WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.000 You are about to hear a story based on actual events. 00:04.000 --> 00:08.000 To protect the innocent, names and places have been changed. 00:08.000 --> 00:20.000 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers bring you Mr. Charles Lawton in a story taken from life. 00:20.000 --> 00:25.000 Tonight's presentation of Suspense. 00:25.000 --> 00:30.000 Tonight, Auto Light presents Neil Cream, Doctor of Poison. 00:30.000 --> 00:35.000 A story concerning a man historically famous as the most notorious poisoner who ever lived. 00:35.000 --> 00:40.000 Starring Mr. Charles Lawton. 00:43.000 --> 00:44.000 Hello, Harlow. 00:44.000 --> 00:45.000 Well, hi, Hap. 00:45.000 --> 00:48.000 Boy, you just can't beat the system, can you? 00:48.000 --> 00:49.000 What system? 00:49.000 --> 00:50.000 Why, the system? 00:50.000 --> 00:55.000 The electrical system of your Auto Light equipped car. 00:55.000 --> 01:01.000 And it works for you every time you press the starter button, blow your horn, light your lights, or use your radio or heater. 01:01.000 --> 01:09.000 Harlow, you mean Auto Light makes coils, distributors and all the other important units that make up the complete electrical system? 01:09.000 --> 01:15.000 They sure do, Hap, with all units and their thousands of component parts, related like a team. 01:15.000 --> 01:21.000 By Auto Light engineering design and manufacturing skill to give you the smoothest performance money can buy. 01:21.000 --> 01:24.000 Harlow, even I couldn't improve on that. 01:24.000 --> 01:25.000 Thank you, Hap. 01:25.000 --> 01:33.000 So friends, because the electrical system is so important to the smooth and efficient operation of your car, treat your car to a periodic checkup. 01:33.000 --> 01:41.000 See your car dealer or visit your nearest authorized Auto Light service station listed in the classified section of your telephone directory. 01:41.000 --> 01:46.000 Or call Western Union by number and ask for operator 25. 01:46.000 --> 01:51.000 She will quickly tell you the address of the authorized Auto Light service station nearest you. 01:51.000 --> 01:56.000 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 01:56.000 --> 02:08.000 And now with Neil Cream, doctor of poison and the performance of Mr. Charles Lawton, Auto Light hopes once again to keep you in South Spaniel. 02:08.000 --> 02:12.000 Once again to keep you in South Spaniel. 02:17.000 --> 02:18.000 Dr. Cream. 02:18.000 --> 02:19.000 May I see her now, doctor? 02:19.000 --> 02:25.000 Dr. Cream, there was nothing I could do. I'm sorry, terribly sorry. I tried everything. 02:25.000 --> 02:28.000 You tried everything. Sorry. 02:28.000 --> 02:32.000 I did what I could. It was too late. Don't go in now. 02:32.000 --> 02:34.000 I must go in. I must. I must see her. 02:34.000 --> 02:35.000 I'm sorry. 02:35.000 --> 02:44.000 Emily. Emily. Baby girl. Emily. 02:44.000 --> 02:47.000 Emily. 02:47.000 --> 02:53.000 Doctor. My wife's dead. 02:53.000 --> 02:56.000 Come away. I'll attend to things. 02:56.000 --> 03:05.000 She's dead. I wasn't with her. I didn't know. Emily, my love. My little girl. 03:05.000 --> 03:08.000 Dr. Cream, please. Get off. 03:08.000 --> 03:14.000 She can't be my life. Oh, Emily. Emily. Emily. 03:14.000 --> 03:24.000 That was Emily, my only wife. She left me a widower with an income of £400 a year. 03:24.000 --> 03:27.000 It's rather extraordinary how long it took her to die. 03:27.000 --> 03:29.000 To look at the girl, you never would have thought it. 03:29.000 --> 03:34.000 She was thin and sickly, but in possession of what must have been the constitution of an ox. 03:34.000 --> 03:39.000 I'd been poisoning her steadily for six months and expected her certainly to die within three. 03:39.000 --> 03:41.080 It was a case of a 03:41.080 --> 03:47.080 history for the medical journal. So I wrote them a paper about it anonymously, of course. 03:55.080 --> 03:56.080 Inspector Warring. 03:56.080 --> 04:00.080 Sergeant Dean, sir. I've got a letter here from the editor of the medical journal. 04:00.080 --> 04:02.080 Why did they forward it to the Yard? 04:02.080 --> 04:06.080 There's a manuscript that came with the letter. Just a moment, sir. 04:06.080 --> 04:12.080 Resistance to physiological action of alkaloid poisoning. Case history, C. Quite anonymous. 04:12.080 --> 04:13.080 What's the matter with that? 04:13.080 --> 04:18.080 The medical journal people seem to feel that the man who wrote it did the job, too. 04:18.080 --> 04:21.080 Put it on my desk. I'll be there in half an hour. 04:21.080 --> 04:22.080 Right, sir. 04:29.080 --> 04:35.080 Three weeks after Emily's death, the doctor said she was going to be in the hospital. 04:35.080 --> 04:39.080 Three weeks after Emily died, I made arrangements to move to London. 04:39.080 --> 04:42.080 There was no trouble, but then I hadn't thought there would be. 04:42.080 --> 04:47.080 The good doctor had made out a certificate based upon the history which I supplied. 04:47.080 --> 04:53.080 I had decided upon a refined intestinal disorder which bore a magnificent Latin name 04:53.080 --> 04:57.080 and closely paralleled the symptoms brought about by the poison administered. 04:57.080 --> 05:05.080 So much for the late and un lamented Emily Cream. 05:10.080 --> 05:13.080 I'm sure as hell you'll find this room most suitable, sir. 05:13.080 --> 05:16.080 Oh, Doctor. Doctor Cream. Dr. Neil Cream, then. 05:16.080 --> 05:21.080 Oh, how nice. I have another boarder who's a doctor. Well, very nearly. 05:21.080 --> 05:25.080 Medical student, don't you know? Mr. Bridgman. Ever such a nice gentleman. 05:25.080 --> 05:26.080 Really? 05:26.080 --> 05:31.080 You'll find a very refined atmosphere in my house, Doctor, and scrupulously clean. 05:31.080 --> 05:32.080 Very scrupulous. 05:32.080 --> 05:35.080 I'm sure of that, Mrs. Minns. I think this will do very nicely. 05:35.080 --> 05:39.080 May I ask, Doctor, how long you plan to allow us the pleasure of your company? 05:39.080 --> 05:42.080 I'm afraid I have no idea of that, Mrs. Minns. You see, I only just arrived from Howell. 05:42.080 --> 05:46.080 My wife died there a month ago. 05:46.080 --> 05:50.080 Oh, how sad. How terribly sad. 05:50.080 --> 05:52.080 I thought that here in London I might forget. 05:52.080 --> 05:55.080 You look understanding. You do understand, don't you? 05:55.080 --> 06:01.080 Oh, poor, poor, poor dear man. Of course. Oh, my, I understand. 06:01.080 --> 06:04.080 I'm a widow myself. Only my daughter, Dicey, and me. 06:04.080 --> 06:07.080 How I do feel for you. 06:07.080 --> 06:08.080 You're so kind. 06:08.080 --> 06:13.080 Oh, not at all, I'm sure. You will join us for tea, won't you? 06:13.080 --> 06:16.080 I should be delighted. Thank you so much. 06:16.080 --> 06:21.080 I had found a boarding house in Bloomsbury off the Tottenham Quarter Road. 06:21.080 --> 06:26.080 The proprietress, Mrs. Minns, was a tall, bony sort of woman, 06:26.080 --> 06:32.080 a type that I particularly despise, not at all nourishing to a man of my disposition. 06:32.080 --> 06:36.080 Now, the daughter she'd mentioned I hoped would be a better prospect, 06:36.080 --> 06:39.080 but I knew that I would have to be careful there. 06:39.080 --> 06:42.080 After unpacking, I went down to tea. 06:42.080 --> 06:46.080 Oh! Yes, I'm awfully sorry. I didn't mean to bother you. 06:46.080 --> 06:48.080 Oh, that's quite all right, I'm sure. 06:48.080 --> 06:51.080 You must be, you must be the new boarder, Dr. Cream. 06:51.080 --> 06:53.080 Yes, I've been asked into tea. 06:53.080 --> 06:56.080 Oh, they're waiting for you. You're in for it. 06:56.080 --> 06:59.080 I'll pass muster, as poor old dad used to say. 06:59.080 --> 07:00.080 Oh dear, oh dear, is that dreadful? 07:00.080 --> 07:01.080 Ah, you'll see. 07:01.080 --> 07:02.080 It's bad as that. 07:02.080 --> 07:05.080 Worse. Oh, excuse me, I've got to put the kettle on. 07:05.080 --> 07:06.080 Maid's day off, you know. 07:06.080 --> 07:07.080 May I help you? 07:07.080 --> 07:08.080 Oh, come on. 07:08.080 --> 07:12.080 Then you could help me pass muster when we come back. 07:12.080 --> 07:15.080 Oh, you know, you're not at all what I expected. 07:15.080 --> 07:16.080 What did you expect? 07:16.080 --> 07:20.080 Well, from the way Mum talked, I don't know. 07:20.080 --> 07:22.080 Oh, all right, come along. 07:26.080 --> 07:30.080 Daisy Minns was not a beauty by any means, 07:30.080 --> 07:35.080 but there was a spark in honesty, good humour, the way she was. 07:35.080 --> 07:39.080 There was a spark in honesty, good humour, that I found most enjoyable. 07:39.080 --> 07:44.080 We got on famously, but it was too soon to think about Daisy. 07:44.080 --> 07:45.080 Perhaps later. 07:52.080 --> 07:57.080 It was the evening of the fourth day after my arrival in London 07:57.080 --> 07:59.080 that I met Mildred Vickers. 07:59.080 --> 08:01.080 It was at a pub in Hammersmith. 08:01.080 --> 08:06.080 She was a sweet little thing, large brown eyes, rosy cheeks, 08:06.080 --> 08:09.080 perhaps encouraged by a touch of rouge. 08:09.080 --> 08:11.080 Altogether delightful. 08:11.080 --> 08:13.080 I must say that I flattered her with attentions, 08:13.080 --> 08:16.080 not usually received in a flowers' dinner at the theatre. 08:16.080 --> 08:18.080 She was very grateful. 08:22.080 --> 08:24.080 Oh, Todd, you? 08:24.080 --> 08:27.080 Yes, goodbye. Thanks very much. 08:27.080 --> 08:29.080 Goodbye? 08:29.080 --> 08:33.080 I wanted to tell you earlier tonight, I can't see you any more. 08:33.080 --> 08:36.080 You can't? You're joking. 08:36.080 --> 08:38.080 I'm not. You've been a duck. 08:38.080 --> 08:41.080 We've had a lovely time, but it's finished. 08:41.080 --> 08:43.080 My young man's coming home tomorrow. 08:43.080 --> 08:46.080 He phoned me this morning from Southampton. His boat's coming. 08:46.080 --> 08:48.080 Your young man? 08:49.080 --> 08:51.080 Your young man? 08:51.080 --> 08:53.080 She'll wake up the whole house. 08:53.080 --> 08:56.080 May you do the death of me. Now, come along, let's get inside. 08:56.080 --> 08:58.080 You can't, I'm serious. It's like you said. 08:58.080 --> 09:01.080 There's a lot of laughs and all sorts of fun. 09:01.080 --> 09:04.080 It's over. Now, you be a good boy and... 09:04.080 --> 09:06.080 Now, you get inside. 09:06.080 --> 09:08.080 Stop it! Don't you go pushing me. 09:08.080 --> 09:10.080 I'll show you. 09:10.080 --> 09:12.080 Millie, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lose my temper, 09:12.080 --> 09:16.080 but the way you told me, you know, it's a shock. 09:16.080 --> 09:18.080 I thought you were joking. 09:18.080 --> 09:20.080 I'm sorry. Really, I am. 09:20.080 --> 09:23.080 I'm very fond of you, Millie. 09:23.080 --> 09:25.080 A chap gets fond of... 09:25.080 --> 09:27.080 Well... 09:27.080 --> 09:30.080 One last kiss, Millie, just one last kiss. 09:30.080 --> 09:34.080 Of course. I knew you'd be a sport, LaPatti. 09:37.080 --> 09:39.080 Millie, Millie, I can't let you go. I can't. 09:39.080 --> 09:40.080 I'll cry, Kee. 09:40.080 --> 09:41.080 Now, Millie, let's talk it over. 09:41.080 --> 09:42.080 There's nothing to talk. 09:42.080 --> 09:44.080 I'm just going to sit quietly and talk. 09:44.080 --> 09:46.080 I promised I'm not going to make any trouble for you. 09:46.080 --> 09:47.080 I just want you to understand. 09:47.080 --> 09:49.080 Understand what? I'm tired. 09:49.080 --> 09:50.080 Please, it's not too much to ask. 09:50.080 --> 09:52.080 We just have one drink and you listen to me, 09:52.080 --> 09:54.080 and if you want me to go, I'll go. 09:54.080 --> 09:57.080 I'll quietly no bother. Everything's serene. 09:58.080 --> 09:59.080 I'm sorry. 09:59.080 --> 10:01.080 It all sounds ever so sad, 10:01.080 --> 10:03.080 but my young man's coming in tomorrow and... 10:03.080 --> 10:06.080 Will you stop talking about your young man? 10:06.080 --> 10:08.080 Millie, I'm... 10:08.080 --> 10:10.080 I didn't mean that. 10:10.080 --> 10:13.080 You know, I'm not angry, but please, will you look here? 10:13.080 --> 10:16.080 There's so much that I can give you. 10:16.080 --> 10:18.080 I'm not young, you know, anymore, but you... 10:18.080 --> 10:22.080 You found me attractive. You do find me attractive, don't you? 10:22.080 --> 10:24.080 I don't, don't you? 10:25.080 --> 10:27.080 What are you smiling about? 10:27.080 --> 10:29.080 What the heck? What are you laughing at? 10:29.080 --> 10:31.080 Millie! Millie! 10:31.080 --> 10:32.080 Millie! 10:32.080 --> 10:34.080 Stop your shouting. You think I want the police on me? 10:34.080 --> 10:36.080 No, no, no, no. 10:36.080 --> 10:38.080 No. You want me to go. 10:38.080 --> 10:40.080 That's right. 10:40.080 --> 10:42.080 Well, I'll be as good as my word, then, Millie. 10:42.080 --> 10:43.080 There's no hard feelings. 10:43.080 --> 10:44.080 Of course not, silly. 10:44.080 --> 10:45.080 Farewell drink. 10:45.080 --> 10:46.080 Not for me, thanks. 10:46.080 --> 10:48.080 Just a splash. We're going to drink to your young man. 10:48.080 --> 10:50.080 Wouldn't he just laugh at me, no? 10:50.080 --> 10:52.080 Wouldn't he just? 10:52.080 --> 10:55.080 You ought to find yourself a nice widow. 10:55.080 --> 10:57.080 Someone like you. 10:57.080 --> 10:59.080 And settled down. 10:59.080 --> 11:01.080 Yes, I know what you mean, Millie. 11:01.080 --> 11:03.080 Here we are. 11:03.080 --> 11:05.080 Thanks. 11:07.080 --> 11:09.080 No offence. 11:09.080 --> 11:11.080 Like a good boy. 11:12.080 --> 11:19.080 Millie, I suppose I really should tell you that I don't care about you at all. 11:19.080 --> 11:21.080 That now I was saying before. 11:21.080 --> 11:23.080 I didn't mean it, you know. 11:23.080 --> 11:25.080 I don't quite understand why I said anything. 11:25.080 --> 11:27.080 You're not worth it. You're nasty. 11:27.080 --> 11:29.080 Yeah, yeah. 11:29.080 --> 11:31.080 That burns, doesn't it? 11:31.080 --> 11:33.080 It doesn't burn for long, though. 11:33.080 --> 11:36.080 You annoyed me very much by chucking me over. 11:36.080 --> 11:40.080 Not that I care because of you, but me, you see. 11:40.080 --> 11:42.080 And it isn't going to be long. 11:42.080 --> 11:44.080 I just want you to know. 11:44.080 --> 11:46.080 Can you hear me? 11:46.080 --> 11:50.080 I just want you to know that every time we went to a public place together, 11:50.080 --> 11:52.080 I was ashamed. 11:52.080 --> 11:55.080 Ashamed to be seen with someone like you. 11:55.080 --> 11:57.080 Good night. 11:57.080 --> 12:05.080 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Charles Lawton in Neil Cream, Doctor of Poison. 12:05.080 --> 12:11.080 Tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 12:11.080 --> 12:30.080 Say, Harlow, if I need a new coil from my car's auto light electrical system, 12:30.080 --> 12:42.080 won't most any coil fit? 12:42.080 --> 12:46.080 Sure, Hap, and white shoelaces fit black shoes. 12:46.080 --> 12:48.080 But they don't match. 12:48.080 --> 12:53.080 Right you are, Hap, but every part in the auto light electrical system does match perfectly 12:53.080 --> 12:57.080 with every other part to give your car the smoothest performance money can buy. 12:57.080 --> 13:02.080 You mean the auto light coil, distributor, generator, they're all related? 13:02.080 --> 13:07.080 You bet they are, Hap, because the units that make up the complete auto light electrical system 13:07.080 --> 13:13.080 and their thousands of component parts are all related by auto light engineering design 13:13.080 --> 13:18.080 and manufacturing skill and are used as original factory equipment on many leading makes 13:18.080 --> 13:20.080 of our finest cars, trucks, and tractors. 13:20.080 --> 13:22.080 Well, that's good enough for me, Harlow. 13:22.080 --> 13:27.080 So friends, take a tip from me and specify auto light original factory parts 13:27.080 --> 13:30.080 when replacements are needed for your auto light equipped car. 13:30.080 --> 13:35.080 You'll find it pays because you're always right with auto light. 13:35.080 --> 13:41.080 And now, auto light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage Mr. Charles Lawton 13:41.080 --> 13:46.080 in Elliot Lewis' production of Neil Cream, Doctor of Poison. 13:46.080 --> 13:52.080 A dramatic report well calculated to keep you in suspense. 14:06.080 --> 14:09.080 For the next two or three nights I stayed in at the boarding house. 14:09.080 --> 14:12.080 I don't think I felt well. 14:12.080 --> 14:17.080 At least I couldn't sleep. My sleep wasn't at all restful. I had dreams. 14:17.080 --> 14:20.080 Horrible, frightening dreams. 14:20.080 --> 14:25.080 I remember that just before I dropped off to sleep one night soon after Millie was taken 14:25.080 --> 14:29.080 that I thought to myself that I must speak to Mrs. Mint about the cooking. 14:29.080 --> 14:31.080 All that heavy stuff. 14:39.080 --> 14:40.080 Stop! 14:40.080 --> 14:41.080 Stop! 14:42.080 --> 14:43.080 Dr. Cream! 14:43.080 --> 14:44.080 Dr. Cream! 14:46.080 --> 14:47.080 Doctor! 14:47.080 --> 14:48.080 Dr. Cream! 14:49.080 --> 14:50.080 Wake up! 14:51.080 --> 14:53.080 Wake up, Doctor! It's all right! 14:53.080 --> 14:55.080 Help! 14:58.080 --> 14:59.080 What in the matter? 14:59.080 --> 15:01.080 I hope you'll forgive the liberty, sir. 15:01.080 --> 15:03.080 I'm afraid you were having a nightmare. 15:03.080 --> 15:05.080 It sounded as though you were being murdered. 15:05.080 --> 15:09.080 Murdered? You thought I was... 15:12.080 --> 15:13.080 Did I say anything? 15:13.080 --> 15:15.080 You screamed, sir. 15:16.080 --> 15:17.080 Is that all? 15:17.080 --> 15:19.080 It sounded... 15:19.080 --> 15:21.080 Well, I'm awfully sorry. 15:21.080 --> 15:23.080 That's quite all right. 15:23.080 --> 15:28.080 It's very good of you to be concerned. You're that young medical student Mrs. Mint told me about, aren't you, Mr... 15:28.080 --> 15:29.080 Bridgman, sir. 15:29.080 --> 15:33.080 Yes, Bridgman. We should have a chat one day soon. Lunch, perhaps. 15:33.080 --> 15:35.080 You specializing? 15:35.080 --> 15:37.080 I haven't made up my mind yet, Doctor. 15:37.080 --> 15:39.080 Good, good, good. Lots of time for that. 15:39.080 --> 15:41.080 Yes. 15:41.080 --> 15:43.080 Well, I think I'd better go back to bed. 15:43.080 --> 15:45.080 Out of sight or trouble, James. 15:45.080 --> 15:46.080 Not at all. Good night. 15:46.080 --> 15:47.080 Good night. 15:49.080 --> 15:50.080 I wonder... 15:51.080 --> 15:53.080 Is he lying? 15:53.080 --> 15:55.080 Did I say something? 15:55.080 --> 15:57.080 Did he hear it? 15:57.080 --> 15:58.080 I wonder. 15:58.080 --> 16:01.080 Blast! 16:09.080 --> 16:16.080 Two weeks passed and I was safe. Nobody knew, nobody, unless Mr. Edward Bridgman, the medical student. 16:16.080 --> 16:21.080 I'd taken him to lunch two or three times and we talked, medicine for the most part. 16:21.080 --> 16:28.080 But he had a way of looking, curious and knowing and decided to write the letter to Scotland Yard. 16:35.080 --> 16:38.080 Commissioner, Inspector Warring here. 16:38.080 --> 16:43.080 I think we've got something more on that poison case in Hull and Millie Vickers. 16:43.080 --> 16:45.080 Here's a letter. 16:45.080 --> 16:53.080 It says, to whom it may concern, I have information which can lead to the arrest of the person responsible for the murder of Millie Vickers and Hammersmith. 16:53.080 --> 16:55.080 Is it worth £3,000? 16:55.080 --> 16:59.080 If so, leave the money at the pillar box on the corner of Kensington and Earls Court Road. 16:59.080 --> 17:01.080 Plain wrapping paper will do. 17:01.080 --> 17:04.080 And it's signed A. O'Brien, private detective. 17:04.080 --> 17:13.080 Yes, sir. Yes, we'll see to it straight away. 17:13.080 --> 17:20.080 It was aggravating not to be able to learn whether the police had accepted my offer. 17:20.080 --> 17:25.080 I could have used the money, but other more important things were occupying my time. 17:25.080 --> 17:33.080 Mr. Bridgman, I loathe bright young men and I had a feeling that he was watching me cleverly and keenly. 17:33.080 --> 17:36.080 I had to put a stop to that. 17:36.080 --> 17:40.080 He knew that was certain, so I took to following him. 17:40.080 --> 17:46.080 As far as I could make out, he didn't voice his suspicions to the police, but there was a girl. 17:46.080 --> 17:53.080 He met her from time to time, and one day when they were having tea together, I think he saw me. 17:53.080 --> 18:01.080 Because when I stood outside the tea shop, I saw Mr. Bridgman lean across the table and talk rapidly to his sweetheart. 18:01.080 --> 18:04.080 That would have to be taken care of. 18:04.080 --> 18:07.080 It was. A week later. 18:10.080 --> 18:12.080 I beg your pardon. 18:12.080 --> 18:13.080 Yes? 18:13.080 --> 18:17.080 You must think me awfully rude, but aren't you Edward Bridgman's young lady? 18:17.080 --> 18:19.080 Why, why yes, but I don't believe that we... 18:19.080 --> 18:21.080 No, no, no, we haven't met. 18:21.080 --> 18:23.080 Edward's told me so much about you, though. 18:23.080 --> 18:28.080 I saw you together as I went by on the bus last week. You were coming out of a tea shop. 18:28.080 --> 18:30.080 That's right, in Oxford Street. 18:30.080 --> 18:32.080 Yes. Hello, dear. 18:32.080 --> 18:37.080 I wanted to meet you for a long time to talk about Edward. 18:37.080 --> 18:38.080 Oh? 18:38.080 --> 18:41.080 Well, I mean, you're going together as I saw you. 18:41.080 --> 18:43.080 I suppose so, in a way. 18:43.080 --> 18:46.080 Exactly. I'm very fond of him, you know. 18:46.080 --> 18:53.080 As a matter of fact, I've spoken to some colleagues of mine in the profession, you understand. 18:53.080 --> 18:55.080 And your Edward has a future, I think. 18:55.080 --> 18:57.080 That's sweet of you, mister. 18:57.080 --> 18:59.080 No, no, it's Dr. Green. 18:59.080 --> 19:03.080 Of course, he has spoken of you. You're staying at the same boarding house. 19:03.080 --> 19:07.080 Yes, we are. I hope he's... hope he said nice things. 19:07.080 --> 19:13.080 Oh, yes, but you know Edward. He doesn't talk much about anybody, does he? 19:13.080 --> 19:17.080 Yes, that is what I wanted to talk to you about. 19:17.080 --> 19:20.080 Now, do you think we could go somewhere? Would you like a spot of tea which I could drink? 19:20.080 --> 19:22.080 Well, I don't know. You see, I really shouldn't go... 19:22.080 --> 19:32.080 Please, it's really important to Edward. 19:32.080 --> 19:36.080 Clever little devil, but a rotten actress. 19:36.080 --> 19:41.080 You know Edward. He doesn't talk much about anybody, does he? 19:41.080 --> 19:44.080 Blah. Of course, I would see through her plan perfectly well. 19:44.080 --> 19:50.080 Trap me into an admission of guilt and then call the police, but I was ready for that. 19:50.080 --> 19:56.080 Well, it was a little sad. I didn't even know her name. She had a pretty face. 19:56.080 --> 20:02.080 I'm a pretty figure. No name. Just Mr. Bridgman's young lady. 20:02.080 --> 20:06.080 It was dark when we walked along the quiet road leading to her house. 20:06.080 --> 20:10.080 I'd been the perfect gentleman and had escorted her home. 20:10.080 --> 20:16.080 She died behind a hedge. Convulsively, but within three minutes. 20:16.080 --> 20:34.080 I made sure that there was no outcry, nobody heard, nobody saw, and nobody cared, except perhaps for a medical student. 20:34.080 --> 20:54.080 To whom it may concern, ask Mr. Edward Bridgman, who lives in Mrs. Min's boarding house, what he knows about the murders of Millie Vickers and Joyce Hamilton. 20:54.080 --> 21:06.080 He killed them both. I offer this information, greatest A. O'Brien, private detective. 21:06.080 --> 21:12.080 Yes? Evening, Dr. Cream. 21:12.080 --> 21:15.080 Hello, Daisy. Come in for a chat or is it a sore throat? 21:15.080 --> 21:20.080 Neither. Mum asked me to ask you something. She wonders how long you'll be staying. 21:20.080 --> 21:24.080 I'm perfectly happy. I hadn't thought of moving. Why? 21:24.080 --> 21:27.080 I don't know. Mum didn't say. I'll tell her what you said. 21:27.080 --> 21:33.080 Daisy, Daisy, just a minute. Close the door like a good girl. I want to talk to you. 21:33.080 --> 21:38.080 Gentlemen lodgers, doors must be kept open when receiving female company. 21:38.080 --> 21:43.080 Drat that notice. I've read it too and I just closed the door. Don't be silly. 21:43.080 --> 21:49.080 Daisy, come here. Have you read about the murders of the poisoners? 21:49.080 --> 21:51.080 Who hasn't? What do you think? 21:51.080 --> 21:55.080 I don't. Mum says he's one of those. You know. 21:55.080 --> 21:58.080 Hey, shall I tell you a secret? What? 21:58.080 --> 22:01.080 You won't tell. Of course not. What? 22:01.080 --> 22:07.080 I think I know who the murderer is. Really? Have you told the police? 22:07.080 --> 22:11.080 Well, yes. I wrote them a letter. I told them who it was. 22:11.080 --> 22:16.080 You know. Who? Come here. Edward Bridgman. 22:16.080 --> 22:20.080 You're pulling my leg. It's a pretty leg, Daisy, but I'm not. 22:20.080 --> 22:25.080 How do you know? I know it's Dotty. I know. I do. 22:25.080 --> 22:30.080 Dr Cream, you are the one. I should know better than to listen to you. 22:30.080 --> 22:35.080 Always joking. I've got to go downstairs now. Mum will be wondering. 22:35.080 --> 22:38.080 Daisy, Daisy, wait. I've got to tell you something. 22:38.080 --> 22:43.080 Damn, I could have killed her. 22:43.080 --> 22:46.080 She thought it was a joke. There had been so many things to tell her. 22:46.080 --> 22:49.080 Clues, proof, everything to help get rid of that medical student. 22:49.080 --> 22:54.080 And she wouldn't listen. And after she'd gone, I was afraid, I was afraid that she might remember. 22:54.080 --> 22:56.080 Damn, I could have killed her. 23:01.080 --> 23:05.080 It was Saturday, two days after I'd posted the letter to Scotland Yard. 23:05.080 --> 23:11.080 I thought I'd take a walk to Hyde Park and was leaving my room to go downstairs when the front doorbell rang. 23:14.080 --> 23:16.080 Good afternoon, gentlemen. Mrs Min? 23:16.080 --> 23:19.080 Yes. Her way from Scotland Yard. 23:19.080 --> 23:24.080 Police. I'd like to have a word with Mr Edward Bridgman. Does he live here? 23:24.080 --> 23:27.080 Yes. Won't you come in? 23:27.080 --> 23:30.080 Is anything wrong? Is he at home? 23:30.080 --> 23:35.080 He's in the drawing room, I think. Shall I call him? 23:35.080 --> 23:39.080 Yes, if you don't mind. Not at all, I'm sure. 23:39.080 --> 23:41.080 Mr Bridgman! 23:41.080 --> 23:43.080 Yes, Mrs Min? 23:43.080 --> 23:45.080 Mr Bridgman? Yes? 23:45.080 --> 23:47.080 I'd like to speak to you, if you don't mind. 23:47.080 --> 23:50.080 Oh, what about? Tell me, is there somewhere we can... 23:50.080 --> 23:52.080 Afternoon, everybody. Oh, hello, Doctor. 23:52.080 --> 23:55.080 Nice day. I thought I'd take a walk. 23:55.080 --> 24:00.080 Mum! All right if I go to the cinema with Agnes? Ooh, a lease! 24:00.080 --> 24:02.080 Run along, Daisy. Don't be home late. 24:02.080 --> 24:04.080 Mr Bridgman. 24:04.080 --> 24:06.080 Come along, Daisy. I'll walk along with you. 24:06.080 --> 24:10.080 You were right all the time, Doctor. I underthink I didn't believe you. 24:10.080 --> 24:12.080 What do you say, Miss? 24:12.080 --> 24:15.080 Oh, just a little joke of ours, Inspector. Nothing at all. 24:15.080 --> 24:18.080 Come along, Daisy. I can't wait, you know, Daisy. 24:18.080 --> 24:22.080 Just a moment, sir. Miss, do you know something about this? 24:22.080 --> 24:27.080 Of course I do. Well, Dr Cream told me he wrote a letter to you about Mr Bridgman. 24:27.080 --> 24:29.080 He told me, didn't you, Doctor? 24:29.080 --> 24:35.080 Dr Cream? You wrote us a letter, signed A. O'Brien? 24:35.080 --> 24:39.080 Bridgman's your man, sir. I wanted to spare him the humiliation. 24:39.080 --> 24:44.080 That's your man. I told Daisy I thought he might try to harm you. 24:44.080 --> 24:46.080 What are you saying? I never... 24:46.080 --> 24:49.080 It's all right, Mr Bridgman. I don't think we shall need to trouble you. 24:49.080 --> 24:54.080 Come along, Doctor, if you don't mind. There are a few questions we should like to ask you at the yard. 24:54.080 --> 24:56.080 Of course, of course. 25:10.080 --> 25:16.080 Having set down this case history, my own, 25:16.080 --> 25:24.080 let the judge and all responsible for my unfair trial be warned that 25:24.080 --> 25:31.080 death will come to them from an unseen agency. 25:31.080 --> 25:36.080 What I did, I did in honor and right. 25:36.080 --> 25:41.080 No human power has the right to condemn me. 25:41.080 --> 25:48.080 Those that died died because of their own misdeeds. 25:48.080 --> 25:53.080 I have been merely the instrument of justice. 25:53.080 --> 26:01.080 For this I cannot hang Neil Cream, M. D. 26:01.080 --> 26:06.080 Dr. Neil Cream. 26:06.080 --> 26:34.080 Dr. Neil Cream. It won't hurt, will it? I can't stand pain. 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