1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,320 Suspense. 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:25,160 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Miss Agnes Moorehead in The Chain, a suspense 3 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:32,520 play produced and edited by William Spear. 4 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,920 Say Harlow, whom do you go to when you have a baby? 5 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:35,920 I, a baby? 6 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:36,920 Why, to a doctor? 7 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:37,920 I mean... 8 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:43,200 Oh, when you go to jail, I mean, or I rather I should say when you have a lawsuit, whom 9 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:44,200 do you go to? 10 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:45,200 A lawyer. 11 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:46,200 Baby, lawsuit. 12 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:47,440 What are you driving at, Hap? 13 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,920 The best spark plugs for your car, my good man. 14 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:51,720 Oh, well now you're on my ground. 15 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:56,480 Who knows more about the best spark plugs for your car than Auto Light's ignition engineers? 16 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:01,120 The men who design and build complete ignition systems for many of America's finest cars. 17 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:05,600 Why, it's the skill and know-how of these Auto Light ignition engineers that have made 18 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:10,760 Auto Light the world's largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment 19 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,840 and made Auto Light spark plugs world famous. 20 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:18,360 That means they know how to build into spark plugs the best in quick starting, smooth performance 21 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:19,720 and gas mileage, eh, Harlow? 22 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:24,520 Right you are and say it's the skill of these same Auto Light engineers that made possible 23 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:29,480 the development of the Auto Light resistor spark plug, one of the greatest advances in 24 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:34,000 spark plug design for automotive use in the past 20 years. 25 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,440 So friends, go to your friendly Auto Light spark plug dealer and have him replace worn-out 26 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:43,080 spark plugs with world famous ignition engineered Auto Light spark plugs. 27 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:47,680 Whether you choose the resistor type or the regular type, you can't buy a better spark 28 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:52,560 plug for your car because you're always right with Auto Light. 29 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:58,800 And now with the chain and the performance of Agnes Moorhead, Auto Light hopes once again 30 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:04,400 to keep you in suspense. 31 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,380 All I did was write a letter, that's all. 32 00:02:07,380 --> 00:02:09,320 You can't blame me for what happened. 33 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,240 I didn't start it. 34 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,240 It came to me and I followed the instructions because I was afraid. 35 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,560 Hundreds of people do it every day, so how can you blame me? 36 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,520 Everybody in town knows me, they respect me. 37 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,200 I've always been a good wife. 38 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,500 By the morning it started, I was fixing George's breakfast. 39 00:02:28,500 --> 00:02:36,280 Not just toast like some women fix, but bacon and eggs and hot biscuits. 40 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:37,280 Coffee ready? 41 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:38,560 I asked you not to wander off. 42 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,160 Your bacon is burned to a crisp. 43 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:44,160 I told you I only wanted fruit juice and coffee. 44 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,920 I went down to the road to pick up the mail. 45 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:48,720 Why do you always run for the mail? 46 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,320 Are you expecting something you don't want me to see, George? 47 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:55,160 If there was anything I didn't want you to see, I could have it sent to the office. 48 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:56,160 Oh, could you? 49 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,680 I didn't know you were important enough to be permitted to receive personal mail there. 50 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,680 Leonora, that's enough. 51 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,680 Burt Reynolds was appointed district manager. 52 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:06,640 I should have gotten the job, but I didn't. 53 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:07,640 Now let's forget about it. 54 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:11,240 Maybe you can forget about it, but Abby Reynolds won't let me forget. 55 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,240 She has a high man to do her work now. 56 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,480 She can spend half her day in town, but not Leonora Coffin. 57 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,200 No, poor Leonora is bottled up here without a car, without anything. 58 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,160 Here's your coffee. 59 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:28,920 After all the trouble I've gone to, I guess I can throw the rest of the breakfast out. 60 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:29,920 What was in the mail? 61 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:30,920 Just this letter for you. 62 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:31,920 For me? 63 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:32,920 Who was it from? 64 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:33,920 I don't know, Leonora. 65 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:34,920 I have never opened your mail. 66 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:35,920 Well, you need me so sarcastic. 67 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:36,920 Oh dear. 68 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:44,440 From my cousin Emily, one of those ridiculous chain letters. 69 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:49,560 This letter was started by a holy man in Tibet to end all evil. 70 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,720 You must make two copies and mail them to others within 24 hours or the chain will be 71 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:54,920 broken. 72 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,560 Whoever breaks the chain will meet with evil. 73 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,800 A Navy pilot broke the chain and was killed in a crash two days later. 74 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,400 Such a ridiculous thing. 75 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:05,840 Now who can I send it to? 76 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:07,880 You can burn it and not send it to anybody. 77 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:12,280 Well, maybe you don't think so, but I think our luck is bad enough as it is. 78 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:17,080 I could send one to Abby Reynolds, of course, but I'd have to sign my name to it. 79 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,840 Since you're peeved with Abby, she's fortunately spared. 80 00:04:20,840 --> 00:04:22,840 Besides, she'd tear it up. 81 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:23,840 Yes, she would. 82 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:25,320 That'd be just like Abby. 83 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,720 What's the name of the man they hired? 84 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,720 I don't know. 85 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,520 Kirch, something or other. 86 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,120 Kirchowski, Peter Kirchowski. 87 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:36,120 Peter Kirchowski. 88 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,920 You're not thinking of sending a copy to him. 89 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:39,920 Why not, George? 90 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:40,920 Why not? 91 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:41,920 Well, it's absurd. 92 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:42,920 You don't even know the man. 93 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,920 I send one to him and he sends one to Abby. 94 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:48,480 He probably won't send it to anybody. 95 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:49,480 But he will, George. 96 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,640 He's a foreigner, isn't he? 97 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:52,640 And they're all so superstitious. 98 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:53,640 You'd have to send it to her. 99 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:54,640 He may not even know anybody else. 100 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:55,640 Suit yourself. 101 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:56,640 Need anything from town? 102 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:57,640 No. 103 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:02,640 I'm going to be getting back to the office. 104 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:04,600 It's very early, George. 105 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:05,920 You never used to leave so early. 106 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:07,280 You used to eat a big breakfast. 107 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:08,280 I'm just not hungry. 108 00:05:08,280 --> 00:05:11,000 Maybe you'll be hungry by the time you get to town. 109 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,480 Then you'll have time for a second breakfast at the drugstore. 110 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,060 You might even meet Miss Holden. 111 00:05:16,060 --> 00:05:17,600 She has her breakfast there. 112 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:18,600 Leonora. 113 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:19,600 She's very pretty, George. 114 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,480 Not at all like your former secretary. 115 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:23,280 Betty Holden's a very efficient girl. 116 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:24,280 If she's pretty, I've never noticed it. 117 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:25,280 Well, notice it, George. 118 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:28,960 Notice it while you're having your second breakfast. 119 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:29,960 I'll see you at dinner, Leonora. 120 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:34,960 George didn't fool me a bit. 121 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,160 He never did. 122 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,880 Some wives can't see the signs, but I could. 123 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:42,880 I cleaned up the house spotless. 124 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,880 That's where I kept it. 125 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:46,720 Then I sat down with a letter. 126 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:52,720 I made a copy and addressed it to Mr. Peter Kaczewski, care of Mrs. Abby Remill. 127 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,800 Then I made the second copy. 128 00:05:55,800 --> 00:06:00,920 Whoever breaks the chain will meet with evil. 129 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,920 Hadn't spoken to George about this copy. 130 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:15,600 I sealed it in an envelope and addressed it to Miss Betty Holden. 131 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,720 I mailed the letters and I waited patiently. 132 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,040 I watched George's face the next night when he came home. 133 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,040 I had all his favorite things for dinner. 134 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,160 I even had my hair put up the way he liked it best. 135 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,600 Not that he was ever pleased with the things I did for him. 136 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,600 I wasn't the one he had on his mind. 137 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,640 You're not very good company tonight, George. 138 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,320 I find very little to say. 139 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,000 I passed your office today. 140 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,440 You seemed quite animated in there. 141 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:46,320 But perhaps you find Miss Holden's conversation more stimulating than mine. 142 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:50,400 We were discussing something that was very embarrassing to me, Leonora. 143 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:51,400 Oh? 144 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:52,960 Why did you send her that letter? 145 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,640 Well, it said send two copies and that's what I did. 146 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:56,640 Well, why Miss Holden? 147 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:57,640 Why not? 148 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,040 Because it was a stupid and childish thing. 149 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:00,360 Is that what she said? 150 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:01,880 She's too much of a lady. 151 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:03,560 But that's what she thought and so did I. 152 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,560 Oh, you and Miss Holden seem to think very much alike. 153 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,560 It's a pity you're not married to her. 154 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:09,560 Yes, Leonora. 155 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:10,560 It is a pity. 156 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:11,560 So it's true then. 157 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:16,560 You agree that I'm stupid and childish. 158 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,840 What other agreements do you have, George? 159 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:20,640 Why do you twist things so? 160 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:21,640 I said... 161 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,000 Do you think I'm deaf, George? 162 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,000 I'm not. 163 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,000 I'm not blind either. 164 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,000 She's my secretary. 165 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,000 That's all. 166 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,000 If that's all, then why don't you fire her? 167 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,000 For what cause? 168 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,000 Because I don't want her there. 169 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,000 That's cause enough, isn't it? 170 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,000 I'm your wife. 171 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Isn't what I want important? 172 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,440 Not when it can cost somebody a job without reason. 173 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,280 Oh, you're so noble, aren't you, George? 174 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:38,960 But that isn't like you. 175 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,720 I know because I live with you. 176 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,920 You're a liar, George, and I could get her fired without your help. 177 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:46,920 I'll go to Burt Reynolds and tell him... 178 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,560 Leonora, if you do that, I'll... 179 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,760 Go ahead and hit me, George, because of her secretary. 180 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,760 It means nothing to you. 181 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,600 No. 182 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,080 That wouldn't do any good with you, Leonora. 183 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:01,080 You're not worth it. 184 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:02,080 You stay here and talk to me. 185 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:03,080 Where do you think you're going? 186 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,800 I'm going out to the guest room over the garage. 187 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,640 Where I go from there, I'll decide later. 188 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,360 You mean you're going to stay out there? 189 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:10,360 That's exactly what I mean. 190 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:11,360 You want to make a fool of me. 191 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:12,360 You want people around town whispering that you left me. 192 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:13,360 You want them to laugh at me. 193 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:14,360 They'll never know unless you tell them, Leonora. 194 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:15,360 You'll make sure that Betty Holden knows that they'll woke you. 195 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:16,360 You'll make sure that Betty Holden knows that they'll woke you. 196 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:17,360 You'll make sure that Betty Holden knows that they'll woke you. 197 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:24,360 George, George, come back here, do you hear me? 198 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:25,360 George! 199 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:32,960 I knew they were talking about me. 200 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:36,320 I could see it in their faces every time I went into town. 201 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,080 The woman is always to blame when something goes wrong. 202 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,160 But they didn't know what George was like. 203 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:46,840 I went to town every day, whether I had to or not, to show them I had nothing to be ashamed 204 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:47,840 of. 205 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:52,840 Thursday was the day Abby Reynolds did her shopping at the Bontan I planned to meet her, 206 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:53,840 accidentally. 207 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:54,840 Leonora! 208 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:55,840 Oh, Leonora! 209 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:57,840 I'm so glad to see you. 210 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:58,840 Hello, Abby. 211 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:00,320 I tried to phone you this morning. 212 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:02,760 Oh, well, I've been in town all day. 213 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:03,760 Bert told me to call you. 214 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:05,760 I'm glad I ran into you instead. 215 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:09,280 It's...well, there's something I have to tell you. 216 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:10,280 We know you meant no harm. 217 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,160 So George has been criticizing me to Bert. 218 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,280 Why, no, dear. 219 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:18,720 I meant about the letter, the chain letter you sent to Peter Kaczewski. 220 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,720 What harm could that do, Abby? 221 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:21,720 None. 222 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:26,000 That's what Bert tried to tell him, but he's a very quiet, strange man. 223 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:30,920 And, well, you see, Leonora, his wife died yesterday. 224 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:31,920 Oh, no. 225 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:32,920 No, Abby. 226 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,720 He got the letter a few days ago. 227 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:36,720 No. 228 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,580 He can't read English, so he usually brings his mail to Bert. 229 00:09:39,580 --> 00:09:42,600 But his wife got sick that morning, and he took her to the hospital. 230 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,440 He didn't bring the letter to Bert until this morning. 231 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:46,880 And without thinking, of course... 232 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:48,160 He read it to him? 233 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:50,280 Bert tried to reason with him, but he didn't seem to hear. 234 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,280 He just kept staring. 235 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:53,760 Then he turned and walked out of the house. 236 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:54,760 He blames me? 237 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:55,880 He thinks it's my fault. 238 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,520 Why did you ever send it to him, Leonora? 239 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:58,520 Why did you pick him? 240 00:09:58,520 --> 00:09:59,520 Well, I meant no harm, Abby. 241 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:00,520 I swear it. 242 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:01,520 I swear it on my heart. 243 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:02,520 I just meant... 244 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:04,520 You better tell George about it, in case there's any trouble. 245 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:05,520 Yes. 246 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:06,520 Yes, I'll tell George. 247 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:14,640 You see, if I'd sent the letter to Abby, it never would have happened. 248 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,160 That's what I would have done if she wasn't always trying to make herself better than 249 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:18,160 I was. 250 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:21,440 I wouldn't have been in this if it wasn't for her. 251 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,040 I left the Bonton and went to the square. 252 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,640 The Country Hill bus wasn't due for half an hour. 253 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,560 I couldn't stand there, so I walked out of town, and I crossed the wooden bridge over 254 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:31,560 the river. 255 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:35,400 The side road was pitted with ruts left by the rain, and I stumbled, and the heel of 256 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:36,800 my shoe broke off. 257 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:41,480 I sat down on a patch of grass and tried to fix it, and I heard a branch snap in the trees 258 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:42,480 behind me. 259 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:43,480 Hello, Mrs. Carpenter. 260 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:50,480 It was a voice I'd never heard before, but when I turned, I knew the face. 261 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,880 It was Peter Pratchesky. 262 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,880 He was all dirty and unshaven, and he had a half-empty bottle in his hand. 263 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,280 You afraid, huh, Mrs. Carpenter? 264 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:00,280 You stay away from me! 265 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:01,280 Stay away! 266 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:02,280 Do you hear? 267 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:03,280 No! 268 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:07,160 He started for me. 269 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:08,160 I threw the shoe. 270 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,160 It caught him in the face and a nail tore a gash in his forehead. 271 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,160 I turned and started to run up the hill. 272 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:14,160 I got you! 273 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:15,160 I could hear him behind me. 274 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:16,160 He was getting closer and closer, and the house was still a quarter of a mile away. 275 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:17,160 A quarter of a mile away! 276 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:18,160 I get you, Mrs. Carpenter! 277 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:19,160 I got you, Mrs. Carpenter! 278 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:20,160 I got you, Mrs. Carpenter! 279 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:21,160 I got you, Mrs. Carpenter! 280 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:22,160 I got you, Mrs. Carpenter! 281 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:43,160 Otto Light is bringing you Miss Agnes Moorhead in The Chain, tonight's production in radio's 282 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:53,240 outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 283 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,880 Say Harlow, what ignites the ignition system? 284 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,080 I, uh, I'll ask the Otto Light ignition engineers. 285 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:00,920 And what sparks a spark plug? 286 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,280 Uh, that's another for Otto Light ignition engineers. 287 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:10,000 If anyone knows spark plugs, it's these same Otto Light engineers who design coils, distributors, 288 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,560 and all the other vital parts that make up the complete ignition systems used as original 289 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:17,560 equipment on many makes of America's finest cars. 290 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:19,360 They really know, eh, Harlow? 291 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:20,360 Yes, sir. 292 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,840 And look at the Otto Light resistor spark plug they developed. 293 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:27,440 It's one of the greatest advances in spark plug design for automotive use in the past 294 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:28,440 20 years. 295 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,480 Can they talk about spark plugs like you, Harlow? 296 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:32,480 Sure they can. 297 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:36,240 And your friendly Otto Light spark plug dealer can tell everyone listening to this program 298 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:40,960 as much about world famous ignition engineered Otto Light spark plugs as I can. 299 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:41,960 No. 300 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:42,960 Sure. 301 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:47,120 So go to him and have him replace your worn out spark plugs with world famous ignition 302 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,920 engineered Otto Light spark plugs. 303 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:54,360 And whether you choose the resistor type or the regular type, for smooth performance and 304 00:12:54,360 --> 00:13:00,120 the best in gas mileage, you can't buy a better spark plug for your car because you're 305 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,480 always right with Otto Light. 306 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:09,920 And now, Otto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage our star, Agnes Moorhead, in the 307 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:10,920 chain. 308 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:19,680 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 309 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:20,680 My lungs were ready to burst. 310 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:23,680 I wanted to scream but no sound had come. 311 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:25,600 And there was nobody to hear me. 312 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:26,600 Nobody but Peter Kaczewski. 313 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:27,600 He was standing along after me. 314 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:28,600 I heard the bottle drop and break. 315 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:29,600 I could see the house now in the clearing through the trees. 316 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:30,600 I stood there and heard the sound of the engine. 317 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:31,600 I heard the sound of the engine. 318 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:32,600 I heard the sound of the engine. 319 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:33,600 I heard the sound of the engine through the trees and I started to cry. 320 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:34,600 I couldn't run any faster. 321 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:35,600 I just couldn't. 322 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:36,600 He was almost up to me. 323 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:37,600 He reached out and I fell. 324 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:38,600 His hand turned at the back of my coat and then he fell. 325 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:39,600 He fell. 326 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:40,600 I heard him go down but I didn't turn to look. 327 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:41,600 I crossed the clearing, up the steps of the house. 328 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:42,600 I tore at the clasp on my handbag to get the key. 329 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:43,600 We've always been stuck. 330 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:44,600 Kaczewski staggered into the clearing. 331 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:45,600 I remembered the spare key under the doormat. 332 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:46,600 Got it? 333 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:47,600 And opened the door. 334 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:48,600 He'd reached the port steps. 335 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:49,600 I slammed the door and locked it in his face. 336 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:50,600 Oh my. 337 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:51,600 Oh my. 338 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:52,600 Oh my. 339 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:53,600 Oh my. 340 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:54,600 Oh my. 341 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:55,600 Oh my. 342 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:56,600 Oh my. 343 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,840 He'd reach the port steps, I'd slam the door and lock it in his face. 344 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,760 Come out. Come out, Mrs. Gashwin. 345 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,760 Go away, do you hear me? Leave me alone. Leave me alone. 346 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:08,260 Don't get away from me. 347 00:14:08,260 --> 00:14:10,760 Nobody wants to help you. 348 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:14,760 You don't get away. I can't wait for you. 349 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:19,760 I leaned against the door trying to get my breath. 350 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,760 I could feel Kuczynski on the other side of it like a big crazy ape. 351 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,560 What did he want to hurt me for? 352 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:27,560 I took a chair and braced it under the doorknob. 353 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:29,560 Then I heard him move. 354 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,560 He padded down the port steps, but he wasn't going away. 355 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:34,560 He was moving around in the back door. 356 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,560 I reached through the house. The door was locked. 357 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:39,560 So were the store windows on the lower floor. 358 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,560 I ran upstairs to the bedroom. 359 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,560 Georgia Service Revolver was in the bureau. 360 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,560 I got it and opened the window. 361 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,560 Come down, Mrs. Gashwin. 362 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,560 Get off this property. 363 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,560 Look, I've got a gun and I know how to use it, you understand? 364 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,560 Will you go? 365 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,560 You killed my wife, Mrs. Gashwin. 366 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:00,560 I did it. I did it. I never saw. I never knew her. 367 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:02,560 You stand in the cell. 368 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:03,560 Then she died. 369 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:05,560 You go away. I warn you. I shoot. 370 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:06,560 Fire! 371 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,560 Shoot! Shoot! 372 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:12,560 I didn't hit him. 373 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,560 He started back away across the clearing. 374 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,560 I fired again and again. 375 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:20,560 He kept backing away, looking at me with that mean, horrible face. 376 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:24,560 I tried holding the gun with both hands and squeezing the trigger as Georgia talked to me. 377 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:26,560 I couldn't hit him. 378 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:28,560 He backed into the trees at the edge of the property. 379 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:32,560 You're going to pay for what you do, Mrs. Gashwin. 380 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,560 I'm going to go back. 381 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,560 I'll see you again. 382 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,560 You're going to pay. 383 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:48,560 I held the gun in my lap and waited until I could see him going down the road towards town. 384 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:52,560 Then I unlocked the bedroom door and slipped down the stairs to the telephone. 385 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:57,560 Number, please. 386 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,560 Town 3417. 387 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,560 Just a minute. 388 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:05,560 Castle Insurance Company, Reynolds speaking. 389 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,560 Bert, this is Leonora. 390 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:09,560 Oh, yes, Leonora? 391 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,560 Is George there? I must speak to him. 392 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:14,560 He's out for the afternoon making some calls. 393 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,560 Is Miss Holden there? 394 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,560 No, I think George gave the afternoon off. 395 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,560 Oh, I see. 396 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:22,560 Is anything wrong, Leonora? 397 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,560 No. No, Bert. 398 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:28,560 Did you tell George about Kertesky and the letter? 399 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,560 Yes, Leonora, I told him. 400 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:32,560 And he told me why you sent it. 401 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:33,560 Is there anything else I can do for you? 402 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:34,560 Well, if George comes in... 403 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,560 I'll tell him to call you. Goodbye, Leonora. 404 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:46,560 Bert, I meant... 405 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,560 George knew. He knew and Betty Holden knew. 406 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:51,560 She was keeping him in town. 407 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,560 This was what they wanted. 408 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,560 They wanted something to happen to me. 409 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,560 It'd be getting dark soon. 410 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,560 Kertesky would come back and I'd be alone. I'd be all alone. 411 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:05,560 Number, please. 412 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:07,560 This is Mrs. George Carpenter of Country Hill. 413 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,560 Will you call the police and ask them to send a car out? 414 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,560 Somebody's trying to kill me. 415 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:20,560 He doesn't try to break the door down 416 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:21,560 or get in through any of the windows? 417 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:22,560 No, but... 418 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,560 Well, Mrs. Carpenter, he wasn't carrying a weapon 419 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,560 and he never actually touched you. 420 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,560 I can't arrest him for attempted murder. 421 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:31,560 There isn't even enough evidence for a simple assault. 422 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,560 I want that man arrested. Do you hear me? 423 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,560 Well, what you want has nothing to do with the law, Mrs. Carpenter. 424 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,560 You're supposed to protect people. That's what we pay taxes for. 425 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,560 Kertesky pays taxes too, Mrs. Carpenter. 426 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,560 You fired a gun at him. 427 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:46,560 If you're smart, you'll drop it. 428 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:48,560 Haven't I the right to protect myself and my own house? 429 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,560 In the house, yes, but you were behind locked doors 430 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,560 firing at a man out in the open. 431 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:56,560 If you'd killed him, you'd have been charged with murder. 432 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,560 Now, take my advice and don't use that gun again 433 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:00,560 unless somebody breaks in. 434 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,560 But that man is crazy. He's just crazy. 435 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,560 If I had a simple mind like his and the same thing happened to me, 436 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:06,560 I might be crazy too. 437 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,560 But I can't locate my husband. I'm alone here. 438 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,560 You've got to find that man and arrest him. I demand it. 439 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:14,560 All right, all right, all right. 440 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,560 But all I can charge him with is trespassing. 441 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:19,560 We can hold him until his fine is paid and that's all. 442 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,560 Well, I don't care what you charge him with. Arrest him. Just arrest him. 443 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,560 He may bring countercharges against you. 444 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,560 What charges could he bring against me? 445 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,560 I've never hurt anybody. I've never done anything to anyone. 446 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,560 Well, I'm glad to hear that, Mrs. Carpenter. 447 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,560 I like nice people. Goodbye. 448 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,560 If you see my husband, tell him to come home. 449 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:41,560 Tell him I'm alone here. I don't know what I'll do alone. 450 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,560 When we're fine, Kaczewski, I'll call you. 451 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,560 It started to get dark and I sat there listening to every sound. 452 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,560 Then it started to rain. 453 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:54,560 I heard it pounding on the roof. It frightened me. 454 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:58,560 If somebody came up to the house, I wouldn't be able to hear them. 455 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:02,560 Seven o'clock came and then eight, nine, ten. 456 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:04,560 I didn't dare light a light. 457 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,560 Then I thought I heard a car. 458 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,560 George. It had to be George. 459 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,560 The headlights flashed through the windows as the car turned into the driving 460 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:15,560 and a moment later I heard his key in the lock. 461 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,560 What? Leonora. 462 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:26,560 What's the matter, George? Are you surprised to see me? 463 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,560 All the lights were out. I thought you were in bed. 464 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:30,560 Oh, is that what you thought? 465 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,560 Is that why you waited so long to come home? Where were you? 466 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,560 Where I go is no longer any concern of yours. 467 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,560 You were with her. 468 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,560 All right, Leonora, I was. 469 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:43,560 For the first peaceful evening in ten years, but not the last. 470 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,560 What are you saying, George? 471 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,560 I'm going to divorce you, Leonora. I'm moving into town tonight. 472 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,560 I'll be at the hotel. 473 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:52,560 I'll stop you. There isn't anything I won't do to stop you. 474 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,560 I know. I can depend on you for that. 475 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,560 The wife doesn't mean anything to you, George. You don't know what I've been through. 476 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,560 You don't know what happened today. 477 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,560 I know you tried to kill a man with a gun. 478 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,560 How do you know that? 479 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,560 Everybody knows it. The police are looking for Kachewski. 480 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:12,560 You have no feeling about what you've done to that poor, confused devil, have you? 481 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:16,560 I haven't done anything to him, the superstitious idiot. 482 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,560 All I did was send a silly letter. That didn't kill his wife. 483 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:22,560 I'm sorry she's dead. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 484 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,560 No, no, you're not. 485 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,560 You're only sorry because you're afraid for yourself. 486 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,560 How can you say that to me? 487 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:32,560 Because I know you, Leonora. After ten years, I really know you. 488 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,560 You didn't send those letters the way other people send them. 489 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:36,560 I... 490 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,560 You sent them with a curse out of the evil of your heart. 491 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:40,560 You can't kill people with a curse. 492 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,560 Which is fortunate for me. 493 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,560 I'm not talking about the act, Leonora. I'm talking about the intent. 494 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:47,560 I want to get my clothes. 495 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,560 You can't. You can't. I won't let you. 496 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:51,560 All right. I can get others. Goodbye, Leonora. 497 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,560 I forbid you to leave this house. 498 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:54,560 Get out of my way. 499 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:55,560 No, George, no, I'm your wife. 500 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,560 Remember how things used to be with us? 501 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:58,560 They can be that way again, George. 502 00:20:58,560 --> 00:20:59,560 Let go of me. 503 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,560 You know I can make you happy. Kiss me. Just kiss me once. 504 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:03,560 Get out of my way. 505 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:05,560 Oh, George. 506 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,560 Oh, don't leave me. 507 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,560 Oh, don't leave me. 508 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:18,560 I tried to sleep, but I couldn't. 509 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,560 The rain got heavier. 510 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,560 Each time the lightning flashed, I could see the river below. 511 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,560 It was beginning to wash over the bridge. 512 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,560 A shutter tore loose and started to bang. 513 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,560 Hello. Hello. 514 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,560 Hello. Who is it? 515 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,560 Lieutenant Marsh at police headquarters, Mrs. Cumber. 516 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:43,560 Have you found Kaczewski? 517 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,560 Yes. The boys brought him in about a half hour ago. 518 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:47,560 I did all I could. 519 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:48,560 What do you mean? 520 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:51,560 Trespassing is a minor charge, Mr. Carpenter. 521 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,560 Bail was set at $25. 522 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,560 Mr. Reynolds just came in and bailed him out. 523 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,560 You mean he's free? You let him get away? 524 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,560 You've got to send somebody up here. 525 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,560 You can't leave me alone if he's loose. 526 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,560 I'm sorry, Mrs. Carpenter, but there's a storm emergency 527 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,560 besides the bridge has washed out, 528 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:08,560 and I'm tying up the line talking to you. Good night. 529 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:12,560 Lieutenant. Lieutenant. Lieutenant. 530 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:13,560 Oh, you... 531 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:14,560 Operator. 532 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,560 Operator. Get me Mr. George Carpenter 533 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:19,560 at the Clearview Hotel. 534 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:21,560 I'm sorry, but the lines are open for emergency service only. 535 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:23,560 But I must speak to him. I must. 536 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:25,560 I'm sorry, but the storm has washed out most of the lines. 537 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,560 We only have three circuits open for emergency. 538 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:28,560 But this is an emergency. I'll tell you. 539 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,560 It's a matter of life and death. 540 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:32,560 Just a moment. 541 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:33,560 I have a clear line. 542 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:34,560 Oh. 543 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:35,560 Please make your call brief. 544 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,560 All right. All right. 545 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,560 Hello. Hello. 546 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,560 Hello. Hello. 547 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,560 Here's your party. 548 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:45,560 Hello. 549 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:45,560 George. 550 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,560 Oh, George, it's Leonora. 551 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,560 You've got to help me, please. 552 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,560 They arrested Kerchesky, but Bert Reynolds bailed him out. 553 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,560 I know it. Bert told me. 554 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,560 You... You know it. 555 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,560 You let him do it. You want me to be killed. 556 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:59,560 He took Kerchesky home and put him to bed. 557 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,560 But he won't stay there. He's crazy. 558 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,560 Come out here, George. I need you. 559 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:05,560 The bridge is out. There's no road on it. 560 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,560 Well, he'll find a way to get here. 561 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,560 Oh, do you want me to go mad, George? 562 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,560 I'll give you a divorce. I won't fight it. 563 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:13,560 I promise you, George, only don't let me die. 564 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,560 Leonora, you're hysterical. It's after midnight. 565 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,560 I'll be... 566 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,560 Go on, George. Go on. 567 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:22,560 George, please, George. 568 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,560 George. 569 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,560 The line was dead. 570 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:33,560 Dead like I was going to be dead. 571 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,560 Kerchesky would come. 572 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,560 They didn't know it, but I did. 573 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,560 The rain stopped, and I sat there 574 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,560 listening to the ticking of the clock. 575 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,560 It struck one, then two. 576 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,560 That was all. 577 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,560 It was so peaceful, 578 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,560 and I almost dozed off. 579 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,560 So... 580 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,560 something was moving outside. 581 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:55,560 I went to the window and saw the figure of a man 582 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:57,560 turning into the shadows behind the house. 583 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,560 I found the gun where I left it 584 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:01,560 under the sofa pillars. 585 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,560 I couldn't shoot him until he broke into the house. 586 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,560 I rolled to the kitchen and waited. 587 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,560 He was fumbling with the door. 588 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,560 There was a metallic sound. 589 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:11,560 He was forcing something into the lock, 590 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,560 and then it clicked. The door swung open. 591 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,560 He was framed in the center of it, and I fired. 592 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,560 He fell. 593 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,560 I backed through the house, 594 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,560 opened the front door, 595 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,560 and started to run. 596 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:33,560 The road was a sea of mud. 597 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,560 I knew he was dead, 598 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:37,560 but I could beat him behind me, 599 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,560 chasing me. 600 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,560 I got to the river. 601 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:43,560 It was starting to flood, but there was a boat coming across. 602 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:45,560 I just cried with relief. 603 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,560 When it landed, I ran to it. 604 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,560 A man jumped out. 605 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,560 Hello, Mrs. Carpenter. 606 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,560 No! No, you're dead! 607 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,560 You can't hurt me! 608 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,560 You're dead! 609 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,560 My wife, she's dead, Mrs. Carpenter. 610 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,560 Look at me, lady. 611 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,560 Look at my face. 612 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:05,560 I'll give you money. I won't say anything about this. 613 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,560 Why do you do this thing to me, Mrs. Carpenter? 614 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:09,560 Why? 615 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,560 What did I ever do to you? 616 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,560 My husband! 617 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:15,560 My husband was the one. 618 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:17,560 He told me to do it. I didn't want to. 619 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,560 He made me. 620 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,560 You lie, lady. Your husband is good, my... 621 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,560 You're choking me! 622 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,560 Don't you like to die, Mrs. Carpenter? 623 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,560 You like to write letters. 624 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,560 You like other people should die. 625 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,560 You must have killed me. You must have just run. 626 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,560 No one punish for it. You know that, don't you? 627 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,560 You're going to punish me later. You... 628 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:37,560 I didn't mean to shoot you up there tonight. 629 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,560 I thought you were hurt. 630 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:41,560 I was coming down to get a doctor for you. 631 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,560 I... 632 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,560 You just came across the river. 633 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,560 You couldn't have gotten down here before me. 634 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,560 George! 635 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:53,560 It was George! 636 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,560 I killed George! 637 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,560 You killed your husband? 638 00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,560 I thought it was you! I mean... 639 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,560 I don't know! 640 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,560 You killed him! 641 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,560 You killed your husband, Mrs. Carpenter! 642 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,560 You killed him! 643 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,560 You killed him! 644 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,560 Now they're going to make you pay! 645 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,560 It was an accident! An accident, I tell you! 646 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:15,560 An accident! 647 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,560 It was an accident! 648 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,560 It was an accident! 649 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,560 You should catch him and put him away because he's dangerous, I tell you. 650 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,560 I came back here to the house and I found George. 651 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,560 I left him just as it was, sir. 652 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:27,560 You could see it was an accident, lieutenant. 653 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,560 I called you as soon as I got the phone line working. 654 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,560 Yes, I see, Mrs. Carpenter. 655 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,560 Did you get all that on the wire recorder, Chuck? 656 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,560 Yeah. 657 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,560 I'm sorry, sir. 658 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:39,560 I'm sorry. 659 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,560 I'm sorry. 660 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:43,560 I'm sorry. 661 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,560 I'm sorry. 662 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,560 I'm sorry. 663 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,560 Did you get all that on the wire recorder, Chuck? 664 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,560 Yeah. 665 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,560 Good, shut it off. 666 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:55,560 Well, you better get your coat, Mrs. Carpenter. 667 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,560 Why? 668 00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,560 You mean I'm being arrested? 669 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,560 On suspicion of murder, Mrs. Carpenter. 670 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,560 Oh, but you're making a mistake. 671 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:05,560 All I did was write a letter. 672 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,560 And kill your husband. 673 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,560 But that was an accident! 674 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:11,560 Why should I kill George? I had no reason. 675 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,560 But you did have a motive for killing him. 676 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,560 A very strong motive. 677 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,560 He was divorcing you. He was going to marry another woman. 678 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:19,560 And you knew all that before you shot him. 679 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,560 But I didn't! I... 680 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,560 It's on the recorder. 681 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,560 Oh, you don't believe me! 682 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,560 Don't worry about me, Mrs. Carpenter. 683 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,560 It's the jury you've got to convince. 684 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:47,560 All I did was write a chain letter. 685 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,560 Suspense. 686 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,560 Presented by Auto Light. 687 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,560 Tonight's star, Agnes Moorhead. 688 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,560 Doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief. 689 00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:05,560 Have your test stating my belief that every car owner can be happy if his car is equipped with a set of the world famous ignition engineered Auto Light spark plugs. 690 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:09,560 So be sure to have your dealer give your spark plugs a spring check up. 691 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:15,560 Auto Light makes over 400 products for cars, trucks, planes and boats in 28 plants coast to coast. 692 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:21,560 These include complete electrical systems used as original equipment on many makes of America's finest cars. 693 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:28,560 Spark plugs, batteries, generators, coils, distributors, electric windshield wipers, starting motors, bullseye, sealed beam headlights. 694 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:34,560 All engineered to fit together perfectly, work together perfectly because they're a perfect team. 695 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:37,560 So friends, don't accept electrical parts supposed to be as good. 696 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:44,560 Ask for and insist on Auto Light original factory parts at your neighborhood service station, car dealer, garage or repair shop. 697 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:53,560 Remember, you're always right with Auto Light. 698 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:57,560 Next Thursday for Suspense, our star will be Miss Joan Bennett. 699 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:07,560 The play is called The Statement of Mary Blake and it is as we say, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 700 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:12,560 Tonight's Suspense play was produced and edited by William Spear and directed by Norman MacDonald. 701 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:17,560 Music for Suspense is composed by Lucian Morrowek and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 702 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:21,560 The chain is an original play written for radio by Joel Murcott. 703 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:25,560 Agnes Moorhead may soon be seen in the Warner Brothers production, Caged. 704 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:30,560 In the coming weeks, you will hear such stars as Claire Trevor and John Lund. 705 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:39,560 And don't forget, next Thursday same time, Auto Light will present Suspense starring Joan Bennett. 706 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:47,560 You can buy world famous Auto Light resistor or regular spark plugs, Auto Light staple batteries, Auto Light electrical parts at your neighborhood Auto Light dealers. 707 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,560 Switch to Auto Light. Good night. 708 00:29:49,560 --> 00:30:09,560 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.