1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:17,160 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 2 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,780 Tonight the story of a little girl and the terror in a vacant lot. 3 00:00:20,780 --> 00:00:23,300 We call it The Screaming Woman. 4 00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:34,280 So now, starring Sherry Jackson, here is tonight's Suspense play, The Screaming Woman. 5 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:37,320 I'm Margaret Leary and I've got to tell you how it happened. 6 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:42,120 It was Thanksgiving Day and it was nice and sunshiny, almost like summer except cooler. 7 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,640 Mama was cooking the turkey and I was watching and Mama said to me, 8 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,620 Oh good heavens, I forgot. 9 00:00:47,620 --> 00:00:50,040 Your Aunt Betty's made some cranberry relish for us. 10 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,140 Run over and get it Margaret so our feelings aren't hurt. 11 00:00:52,140 --> 00:01:02,920 And hurry dear, this turkey's done to a turn. 12 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,520 So I ran to Aunt Betty's and on the way back I took a shortcut through Mr. Kelly's Lough. 13 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:11,360 It's a swell place to play Indians and cowboys or explore or hunting for treasure 14 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,120 because trucks dump all kinds of stuff there. 15 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:18,300 Loads of dirt and junk and even big things like old cars and big pipes and chunks of 16 00:01:18,300 --> 00:01:19,300 concrete. 17 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:23,200 Well this day, coming back from Aunt Betty's, I saw that a lot of new junk and dirt had 18 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:24,720 been dumped there since Saturday. 19 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:29,680 They even covered up a swell big concrete pipe that us kids called our fort. 20 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:30,680 Covered it clear up. 21 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:38,720 Well I was looking around to see where it used to be when all of a sudden, 22 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:43,080 The sound was coming up out of the ground. 23 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:51,240 A woman was buried under the junk and dirt and glass and she was screaming all wild and 24 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,320 horrible for someone to dig her out. 25 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:54,640 I started to run. 26 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,080 I fell down and got up and ran some more. 27 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:00,320 It was an awful, awful long way to our house that day. 28 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:01,320 Mama, Mama! 29 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:02,320 Margaret! 30 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:03,320 Mama, Mama! 31 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:08,600 Margaret, haven't I told you not to slam the door? 32 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:09,600 Oh, is that the relish? 33 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,200 Listen, Mama, there's a screaming woman in the lot. 34 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:13,200 Wash your hands, Margaret. 35 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,200 She was screaming and screaming and screaming. 36 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,960 Mama, Mama, listen to me. 37 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:20,480 We've got to dig her out. 38 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,360 She's buried under tons and tons of dirt. 39 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,360 Well I'm sure she can wait till after dinner. 40 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,840 Oh, honestly, next year I swear I'm going to buy a bigger platter. 41 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,320 Mama, don't you believe me? 42 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:30,320 You've got to believe me. 43 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,920 Oh look, honey, I've got a million things to do. 44 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:34,520 Oh, good gosh, look at you. 45 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,080 How'd you get your knees so dirty? 46 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:37,640 Well, running back from the lot I... 47 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:38,640 Oh, never mind. 48 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:40,480 Scoot and tell your dad we're about to eat. 49 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,480 He's in the front room reading his paper. 50 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:43,480 Dad! 51 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,840 Oh, Dad, I've got to tell you something. 52 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:47,840 Getting hungry, baby? 53 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:49,840 Dad, there's a screaming woman in the lot. 54 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,160 I never knew a woman who didn't. 55 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,600 We've got to get picks and shovels and dig her up. 56 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:55,600 Dad! 57 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,000 Oh, I don't feel much like an archaeologist today, Margaret. 58 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,400 Can't think of anything but food. 59 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,600 Let's have an expedition next Sunday and dig her up. 60 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:04,600 We can't wait that long. 61 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:08,240 Dad, you'll die if we don't do it now. 62 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:09,240 Calm down now. 63 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:10,240 Dad, please! 64 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:14,400 Listen, dear, after our Thanksgiving dinner, I'll come out and listen to your screaming 65 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:15,400 woman. 66 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:16,400 How's that? 67 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:17,400 No, now, Dad. 68 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:18,400 Maybe she'll die if you don't come out now. 69 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:19,400 You've got to come now. 70 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:20,400 Margaret. 71 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:21,400 If you believe me, you wouldn't wait. 72 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:22,400 Margaret, listen... 73 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:23,400 You never believe me. 74 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:24,400 Mama doesn't believe me. 75 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:25,400 Nobody believes me. 76 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:29,200 Margaret, quiet down right this minute or I not only won't go with you, but you'll go 77 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:30,520 to your room and stay. 78 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,600 And without your Thanksgiving dinner, now, is that clear? 79 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,240 Yes, sir. 80 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:35,240 It's clear. 81 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:44,280 Margaret, you heard Mother. 82 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:45,280 Don't gobble. 83 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,520 But Dad, we've got to hurry. 84 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,920 My dear young lady, this is Thanksgiving dinner, an occasion when we do not hurry. 85 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:53,640 Oh, please, please, Dad. 86 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:59,000 Listen, if you pester me any more, if you mention her again, this screaming wutzus, 87 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,440 I won't go out with you to hear her recital at all. 88 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:02,440 Now, is that understood? 89 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:03,440 Yes, sir. 90 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:04,440 It's understood. 91 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:10,800 Well, now that I can be thankful for a full stomach, I guess we should consider what other 92 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,600 things we have to be thankful for. 93 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,240 Well, we're all healthy. 94 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:18,080 And I'm thankful for my big daughter, right, baby? 95 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:19,080 Yes, Dad. 96 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:23,200 And for my loving wife, who is still the most romantic woman I know. 97 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:24,200 Oh, silly. 98 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,440 I'm thankful I didn't marry somebody else. 99 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:28,840 You nearly married Dora Lampelle. 100 00:04:28,840 --> 00:04:30,240 You even gave her a ring. 101 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,000 Oh, that never meant a thing. 102 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,840 No, you've only had one serious competitor since we were all kids. 103 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:36,840 Oh, who? 104 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:37,840 Helen Nesbitt. 105 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:38,840 Oh. 106 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:40,480 Yeah, Helen was my first love. 107 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,640 When she was about as old as Margaret, I gave her a present one Christmas and she gave me 108 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:45,640 one. 109 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:46,640 I still have it. 110 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:47,640 That paperweight on your desk. 111 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:48,640 Yeah. 112 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,040 It's funny how we hang on to things that were important when we were kids. 113 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:53,040 Dad. 114 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,720 Now, just a little longer, Margaret. 115 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:55,720 Oh, Dad, please. 116 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:56,720 Oh, go on, dear. 117 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,720 You'd better take her out to the lot before she collapses. 118 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:00,720 Okay. 119 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:01,720 Come on, Margaret. 120 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:14,080 Let's hear this wailing banshee of yours. 121 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,280 Now just where is this screaming woman of yours? 122 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:18,280 Lead me to her. 123 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:21,280 Over here, where our fort used to be. 124 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:22,280 Fort? 125 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:23,920 The big concrete pipe. 126 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,160 It's all covered up now. 127 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:27,520 Kelly is really getting the slot filled in. 128 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:28,520 All right. 129 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:29,520 Where's the lady? 130 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:30,520 Right about here, Dad. 131 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:31,520 Listen. 132 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:36,720 Don't hear a thing except the wind. 133 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:38,760 You better button your sweater, Margaret. 134 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:39,760 Listen. 135 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,760 No, it's the trolley over on Aspen Street. 136 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:44,760 Hey there. 137 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:45,760 Screaming woman. 138 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:46,760 Hey. 139 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:51,240 I'm afraid your screaming woman's let you down. 140 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,200 But she was here, Dad. 141 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,080 Right under where they've dumped all this dirt. 142 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:59,960 I heard her screaming and screaming and screaming like she was underneath in the fort. 143 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:02,400 She's dumped tons and tons right on top of our fort. 144 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,760 Well, that's too bad they buried your fort, dear. 145 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,720 I saw two of Kelly's big trucks here last evening and there was a dump truck in here 146 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:08,720 this morning, too. 147 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,320 It isn't because they covered the fort. 148 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,440 It must be your screaming woman doesn't like grownups. 149 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,440 Only delivers her solo for kids. 150 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:16,920 Maybe she can't scream anymore. 151 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,600 Well, I'm going to take a nap now. 152 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:20,600 Let my dinner settle. 153 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,480 Aren't you going to help me, dear? 154 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:25,680 Don't you think this is a sort of silly game? 155 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:27,680 It's not a game. 156 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:28,680 All right. 157 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,040 Dear, but don't stay too long. 158 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,040 Mama probably would like some help with those dishes. 159 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,320 Dad, Dad. 160 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,160 I know I heard her scream. 161 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,160 I know it. 162 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,600 Darn, darn, darn. 163 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:47,320 You are there. 164 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:51,760 You are there. 165 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,800 Hey, screaming woman. 166 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,960 Why didn't you scream before? 167 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:06,160 Why didn't you scream so Daddy could hear you? 168 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,760 Oh, just don't scream for me. 169 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:13,760 I can't help you all by myself. 170 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,960 Dad, Dad. 171 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:25,720 Dad, she's screaming again. 172 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:27,320 Right after you left, she started to scream. 173 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:28,320 You've got to come back. 174 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:29,320 Oh, there now, Margaret. 175 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:30,320 Come here. 176 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:31,320 Come here. 177 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:32,320 Let me feel your head. 178 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:33,320 Please, Daddy. 179 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:34,320 Please. 180 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:35,320 Please. 181 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:36,320 Oh, you've got a fever. 182 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:37,320 Please, Daddy. 183 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:38,320 You're going to lie down, young lady. 184 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:39,320 We can't leave her down there, Dad. 185 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:40,320 We can't. 186 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:41,320 Come along in your room. 187 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:42,320 It's awful, Dad. 188 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:43,320 It's awful for her to be screaming and screaming and nobody listening or caring. 189 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:44,320 Margaret. 190 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,080 She'll choke when there isn't any more air and then she'll die. 191 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,080 You're going to lie down the rest of the afternoon before you make yourself sick. 192 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,280 No, I've got to dig her up. 193 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:53,720 I've got to go back. 194 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,920 There's all those comic books you've read, darling. 195 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,320 Now, I forbid you to leave the house. 196 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,320 Close your eyes and take a nap like a good little girl. 197 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:05,320 What am I going to do? 198 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:18,240 What am I going to do? 199 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:23,080 You are listening to The Screaming Woman, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding 200 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:35,200 theater of thrills, Suspense. 201 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:40,280 Today begins Red Cross Month, a reminder to all Americans whether or not you have ever 202 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:45,400 benefited personally from the far-flung effective relief and rehabilitation programs of your 203 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,200 Red Cross. 204 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:51,440 Your month of March donation to the Red Cross, which you are urged to make, will keep Red 205 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:56,200 Cross activities in progress, but you are urged to take a still more important step 206 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,500 in addition. 207 00:08:57,500 --> 00:09:01,280 You are urged to be an active member of your local Red Cross chapter. 208 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:05,200 Remember, the Red Cross is people helping people. 209 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:11,080 Join and serve more effectively to benefit should the need arise. 210 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:16,340 And now, we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Sherry Jackson, starring in tonight's production 211 00:09:16,340 --> 00:09:32,080 of The Screaming Woman, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 212 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:33,080 After a while I stopped crying. 213 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,720 I had to get back to the lot where that woman was screaming, but I was locked in. 214 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,960 So I tied a sheet to the bed and let it out the window and shinnied down to the ground. 215 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,400 Then I ran to the garage and got shovels and ran to the empty lot. 216 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,080 The sun was almost down and it was getting cold. 217 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,080 I started to dig fast. 218 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,080 Hi, Maggie. 219 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,360 It was Dippy Smith. 220 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:56,360 He goes to my school. 221 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:57,360 What are you digging for? 222 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:58,360 For Screaming Woman. 223 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:03,240 She's down on the ground and I'm going to dig her up. 224 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,560 You can help me dig, Dippy. 225 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:06,560 There's an extra shovel. 226 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:07,560 I don't hear nothing. 227 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:08,560 Well, listen. 228 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:09,560 Just listen. 229 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:10,560 No, I don't hear nothing. 230 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:11,560 Well, just listen. 231 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:14,560 You will. 232 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:17,560 Hey, there. 233 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:20,560 There. 234 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:21,560 Did you hear it? 235 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:22,560 That's okay. 236 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:23,560 Do it again. 237 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:24,560 Do what again? 238 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:25,560 The scream. 239 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:26,560 Do it again. 240 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:27,560 Go on. 241 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:30,560 I'll give you this Aggie if you teach me to do it. 242 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:31,560 Hot dog! 243 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:35,560 Did you get that friend Krog was booked for a dime from the magic company? 244 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:38,560 You got one of those tin things in your mouth? 245 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:40,560 I won't tell you unless you help me dig. 246 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:41,560 Okay, give me the shovel. 247 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:42,560 Hot dog. 248 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:43,560 And you've got to dig fast, like this. 249 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:44,560 Boy, you think she was right under our feet. 250 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:45,560 You're wonderful, Maggie. 251 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:46,560 What's the Screaming Woman's name? 252 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:47,560 You made up a name for her yet? 253 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:48,560 Oh, sure. 254 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:49,560 Her name is Shirley Miller and she's a rich old lady, 160 years old. 255 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:50,560 And she was buried by her crook names. 256 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:51,560 Oh, I'm sorry. 257 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:52,560 I'm sorry. 258 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:53,560 I'm sorry. 259 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:54,560 I'm sorry. 260 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:55,560 I'm sorry. 261 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:56,560 I'm sorry. 262 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:57,560 I'm sorry. 263 00:10:57,560 --> 00:10:58,560 I'm sorry. 264 00:10:58,560 --> 00:10:59,560 I'm sorry. 265 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:00,560 I'm sorry. 266 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:01,560 I'm sorry. 267 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:02,560 I'm sorry. 268 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:03,560 I'm sorry. 269 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:04,560 I'm sorry. 270 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:05,560 I'm sorry. 271 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:06,560 I'm sorry. 272 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:07,560 I'm sorry. 273 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:08,560 I'm sorry. 274 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:09,880 I don't fire 275 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:11,840 She really did. 276 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:33,460 And she was buried by her crook name Sp damaging her foot. 277 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:34,460 People over there. 278 00:11:34,460 --> 00:11:35,460 Come on, Dippy. 279 00:11:35,460 --> 00:11:36,460 Dig. 280 00:11:36,460 --> 00:11:37,460 Dippy. 281 00:11:37,460 --> 00:11:38,460 Dippy. 282 00:11:38,460 --> 00:11:40,060 There's a woman buried there. 283 00:11:40,060 --> 00:11:41,460 Oh, sure. 284 00:11:41,460 --> 00:11:42,860 Don't you believe me? 285 00:11:42,860 --> 00:11:44,160 I wasn't throwing my voice. 286 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:45,860 Honest, I wasn't, Dippy. 287 00:11:45,860 --> 00:11:51,060 Hey, you couldn't talk and scream together. 288 00:11:51,060 --> 00:11:52,760 There really is a woman here. 289 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:54,160 That's what I told you. 290 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:55,860 Come on, let's dig. 291 00:11:57,860 --> 00:12:00,060 How she breathing, you think? 292 00:12:00,060 --> 00:12:02,160 I think she's in the fort. 293 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:03,260 Remember? 294 00:12:03,260 --> 00:12:05,260 Sure, that's where she is. 295 00:12:05,260 --> 00:12:06,860 Five or six of us kids could get in it, 296 00:12:06,860 --> 00:12:07,860 so it's big enough. 297 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:10,260 Hey, what do you kids think you're doing? 298 00:12:10,260 --> 00:12:12,460 Hello, Mr. Kelly. 299 00:12:12,460 --> 00:12:14,660 I'm tired of chasing you out of this lot. 300 00:12:14,660 --> 00:12:17,260 If only they get hurt, maybe your folks would sue me. 301 00:12:17,260 --> 00:12:19,660 But Mr. Kelly, there's a woman screaming. 302 00:12:19,660 --> 00:12:21,260 You kids beat it, you hear? 303 00:12:21,260 --> 00:12:22,260 Yes, sir. 304 00:12:22,260 --> 00:12:25,260 But listen, Mr. Kelly, don't you hear? 305 00:12:25,260 --> 00:12:26,260 There. 306 00:12:26,260 --> 00:12:28,260 I don't hear anything, and neither do you, and I'll beat it. 307 00:12:28,260 --> 00:12:30,460 Come on, Maggie. 308 00:12:30,460 --> 00:12:32,660 Mr. Kelly, somebody's got to dig her up. 309 00:12:32,660 --> 00:12:34,660 Don't argue with me or I'll phone your folks. 310 00:12:34,660 --> 00:12:36,060 This is my property. 311 00:12:36,060 --> 00:12:37,460 Do I have to put up a fence? 312 00:12:37,460 --> 00:12:40,060 Why should I spend money to keep people off my property? 313 00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:41,260 I'm putting up a fence. 314 00:12:41,260 --> 00:12:42,460 Dippy. 315 00:12:42,460 --> 00:12:43,860 Dippy, it's him. 316 00:12:43,860 --> 00:12:46,260 He's the one. 317 00:12:46,260 --> 00:12:47,860 He murdered Mrs. Kelly. 318 00:12:47,860 --> 00:12:50,260 He hit her on the head and stuck her in the fort 319 00:12:50,260 --> 00:12:52,060 and dumped loads of dirt on top. 320 00:12:52,060 --> 00:12:53,160 But she wasn't dead. 321 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:54,460 She came, too. 322 00:12:54,460 --> 00:12:55,460 Why, you saw him. 323 00:12:55,460 --> 00:12:56,860 He stood right there when she screamed 324 00:12:56,860 --> 00:12:58,460 and wouldn't pay any attention. 325 00:12:58,460 --> 00:13:00,260 Hey, that's right. 326 00:13:00,260 --> 00:13:03,460 He stood right there and lied to us. 327 00:13:03,460 --> 00:13:04,960 What do we do, Maggie? 328 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:06,860 There's only one thing to do. 329 00:13:06,860 --> 00:13:09,260 We'll phone the police and tell them to come and arrest 330 00:13:09,260 --> 00:13:10,260 Mr. Kelly. 331 00:13:10,260 --> 00:13:23,860 Hey, they sure got here fast, Maggie. 332 00:13:23,860 --> 00:13:24,660 Shh. 333 00:13:24,660 --> 00:13:25,860 Don't make a sound. 334 00:13:25,860 --> 00:13:26,860 Stay down. 335 00:13:26,860 --> 00:13:42,660 Mr. Kelly might get desperate and shoot or something. 336 00:13:42,660 --> 00:13:43,860 Oh, oh. 337 00:13:43,860 --> 00:13:44,660 Oh, yes. 338 00:13:44,660 --> 00:13:45,460 Officer? 339 00:13:45,460 --> 00:13:47,260 You Mr. Kelly? 340 00:13:47,260 --> 00:13:48,560 Yes, sir. 341 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:50,060 Well, what can I do for you? 342 00:13:50,060 --> 00:13:53,460 Is Mrs. Kelly at home this evening? 343 00:13:53,460 --> 00:13:54,860 Why, sure. 344 00:13:54,860 --> 00:13:56,460 May I see her, sir? 345 00:13:56,460 --> 00:13:57,460 Why, sure. 346 00:13:57,460 --> 00:13:58,360 Sure. 347 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,860 Hey, Anna. 348 00:14:00,860 --> 00:14:02,260 What's up? 349 00:14:02,260 --> 00:14:04,160 Well, we got a call. 350 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:05,760 Oh, good evening, ma'am. 351 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,960 What is it, officer? 352 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:09,160 Well, I'm sorry, folks. 353 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,860 We got a call that Mrs. Kelly was buried alive 354 00:14:12,860 --> 00:14:14,460 in some empty lot. 355 00:14:14,460 --> 00:14:16,260 It sounded like some kid calling, 356 00:14:16,260 --> 00:14:17,060 but we had to make sure. 357 00:14:17,060 --> 00:14:17,860 We always check. 358 00:14:17,860 --> 00:14:18,960 Well, I can't understand. 359 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,260 It's those blasted kids. 360 00:14:21,260 --> 00:14:23,660 If I ever catch them, I'll break their necks. 361 00:14:23,660 --> 00:14:37,460 Maggie, cheese it. 362 00:14:37,460 --> 00:14:41,260 Boy, if Kelly telephones my dad, I'll get a lickin'. 363 00:14:41,260 --> 00:14:43,260 What'll we do about the screaming woman? 364 00:14:43,260 --> 00:14:45,060 Oh, to heck with her. 365 00:14:45,060 --> 00:14:47,260 I'm not going near that lot again. 366 00:14:47,260 --> 00:14:49,660 Wait a minute, Dippy. 367 00:14:49,660 --> 00:14:52,260 I know why you didn't hear the screams. 368 00:14:52,260 --> 00:14:53,860 Kelly's sort of deaf. 369 00:14:53,860 --> 00:14:55,560 Mama says he's hard of hearing. 370 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,860 Well, he heard us, didn't he? 371 00:14:57,860 --> 00:14:59,060 He heard the cop. 372 00:14:59,060 --> 00:15:01,460 He reads people's lips, but he couldn't hear 373 00:15:01,460 --> 00:15:04,260 the screaming woman because he couldn't see her. 374 00:15:04,260 --> 00:15:04,960 Dippy, come on. 375 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:06,460 We gotta go dig some more. 376 00:15:06,460 --> 00:15:07,460 No, sir. 377 00:15:07,460 --> 00:15:08,560 We got to. 378 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,060 We're in a pack of trouble because of your old darn old 379 00:15:11,060 --> 00:15:12,360 screaming woman. 380 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,960 I'm not going to get in any more trouble, no, sir. 381 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:15,960 So long, Maggie. 382 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,560 And he went off and left me all alone. 383 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,560 It was dark now, and Dad would be hunting for me. 384 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,760 If he found me, I'd get a lickin' and be put to bed, 385 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,360 and then nobody would help the screaming woman at all. 386 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,560 There was only one last thing to do, to go all over the 387 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:32,760 neighborhood from house to house and find out who was 388 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:33,760 missing. 389 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,560 So I rang bells and knocked, but everybody was home. 390 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:39,760 And I was about to give up when I came to the Nesbitts' 391 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:40,760 house. 392 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,360 I was so scared. 393 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:43,960 I was so scared. 394 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,160 I gave up when I came to the Nesbitts' house. 395 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,160 The house was quiet, like nobody was home. 396 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,160 I saw a dim, spooky light inside somewhere. 397 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,160 So I just kept knocking and knocking and knocking. 398 00:15:58,160 --> 00:15:59,160 What do you want? 399 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,360 Uh, nothing, Mr. Nesbitt. 400 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,160 I want to see Mrs. Nesbitt. 401 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:04,560 She's not here. 402 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,560 She's going to the store. 403 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:07,560 Oh. 404 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:09,360 Then she ought to be back pretty quick. 405 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:10,360 I'll come in and wait. 406 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:11,760 Hey, hey, hey, hey, wait a minute. 407 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,560 I'll just sit down here and wait. 408 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,560 I sure like a rocking chair. 409 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,560 Uh, don't mind me. 410 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,760 Go right ahead doing whatever you were doing, Mr. Nesbitt. 411 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:24,160 I wasn't doing anything. 412 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:25,560 Oh. 413 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:27,560 It looks like you were packing or something with all 414 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,360 those boxes and trunks around. 415 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:30,160 Going away? 416 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:31,360 No. 417 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,760 Mrs. Nesbitt's been sorting things out, getting rid of a 418 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:35,760 lot of stuff. 419 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,160 Oh. 420 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:39,360 Burning it up in the fireplace. 421 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:40,360 Oh, yeah. 422 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:41,360 That's right. 423 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,760 Dad always burns our junk out in the alley. 424 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:45,960 Cloth smells awful when it burns. 425 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:46,960 I think that... 426 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,160 Uh, look, kid. 427 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,760 Helen may have gone on from the store to visit a friend. 428 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,560 Well, if she doesn't come soon, I'll leave. 429 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:56,960 Yeah, and I'll tell her you were here. 430 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:58,560 What did you want to see her about? 431 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:00,360 Oh, nothing much. 432 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,360 Hey, that's too bad. 433 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:03,160 What? 434 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:04,960 I guess you lost the key to that box. 435 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:05,760 You had to break the lock. 436 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:10,560 It, uh, was, uh, broken already. 437 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:14,960 I bet your folks don't know where you are, kid. 438 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:15,960 No, sir. 439 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:17,760 They think I'm in bed. 440 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:19,560 What friend did Mrs. Nesbitt go visit? 441 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:20,160 I don't know. 442 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:24,960 Uh, I mean, uh, look, kid, I ought to tell you, 443 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,360 she won't be back tonight. 444 00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:28,160 Oh? 445 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:29,160 No. 446 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,560 She went to the store, like I said, but she was going from 447 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:38,160 there over the beachward to visit her mother on the bus. 448 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,160 She'll be gone two or three days. 449 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:41,960 Oh, that's a shame. 450 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:42,960 Why? 451 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,560 Mama was expecting Mrs. Nesbitt to come over tomorrow, 452 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:46,360 maybe just so. 453 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:48,160 You better not tell your mother. 454 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:53,160 You see, it's a kind of a secret about Helen going away. 455 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,760 She doesn't want people to know for a while. 456 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:57,760 Oh. 457 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:01,360 You know how to keep a secret, kid. 458 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:03,360 I guess so. 459 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:05,760 I'll give you something for not telling. 460 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:07,560 I'll give you a reward. 461 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,960 Now, let's see here. 462 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:11,960 All right. 463 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,360 Here's something for a kid. 464 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:15,360 A doll. 465 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:15,960 A doll? 466 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:16,760 Yeah. 467 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:18,360 Helen was going to give it to you. 468 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:21,960 I heard her say when she was sorting this stuff. 469 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,360 I'll give this to the little leery girl. 470 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:26,360 That's funny. 471 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:29,360 Mrs. Nesbitt always calls me Margaret. 472 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:31,360 Well, sure. 473 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:32,960 That's what she said. 474 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:34,360 Margaret. 475 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:36,960 You see, it's quite a doll. 476 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:38,560 Old fashioned. 477 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:39,760 It's made of leather. 478 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,360 And the face is china or something. 479 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:44,360 You see? 480 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:45,760 Uh-huh. 481 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,360 Thank you, Mr. Nesbitt. 482 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:51,360 It's a reward for not saying anything about Helen being 483 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:53,560 gone, you understand? 484 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:55,160 Now, now, now, come on. 485 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,160 I'll step on the porch light. 486 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,360 Mr. Nesbitt, I saw your dump truck in the lot this morning. 487 00:19:01,360 --> 00:19:02,560 What do you mean? 488 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:04,160 Were you in the lot this morning? 489 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:04,960 No. 490 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,160 No, I was home. 491 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:07,960 I looked out the window. 492 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,160 Please, Mr. Nesbitt, let go of my arm. 493 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:11,360 You been playing out there today? 494 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:12,360 Answer me. 495 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:13,160 Don't. 496 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:13,960 That hurts. 497 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:15,360 I wasn't playing. 498 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:17,360 It's no fun now with the fort covered up and. 499 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:18,460 The fort? 500 00:19:18,460 --> 00:19:19,560 What's that? 501 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:21,160 Nothing. 502 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:22,360 Nothing, Mr. Nesbitt. 503 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:24,160 Tell me what you're talking about. 504 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,560 Nothing, nothing but that old concrete pipe. 505 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,360 You know something. 506 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:29,960 That's why you came here. 507 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,760 You've been snooping around that lot 508 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:32,960 and you found out something. 509 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:34,360 What do you know? 510 00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:35,960 I don't know anything. 511 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:37,160 Let me go. 512 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,160 Mr. Nesbitt, if you don't let me go. 513 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:40,060 What? 514 00:19:40,060 --> 00:19:42,360 Oh! 515 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:43,360 Hey, come back. 516 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:44,360 Come back here. 517 00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:45,560 I'll give you something else. 518 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:46,360 I'll give you something else. 519 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:46,960 Come back here. 520 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:47,560 Come back. 521 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:53,660 Mr. Nesbitt yelled because I kicked him and bit his hand. 522 00:19:53,660 --> 00:19:56,060 Then I ran, but I heard him run after me. 523 00:19:56,060 --> 00:19:59,560 It was dark and quiet and scary on the street 524 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:01,760 and more scary out there in the lot. 525 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:03,160 I ran straight across the place where 526 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,860 I'd heard the screaming and it was so quiet. 527 00:20:05,860 --> 00:20:09,360 And all of a sudden there was a man in the lot right in front of me. 528 00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:11,560 Margaret, Margaret, stop. 529 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:12,760 Oh, Dad. 530 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:14,160 Margaret, where have you been? 531 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,060 Do you have any idea how your mama's worried? 532 00:20:16,060 --> 00:20:17,260 Do you know how late it is? 533 00:20:17,260 --> 00:20:18,360 Dad, Dad, he's after me. 534 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:21,160 We've been up and down alleys and clear down to Clark Street. 535 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:22,460 I was about to call the police. 536 00:20:22,460 --> 00:20:23,460 The screaming woman. 537 00:20:23,460 --> 00:20:24,960 It's Mrs. Nesbitt who's down there. 538 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,360 I'm going to give you a good licking. 539 00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:28,260 Mr. Nesbitt killed her and now he wants to kill me. 540 00:20:28,260 --> 00:20:29,760 I've had all of this idiotic talk. 541 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:30,360 I can stand. 542 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:31,160 It's true. 543 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,860 He said she's gone away and he was burning her things. 544 00:20:33,860 --> 00:20:34,660 You've got to believe me. 545 00:20:34,660 --> 00:20:35,260 Margaret, that's enough. 546 00:20:35,260 --> 00:20:36,460 Now stop it right now. 547 00:20:38,860 --> 00:20:39,760 What have you got there? 548 00:20:40,860 --> 00:20:41,960 Where did you get that doll? 549 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:42,960 Mr. Nesbitt. 550 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,060 I gave it to her, Larry. 551 00:20:46,460 --> 00:20:50,960 Kid stopped by the house and I remembered Helen said she wanted to throw it away. 552 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,260 Helen said to throw it away. 553 00:20:53,260 --> 00:20:54,360 He's lying, Dad. 554 00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:56,660 He gave it to me so I wouldn't tell about her. 555 00:20:56,660 --> 00:20:58,060 It was locked up in a box. 556 00:20:58,060 --> 00:20:58,860 He didn't have a key. 557 00:20:58,860 --> 00:20:59,760 He broke it open. 558 00:21:00,460 --> 00:21:02,460 She's a high-strung kid, Larry. 559 00:21:02,460 --> 00:21:03,760 All the stuff she was telling me. 560 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:04,860 He's lying, Dad. 561 00:21:04,860 --> 00:21:06,460 Why are you lying, Charlie? 562 00:21:06,460 --> 00:21:07,460 Lying? 563 00:21:07,460 --> 00:21:08,660 How do you get that to work? 564 00:21:08,660 --> 00:21:10,660 Helen was going to give it to Margaret on her birthday. 565 00:21:10,660 --> 00:21:11,560 She told me so. 566 00:21:12,260 --> 00:21:14,160 It was a present I gave her a long time ago. 567 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,460 She wouldn't have thrown it away anymore that I threw away the paperweight she gave me. 568 00:21:19,460 --> 00:21:20,560 Why are you lying, Charlie? 569 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:21,160 I'm not. 570 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:23,660 Don't look at me like that, Larry. 571 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:25,860 As God as my riddlers. 572 00:21:25,860 --> 00:21:27,060 It's her, Dad. 573 00:21:27,060 --> 00:21:28,260 It's the screaming woman. 574 00:21:28,260 --> 00:21:29,860 As God as your witness. 575 00:21:29,860 --> 00:21:30,860 No. 576 00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:36,660 Margaret, run to the house. 577 00:21:36,660 --> 00:21:38,060 Phone the police and tell them to hurry. 578 00:21:38,060 --> 00:22:03,060 Hello? 579 00:22:03,060 --> 00:22:04,060 Hi, Dippy. 580 00:22:04,060 --> 00:22:05,260 Everything's fine. 581 00:22:05,260 --> 00:22:06,860 Everything's worked out, King. 582 00:22:06,860 --> 00:22:08,860 The screaming woman isn't screaming anymore. 583 00:22:08,860 --> 00:22:11,060 They got a lot of people down there digging her up. 584 00:22:11,060 --> 00:22:12,060 Hey, Swell. 585 00:22:12,060 --> 00:22:13,560 Hot dog. 586 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,060 And you know what else, Dippy? 587 00:22:15,060 --> 00:22:16,660 They uncovered our fort again. 588 00:22:16,660 --> 00:22:19,560 And now we'll be able to get the kids and play in it tomorrow. 589 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:43,360 Suspense, in which Sherry Jackson starred in The Screaming Woman by Ray Bradbury. 590 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:48,860 Next week, the story of a man who tries to escape his past and is faced with no future. 591 00:22:48,860 --> 00:22:51,960 We call it, Nobody Ever Quits. 592 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,960 That's next week on Suspense. 593 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,760 Suspense is produced and transcribed by Anthony Ellis. 594 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,560 Adaptation was by Sylvia Richardson. 595 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:21,760 The music was composed by Lucian Marwick and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. 596 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:26,560 Featured in the cast were Paula Winslow, John Danaer, Richard Beals, Howard McNeer, Joe 597 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:37,360 Cranston, Herb Butterfield and Eve McVeigh. 598 00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:56,960 Join the FBI in peace and war Wednesday nights on the CBS Radio Network.