1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,440 I fetched his body to reach it. 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:08,720 I waited until he had his back to me with his hands raised high in the air, reaching 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:10,600 for the window frame. 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:16,200 And I opened my purse, took out the gun, aimed very carefully at his spot just in the center 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:20,360 of his left shoulder blade, and pulled the trigger four times. 6 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:34,600 He didn't immediately fall. 7 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:40,000 He had his fingers over the window ledge, ready to unfasten the catch when the bullets hit 8 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,000 him. 9 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:47,360 With some terrible effort, he dug his nails into his stucco to keep himself from dying. 10 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:52,320 Once he tried to turn his face and look at me, but he hadn't that much life left. 11 00:00:52,320 --> 00:01:01,360 At last he fell. 12 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:04,160 I bent and looked at my husband's body. 13 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,200 He was quite dead. 14 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:11,000 I wiped off the gun, his gun, and threw it behind an acacia bush. 15 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,960 And I walked back to the car slowly and carefully, removing any of my footprints which showed 16 00:01:15,960 --> 00:01:18,040 in the loose dirt of the road. 17 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:23,720 I dusted my shoes and drove home. 18 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:31,960 I put the car in the garage and went in and had my shower, and lay down in the library 19 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:32,960 to wait. 20 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:37,320 A few minutes after the grandfather clock struck eleven, the telephone rang. 21 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:38,320 Hello? 22 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:39,320 Mrs. Skinner? 23 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:40,320 This is she. 24 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:41,320 This is Jonathan Brown at the sheriff's office. 25 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:42,320 I need to speak to you. 26 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:43,320 I'm sorry, I'm busy. 27 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:46,320 This is Jonathan Brown at the sheriff's office. 28 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:48,400 I have some bad news for you. 29 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:49,400 Oh, what is it? 30 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:50,400 Mr. Skinner, ma'am. 31 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:51,400 He's been killed. 32 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:52,400 Mrs. Skinner? 33 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:53,400 Hello, Mrs. Skinner? 34 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:54,400 Are you all right? 35 00:01:54,400 --> 00:02:05,400 I waited quietly for a moment, then I let the phone fall to the floor. 36 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:06,400 Mrs. Skinner? 37 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:11,240 I listened until I heard Jonathan Brown hang up, at which time I replaced my telephone 38 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:17,400 on its stand, and went into the kitchen for some ice, which I put in a large Turkish towel. 39 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:31,000 I then arranged myself on the living room divan, and again waited. 40 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Mrs. Skinner? 41 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 In here, please. 42 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,960 Oh, oh yes, thank you. 43 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:39,800 Are you all right, Mrs. Skinner? 44 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:44,080 What was this stupid thing for me to do, breaking the news that way, you know? 45 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:45,080 I'm all right. 46 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,480 I came over as soon as you, well, you know, dropped the phone. 47 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,560 I felt faint suddenly. 48 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:51,560 And no wonder. 49 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:53,640 Tell me what happened, Mr. 50 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:56,160 Brown, Jonathan Brown from the sheriff's office. 51 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,360 Mr. Brown, please sit down. 52 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,400 Oh, thank you. 53 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:06,280 Well, your husband was up at the Johnson house this afternoon, as well as we can figure, 54 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,280 up there on the side of the mountain, you know. 55 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:16,200 He must have been trying to get into the window, and somehow somebody, well, shot him. 56 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,640 Sure you want me to tell you? 57 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:19,640 I'm sorry. 58 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:21,480 Go, go on, please. 59 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:28,080 We looked around the place, couldn't see anything, although we found the, you know, weapon. 60 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,240 It was a gun. 61 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:37,200 Found it in the brush near where he was, no footprints or anything. 62 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,880 To think that my husband shot him. 63 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,280 There, there, there. 64 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:45,280 Terrible shock. 65 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:46,280 There now. 66 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:47,280 Thank you. 67 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:48,760 I'll be all right. 68 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,560 Oh, don't you worry about a thing, Mrs. Skinner. 69 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,000 The best thing for you to do right now is rest and take it easy. 70 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,600 Thank you for your help. 71 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,800 You've been most kind. 72 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:03,200 The only thing I think you'll have to do will be make an appearance at the coroner's inquest, 73 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,200 unless you're still not feeling well, you know. 74 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,800 In which case, I guess, maybe you shouldn't be there. 75 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:08,800 Oh, no. 76 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:10,440 No, thank you, Mr. Brown. 77 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:21,840 You let me know when you need me, and I'll be there. 78 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:24,920 I slept very well that night. 79 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:30,240 How much better a position I would hold as the tragic widow and as the discarded wife 80 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,680 of a successful man. 81 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:37,120 The next few days, a few photographers and newspaper men called, but they were kind and 82 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,440 gentle and didn't make too much bother. 83 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,720 Finally, Mr. Jonathan Brown called to say that he would send a car for me on Friday 84 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:44,720 morning. 85 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:48,520 The next day, as it turned out, to take me to the coroner's inquest. 86 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:55,160 The small courtroom was crowded, and almost everyone there eyed me with great sympathy. 87 00:04:55,160 --> 00:05:00,040 The inquest proceeded evenly, and there was as yet no evidence as to the identity of my 88 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,400 husband's murderer. 89 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:06,480 I have had this blackboard brought into court so that I might show the position of the body 90 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:07,800 when found. 91 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,400 I think it might be of interest. 92 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:11,400 Proceed. 93 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:17,120 Now, the body was found just below the first story window on the left side of the house. 94 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,600 The dead man was obviously trying to gain admittance, you know. 95 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,900 He didn't die immediately, as I will show you, but stayed alive long enough to try to 96 00:05:24,900 --> 00:05:28,620 keep himself from falling, since marks from each of his fingernails were found running 97 00:05:28,620 --> 00:05:30,760 down the side of the building. 98 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:34,040 Here, then, is the window sill. 99 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:40,120 Here are the marks of his fingernails, and here is the spot where the body lay when it 100 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:41,280 was discovered. 101 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:43,920 As he talked, he watched me do this, Mr. Brown. 102 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:49,000 And I didn't know why until I heard the first scrape of the chalk against the blackboard. 103 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,240 For one awful moment, it was the sound that had been made by my husband, as he tried so 104 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,960 desperately to hold himself alive. 105 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,580 I found myself tightly clutching the wooden table in front of me. 106 00:05:59,580 --> 00:06:03,520 My arms and body tense, trying not to faint. 107 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:07,800 Now, since a large deposit of the dried stucco from the building was found under each of 108 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:12,000 the victim's fingernails, I believe I can best illustrate the manner of the victim's 109 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,480 last moments with a physical illustration. 110 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:20,800 Now, suppose I am the victim, you know, and this blackboard is the side of the building. 111 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:26,600 We hear gunshots, and then the victim slowly sinks to the ground. 112 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:41,480 Please don't make that noise. 113 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:46,120 Auto Light is bringing you Miss Ann Baxter with Joseph Kearns in the 13th sound. 114 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:59,800 Tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 115 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,720 Hey Joe, any more sound effects for the Auto Light Stay Full Battery? 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138 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:44,680 Oh, thank you. 139 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:47,000 I'm terribly sorry to have... 140 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,480 Oh, that's all right. 141 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,840 I thought maybe you better not go, you know. 142 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:53,400 It's quite a strain. 143 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,840 Yes, it was quite a strain. 144 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,900 Corner asked whether it'd be all right to go on without you. 145 00:08:58,900 --> 00:09:02,840 Everyone seemed agreed, you know, so we finished up while the doc looked you over. 146 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:03,840 What happened? 147 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:04,840 He said you'd be all right. 148 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:05,840 Shock. 149 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,320 No, no, I meant about my husband. 150 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:12,720 It is death at the hand of person or person's unknown, you know. 151 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,840 Is there anything further I must do? 152 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:16,680 Not a thing, Mrs. Skinner. 153 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:18,680 Oh, you've been very kind. 154 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:21,720 Well, it's a terrible thing happened to you. 155 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:22,720 I'll be going now. 156 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,160 If there's nothing more you need from me. 157 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:26,920 Oh, nothing, thank you. 158 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:28,880 Well, goodbye then. 159 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,080 And don't you worry. 160 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:42,240 We'll find who did it, you know. 161 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:46,800 After he had left, I had the time to be angry at myself for my behavior at the inquest. 162 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,560 What must the people have thought? 163 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:53,520 To faint only from the noise of a piece of chalk on a blackboard. 164 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:59,520 I wondered if Mr. Brown had suspected anything because, as I remembered, he'd been watching 165 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:03,920 me as he drew those silly little diagrams on the board. 166 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,480 He hadn't been looking anywhere else. 167 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:10,720 Not at the coroner, or any of the reporters, or even at what he was doing. 168 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,360 He had been looking at me. 169 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:17,480 Well, of course he was looking at me. 170 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:26,040 He was showing his sympathy. 171 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,880 I slowly allowed myself to return to my former position in the community. 172 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:34,680 And as I'd anticipated, I was greeted with respect and admiration. 173 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:37,280 Poor dear Mrs. Skinner. 174 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:38,280 How tragic. 175 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:45,120 The first evening I accepted an invitation was five weeks after my husband's death for 176 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,200 bridge at the country club. 177 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,800 Oh, I'm terribly sorry. 178 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:51,320 I wonder if you'd forgive me. 179 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:52,760 By something wrong, Melissa? 180 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:54,600 I have a terrible headache. 181 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,200 I'm afraid I've strained my eyes. 182 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,440 Oh, my dear, why don't you lie down for a few minutes? 183 00:10:58,440 --> 00:10:59,440 If you wouldn't mind. 184 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:00,440 Why not at all? 185 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:02,440 Would you care for an aspirin tablet, Melissa? 186 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:03,440 Thank you, no. 187 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,440 If I could just lie down. 188 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,440 I told you that you needed new glasses. 189 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:08,880 Now I suppose you'll get them. 190 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:09,880 Locking the bar. 191 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:11,880 I'll get you comfortably settled. 192 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:12,880 Oh, don't bother, please. 193 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:14,880 You go right ahead with your game. 194 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,160 I'm sorry to be such a nuisance. 195 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:18,600 Oh, poor dear. 196 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:20,080 That is uncomfortable. 197 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:23,600 There's something it don't pay to neglect. 198 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,000 Your eyes, you know. 199 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Mr. Brown. 200 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Good evening. 201 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,640 I didn't see you come in. 202 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:30,640 You know these... 203 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:31,640 Oh, sure. 204 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:33,640 Good evening, Mr. Greg, Mrs. Greg. 205 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:34,640 Good evening, Mr. Brown. 206 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:38,000 Would you object to a new partner? 207 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,040 Considered a fairly good wisp, 208 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:40,040 pinnacle and bridge man? 209 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,160 We'd be delighted, Mr. Brown. 210 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:43,160 Please join us. 211 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:44,160 Yes, please do. 212 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:45,160 Yes, very kind of you. 213 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,000 No sense starting a new game. 214 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,240 I'll just pick up where the lady went away. 215 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:50,240 Splendid. 216 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,240 Then I believe it's my deal. 217 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,800 I hope I deal myself a good hand. 218 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,120 I've had atrocious luck all evening. 219 00:11:58,120 --> 00:11:59,920 Maybe I can change it for you. 220 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:00,920 Maybe you can. 221 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,600 Incidentally, Mrs. Skinner, 222 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:09,520 I always meant to ask you whether or not you minded noises, especially. 223 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:13,960 Sharp noises like, say, chalk on a blackboard. 224 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,040 I don't understand. 225 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:17,040 Chalk on a blackboard? 226 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,320 At the inquest, I always wondered about it. 227 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:24,000 You fainted just when the chalk was scratching across the blackboard. 228 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,520 I don't remember hearing it. 229 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:30,360 I'm afraid I fainted before you drew any diagrams. 230 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:36,000 I assume that's what you were planning to do, draw diagrams. 231 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,960 That's what I was planning to do. 232 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:38,960 Yes, ma'am. 233 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:39,960 Yes. 234 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:40,960 There we are. 235 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:41,960 Oh, I'm sorry. 236 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:42,960 Let me... 237 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,960 That's all right. 238 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,400 I can reach them. 239 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,720 I... 240 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,600 Something wrong, Mrs. Skinner? 241 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,480 I didn't... 242 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:59,640 Again, it happened. 243 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:08,520 And again, as the noise was made, it sounded to me like my husband's fingernails sliding 244 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,800 down the rough side of the Johnson house. 245 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:17,400 And again, as I slipped into darkness, I could see that Mr. Brown was watching me. 246 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:26,720 I stayed at home for the next few days. 247 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:28,880 I canceled all appointments. 248 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:33,840 By Friday of that week, the musical group of which I was chairman was giving a concert 249 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,480 of chamber music, which I had to attend. 250 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:42,400 I went to the musical alone, studying my program when Mr. Jonathan Brown entered. 251 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,560 I tried to avoid his eyes, but he came directly over to where I was sitting and took the place 252 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:47,800 immediately next to me. 253 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:48,800 Is his seat taken? 254 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,840 Oh, good evening, Mr. Brown. 255 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,040 Mrs. Skinner, well, good evening. 256 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:54,600 I didn't recognize you, you know. 257 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,320 I was to be joined later. 258 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,360 Oh, I'll just sit here a moment then. 259 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,600 You know, I'm terribly sorry about the other night. 260 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,840 There's really nothing at all for you to be sorry about. 261 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:09,280 It's very kind of you to say that, you know, but I do feel guilty as all sin being the 262 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:10,560 cause of your getting sick. 263 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:13,160 Well, really, Mr. Brown, I wasn't sick at all. 264 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,920 I was very close at the club that night, if you remember. 265 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:17,560 Yes, ma'am, it was. 266 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:20,200 Well, just so I don't feel it was my fault, you know. 267 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:21,960 No, I don't want you to feel it. 268 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:22,960 It was your fault. 269 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,200 Well, that's very kind of you, you know. 270 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,960 Oh, if you don't mind, I'll stay till whoever holds this seat gets here. 271 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:30,960 That's quite all right. 272 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:31,960 Thank you. 273 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,760 Thank you, and welcome. 274 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:41,200 We crave your indulgence and a certain open-mindedness for giving a fair chance to the first piece 275 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,520 with which we're going to open our program this evening. 276 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:50,760 The title of this piece is The Thirteenth Sound, and the composer is Julian Carrillo. 277 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:58,040 Now, this piece is what you call, I guess, modern music, and the really unusual thing 278 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,360 about it is that the instruments play in quarter tones. 279 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:07,680 Now, a quarter tone is somewhere in between the other tones, like we're accustomed to 280 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:08,680 hearing. 281 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,760 So, on this following piece, the instruments are not playing like you would think out of 282 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:14,240 tune. 283 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,680 This is the way it's supposed to sound. 284 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:17,680 Thank you. 285 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:18,680 Thank you. 286 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:19,680 Well, tune up, Jim. 287 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:26,680 This should be very interesting, don't you think, Mrs. Skinner? 288 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,160 The thirteenth sound. 289 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,160 Have you heard it? 290 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:31,160 Oh, what? 291 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:32,160 No. 292 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,160 No, no, I haven't. 293 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,600 Too hot again, Mrs. Skinner? 294 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,600 It does get stuffy in here, you know. 295 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:40,600 I'm all right. 296 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:41,600 It's hot in here. 297 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:42,600 Oh, you know, it's hot in here. 298 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,600 Oh, you look terribly peaked. 299 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,120 You sure you're all right? 300 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:52,240 I'm quite all... excuse me. 301 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:58,760 I left Mr. Brown sitting on the rented folding chair. 302 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:00,440 My man drove me home. 303 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,520 I've never liked modern music. 304 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:07,160 I locked all the doors and I turned on all the lights, and I did a foolish thing. 305 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:12,520 I found a hammer and a piece of board, and I beat on the board with a hammer as hard as 306 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:19,320 I could, and finally the heavy, steady pounding that I made drove the other sharp, shrill, 307 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,320 awful noise from my mind. 308 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:31,760 And I turned out all the lights, opened the windows, and went to sleep. 309 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:42,720 I didn't sleep well, but I didn't stay awake either. 310 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:47,440 I hadn't set the alarm next to my bed when I first awoke the next morning. 311 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,720 For a minute I couldn't remember what had happened. 312 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:56,240 I felt drugged, and I heard the gardener mowing my lawn, and I looked around my room and saw 313 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,080 all my familiar possessions. 314 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:04,520 It had been the heat both times that I had fainted it had been close in the room, and 315 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:09,720 the first time it had happened at the inquest, I'd been overwrought and disturbed. 316 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:11,760 Anyone would have fainted at her husband's inquest. 317 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,760 There was nothing strange about that. 318 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,960 I looked at his picture on my dressing table. 319 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,160 He looked so smug and safe. 320 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,440 How happy I was to be rid of him. 321 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:29,080 I got out of bed and put on a lovely chartreuse brocade housecoat I'd just gotten, and went 322 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:30,080 downstairs. 323 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,280 And then I heard... 324 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:33,280 What? 325 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,040 I didn't know. 326 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:36,040 I didn't care. 327 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,280 I knew only that I had to stop it before it happened to me again. 328 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:40,280 Stop it! 329 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:41,280 Please stop it! 330 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:42,280 Pardon me, Mrs. Skinner. 331 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:43,280 Get out of here. 332 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:44,280 Who told you to do your work here? 333 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,280 Did someone tell you to make that noise near my house? 334 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:49,280 No, ma'am. 335 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:50,280 The lawnmower wasn't cutting. 336 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:51,280 I had to sharpen it. 337 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:52,280 Get out! 338 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:53,280 Go on, get out of this property at once! 339 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:54,280 Yes, ma'am. 340 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:55,280 Yes, ma'am. 341 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:56,280 Go on, don't ever come back, you hear? 342 00:17:56,280 --> 00:18:00,800 Don't ever come back! 343 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,200 Good morning, Mrs. Skinner. 344 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:04,200 It's a lovely day. 345 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:08,120 I turned and ran back to my living room. 346 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:11,680 I was still shivering there in the beam of sunlight. 347 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,960 I waited for him to come bursting into the room after me. 348 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:18,200 I waited, but nothing happened. 349 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,480 No one came into the house. 350 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:22,480 I turned and looked. 351 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:26,320 Mr. Brown was walking slowly out my front gate. 352 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:38,240 His shoulders seemed a little more stoop than usual, but he was leaving. 353 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:39,880 I went up to my room. 354 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:41,920 I knew what I must do. 355 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:46,040 I carefully packed all my clothes because I was going away. 356 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:51,680 Halfway through my packing, I went downstairs for my coffee and then the doorbell rang. 357 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:52,680 Who is it? 358 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:53,680 It's Miss Greg. 359 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,400 Oh, just a moment. 360 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:58,400 Come in. 361 00:18:58,400 --> 00:18:59,400 Did I disturb you? 362 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:00,400 No, not at all. 363 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,720 Well, then I will come in, but I can only stay a minute. 364 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:04,720 Would you like some coffee? 365 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:05,720 Oh, no, thank you. 366 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:11,320 When I was so sick, you remember, the doctor absolutely forbade me having any more coffee. 367 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:12,760 I didn't know that. 368 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:13,760 Sit down, please. 369 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,880 Um, do you drink much coffee? 370 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:17,880 Why do you ask? 371 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:22,520 I thought perhaps one of your recent attacks might have been caused by that. 372 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,760 Mr. Greg is an exponent of aspirin and salt tablets. 373 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,440 I think it's much simpler than that. 374 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,320 Just cut out the coffee. 375 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:34,080 I think my attacks were just caused by this heat. 376 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,800 I'm planning to go away where it's cooler. 377 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:38,080 Oh, how splendid. 378 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,040 That will certainly help you. 379 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:46,360 Um, I don't mean to be disrespectful, heaven knows, but perhaps you might meet a fine young 380 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:47,360 man who will... 381 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:48,360 Perhaps. 382 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:50,480 Uh, when do you plan to leave? 383 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:51,480 Tomorrow morning. 384 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:52,480 I'm leaving for New York. 385 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:53,480 Oh, that's terrible. 386 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:54,480 I beg your pardon? 387 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:55,480 Oh, the clubhouse. 388 00:19:55,480 --> 00:20:00,920 The unveiling ceremonies are the day after tomorrow. 389 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,120 We assumed that you'd be there for the ceremonies. 390 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:04,120 Oh, I'd forgotten. 391 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:06,120 And you simply can't leave. 392 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:10,320 Why, I don't even know what we'd do without you. 393 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:11,320 The day after tomorrow? 394 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,920 You'd really need almost all that time to properly pack. 395 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:19,520 And we have no one who can replace you on the speaker's platform. 396 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,400 All right then, Mrs. Gregor. 397 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:31,520 I'll stay for the ceremonies. 398 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,400 So I put off my trip. 399 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,880 I packed carefully for it and stayed at home for the two days. 400 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:40,480 I made my reservations and prepared to close my house. 401 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:44,760 The day of the unveiling, I ordered my bags sent to the station, in direction to the care 402 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:49,160 taker, and then drove to the new clubhouse with Mr. and Mrs. Gregor. 403 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:50,960 The building was really very lovely. 404 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,040 It was almost ready for occupancy. 405 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:58,280 This day we were unveiling an heroic figure which graced the entrance way. 406 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:00,400 Isn't this exciting? 407 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:01,880 Yes, very. 408 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,080 You ladies have done a marvelous job. 409 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:05,080 Oh, thank you. 410 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:07,200 What's that fellow doing up there? 411 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:08,200 Up where? 412 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,200 Oh, see? 413 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,200 Up on the roof. 414 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:11,200 The workman? 415 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:12,200 Oh, yes. 416 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,120 It makes me nervous to see people at such heights. 417 00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:17,040 He is awfully close to the edge. 418 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,600 Oh, he knows his business, I imagine. 419 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:20,600 Yes. 420 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,640 I'm very anxious to hear your little talk, Mrs. Skinner. 421 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:24,640 Thank you. 422 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,720 Well, I think we should get on with it, eh? 423 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,240 Why, I believe it'll only be a few more minutes. 424 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:31,240 No, no. 425 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:32,240 Of what? 426 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:33,240 What? 427 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:34,240 What is it? 428 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:35,240 Good heavens, look. 429 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:36,240 That workman, he's gonna fall. 430 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:37,240 Can't someone catch him? 431 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:38,240 He's hanging on to that rope. 432 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:39,240 Some of the men are running up there now. 433 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:40,240 No, they've got to catch him. 434 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:41,240 They will. 435 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:42,240 They will. 436 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:43,240 No, no, no. 437 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:44,240 Oh, he's falling. 438 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:45,240 I did it. 439 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:46,240 What? 440 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:47,240 I did it. 441 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:48,240 Nonsense, Mrs. Skinner. 442 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:49,240 You had nothing to do with it. 443 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:50,240 I did it. 444 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:51,240 I killed him. 445 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:52,240 I did it. 446 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:53,240 Oh, you don't know what you're saying. 447 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:54,240 You're upset. 448 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:55,240 I did it. 449 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:56,240 I killed him. 450 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:57,240 I did it. 451 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:58,240 Mrs. Skinner, let me take you home. 452 00:21:58,240 --> 00:21:59,240 You're not well. 453 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:00,240 I killed him. 454 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:01,240 Let me take you home, Mrs. Skinner. 455 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:02,240 I killed him. 456 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:03,240 Listen to me. 457 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:04,240 Don't you understand? 458 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:05,240 I understand. 459 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:06,240 I killed him, Mr. Braheck. 460 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:07,240 Stop that noise. 461 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:08,240 Can't you hear it? 462 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:09,240 I killed him. 463 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:10,240 I killed him. 464 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:11,240 I know. 465 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:12,240 I know, ma'am. 466 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:13,240 I killed him. 467 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:14,240 It's going to be all right, you know. 468 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:19,240 You just come along with me. 469 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:39,700 Do you sign it, Jonathan? 470 00:22:39,700 --> 00:22:41,700 You're not gonna sign it, Jonathan? 471 00:22:41,700 --> 00:22:43,700 Uh-huh. 472 00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:45,700 Shame. 473 00:22:45,700 --> 00:22:47,700 Yeah. People do funny things. 474 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:49,700 Yeah. 475 00:22:49,700 --> 00:22:51,700 Did you pay the fella? 476 00:22:51,700 --> 00:22:53,700 Uh-huh. He's very clever. 477 00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:55,700 Sure is. 478 00:22:55,700 --> 00:22:57,700 I really thought he was falling off that building. 479 00:22:57,700 --> 00:22:59,700 He used to be an acrobat. 480 00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:01,700 Yeah. 481 00:23:01,700 --> 00:23:03,700 How'd he make that noise? 482 00:23:03,700 --> 00:23:05,700 He was holding ten penny nails in his hand. 483 00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:08,700 Scraped them along the face of the building as he slid down the road. 484 00:23:08,700 --> 00:23:10,700 He's an awful raggot. 485 00:23:10,700 --> 00:23:12,700 Uh-huh. 486 00:23:12,700 --> 00:23:14,700 How pity. 487 00:23:14,700 --> 00:23:16,700 Nice lady, you know. 488 00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:18,700 Yeah. 489 00:23:18,700 --> 00:23:20,700 What the devil are you doing? 490 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:22,700 Huh? 491 00:23:22,700 --> 00:23:24,700 Fixing my nails, I guess. 492 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:26,700 Well, cut it out, will ya? 493 00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:28,700 Sure. 494 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:30,700 What's the matter with you? 495 00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:32,700 That noise makes me nervous, I guess. 496 00:23:32,700 --> 00:23:50,700 You know? 497 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:52,700 Suspense. 498 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:54,700 Presented by Auto Light. 499 00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:56,700 Tonight's star, Miss Anne Baxter. 500 00:23:56,700 --> 00:24:00,700 Friends, this is Harlow Wilcox again. 501 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:07,700 To remind you that Auto Light is the world's largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment. 502 00:24:07,700 --> 00:24:14,700 In 28 plants from coast to coast, Auto Light makes over 400 products for cars, trucks, planes, and boats, 503 00:24:14,700 --> 00:24:21,700 including famous Auto Light stay-full batteries carried by your neighborhood Auto Light battery dealer. 504 00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:25,700 See him soon and ask for an Auto Light stay-full battery, 505 00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:30,700 the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 506 00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:33,700 And remember, you're always right with Auto Light. 507 00:24:33,700 --> 00:24:47,700 Next week on Suspense, our star will be Miss Rosalind Russell in When the Bough Breaks. 508 00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:54,700 And in weeks to come, you will hear such famous stars as Phil Harris and Alice Fay, Charles Boyer and Jeff Chandler, 509 00:24:54,700 --> 00:25:00,700 all on Suspense. 510 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:07,700 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis with music composed by Lucien Moroweck and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 511 00:25:07,700 --> 00:25:11,700 The 13th sound was written for Suspense by Elliot and Kathy Lewis. 512 00:25:11,700 --> 00:25:19,700 In tonight's cast, Joseph Kearns was heard as Mr. Brown, Florence Bates as Mrs. Gregg, and Norman Field as Mr. Gregg. 513 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:26,700 Others in the cast were Howard McNear, Sarah Selby, Anthony Barrett, Jim Nusser, and John Stevenson. 514 00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:32,700 Our sincere thanks to 20th Century Fox Studios who made possible Ann Baxter's appearance tonight. 515 00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:39,700 Watch for Miss Baxter's appearance in that studio's forthcoming production, Follow the Sun. 516 00:25:39,700 --> 00:25:47,700 And remember, next week on Suspense, Miss Rosalind Russell as a woman who holds death over her husband's head, 517 00:25:47,700 --> 00:25:52,700 a tale we call When the Bough Breaks. 518 00:25:52,700 --> 00:26:02,700 You can buy autolite staple batteries, autolite standard type or resistor type spark plugs, autolite electrical parts at your neighborhood autolite dealers. 519 00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:05,700 Switch to autolite. 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