves. 61 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:09,000 Eric fixed us something to eat and went outside. And pretty soon he came back in. 62 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Arm full of logs. His face was red and healthy. 63 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,000 I don't think you like my place, Stan. 64 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Oh, yes, I do. Honestly, I'm just tired, I guess. 65 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Well, we'll turn in directly. Cigarette? 66 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Yes, thanks. I believe I will. 67 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,000 I like it here. All the privacy in the world. 68 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Say, Eric. 69 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Yes? 70 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Why do you read about murder? 71 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Why do you read about stocks and bonds? 72 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Well, because they interest me. It's my business. 73 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:43,000 My business doesn't interest me. I read about murder because I'm interested in people. 74 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Murder is emotional. When people are being emotional, you get to see more of them. 75 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Why are you so interested in people? 76 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Oh, I think I'm more curious than interested. 77 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Well, all right. Why so curious? 78 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Well, it amuses me. I find out about people. I write down what I find out, 79 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:03,000 and I write my impressions of how those people will react to a series of circumstances. 80 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,000 It's a good way to get rid of one's inhibition. 81 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Sort of a frightening hobby. 82 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,000 I think stamp collecting is frightening. 83 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,000 You're too darn clever, Eric. 84 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Why too clever? 85 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Well, I mean you see through people. 86 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Well, what's wrong with that unless, of course, they have something they want to hide? 87 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Oh, I suppose it's all right if your friends don't mind. 88 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Do you? Mine? No, heavens no. Why should I? 89 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,000 That's right. Why should you? 90 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Well, how about hitting the hay? We have to be up early. 91 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 We'll only get a few hours' sleep, as it is. 92 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Well, suits me. 93 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:40,000 You sleep in my study, Stan. The bed in there is a bit more comfortable. 94 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:51,000 I'll bunk out here on the couch. 95 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:56,000 I had undressed and gotten into bed and was reaching over to put out the light on Eric's desk 96 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:00,000 when my eyes fell on a stack of typewritten sheets. 97 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,000 I wondered if they were the notes Eric had been speaking about. 98 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:08,000 The strange mumbo jumbo he'd written there, phrases he liked, 99 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,000 single sentences describing people he'd met. 100 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:16,000 There were a few clippings pasted on sheets of white paper, clippings describing murders, 101 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,000 by strangulation, by pistol, by drowning, by poison. 102 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:25,000 The full sheet was devoted to Karen. I hadn't realized how much he cared for. 103 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,000 His analysis was very kind, almost maudlin. 104 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:35,000 He spoke of a shock at hearing of her suicide, and he tried to reason it to find causes. 105 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,000 A small memo pad caught my eye, however. 106 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:44,000 And on the last page, I saw my name carefully printed. 107 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:50,000 I read it eagerly. I read Eric's arguments for not hating me because I had married Karen. 108 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,000 I read Eric's cold analysis of my character. 109 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,000 Not exactly flattering, but it was pretty accurate. 110 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,000 And at the bottom of the page, newly written by the looks of it, 111 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:07,000 and in Eric's own careful hand, I read four ways to commit murder. 112 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:15,000 By strangulation, by pistol bullet, by drowning, by poison. 113 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Music 114 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:31,000 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Vincent Price and Lloyd Nolan in Hunting Trip 115 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,000 by Paul Bernard and Lee Horton. 116 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 117 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Music 118 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Between the acts of Suspense, this is Ken Niles for Grand Estate Wines. 119 00:08:54,000 --> 00:09:00,000 Last night, a friend who entertains frequently told me how much he likes Grand Estate Wines, 120 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:05,000 those wines of outstanding excellence presented by Roma, America's greatest vintner. 121 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 Here's what he said. 122 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Recently, Ken, I serve Grand Estate Wines to some very particular guests, people who really know wine. 123 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Their sincere praise for that wonderful fragrance and taste was certainly flattering to me as a host. 124 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Grand Estate Wines are outstanding. 125 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Yes, to bring you this limited bottling of Grand Estate Wines, 126 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Roma selected only the choicest juice-laden grapes from California's finest vineyards. 127 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:38,000 Then at Roma's famed wineries, unmatched in winemaking resources, 128 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Grand Estate Wines are patiently, skillfully guided to perfection. 129 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Necessary time and the age-old skill of Roma master vintners endow each Grand Estate Wine 130 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,000 with brilliant clarity, full fragrance, and mellow taste. 131 00:09:54,000 --> 00:10:01,000 So whatever the occasion, you're sure to please all tastes with Grand Estate California Wines. 132 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:06,000 Medium sherry, ruby port, and golden muscatel for delightful entertaining. 133 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,000 Grand Estate burgundy and sotern for gracious dining. 134 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Remember the name, Grand Estate Wines by Roma, the crowning achievement of vintner skill. 135 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:21,000 And now, Roma wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, 136 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Lloyd Nolan as Stan and Vincent Price as Eric in Hunting Trip. 137 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:30,000 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 138 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:42,000 I suppose I slept that night, but it seemed as though I had only just dozed off 139 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,000 when I heard the door open quietly. 140 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:50,000 I opened one eye cautiously. It was still gray in the room, so I know I hadn't slept long. 141 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:56,000 I was about to open both eyes to save Eric the trouble of waking me when I thought, 142 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,000 he hasn't come to wake me. 143 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:04,000 My mind threw two words at me by strangulation. 144 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Before I had the chance to move, I felt his hands carefully on my throat. 145 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Don't! 146 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,000 Why, Stan, what's the matter? 147 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 I thought for a minute that... 148 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,000 I guess I must have been dreaming. Nightmare. 149 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:23,000 You grabbed hold of my hands like you thought I was going to strangle you. 150 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,000 Did I? 151 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,000 What's the matter? Have you got a guilty conscience? 152 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:31,000 Yeah, yeah, I guess I have. What did you want, Eric? 153 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,000 Time to get up. 154 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Oh, already? 155 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,000 Yeah, that's right. I've got good news, too. 156 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:40,000 I just spotted a likely looking buck right across the lake when I went down for water. 157 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Oh, good, good. 158 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Well, I'll get breakfast going as soon as you're ready. 159 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,000 Yeah, B, right with you. 160 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Now, there's no rush. Take your time. Nice to have you here. 161 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Well, maybe it was the way that he'd said that as though he'd really meant it. 162 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:02,000 For a minute I was convinced that I'd let my imagination run away with me. 163 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,000 As for putting his hand on my throat, that was an accident. 164 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 He'd been groping for my shoulder. 165 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Then the next minute I was asking myself, was it an accident, though? 166 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,000 Suppose I'd really been asleep. Suppose I hadn't grabbed his hands. 167 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,000 I still didn't know what to think. 168 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,000 Well, I dressed and we sat down to breakfast. 169 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Pass me your cup, will you, Stan? I'll give you some coffee. 170 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,000 There you are. 171 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,000 Thanks. 172 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Sugar coming up. 173 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,000 No, no sugar for me, thanks. 174 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,000 Well, Stan, when are you going to confess? 175 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,000 What do you mean, confess? 176 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,000 Or shall I drag it out of you? 177 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:41,000 What are you driving at? 178 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Oh, come now. You're not going to play the adolescent schoolboy with me. 179 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,000 I swear, I don't... 180 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:50,000 I'm referring to the lovely young woman you've been seen dining with and taking to the theater. 181 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Oh, you mean Marcia. 182 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Is that her name? 183 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Yes, yes. 184 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Well, go on. Where did you meet her? How? When? 185 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:00,000 Is she wealthy? Is she as beautiful as they say she is? Come on. 186 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Let's have the sordid detail. 187 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,000 No, Eric, you're barking up the wrong tree. 188 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,000 Am I? 189 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Oh, I'll admit, I've taken her out occasionally, but nothing like that. 190 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,000 Marcia, do I know her? 191 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,000 No, I don't believe you do. 192 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Isn't her last name Jenkins? 193 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Yes. 194 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Oh, of course I know her. That is, I met her. 195 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,000 Or don't you remember you introduced me to her yourself? 196 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Oh, did I? 197 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,000 Yes, don't you remember I ran into you at Silver's. 198 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:30,000 You were buying perfume and she was helping you select it. 199 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,000 For Karen, remember? 200 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Oh, yes, yes. Now that you recall it... 201 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,000 More coffee? 202 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Uh, yeah, no sugar. 203 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:47,000 Well, when we got to the lake, we bailed out the boat, loaded it, and pushed it out into the fog. 204 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:54,000 It was still half light when we reached the other side, so we sat in the boat and lighted cigarettes, waited for the sun to come up. 205 00:13:54,000 --> 00:14:00,000 We'd been sitting there just smoking, not saying anything, when he suddenly turned to me and said... 206 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,000 You say that she'd been ill? 207 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Uh, oh, Karen, yes. Yes, she'd been ill for some time, Eric. 208 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,000 So she killed herself? 209 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Yes. 210 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,000 There was an inquest, of course. 211 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,000 Yes, of course. Why do you ask? 212 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:24,000 Look at that sun. Did you ever see such color? 213 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,000 Four ways to commit murder. 214 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,000 I'd almost forgotten about Eric's hands on my throat. 215 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:36,000 Now the incident jumped vividly back to my mind because now I knew that Eric had a reason. 216 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,000 He looked away after he asked me about the inquest. 217 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:44,000 He didn't answer me when I asked him why he wanted to know. 218 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:53,000 Somewhere in that strange dark corner of his mind, he was still obsessed by love for Karen, even though she was dead and gone. 219 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:58,000 He thought that she'd still be alive and happy if she hadn't married me. 220 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,000 My legs were weak when he motioned me out of the boat. 221 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:10,000 A deer blew somewhere near us. We stopped. 222 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Hey, did you hear that? 223 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Yeah. 224 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Listen, it's moving west. 225 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,000 Yeah. 226 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Stan, you work west, just about half a mile or so ahead of us. You'll come to a clearing. 227 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,000 Take your stand there. 228 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,000 Right. 229 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:25,000 I'll strike north and west and then work toward the clearing. Good hunting. 230 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:34,000 This is it then, I thought. He'll hide somewhere along the way to the clearing and shoot me in the back. 231 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Now that I knew what to expect, I felt somewhat relieved. At least I'd be ready for him. 232 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,000 Nothing happened until I'd nearly reached the clearing. 233 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:56,000 And then I got the feeling that someone was walking with me, timing his steps with mine. 234 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:00,000 I stopped. I listened. 235 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:06,000 I don't know how long I stood there. My rifle gripped in my hands. 236 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,000 But suddenly, instinctively, I wheeled around. 237 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:15,000 The shot whistled over my head. Then I saw a buck running across the clearing. 238 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:20,000 He'd shot at me and missed. Well, two can play at that game, I thought. 239 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,000 The next shot would be mine. I wouldn't miss. 240 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,000 I dropped to my knees watching the brush for him. 241 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:29,000 Then all of a sudden I saw him running toward me right out in the open. 242 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:35,000 I started to raise my rifle, but I couldn't. I couldn't kill a man that way in cold blood. 243 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Stan, Stan, did I hit you? 244 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,000 I can't find you. 245 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Now hold on a minute, old son. Let's not lose our heads. 246 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:46,000 I'm terribly sorry, of course, but I had no idea you were to take Stan in the clearing. 247 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,000 So I naturally assumed you were there. 248 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 I don't know what I can say. 249 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:55,000 Well, maybe it was my fault. I don't know. 250 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Anyway, let's forget it. 251 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,000 But I... 252 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000 I said let's skip it. 253 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:04,000 I stuck close to Eric. After that I gave no more opportunity for a shooting accident. 254 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:08,000 It was dusk when we headed back toward the cabin. 255 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:12,000 We didn't get our buck, not that I cared, and I'm sure Eric didn't. 256 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,000 He was after different games. 257 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Then I saw a boat on the beach. 258 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,000 I drowned. 259 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,000 I was in the water. 260 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000 I was in the water. 261 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:29,000 I saw a boat on the beach. 262 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 I drowned. 263 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,000 Here we were alone. 264 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,000 I couldn't refuse to get in the boat with him. 265 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,000 There was no other way of getting back to the cabin. 266 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,000 I could feel the perspiration trickling down my ribs. 267 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,000 I stumbled in the underbrush. 268 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,000 Easy, easy now. 269 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Too bad we didn't bag that fella. 270 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,000 That buck? Better luck tomorrow, maybe. 271 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,000 Yeah, better luck tomorrow. 272 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,000 You seem preoccupied, Stan. 273 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Do I? 274 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:07,000 Yes, I have the ghastly feeling that I'm failing you as a host. 275 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,000 I don't think you're having a very good time. 276 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,000 I think this is a marvelous country, Eric. 277 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,000 You've exercised phenomenal restraint, old son. 278 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,000 What do you mean? 279 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,000 About expressing your admiration for it. 280 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:24,000 I never suspected that you liked it so much. 281 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,000 That remark called for some sort of an answer, but I wasn't equal to it. 282 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,000 Fortunately, I was spared the necessity. 283 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,000 We reached the lake and the boat. 284 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,000 Then we tossed our guns into it. 285 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:42,000 Eric started to push out the shore. 286 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Hop in, Stan. 287 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,000 Easy does it now. 288 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,000 Hang on to the oars, will you, while I climb in? 289 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,000 All set? 290 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,000 All set. 291 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,000 Splendid. 292 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,000 Here, now, you better let me row. I know this lake. 293 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,000 There's some treacherous spots in it. 294 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,000 What do you mean? 295 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000 Oh, some nasty boulders sticking up. 296 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,000 Some of them that aren't easy to spot. 297 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,000 Come too close to the surface for comfort. 298 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,000 I see. 299 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,000 If we were to hit one of them, we'd turn over in a hurry. 300 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,000 You don't swim, do you, Stan? 301 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000 You know darn well I don't. 302 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,000 Oh, that's a shame. 303 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,000 It's a mistake not to learn to swim, don't you think? 304 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,000 What happened after that was a nightmare. 305 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:37,000 He rode. I sat there, paralyzed. 306 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,000 I couldn't move. 307 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,000 I couldn't think. I knew I should do something, but what? 308 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:46,000 I stared at the water till I was blind, looking for rocks. 309 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,000 Eric's face was a blur. 310 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:54,000 He just smiled, rode, rode and talked. 311 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,000 His voice sounded hollow, unreal. 312 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,000 You're shaking, Stan. Is something wrong? 313 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,000 This lake's plenty deep. 314 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 Lots of fish in it, too. 315 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:12,000 Maybe we can do a little fishing. 316 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,000 He stopped suddenly. 317 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,000 He'd seen something in the water. 318 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:23,000 He turned around, pulled hard on the oars. 319 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,000 We'd reached the spot he knew it. 320 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000 And then... 321 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,000 No! No! Get down! 322 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,000 Eric, we're going to love you! 323 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 Eric! 324 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,000 When I came up, Eric was there in the water near me. 325 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,000 He didn't speak. He just grinned. 326 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,000 And then I saw his face above mine, grinning. 327 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,000 I saw him raise his face, strike me and... 328 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,000 That's the last thing I remember. 329 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:57,000 When I came to, I was lying on the beach. 330 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:02,000 And Eric was standing over me, smiling. 331 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,000 Well, hello. How are you feeling? 332 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,000 I... OK, I guess. 333 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,000 You're a tough customer to rescue, old son. 334 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,000 You put up quite a fight. 335 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,000 I'm sorry. 336 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,000 I'm sorry. 337 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000 I'm sorry. 338 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:23,000 I'm sorry. I thought that maybe... 339 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,000 No, don't try to talk now. 340 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000 You've had a pretty bad time. 341 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Take it easy. 342 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,000 Well, it was all clear to me then. 343 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Eric could save my life. 344 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000 It would have been accidental. 345 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,000 The shot, the boat turning over. 346 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,000 He didn't want to kill me. 347 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,000 A man doesn't save you from drowning when he wants you dead. 348 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 But it had all been my imagination. 349 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,000 A nightmare. 350 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:52,000 The relief that flowed through my body was almost too much for me. 351 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:56,000 It would fill her on words to express how I felt. 352 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:10,000 A little later, Eric held me up to my cabin and I stretched out on the couch. 353 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Eric went to the kitchen to fix hot coffee and soup. 354 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:19,000 He brought the coffee in first, pulled up the coffee table close to me, 355 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,000 and poured us each out a cupful. 356 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 There you are. 357 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,000 Get some of that into you and you'll feel different. 358 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,000 Oh, thanks. 359 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,000 I'll be back in a second. 360 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000 Soup's coming right up. 361 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,000 Hey, Stan, do you like to cook? 362 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,000 Huh? 363 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000 I said, do you like to cook? 364 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,000 You know, I do. I... 365 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,000 Well, I like to try different concoctions. 366 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,000 Oh, not me. I'd starve to death if I had to cook for myself. 367 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 Oh, man. 368 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 This coffee hits the spot. 369 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:54,000 Ah, I can use a little of that, too. 370 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,000 It sure does warm the innards, doesn't it? 371 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Mm-hmm. 372 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,000 I got a little chilled. 373 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,000 Nothing like a cup of coffee, I always say. 374 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,000 That's what I always say, too, Stan. 375 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:09,000 Why, did I say something funny when I'm using you again? 376 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,000 Immensely. 377 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:15,000 In fact, Stan, I think that's probably the funniest thing you ever said. 378 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Mm-hmm. 379 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,000 How did you like it, Stan? 380 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Four ways to commit murder. 381 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000 You read it, of course. 382 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Why, yes, I... 383 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:29,000 I could tell you had, just as I intended you to. 384 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,000 Were you frightened all day today? 385 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,000 I don't understand. 386 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:38,000 You didn't know, did you, that I came to your engagement party 387 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,000 to ask Karen to be my wife? 388 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:45,000 I wasn't aware that you were throwing a party or that she had accepted you. 389 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Oh, good Lord. 390 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,000 Perhaps you don't remember what I told you that night. 391 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,000 You thought I was joking, but I meant every word I said, 392 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,000 that I'd make you pay if you failed, Karen, if you made her unhappy. 393 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Within all these years, you would... 394 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,000 Then you did bring me up here to murder you. 395 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 You're so right, Stan. 396 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,000 But you pulled me out of the lake, you saved my life. 397 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,000 You are a dull-witted clown, aren't you, Stan? 398 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Don't you know me better than that? 399 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Did you think I'd kill you in the manner of a homicidal moron? 400 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,000 Oh, no, Stan. 401 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,000 But you did take a shot at me. 402 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,000 Oh, yes, that was the second way. 403 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,000 The first way was by waking you up by the throat this morning. 404 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 The boat tipping over was the third way. 405 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,000 And now I suppose we've reached the fourth way. 406 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,000 Your brilliance positively staggers me. 407 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 You can't get away with it, Eric. 408 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000 Oh, yes, I can. I have. 409 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,000 You see how intently I'm watching you? 410 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,000 I'm waiting to see you fall. 411 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,000 I'm in a die-stand, just as Karen died. 412 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,000 What do you mean? In the coffee stand. 413 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 That's right. 414 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:49,000 Your coffee's poisoned, just as you poisoned her coffee. 415 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,000 Only yours is a slow poison. 416 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Poisonic justice, don't you think? 417 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 You poisoned my coffee? 418 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,000 Yes, I wore down your guard. 419 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,000 I planned it so that by now you would trust me, 420 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,000 you would have faith in me. 421 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,000 You poisoned my coffee? 422 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000 What did you... 423 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:13,000 I didn't drink my coffee, Eric. 424 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:17,000 I changed cups with you that were sugar in my cup, Eric. 425 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,000 I don't take sugar in my coffee, Eric. 426 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,000 So I changed cups with you. 427 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,000 I didn't mean to do it, Eric, but... 428 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:35,000 I don't like sugar in my coffee. 429 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:50,000 So you see, I didn't kill Eric, really. 430 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,000 He killed himself accidentally. 431 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,000 But I wish he had killed me. 432 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000 He had a good reason to. 433 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,000 Because somehow he knew about Karen, 434 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,000 about how I killed Karen, 435 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,000 by putting poison in her coffee that morning. 436 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000 And I watched her die, 437 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:12,000 the same way that I watched Eric die. 438 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,000 I'm tired now. I don't want to talk anymore. 439 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:28,000 You do whatever you want with me. 440 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,000 Suspense. 441 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,000 Presented by Rome of Wines. 442 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:47,000 R-O-M-A. Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 443 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,000 And now, our two distinguished stars, 444 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000 Lloyd Nolan and Vincent Price, 445 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,000 are returning for a curtain call with William Spear, 446 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000 our producer director of Suspense. 447 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,000 Mr. Spear is carrying two large gift baskets 448 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,000 of Grand Estate California wines. 449 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,000 Lloyd and Vincent and Vincent and Lloyd, 450 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,000 just to keep the billing straight, 451 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,000 we want you each to have a basket of these Grand Estate wines 452 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,000 with our compliments for a thrilling performance. 453 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,000 Thank you, Bill. Hey, this is quite a selection. 454 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000 It certainly is. My thanks too, Bill. 455 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Well, there must be a Grand Estate wine for every occasion here. 456 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000 I guess there is, isn't there, Ken? 457 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:23,000 Well, there is indeed, Bill. 458 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,000 Even my favorite, Grand Estate Medium Sherry. 459 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 A truly versatile wine, 460 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:33,000 Grand Estate Medium Sherry is delicious as an aperitif before dinner. 461 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,000 Delightful for afternoon or evening parties, too. 462 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:40,000 And, of course, like all Grand Estate wines by Roma, 463 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,000 Medium Sherry possesses the brilliant clarity, 464 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:48,000 full fragrance and mellow taste that distinguish truly great wines. 465 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000 That sounds wonderful. Yes, Mr. Nolan. 466 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,000 And you can be sure that any Grand Estate wine you serve 467 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,000 represents the ultimate in wine goodness, 468 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,000 the crowning achievement of vintner skill. 469 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:03,000 That's why Grand Estate wines presented by Roma, 470 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:08,000 the greatest name in wine, are the choice of discriminating wine users everywhere. 471 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,000 Well put, Ken. 472 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,000 Vincent, what's new and startling over on the 20th century fox lot? 473 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:17,000 Well, they're pretty excited about Daryl Zanuck's film version of Mom's The Razor's Edge, 474 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,000 which is just finished up shooting. 475 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:24,000 And I guess the picture that they like best among the current releases is Flordy and David. 476 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,000 You're on loan out just now, away from the home lot, aren't you, Vincent? 477 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,000 That's right, Bill. And Lloyd is, too. 478 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:33,000 Yes, yes, sir. I will be in a couple of weeks. Right now I'm just loafing, 479 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,000 grabbed a little fishing, took a hunting trip up north. 480 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,000 You wouldn't want to go on a hunting trip with me, would you, Lloyd? 481 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,000 No, thanks. Plenty of that tonight on Suspense. 482 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,000 Oh, Bill, who's on the show next Thursday? 483 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:48,000 It's Dane Clark in a suspense play about a gunsel, 484 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,000 a professional murderer who doesn't know he has any emotions, 485 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:55,000 until he finds himself falling in love with the wife of a man he's killed. 486 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,000 That's wonderful. We'll be listening, ain't we, Lloyd? 487 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,000 Oh, yes, sure thing. 488 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:02,000 Swell. Well, then if you two will relieve me of these baskets of Grand 489 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,000 Estate wines before my arms give way and there's a loud crack. 490 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,000 Thanks again, Bill. 491 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:07,000 Well, good night. 492 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,000 Good night. 493 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:14,000 Next Thursday, same time, listen to Dane Clark on Suspense. 494 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:29,000 Presented by Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California.