WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:18.480 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 00:18.480 --> 00:22.780 Tonight we bring you a story of a manhunt that ends in a church. 00:22.780 --> 00:25.760 We call it The Lady in the Red Hat. 00:25.760 --> 00:44.320 So now, starring Mr. Vic Perrin, here is tonight's Suspense play, The Lady in the Red Hat. 00:44.320 --> 00:46.640 Hello Mitch, come in, sit down. 00:46.640 --> 00:47.640 Thanks. 00:47.640 --> 00:48.640 What's the trouble? 00:48.640 --> 00:51.520 The order is to stop those articles you're writing. 00:51.520 --> 00:52.520 Why? 00:52.520 --> 00:56.080 Well, it's not so much the 13th apostle as the way you keep harping on those theories 00:56.080 --> 00:57.080 you've got about him. 00:57.080 --> 00:58.080 Well, I think I'm right. 00:58.080 --> 00:59.080 I know, so does the chief. 00:59.080 --> 01:03.240 But you've got every woman in the city scared to death, that's why I want you to lay off. 01:03.240 --> 01:07.200 Look, five women have been murdered by the 13th apostle in three months, and they were 01:07.200 --> 01:08.680 all wearing red in their clothes. 01:08.680 --> 01:11.720 I say that means something, and they want me to lay off. 01:11.720 --> 01:13.480 This isn't me. 01:13.480 --> 01:17.120 We hired you to do the feature column in the Sunday supplement because you've got a big 01:17.120 --> 01:18.120 following. 01:18.120 --> 01:20.040 Psychology of murder, it's a great idea to... 01:20.040 --> 01:21.040 Excuse me. 01:21.040 --> 01:22.040 Yeah? 01:22.040 --> 01:25.040 Mr. Banning, is Mr. Mitchell in there? 01:25.040 --> 01:26.040 Yeah. 01:26.040 --> 01:29.040 Will you tell him his housekeeper's on the phone? 01:29.040 --> 01:30.040 He says it's urgent. 01:30.040 --> 01:32.040 All right, switch the call in here. 01:32.040 --> 01:33.040 Yes, sir. 01:33.040 --> 01:34.040 Use this phone, Mitch. 01:34.040 --> 01:35.040 Oh, thanks. 01:35.040 --> 01:36.040 Hello? 01:36.040 --> 01:39.040 Oh yes, Mrs. White. 01:39.040 --> 01:40.040 Hello? 01:40.040 --> 01:45.720 Will you repeat the message, please? 01:45.720 --> 01:46.720 Thank you. 01:46.720 --> 01:48.520 No, don't worry, it's all right. 01:48.520 --> 01:51.040 Yes, I won't be home until after midnight then. 01:51.040 --> 01:52.040 Yes, goodbye. 01:52.040 --> 01:53.040 Anything wrong? 01:53.040 --> 01:54.040 I don't know. 01:54.040 --> 01:56.040 I'll find out though. 01:56.040 --> 01:58.280 An anonymous note slipped under my door. 01:58.280 --> 02:09.400 Somebody wants me to meet the Avenger at midnight. 02:09.400 --> 02:17.040 Good evening. 02:17.040 --> 02:22.040 Oh, hi, Mitch. 02:22.040 --> 02:23.360 I thought you were going to wait downstairs. 02:23.360 --> 02:25.360 I was, but Banning wanted to see me. 02:25.360 --> 02:26.360 Naylor called him. 02:26.360 --> 02:28.720 The police department wants me to stop my article. 02:28.720 --> 02:29.720 Why? 02:29.720 --> 02:31.720 No, I'll tell you while we're eating. 02:31.720 --> 02:33.440 Did they say anything about my stuff? 02:33.440 --> 02:35.520 No, no, yours is straight reporting. 02:35.520 --> 02:37.960 It's theorizing they object to. 02:37.960 --> 02:38.960 Maybe I'm getting too close. 02:38.960 --> 02:40.720 Have you written anything on last night's murder? 02:40.720 --> 02:41.720 I'd like to read it. 02:41.720 --> 02:45.800 I won't be writing it now, but if I did, I know what I'd say. 02:45.800 --> 02:48.000 You got something new, Mitch? 02:48.000 --> 02:49.000 Something new? 02:49.000 --> 02:50.000 Maybe. 02:50.000 --> 02:57.400 I don't know yet. 02:57.400 --> 03:02.880 Meet the Avenger at 12 o'clock, and the Avenger could be anyone. 03:02.880 --> 03:04.400 We waited for the elevator. 03:04.400 --> 03:10.360 I watched, tired faces drifting into boxes, lowering them to the street, and then outside 03:10.360 --> 03:13.920 into darkness, growing cold with snow and night's wind. 03:13.920 --> 03:17.760 And she was there with me, a smile on her lips. 03:17.760 --> 03:20.760 We went to a place for dinner. 03:20.760 --> 03:23.440 You know, Mitch, I love this place. 03:23.440 --> 03:25.520 My favorite hangout after work. 03:25.520 --> 03:27.000 That's why I brought you here. 03:27.000 --> 03:30.920 I was beginning to wonder why you've been so quiet. 03:30.920 --> 03:32.600 Subdued lights and warmth. 03:32.600 --> 03:34.080 Is that it? 03:34.080 --> 03:35.080 In a way. 03:35.080 --> 03:36.080 Oh? 03:36.080 --> 03:38.080 Something else, too. 03:38.080 --> 03:40.480 Mitch, tell me now. 03:40.480 --> 03:41.480 What do you think about it? 03:41.480 --> 03:42.480 It? 03:42.480 --> 03:43.480 The Avenger. 03:43.480 --> 03:45.320 You've read my articles. 03:45.320 --> 03:46.320 That's what I think. 03:46.320 --> 03:47.320 No, I don't mean what you write. 03:47.320 --> 03:48.320 I do that, too. 03:48.320 --> 03:49.320 I mean you. 03:49.320 --> 03:50.320 What do you think? 03:50.320 --> 03:51.320 Well, I have to write about him. 03:51.320 --> 03:53.840 Must I talk about him, too? 03:53.840 --> 03:56.440 All right. 03:56.440 --> 03:58.640 I think he's fantastic. 03:58.640 --> 04:03.480 Consider the name he or she has chosen for himself. 04:03.480 --> 04:05.760 The 13th apostle. 04:05.760 --> 04:08.360 Probably wants to purge the world because of its sins. 04:08.360 --> 04:09.360 That's what you said in your article. 04:09.360 --> 04:10.960 Well, that's what I think. 04:10.960 --> 04:12.800 And all that stuff about the color red? 04:12.800 --> 04:13.800 It means something. 04:13.800 --> 04:16.360 Perhaps a sinful color. 04:16.360 --> 04:18.800 The obsession of red is a symbol. 04:18.800 --> 04:19.800 There's a tie-up. 04:19.800 --> 04:24.160 Listen, I want to tell you something. 04:24.160 --> 04:25.160 Something big. 04:25.160 --> 04:26.160 A story? 04:26.160 --> 04:27.800 Can I have another drink? 04:27.800 --> 04:28.800 Oh, I'm sorry. 04:28.800 --> 04:29.800 Mario? 04:29.800 --> 04:31.240 Coming, sir. 04:31.240 --> 04:33.240 I got an anonymous note this morning. 04:33.240 --> 04:34.240 A note? 04:34.240 --> 04:35.240 Well, that's odd. 04:35.240 --> 04:36.240 What do you mean? 04:36.240 --> 04:37.240 Because... 04:37.240 --> 04:38.240 Yes, Mr. Mitchell? 04:38.240 --> 04:39.240 Oh, the same? 04:39.240 --> 04:40.240 Yes, please. 04:40.240 --> 04:41.240 I'm sorry. 04:41.240 --> 04:43.240 I'm sorry. 04:43.240 --> 04:45.200 Nothing, thanks. 04:45.200 --> 04:49.520 By the way, when a Lieutenant Dowell comes in, will you show him to this table, please? 04:49.520 --> 04:51.560 Bill Dowell? 04:51.560 --> 04:52.560 He's on the Avenger case. 04:52.560 --> 04:54.400 Are you holding out on me, Mitch? 04:54.400 --> 04:59.000 You were speaking of a note, anonymous. 04:59.000 --> 05:01.200 Did it say anything about the Avenger? 05:01.200 --> 05:02.200 Yes. 05:02.200 --> 05:03.880 Yes, it did. 05:03.880 --> 05:08.720 If I wanted important information about the Avenger, I was to go at midnight to the community 05:08.720 --> 05:09.720 chapel on seventh. 05:09.720 --> 05:11.320 Have you got the note with you? 05:11.320 --> 05:13.320 No, I left it at home. 05:13.320 --> 05:14.320 Oh. 05:14.320 --> 05:16.880 Did it tell you to sit in the first pew and wait? 05:16.880 --> 05:18.160 You got one, too? 05:18.160 --> 05:21.080 This afternoon, under my door at home, the housekeeper called... 05:21.080 --> 05:22.080 The same thing. 05:22.080 --> 05:23.080 Where is it? 05:23.080 --> 05:24.080 I wondered. 05:24.080 --> 05:25.080 What? 05:25.080 --> 05:29.280 This isn't an ordinary tip, don't you see? 05:29.280 --> 05:31.240 I've been working on the story for the standard. 05:31.240 --> 05:32.240 You've been doing your series. 05:32.240 --> 05:33.240 Supposing... 05:33.240 --> 05:36.040 The 13th apostle sent the notes? 05:36.040 --> 05:37.800 Well... 05:37.800 --> 05:39.180 Bill Dowell called me earlier. 05:39.180 --> 05:40.180 He wanted to see me. 05:40.180 --> 05:41.180 Oh? 05:41.180 --> 05:42.520 I said I was taking you out for dinner. 05:42.520 --> 05:43.960 I told him to meet us here. 05:43.960 --> 05:44.960 Why? 05:44.960 --> 05:52.200 The lieutenant claims he received a note like ours, too. 05:52.200 --> 05:55.720 Could she be the one? 05:55.720 --> 05:57.600 Or Dowell? 05:57.600 --> 06:01.800 Millions of people in a city and the person next to you, a killer? 06:01.800 --> 06:04.240 You just couldn't believe it was someone you knew. 06:04.240 --> 06:07.800 Was that then the ultimate stimulation? 06:07.800 --> 06:10.560 To kill a stranger was not enough. 06:10.560 --> 06:13.520 Now seek out the danger, the extreme risk. 06:13.520 --> 06:16.840 Because there was emotion here. 06:16.840 --> 06:17.840 Emotion of friendship. 06:17.840 --> 06:18.840 That was different. 06:18.840 --> 06:19.840 And who might it be? 06:19.840 --> 06:21.840 The girl on the newspaper? 06:21.840 --> 06:24.400 Or the policeman? 06:24.400 --> 06:26.400 Are you being stubborn because you're a policeman? 06:26.400 --> 06:28.640 Or because you're just pigheaded, lieutenant? 06:28.640 --> 06:30.360 Jeannie, you're a reporter. 06:30.360 --> 06:31.480 Too much imagination. 06:31.480 --> 06:33.760 I still think it's a crackpot gag. 06:33.760 --> 06:35.200 Then why did you come? 06:35.200 --> 06:36.360 Well... 06:36.360 --> 06:39.600 Because Mitch and I have been working together on this because we're all friends. 06:39.600 --> 06:41.440 I'm not taking any chances. 06:41.440 --> 06:43.480 There have been five murders already. 06:43.480 --> 06:45.400 She makes sense, though, Bill. 06:45.400 --> 06:47.880 Three of us all vitally interested in the case. 06:47.880 --> 06:51.320 It'd be very flattering to him if we turned up at the chapel at midnight. 06:51.320 --> 06:52.320 I'll be there. 06:52.320 --> 06:53.320 I can tell you that. 06:53.320 --> 06:54.320 I don't like it. 06:54.320 --> 06:55.320 He might be after one of us. 06:55.320 --> 06:56.320 Maybe you, Jeannie. 06:56.320 --> 07:00.040 Maybe he doesn't like some of the stuff you've been writing about him. 07:00.040 --> 07:01.040 Maybe me. 07:01.040 --> 07:02.040 Maybe. 07:02.040 --> 07:03.040 Or me. 07:03.040 --> 07:04.360 I'm the cop who's chasing him. 07:04.360 --> 07:07.400 Yes, I don't imagine he's particularly fond of you, Bill. 07:07.400 --> 07:09.600 Well, why not surround the chapel? 07:09.600 --> 07:10.600 No. 07:10.600 --> 07:14.920 Mind you, I still think it's a crank note, but if it isn't, this baby's too smart. 07:14.920 --> 07:17.360 If he sees anything wrong, you'll get away. 07:17.360 --> 07:20.600 Well, you've used police cordons before to get a killer. 07:20.600 --> 07:22.160 There must be enough buildings around to hide him. 07:22.160 --> 07:23.160 I'm still not taking any chances. 07:23.160 --> 07:24.960 I think Billy wants all the credit for a dramatic capture. 07:24.960 --> 07:26.760 I'd have to serve with Mitch anyway. 07:26.760 --> 07:27.760 And me. 07:27.760 --> 07:29.480 Uh-uh, you're going home. 07:29.480 --> 07:31.080 Oh, that's what you think. 07:31.080 --> 07:32.720 I'm on that list. 07:32.720 --> 07:35.960 I want to be there when something happens. 07:35.960 --> 07:47.960 Do you know where the chapel is, Bill? 07:47.960 --> 07:51.120 Yeah, it's the one on seven, just around the corner there. 07:51.120 --> 07:52.120 It's funny. 07:52.120 --> 07:54.480 I must have passed it a hundred times. 07:54.480 --> 07:56.000 I never noticed it. 07:56.000 --> 07:57.000 Most people think it's vacant. 07:57.000 --> 07:58.000 It's not. 07:58.000 --> 08:00.840 In fact, it's open all night. 08:00.840 --> 08:01.840 How do you know, Jeannie? 08:01.840 --> 08:02.840 I don't know. 08:02.840 --> 08:07.240 I guess I heard about it. 08:07.240 --> 08:09.040 You know, I always used to like the snow. 08:09.040 --> 08:11.200 I look forward to it. 08:11.200 --> 08:12.200 I don't like it tonight. 08:12.200 --> 08:14.080 I never liked it. 08:14.080 --> 08:16.840 Something smothering about the stuff I was in the blizzard once. 08:16.840 --> 08:17.840 What happened? 08:17.840 --> 08:19.160 I was lost in the woods up north. 08:19.160 --> 08:21.800 I nearly froze to death. 08:21.800 --> 08:26.280 Snow kept coming down, got in my mouth and my nose and eyes. 08:26.280 --> 08:27.980 After a while, things didn't look white anymore. 08:27.980 --> 08:30.940 They were blurred and red. 08:30.940 --> 08:34.680 What frightened you more, fear of being lost or fear of dying? 08:34.680 --> 08:35.680 I don't know. 08:35.680 --> 08:36.680 Why? 08:36.680 --> 08:38.160 I just wondered. 08:38.160 --> 08:39.160 Anybody got the time? 08:39.160 --> 08:42.120 No, it's eleven o'clock. 08:42.120 --> 08:43.120 Let's go in. 08:43.120 --> 08:44.120 Funny. 08:44.120 --> 09:01.720 What is? 09:01.720 --> 09:09.160 If one of us were killed here. 09:09.160 --> 09:12.280 I'm going to have a look around, check any side doors. 09:12.280 --> 09:13.560 All right. 09:13.560 --> 09:14.560 You stay here. 09:14.560 --> 09:15.560 Yeah. 09:15.560 --> 09:16.560 The music's nice. 09:16.560 --> 09:21.560 There's the organist up there, you see him? 09:21.560 --> 09:31.280 Have you ever noticed how even in an empty place like this, one speaks softly? 09:31.280 --> 09:32.280 Yes. 09:32.280 --> 09:35.280 I wonder why it's always so quiet. 09:35.280 --> 09:36.280 I wonder. 09:36.280 --> 09:40.360 Why are you looking at me like that? 09:40.360 --> 09:41.360 Was I? 09:41.360 --> 09:42.360 Yes. 09:42.360 --> 09:43.360 Why? 09:43.360 --> 10:01.680 Perhaps I was thinking how strange it would be if one of us were the thirteenth apostle. 10:01.680 --> 10:07.960 You are listening to The Lady in the Red Hat, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding 10:07.960 --> 10:19.760 theater of thrills, Suspense. 10:19.760 --> 10:23.920 Every Saturday night over most of these same stations, CBS radio picks up the threads of 10:23.920 --> 10:29.400 a startling story of people who call the police, and often of people who call on police and 10:29.400 --> 10:32.600 the other way around, working out of 21st precinct. 10:32.600 --> 10:36.840 There's fast moving drama and an intimate glimpse into the human side of police work. 10:36.840 --> 10:43.160 Saturday nights on CBS radio, when you're invited to hear the 21st precinct. 10:43.160 --> 10:49.480 And now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Mr. Vic Perrin, starring in tonight's production, 10:49.480 --> 10:55.240 The Lady in the Red Hat, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 10:55.240 --> 11:16.000 One of us, the Avenger, or Mitch? 11:16.000 --> 11:17.600 It has to be someone. 11:17.600 --> 11:19.360 I believe you're serious. 11:19.360 --> 11:20.360 I am. 11:20.360 --> 11:23.440 We've all been on the case since the first death. 11:23.440 --> 11:26.680 Of course, one of us enjoys the publicity, the thrill of killing. 11:26.680 --> 11:28.120 Are you trying to frighten me? 11:28.120 --> 11:29.120 No. 11:29.120 --> 11:31.120 I don't like this place. 11:31.120 --> 11:35.080 Better go home and... what, jitters, Jeannie? 11:35.080 --> 11:36.400 What did you find, Bill? 11:36.400 --> 11:37.560 One side exit, that's all. 11:37.560 --> 11:39.560 We can see it in front of you. 11:39.560 --> 11:40.560 What's the time? 11:40.560 --> 11:42.560 About a quarter past 11. 11:42.560 --> 11:43.560 Oh, I'm cold. 11:43.560 --> 11:47.960 What if we could get some coffee? 11:47.960 --> 11:50.240 There's a place in the corner, I'll get it. 11:50.240 --> 11:51.240 You two stay here. 11:51.240 --> 11:52.240 How do you like yours? 11:52.240 --> 11:53.240 Just like yours. 11:53.240 --> 11:54.240 What's it like? 11:54.240 --> 11:55.240 The same, Bill. 11:55.240 --> 11:56.240 Right. 11:56.240 --> 11:57.240 I'll be back in five minutes. 11:57.240 --> 11:58.240 Take it easy, Jeannie. 11:58.240 --> 11:59.240 It's not twelve yet. 11:59.240 --> 12:00.240 You want to sit down? 12:00.240 --> 12:01.240 Up in the front? 12:01.240 --> 12:02.240 No, not yet. 12:02.240 --> 12:03.240 All right, here then. 12:03.240 --> 12:04.240 Mitch, you weren't serious, were you? 12:04.240 --> 12:05.240 Yes. 12:05.240 --> 12:06.240 Mitch. 12:06.240 --> 12:07.240 Well, you've read my articles. 12:07.240 --> 12:08.240 I've theorized about the Apostle. 12:08.240 --> 12:09.240 The analysis could fit any one of us. 12:09.240 --> 12:10.240 I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it. 12:10.240 --> 12:11.240 I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it. 12:11.240 --> 12:12.240 I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it. 12:12.240 --> 12:13.240 I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it. 12:13.240 --> 12:14.240 I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it. 12:14.240 --> 12:23.240 I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it. 12:23.240 --> 12:34.240 I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it. 12:34.240 --> 12:44.240 I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it. 12:44.240 --> 12:53.240 I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it. 12:53.240 --> 13:08.240 I'm not 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