1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,900 Suspense! Tonight's suspense brings you as star Mr. Henry Morgan. Each week you hear 2 00:00:11,900 --> 00:00:17,060 Mr. Morgan as prime comedian on his own radio show. Tonight he appears in a role different 3 00:00:17,060 --> 00:00:23,880 from any he's ever played before. But first, we'd like to remind you that wherever entertaining 4 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:34,440 is the last word in gracious hospitality, the first name in wines is C-R-E-S-T-A, B-L-A-N-C-A, 5 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:45,800 Cresta Blanca, Cresta Blanca. That's Cresta Blanca wines. And for the knowing tongue, 6 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:53,000 Cresta Blanca has created two rare California Sherries. Dry Watch, a delightfully pale dry 7 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:59,880 Sherry that's the perfect prelude to dining. And Triple Cream, the magnificently mellow 8 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:06,640 Sherry that won the gold medal at the California State Fair. 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And I had no real right expecting anything even halfway decent to turn up for 17 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:07,560 me so soon. I went about installing myself, which merely means bringing in my old studio 18 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:12,640 couch, an old chair, about three trillion books, a couple of Matisse prints, and my 19 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:16,600 typewriter. And I was all set in a day or two and ready to get down to real work on 20 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:28,840 the book. One evening, I came in after a good dinner and sat down to finish off a sequence. 21 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:34,240 It wasn't writing easy. I felt that I was getting off on a tangent. I was going a million 22 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:43,960 miles away from what I wanted to say, and it annoyed me. It was then that I heard it 23 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:55,160 for the first time. It was coming from the next apartment, and coupled with my bad writing, 24 00:02:55,160 --> 00:03:00,840 it was very annoying. I tried to ignore it, but that couldn't be done. I got up and walked 25 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:06,480 around the room a few times. That didn't help any. So I sat down and tried to write again. 26 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:12,280 But I was tough, and the right words came like water from a closed faucet. And then 27 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:19,320 the music stopped. It was suddenly very peaceful. I felt my mind settle down. I started once 28 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:26,600 more. There it was going along pretty well now. I was thinking clearly that phrases were 29 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:33,680 right, the mood was good, the dialogue, and the things started up again. I yanked the 30 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:47,320 paper out of the machine and tossed it into the wastebasket. I was through for the night. 31 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:51,360 Few nights later, after spending the entire day reading, which is so much more delightful 32 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:56,640 than writing, I decided it was about time to sit down and start pounding it out. It 33 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:01,600 was a beautiful night. It took a lot of willpower to tear myself away from the window. I smoked 34 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:07,520 a couple of cigarettes, decided I'd start work after them, then smoked a few more and 35 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,920 listened to the night noises of the city. After that, I searched my pockets for some 36 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:17,320 more cigarettes, but I didn't have any. So I took a deep breath, reluctantly turned my 37 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:22,600 back on the city and sat down at my work table. There was a story in the paper that I wanted 38 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:27,240 to keep because it was sort of like the situation I was writing about, and I was cutting it 39 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:35,120 out. Then, almost as though it was time, that canned music started up. Well, that settled 40 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,520 my work for the night again, I thought. That fool in the next apartment, or whoever he 41 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:44,080 or she might be, was probably planning to serenade himself for hours on end. And yet, 42 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:49,120 strangely enough, I half hoped that the music would go on. It was a very lovely evening, 43 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:55,260 and I was looking for the slightest excuse to lounge around. I just started thinking 44 00:04:55,260 --> 00:05:01,200 of going for a walk when the music stopped. In the stillness that followed, I could hear 45 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:14,240 steps, then a door opening and closing, then a long, long silence. Then I was back at my 46 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,160 typewriter and everything was fine. The words were coming right from my brain to my fingers, 47 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:23,520 and as I wrote, I could see the next line and the next, and then while I was working, 48 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:30,760 I became conscious of the next door footsteps, and it disturbed me. I sat up, stretched, 49 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:36,680 yawned, looked at my watch. One o'clock in the morning. I hadn't realized it was that 50 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:37,680 late. 51 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:38,680 Yes? Who is it? 52 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:43,680 It's me, Mr. Kenyon, the janitor. Please open the door. 53 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:49,680 What's wrong? You always cover out at one in the morning. 54 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,680 Excuse me, please, Mr. Kenyon. 55 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:53,680 Are you Charles Kenyon? 56 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:55,680 Of course. What is it? 57 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,680 He's from the police station, Mr. Kenyon. 58 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,680 Here you are. I'm Sam Fields from this precinct. Can I come in? 59 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,680 Come right in. 60 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:04,680 What's this all about? 61 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:05,680 Apartment 4D, Mr. Rhodes. 62 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,680 Why don't you shut that? Kenyon, you've been home all night? 63 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:10,680 Yes, I have. 64 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:11,680 What have you been doing here all night? 65 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:12,680 Mr. Kenyon's a writer. 66 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,680 Look, are you going to keep your trap shut? Go ahead, Kenyon. 67 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,680 Well, I'm a writer, and I've been working all evening. That's about all. 68 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,680 You didn't hear no noise, no commotion? 69 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:23,680 No. What's happened? 70 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,680 The man in Apartment 4D has been killed, murdered. 71 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,680 The floor is all covered with blood. 72 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,680 We'll never get it off without scraping. That'll run up a bill, too. 73 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,680 4D. That's two flights up? 74 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,680 He was a pretty good guy, that Mr. Rhodeson. He gave me five for Christmas. 75 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,680 We're just in here checking up. I don't suppose you knew him. 76 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:41,680 No, I didn't. 77 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,680 He must have been killed a short time ago. The coroner's upstairs now. 78 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,680 The janitor here had a struggle and phoned in. 79 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:51,680 I live in 4E now. The owner chopped the basement up into three apartments. 80 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:53,680 He makes a barrel of money that way, you see. 81 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,680 Yes, Mr. Rhodeson was just about dead when we got there. 82 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:57,680 I'm surprised you didn't hear us go up. 83 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:58,680 I was busy writing. 84 00:06:58,680 --> 00:06:59,680 He must have been. 85 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,680 Oh, all that blood on the floor. We'll never get it off. 86 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,680 By the next tenant, we'll have to paint the floor red, I tell you. 87 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:06,680 How was he killed? 88 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,680 He was stabbed in the back with a sharpening steel. 89 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:09,680 Yes, he was stabbed in the back. 90 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,680 Not a knife, the doc says. Could be maybe a shears, a scissor. 91 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:14,680 Well, we looked all around, but we couldn't find no scissor. 92 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,680 The murderer isn't giving us souvenirs this week. 93 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,680 Well, Mr. Kenyon, I guess you're okay. 94 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:21,680 We may want you to come down to headquarters for a few questions tomorrow. 95 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,680 If so, I'll let you know. 96 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:24,680 Yes, of course. 97 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,680 You can go back to your writing now. 98 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,680 Hey, what are you writing? Detective stories? 99 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,680 No, about people. 100 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,680 Yeah? That's who commits the murders, two people. 101 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:39,680 Although I must say some of my best friends are people. 102 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,680 What did you write tonight? I don't see nothing around. 103 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,680 I don't like to have people see it, you know, until it's finished. 104 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,680 You know, I got a tenant already for that apartment. 105 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,680 Maybe that's where the guy was knocked off so someone could get the apartment. 106 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,680 What about his wife? 107 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:54,680 Oh, 4D's got no wife. 108 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,680 Now, I know he's got a young lady, but he's a bad person. 109 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,680 All right, all right, all right. We ain't interested in gossip. 110 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:00,680 Come on, let's go. 111 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,680 Have a good day, Mr. Kenyon. 112 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:15,680 Good night. 113 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:20,680 One night, a week after that, I was lying in bed trying to sleep. 114 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,680 I don't know why I couldn't sleep. 115 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,680 I'd been working hard all day. 116 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,680 I was dead tired. 117 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,680 My legs felt heavy. 118 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:32,680 My brain, instead of feeling dull, was sharp and alert. 119 00:08:32,680 --> 00:08:39,680 Quite suddenly, and for no reason, I felt waves of chills run along my spine. 120 00:08:39,680 --> 00:08:44,680 I sat up in bed, reached for a cigarette. 121 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:51,680 I looked at my watch, 220, and I'd wanted to get up at 7. 122 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:54,680 I snuffed out the butt and leaned back. 123 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:58,680 Somehow, I seemed a bit more relaxed now. 124 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:03,680 I closed my eyes and felt comfortable, tired out. 125 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:07,680 And then there it was again, that music. 126 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:10,680 And I was wide awake again, intense and jumpy as a cat. 127 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:13,680 I don't know why it made me feel that way, but it did. 128 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:15,680 It went on and on. 129 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:20,680 Sometimes it would seem to be fading away, and it would be loud again, 130 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:27,680 fade away, the clouds beneath the covers and throw the pillow over my head. 131 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:29,680 That was better. 132 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:32,680 I could still hear it, but it wasn't so bad. 133 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:38,680 And it seemed to get farther and farther and farther away. 134 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:44,680 And I was so tired, exhausted by now. 135 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:49,680 I heard that sort of thump from somewhere upstairs. 136 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:51,680 But it didn't matter now. 137 00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:54,680 All I cared about was sleep. 138 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:56,680 Sleep. 139 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:58,680 Just sleep. 140 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:13,680 Mr. Penya! Mr. Penya! Are you all right? 141 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:15,680 Of course I'm all right. 142 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:19,680 Just a minute, I'm still in bed. 143 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:24,680 Can't a man sleep around here without keeping... 144 00:10:24,680 --> 00:10:26,680 I didn't know you were sleeping. 145 00:10:26,680 --> 00:10:28,680 You always sleep this late, Kenyan. 146 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:30,680 Oh, Inspector, I didn't recognize you. 147 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:32,680 I guess I'm still a little bleary-eyed. 148 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:34,680 Come on in. 149 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:38,680 I asked if you always sleep this late. 150 00:10:38,680 --> 00:10:40,680 Twelve. 151 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:42,680 I guess it is late. 152 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:45,680 No, I don't usually, but I couldn't get to sleep last night. 153 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:46,680 Last night? 154 00:10:46,680 --> 00:10:47,680 Shut up. 155 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:49,680 Kenyan, do you know the guy who lives upstairs? 156 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:51,680 That was Mr. Blackwell, the lawyer. 157 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:54,680 I'm sorry, I don't. I don't know anyone around here. 158 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:56,680 I do my work, that's all I know. 159 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:58,680 Look, you asked me these questions the last time you were here. 160 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:00,680 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, and I'm asking them again. 161 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:02,680 Mr. Blackwell, he's been killed. 162 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:03,680 Killed? Upstairs? 163 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:05,680 Yeah, killed, the same way. 164 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:08,680 Floor just filled with blood, just like 4D. 165 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:12,680 Well, last night I did hear something. 166 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:14,680 I didn't think it was anything then. 167 00:11:14,680 --> 00:11:17,680 It was just a sound, like a table or something falling over from upstairs. 168 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:19,680 There was no table falling. 169 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:20,680 What time do you think you heard it? 170 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:23,680 A little while after I went to bed, a little after 2 a.m. 171 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:25,680 Mr. Blackwell divorced his wife five months ago. 172 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:27,680 She was such a nice woman. 173 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:29,680 Powerness as death took place around that time. 174 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:32,680 You didn't hear anything else, did you? 175 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:33,680 What? 176 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:35,680 I said, did you hear anything else? 177 00:11:35,680 --> 00:11:38,680 Anything else? 178 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:41,680 Anything else. 179 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:42,680 That music. 180 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:44,680 But I couldn't tell him about that. 181 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:45,680 I couldn't tell it to a detective. 182 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:48,680 Or that terrible feeling I had when I heard it. 183 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:49,680 It would sound silly, crazy. 184 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:51,680 Yes, yes, did you hear anything else? 185 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:54,680 No, no, I didn't hear anything else. 186 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:57,680 I went to sleep right after that, and I didn't wake up until you rang the bell just now. 187 00:11:57,680 --> 00:12:00,680 Mr. Blackwell gave me a ten for Christmas, but he never smiled. 188 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:01,680 He was a very sad man. 189 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:04,680 We've been checking up to see if everyone else is all right. 190 00:12:04,680 --> 00:12:05,680 Has anyone else? 191 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:08,680 No, no, no, no, no, just this guy above you. 192 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:11,680 I guess we've got some sort of maniac operating in this area. 193 00:12:11,680 --> 00:12:13,680 He tries to get me. 194 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:14,680 He's going to get a big surprise. 195 00:12:14,680 --> 00:12:16,680 I've got a license to carry a gun. 196 00:12:16,680 --> 00:12:17,680 I've got a good gun, too. 197 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:19,680 My son brought it to me from Germany. 198 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:23,680 When I don't go shooting the tenants just because the joke paid the rent. 199 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:25,680 Everybody pays the rent here. 200 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:28,680 Did you ever see a guy with no sense of humor? 201 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:31,680 Well, this whole thing doesn't seem particularly funny. 202 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:32,680 Don't you worry about it, Mr. Kenyon. 203 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:36,680 You've got the whole police force protecting you, so don't worry about it at all. 204 00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:37,680 Well, I'll probably be seeing you. 205 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:38,680 So long. 206 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:39,680 So long. 207 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:40,680 Goodbye, Mr. Kenyon. 208 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:43,680 Oh, Mr. Torsten, will you stay a moment? 209 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:45,680 I'd like you to do something for me. 210 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:48,680 Sure, sure. 211 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:52,680 Mr. Torsten, you seem to know a good deal about everyone in the building. 212 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:54,680 I don't snoop around. 213 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:55,680 I'm the janitor. 214 00:12:55,680 --> 00:12:57,680 I just see them when other people don't see them. 215 00:12:57,680 --> 00:12:59,680 I know. I didn't mean it that way. 216 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:02,680 I just want to ask you a question or two. 217 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:06,680 This Mr. Blackwell who was killed, he was living alone, wasn't he? 218 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:10,680 Yeah, like I told you, he was married, but his wife moved out. 219 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:13,680 You know, it's harder to take blood off the floor than it is from the walls. 220 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:17,680 You can paint the walls, but the floor has to be scraped and sanded. 221 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:21,680 What about my neighbor to the left next door? 222 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:22,680 Oh, 2E? 223 00:13:22,680 --> 00:13:24,680 Well, I don't know too much about him. 224 00:13:24,680 --> 00:13:26,680 I've just seen him once. 225 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:27,680 He never bothers me. 226 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:29,680 His name is Williams. 227 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:31,680 Has he got a phonograph? 228 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:32,680 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. 229 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:34,680 Got lots of records for the phonograph, too. 230 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:36,680 I seen them when they put the telephone in. 231 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:38,680 That was the only time I was ever in his place. 232 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:40,680 I see. 233 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:43,680 Well, thanks a lot, Mr. Torsten. 234 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:44,680 Oh, that's a... 235 00:13:44,680 --> 00:13:47,680 Well, say, thank you, Mr. Kenyon. 236 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:52,680 And if there's ever any time you ever want anything, don't be afraid to ask. 237 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:54,680 No, I... 238 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:56,680 I won't be afraid. 239 00:13:56,680 --> 00:13:58,680 No, I... 240 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:00,680 I won't be afraid. 241 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:01,680 Hmm. 242 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:10,680 For Suspense, 243 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:13,680 Romo Wines are bringing you Henry Morgan in Green Song. 244 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:26,680 Romo Wines presentation tonight in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 245 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:31,680 Suspense, Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, is presented by Romo Wines. 246 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:38,680 That's R-O-M-A, Romo Wines, from the world's greatest reserves of fine wines. 247 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,680 This is the season when the air is clear and sharp. 248 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:45,680 The kind of weather to whet appetites to razor keenness. 249 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:51,680 Well, here's an easy, inexpensive way to make the plainest food taste like a chef's masterpiece. 250 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:58,680 For family meals or when guests come to dinner, just serve a delicious Romo California table wine, 251 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:03,680 such as robust Romo Burgundy or delicate pale gold Romo Sauternes. 252 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:09,680 You'll be amazed how much these delicious Romo Wines add to your mealtime enjoyment. 253 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:15,680 Now, the simplest, most economical meals take on new glamour and flavor goodness. 254 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:21,680 Remember, there's a better tasting Romo Wine for every occasion, for every taste. 255 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:25,680 Yet it costs little to enjoy this taste's luxury. 256 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,680 So always serve Romo Wines. 257 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:33,680 That's R-O-M-A, Romo Wines, America's favorite wines. 258 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:39,680 And now, Romo Wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Henry Morgan, starring as Charles Kenyon, 259 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:45,680 with Wally Mayer as the inspector, and Joseph Kearns as Torsten in Dream Song, 260 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:49,680 a play well calculated to keep you in suspense. 261 00:15:49,680 --> 00:16:13,680 For the first time in my life, I felt genuinely afraid, because it was something you couldn't know, couldn't fight. 262 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:17,680 An innocent knock on the door, you open it, the next thing that happens is you're found in a pool of blood. 263 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,680 With that intolerable canned music coming from next door. 264 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:25,680 I wondered what that Williams looked like, living next door. 265 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:29,680 Why should he play that one record over and over again when he had so many Torsten's at that? 266 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,680 And I wondered what he sounded like. 267 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,680 A house phone. 268 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:39,680 Yes, Mr. Kenyon? 269 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:45,680 Give me Mr. Williams' apartment, 2E. 270 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,680 The music started. 271 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:59,680 That meant he was in, and I could find out what he sounds like. 272 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:03,680 There's no answer. Shall I keep ringing, sir? 273 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,680 Why doesn't he answer? He's there. 274 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,680 Maybe he knows I'm calling. 275 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,680 Maybe he can hear me call. 276 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,680 Shall I keep ringing, sir? 277 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,680 Why doesn't he? 278 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:15,680 Never mind, operator, never mind. 279 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:29,680 I was certain that Williams had heard me call him on the phone. 280 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,680 Had been, as a matter of fact, waiting for me to call. 281 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,680 From that day on, I left peace of mind behind. 282 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,680 I thought of moving, but there was no place to go. 283 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:39,680 I smoked more and more. 284 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,680 I sat for hours in a dark movie in the park in the public library reading room. 285 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,680 And still that record revolved in my ears. 286 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,680 If only I could get to know who this Williams was, if I could get to see him. 287 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:53,680 If I could get to observe him somehow without his observing me. 288 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,680 I was in the park when I thought of it. 289 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,680 I could see our windows from the park. 290 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:03,680 I hurried home. 291 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:08,680 I searched in the drawer for my one war souvenir, my German liberated binoculars. 292 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:10,680 Powerful 8x50 Zeiss field glasses. 293 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,680 There they were, still dusty. 294 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,680 I wiped them with my shirt. 295 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,680 Went back downstairs to survey the terrain. 296 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,680 I hurried over to the park, my heart beating like a trip hammer. 297 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,680 Leaned against the body of an old auto. 298 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,680 Trying to look at ease. 299 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,680 I looked up at Williams' window. 300 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:29,680 The Venetian blinds were raised. 301 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:31,680 I looked around. 302 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:33,680 No one in sight. 303 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,680 Quickly I unslung my binoculars, held them up to my eyes. 304 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:37,680 What was I focused on? 305 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:39,680 That wasn't Williams' window, that was mine. 306 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:41,680 There was a window to the left. 307 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:43,680 Should be just about there. 308 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:45,680 There it was. 309 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,680 The window, just a few yards from it. 310 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:50,680 Having fun buddy? 311 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,680 No, no officer I... 312 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,680 See anything good? 313 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:56,680 Look officer I... 314 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:57,680 Yeah, yeah, I know. 315 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,680 You're trying to spot planes. 316 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,680 Yeah, trying to spot planes. 317 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:03,680 Why don't you try spotting them from the roof? 318 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:07,680 Well I never spotted anything from the roof. 319 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,680 Look wise guy, I'll give you a tip. 320 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,680 I'm easy going. 321 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,680 But when headquarters gets on my tail, I gotta play rough. 322 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:20,680 Now, somebody puts in a complaint, and I catch you causing trouble. 323 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:21,680 I'll run you in. 324 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:22,680 You understand? 325 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:23,680 Well I... 326 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,680 Well so far there's been no complaint. 327 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,680 Now let's just leave it that way, huh? 328 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:40,680 Let's just be it now before I change my mind. 329 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:45,680 For two days after that, the thought of that cop catching me with a binoculars made me tremble. 330 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,680 I found my hand shaking when I lit a cigarette. 331 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:48,680 Couldn't eat. 332 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:53,680 I knew that I must find some way to reassure myself about Williams or I'd lose my mind. 333 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:58,680 One morning, after I'd spent a sleepless night listening and watching, 334 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,680 the music went on. 335 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:06,680 My plan was to wait till the music stopped. 336 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,680 Possibly then Williams would go out. 337 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:13,680 And as soon as he left, I'd slip out and follow him. 338 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,680 I waited while that music ground out. 339 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,680 That metallic sediment squeezed out through a loudspeaker. 340 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,680 Nine o'clock. 341 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,680 Nine thirty. 342 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,680 Ten o'clock. 343 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,680 Ten thirty. 344 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:36,680 My head started to go round and round like the record under the needle. 345 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,680 Eleven o'clock. 346 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:49,680 The music still kept on and on and on. 347 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:50,680 Suddenly I sat up quickly. 348 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,680 Looked at my watch. 349 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,680 Three o'clock. 350 00:20:54,680 --> 00:21:03,680 I was sleeping, but the record, it was still... 351 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,680 Mr. Williams? 352 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:07,680 Oh, Mr. Williams. 353 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:12,680 Torsten. 354 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:13,680 Mr. Kenyon. 355 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:14,680 Mr. Kenyon. 356 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:16,680 Torsten. 357 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:17,680 Torsten. 358 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:18,680 He always talks about blood. 359 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:20,680 Mr. Kenyon, did you say something? 360 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:21,680 Don't you come in here! 361 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,680 Don't come in here! 362 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:24,680 Mr. Kenyon, what's the matter? 363 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:25,680 You keep away from me! 364 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:26,680 Keep away? 365 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:27,680 All right, all right. 366 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:32,680 Only, I was just going to tell you, don't use the incinerator for a while. 367 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:34,680 We're cleaning it out for the next couple of hours. 368 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,680 And, uh, incinerator? 369 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:37,680 Yeah. 370 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:38,680 Oh. 371 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:39,680 Well, why tell me? 372 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:40,680 How do we tell everybody? 373 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,680 We don't keep it no secret. 374 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:43,680 Mr. Williams, too? 375 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:45,680 He pays his rent. 376 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:46,680 Only he's not home. 377 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:47,680 I just knocked, didn't I? 378 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:49,680 Yeah, but you came in here with a key. 379 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:50,680 Why? 380 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:51,680 Because I heard you yell like a bull. 381 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,680 I thought maybe something was wrong. 382 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:58,680 Maybe... maybe something is wrong with Mr. Williams. 383 00:21:58,680 --> 00:21:59,680 Why don't you open his door? 384 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,680 Look, Mr. Kenyon, I don't go around opening people's doors 385 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:03,680 for the fun of it. 386 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:04,680 I got a job to keep. 387 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,680 I got the reputation to think of. 388 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,680 If you think a super's job is easy, you got it all wrong. 389 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:10,680 I didn't mean it that way. 390 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:11,680 Well, okay. 391 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:16,680 Only, please, don't use the incinerator, huh? 392 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:23,680 Why did Williams' record stop just before Torsten knocked? 393 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,680 Why didn't he answer Torsten's call? 394 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:28,680 He wanted privacy. 395 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,680 Privacy to play his record. 396 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:36,680 Every day for the next week, that music played at the strangest hours. 397 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,680 It became a personal message to me. 398 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:41,680 I was next. 399 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:43,680 Get ready, Kenyon. 400 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,680 You're next to have the floor of your apartment scraped, 401 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:49,680 the walls done over. 402 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,680 Many times I thought of calling the police, 403 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,680 but what could that do? 404 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,680 No one would believe me just because of a record. 405 00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:59,680 No one would believe me without some proof. 406 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:00,680 That was it. 407 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:05,680 Proof, something that would stand up in court before a judge, before a jury. 408 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,680 Yeah, but before I could get that, he might creep into this room. 409 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,680 Slowly, quietly, while I was asleep, while I was in that bed, 410 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,680 helpless as a child. 411 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:20,680 Hour after hour, I walked the streets trying to think, to reason my way out. 412 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:25,680 Yesterday, I sat huddled in the chair all day. 413 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,680 The music didn't play at all. 414 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,680 About seven o'clock, I went out for something to eat. 415 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:36,680 In the evening paper, there was an item that could be the basis for a good short story. 416 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,680 When I got back, I started to clip it out. 417 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,680 Then I got my nerves again. 418 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:45,680 I locked the door. 419 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,680 I went to both the windows. 420 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,680 I locked one window. 421 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,680 Then I went to the other one. 422 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:54,680 Wait a minute. 423 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,680 This window was the window with the fire escape. 424 00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,680 Whose window was that on the other side of the fire escape? 425 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,680 It was his window. 426 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,680 William's window. 427 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,680 I stared at it as though I were hypnotized. 428 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:07,680 The light was on. 429 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,680 That man, he was home. 430 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,680 Maybe I could crawl out on the platform peeking through the window. 431 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,680 Maybe I could get a look at him. 432 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:18,680 As I was thinking these thoughts, the music sounded. 433 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,680 And I started to sweat. 434 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,680 Cold, icy sweat. 435 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,680 I started to close the window, but I caught myself. 436 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:29,680 And I pushed it back open. 437 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:34,680 With the palms of my hands wet, I climbed up on the window ledge. 438 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,680 And I crawled out on the fire escape. 439 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,680 And I made my way along the iron bars as silently as I could. 440 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,680 The window was just in front of me. 441 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,680 And I felt my throat go dry. 442 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,680 I leaned my head over to try and look in. 443 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,680 I swallowed hard and tried to keep my body concealed. 444 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:57,680 The Venetian blinds were drawn all the way, but they were slanted in such a way that permitted me to see inside. 445 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:01,680 I craned my head forward and looked. 446 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,680 It was dark inside, but I could make out the living room. 447 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:11,680 And the photograph, large cabinet machine, there was a couch. 448 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,680 And there, there was a man. 449 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,680 It seemed as though he was dancing, swaying to the music. 450 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,680 They kept getting louder. 451 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,680 And he kept coming towards me. 452 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,680 Nearer, and nearer. 453 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,680 He must have seen me. 454 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,680 And I couldn't move. 455 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,680 And he kept coming nearer, moving in the shadows. 456 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:34,680 Nearer, nearer. 457 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,680 Nearer? 458 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,680 When I came out of it, I was in my own apartment, lying on my own couch. 459 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,680 And Inspector Fields was there, and a lot of other people. 460 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,680 He'll be okay now. 461 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,680 Did you get him? 462 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,680 Yeah, they got him. They think. 463 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,680 They think? Don't they know? 464 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,680 It was Williams. I saw him in his room. He was coming at me. 465 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,680 He was going to kill me. I was going to be next. 466 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,680 He was coming at me there in the dark. 467 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,680 Take it easy, King. Take it easy. 468 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,680 That wasn't Williams. That was me. 469 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,680 Oh. 470 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,680 Listen, Inspector. 471 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,680 There's something I haven't told you. 472 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,680 Something I heard. 473 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:25,680 The other two times. 474 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,680 Yeah, I thought it would sound crazy, but I heard music. 475 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,680 A song. An old song. An old record. 476 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,680 What was it? 477 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:35,680 It was I'll See You In My Dreams. 478 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,680 Heard it again tonight in Williams' room. He was playing. 479 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:40,680 I guess you heard it tonight, all right. 480 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,680 And I heard it the other two times, too. 481 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:44,680 The same way. Same song. 482 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,680 Maybe you heard it, and maybe you just thought you heard it. 483 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,680 How much do you remember? 484 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,680 Do you remember coming at me with those scissors? 485 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:54,680 Scissors? 486 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,680 In Kenyon, we found your other apartment. 487 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,680 The one you moved out of a month ago. 488 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,680 The other apartment? 489 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:04,680 And we found your wife. 490 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,680 I don't have a wife. 491 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:08,680 No, but you did. 492 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:13,680 And that song you were talking about, it was on the phonograph. 493 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,680 And your wife, she was dead. 494 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:26,680 MUSIC 495 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,680 They made me talk to a doctor today. 496 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:31,680 He said, 497 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,680 Hearing that song that way, I sort of remember Alice. 498 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:38,680 She was playing a record, and I was clipping something out of... 499 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,680 I don't know what to believe. 500 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:46,680 Because I thought the song was real, and the woman, the dead woman, 501 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,680 I thought that was a dream. 502 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,680 Just a bad dream. 503 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,680 They wouldn't hang a man for a dream, would they? 504 00:27:55,680 --> 00:28:14,680 MUSIC 505 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:16,680 Suspense. 506 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,680 Dream Song, starring Henry Morgan, presented by Roma Wines. 507 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,680 That's R-O-M-A. 508 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:26,680 Roma Wines, America's largest selling wines. 509 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:31,680 This is Truman Bradley to tell you why Roma Wines are America's favorite wines. 510 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:36,680 It's because Roma selects and presses the choicest California grapes. 511 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:42,680 Then, with centuries-old skill and winemaking resources unmatched in America, 512 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:46,680 Roma guides this grape treasure to tempting perfection. 513 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:50,680 These better tasting Roma wines are placed with other mellow Roma wines 514 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:57,680 to a wait-later selection for your enjoyment from the world's greatest reserves of fine wines. 515 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:03,680 This weekend, treat your friends to the better taste of a fine Roma California wine, 516 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:11,680 such as Ruby Red Roma Port, Golden Amber Roma Sherry, or Flame Bright Roma Muscatel. 517 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:16,680 Discover for yourself why Roma wines, that's R-O-M-A, 518 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:22,680 Roma wines are enjoyed by more Americans than any other wines. 519 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:27,680 Tonight's Suspense play was by George Bellac and Ben Kerner. 520 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,680 Henry Morgan will soon be seen in his first starring picture, 521 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:36,680 the Screenplay Enterprise production, So This Is New York, 522 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:41,680 and may be heard every Wednesday night on another network for Evershop Chic. 523 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:48,680 Be sure to listen next Thursday, same time to Suspense, 524 00:29:48,680 --> 00:30:02,680 produced and directed by William Spear for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 525 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:17,680 This is CBS for Columbia Broadcasting System.