In this thrilling episode of "Masters of Mystery," we delve into the suspenseful tale of "No One Will Ever Know," written by Leonard Saint Claire. Our protagonist, Sam Parnell, known as "Lucky Sam," finds his fortune turned upside down when a telegram reveals his financial ruin. Desperate to secure his family's future, Sam devises a plan to stage his own death, hoping to cash in on his life insurance policy. As the tension mounts, Sam's paranoia grows, leading him to hire a bodyguard and take drastic measures to protect himself from an unknown assassin lurking in the shadows.
As the story unfolds, Sam's mental state deteriorates, blurring the lines between reality and imagination. With each passing day, the pressure builds, and Sam's fear of impending doom becomes all-consuming. In a gripping climax, the truth behind Sam's predicament is revealed, leaving listeners questioning the nature of luck, desperation, and the lengths one will go to protect their loved ones. Tune in for a captivating journey into the mind of a man on the brink, where suspense and mystery intertwine to create an unforgettable narrative.
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It's mystery time. Time now for the best in mystery. Tonight on masters of mystery, an exciting melodrama titled no one will ever know. Sure. We supply bodyguards by the day, a week, or month. It's got to be twenty four hours a day. Your best man, and I want him to shoot to kill.
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Good evening. This is Don Dowd, your host for Mystery Time, back again to introduce another in ABC Radio's great Monday through Saturday lineup of mystery dramas. Every night at this time, a new and different story. Our drama tonight on Masters of Mystery presented live from New York, is written by Leonard Saint Claire and is titled no one will ever know. Murder is bad business under any circumstances. But when a man plots to make himself the victim, well, we promise you plenty of suspense as masters of mystery brings you no one will ever know.
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Nobody believes me. They all think it's my imagination. A The sick dream of a sick mind. But I know he's out there in the night. I know he's waiting for me, waiting for the right moment to kill me. Nobody believes it could happen because everybody still believes I'm lucky. Lucky Sam Parnell, the man who always wins. Lucky Sam who bought that stock that jumped 10 points in two days. Lucky Sam who was on the long shot at yesterday's race. Lucky Sam who owns a piece of that oil well out in Texas. That's the way it was with me until last week.
It was Monday evening. I'd just gotten home. The maid took my raincoat, and I headed for the bar to fix myself a dream. Hello, Sam darling. How are you? Fine, honey. How about a martini? Loved one. Good. There we are.
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And Sam, you have noticed.
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Mhmm. Noticed what? My new dress. Oh, well, it's fine. Fine. It's,
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pretty fancy, isn't it? Well, it's a cocktail dress, darling. I thought I ought to have something new for the boat, and I promise I won't cost you anymore until we get to Paris.
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Who's complaining? Alright, honey. To the trip. To Paris?
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Good. That's delicious. Oh, by the way, did you find the telegram? Telegram? Well, I left it on the bar for you. Oh? Yes. Here it is. Practically under your nose. Oh, I wonder who? I called your office in case you wanted me to read the message to you, but you'd already left. What? Well, what's the matter?
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Nothing there. Nothing. I and I'm sorry. It was a clumsy thing to do. Darling, there is something wrong. You look sick. No. I'm I'm alright. There's nothing the matter. Look. Catherine, can you get a rag and mop up this mess? Why the maid will do it, dear.
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Sam, what was in that telegram? Who is it from?
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Tell me. Who has it from? Please. Please, honey. You're you're getting yourself all upset about nothing. Suppose you go tell Lottie to clear up the spoken glass. I'll fix this another line of drinks. As soon as Catherine disappeared toward the kitchen, I reread the telegram. Sorry, old man. Our well is a dry hole. Send 10,000 more to clean up final debts. Signed Harry. Ten thousand more. 10,000 I didn't have. Every penny I had poured into that Texas well was borrowed money. Harry ought to know that. This was to be our big plunge. Harry and I were going to crack our first million. Now lucky Sam Parnell was broke.
Bankrupt. After dinner, I locked myself in the study. I had to think to work something out with pencil and paper, but it didn't work out. The stocks and bonds would have to go to pay off the loans. The mortgage would take the house. The only asset less would be my life insurance. That's $50,000 policy with a double indemnity clause.
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Yes? Sam, can you tell me the phone?
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Jimmy, he's calling from school. Well, tell him I'm tied up, Kathy, and give him my love. Oh, but darling, he wants to say goodbye to you before we sail.
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Well, then you can tell him we're not going to Europe. What? I'm turning in our tickets in the morning. Tell Jimmy the old man's got to stay and close a business deal. The biggest deal of my life. Don't argue with me, Catherine, and don't wait up for me. I'll be working most of the night. I'll see you in the morning. The biggest business deal of my life. It would be that alright. And my last deal. I set up most of the night trying to work it out. The idea was okay, but I was going to need help, expert help. The next morning, I dropped by to see Max.
His office is in the back of a particular drugstore on 40 Third Street. Hello, mister Parnell. It was a pretty good long shot running in the eighth this afternoon as if you didn't know. That isn't why I came by, Max. Oh, Max, there's a man who's in trouble. He's looking for somebody who'll do anything for a price. Sounds like he's in big trouble. He is. In a few days, he'll be broke. It's big enough. It occurred to me, Max, that you might have some friends, some connections. No friends. Connections, lady. Somebody you can trust. Somebody who won't talk. What's the job?
To kill a man. What? Now look, mister Parnell. You're doing business with the mobs all the time. You must know somebody. Now if it's still right, there won't be any risk, and there's $5,000 in it. Sometimes we, level with each other, mister Parnell. Now this, friend of yours, you, isn't it? Yes. Okay. Now who do you want taken care of? Me. You sound like you need it. I don't Max, I'll be completely wiped out within a month. I don't want my wife and my boy to know him to save you. I don't want them out in the streets. I want them to hold on to what they've got now. I'm too old to start all over again. My luck's run out, Max. Alive, I'm worth nothing, not even to myself.
Dead, at least my family will get by. Life insurance? Yes. Double indemnity. But the company won't pay off for suicide. So, it has to look like an accident. Yes. Oh, mister Pygmax, there's no other way. I'm afraid to fake it myself. I'll pay $5,000. Alright. Maybe I can get a boy for you, but well, with this kind of deal, you'll have to be paid in advance. I'll bring the money this afternoon. Okay. Nice? Yeah. How do you think you'll know it? Better if you don't know, isn't it? You might get too anxious. Yeah. Or maybe too helpful. Well, you'll make it so no one will ever know, not even you.
When I left Max, I went directly to the steam ship office and got a refund on our round trip tickets to Europe. 14 Hundred Dollars. I needed every penny I could get hold of to make the 5,000 for Max, but I got it. And that afternoon, I gave it to him in cash. All I had to do now was wait. Tuesday passed. In Wednesday. Thursday. Every morning when I left to the office, I kissed Catherine goodbye for what might be the last time. Every night when I came home to her, I dreaded the thought of leaving again in the morning. The storm began to get unbearable. Let's get this over with, Max. Let's end it before I go mad.
On Friday, Friday afternoon.
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Hello? Sam? Oh, yes, dear. Christian Union just delivered another telegram to the house. Do you want me to read it to you? Yes. Would it, please? Well, wait a minute until I open it. Here's what it says.
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Well, wait a minute until I open it. Here's what it says. New wells came in this morning.
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Looks like thousand barrels per day. What? Congratulations,
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That other deal. No. No. It can't go through now. It mustn't. I've got to get the Max. I don't wanna get killed. Hi. Tell you. He's gone, mister Baranello. Gone but where? You've worked for him for years. You must know where he's gone. I I don't know.
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Right after the last time you were here, he came out and give me two weeks' wages. And that's so pleasant for you, Charles. He said, I'm going on a vacation maybe two or three months. Well, look. Some of his friends must know where he is. Tell me where I can find them. I never paid any mind to his friends, mister Parnell.
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The only reason I know your name is because you told me once. That's too late. I'm too late. Max didn't tell me who was going to do it or when and where. He said no one would ever know. Not even me. Darling, You're home early. Catherine, how soon can you pack your bags? Why are you I'm calling the airline right now to see if we can get tonight's plane for London. Oh, but that's impossible.
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Well, I'll need at least a week to close-up the house there. The service Alright. Then I'm leaving tonight by myself. You can join me later. Why? But but I don't want to. Sam, there's something wrong with it. Your sight is deaf. That's a good comparison. Sam, give me that phone. Now now what happened? Sam, tell me.
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So I told her the whole story right from Harry's first telegram and my idea about the life insurance. Catherine's face went as white as mine. Her eyes stared at me with a dazed, unbelieving expression.
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How could you have thought of such a thing? Without you, this house and your money would mean nothing.
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We don't understand, Catherine. We'll pack your bags any hour, any minute Max is liable to go through with his part of the deal. Darling. Please get started, Catherine. I'll phone the airline. No. Let me do it. You're you're much too upset.
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I'll start cleaning up my desk. I guess the London plane is sold out. Get a seat for the plane going somewhere else, anywhere. Hello? This is missus Feinel, doctor Mead. Please come right over. Sam is terribly sick. Efren, give me that problem. Are you one of your mind? Oh, dear. I'm not. But I'm afraid you are.
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She didn't believe me. She thought I was cracking up. I grabbed the phone and called the airline myself. The best I could do with tomorrow's plane, fourteen hours away. Fourteen hours, I had to gamble on staying alive.
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Sam, doctor Heeg was called away on an emergency, but he sent doctor Ives to see me. I don't wanna see him. But, Sam, you must see him.
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There's nothing the matter with me, I tell you. You've got to believe me, doctor. That's why Max left town. Don't you see? So he won't be connected with my death. But the guy he hired is waiting for me. It'll be anytime, anywhere. I won't take a sedative. Keep away from me. Catherine doesn't amuse that needle. Catherine. Catherine.
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Catherine. I'm not here, Sam.
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What time is it? 10:00.
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Would you like some breakfast?
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Breakfast? Ten in the morning?
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I canceled our reservations. You canceled our Sam, listen to me. You're gonna be alright. Doctor Ives says this happens to a lot of men when they overwork. He says all you need is to rest and forget about business. Doctor Ives, he knows all about everything, doesn't he?
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Except when I'm going to be killed and how and where. As soon as my wife left the room, I jumped out of bed and dressed. I slipped down the back stairs, and before capturing the stove in spite of me, I had my car out of the garage. I drove to the nearest precinct station. As I pulled up to the curb, I couldn't help noticing the yellow coupe that passed me in parts further up the street. I thought I saw the driver stare at me, but I wasn't sure. I couldn't afford to take any chances, so I got back in the car and drove out. Depends. I'd have been a fool to go to the police. If anything did happen, I need the police to notify the insurance company and captain would get nuts.
I drove aimlessly around town, and I happened to look in the rearview mirror. And there he was, the man in the yellow coupe. I tried to lose him in traffic across town and back. Silly hung on. I swing into a parking lot and jumped out. I ran out of a nearest building. I had to lose him. I had to lose him. Just as I stepped into the elevator, my eyes suddenly focused on the office directory. Ryan Detective Agency. Investigations, property, and personal protection. Room 1402. Whatever you wish, mister Parnell. We supply bodyguards by the day, week, or as long as you want. It's got to be twenty four hours a day. Your best man, and I want him to shoot the kill. Well, that all depends if the circumstances warrant. Mister Ryan, somewhere outside this office in the hallway or in the elevator or on the street, a man I don't even know is waiting to kill me.
I waited there in the office, and Ryan brought in Harrison. When I know it's to be my bodyguard for the first twelve hour shift, we left the office together and picked up my car. As we drove back to the house, I watched for the yellow coupe. Yes. There it was, keeping about a half a month behind us. When we pulled in our driveway, the coupe kept on going and then turned to the next corner. I sprinted to the front door and slammed it.
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Sam, is that you? Oh, god. You gave me such a fright when you sneaked off this morning. Oh, what are you doing?
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What are you looking out of the window for? I'm waiting for him to turn around and drive past again. Oh,
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Sam, you can't keep on like this. You're ill. Don't you realize? Sure. Sure. Sure. This is all my imagination.
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Captain, tell the cook to fix dinner for one extra. Harrison will be eating with us. He's my bodyguard. Bodyguard? He's putting the car on the garage. He'll be along in a minute. Well, I want you to get rid of him. There's absolutely no danger. Tell him to go.
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Is that what you want?
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Why? Maybe you want me to be killed. Who's that? My insurance looks pretty good to you after all. And all the money that'll be coming isn't at all well. Stop it. Stop it. I can't take any more. I can't. I'm sorry, Carol. I guess I am sick with fear, but everything's gonna be alright, honey. I've told the detective agency to track down Max. We'll get word to him that the deal was off. Yes. Yes. Max will call off his boy, and I'll be safe. Then I won't need the bodyguard. That makes sense, don't you? I suppose so. Sure. It does. We'll see Europe yet, Catherine. You and I
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What's that? Oh, damn. It was only a car backfiring.
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This is too much. I don't see any human being stand for long. How long how long will it take to find Max? A day, two, three, a week? And what'll happen in the meantime? You played kind, Zoe. Kathleen Harrison and I. My mind was on a licking. A game for my life. 11:00. Catherine kissed me when we came up to our rooms. She's probably asleep by now. And Harrison, the bodyguard, is stationed outside my door in the Vigenesys chair reading from the stack of magazines. Or is he asleep too? He mustn't be because my life depends on him. But I've got to sleep.
I must rest and sleep. I can't go on this way with no sleep. No. Remember, Still sleep won't come. This man in waiting waiting for what? When? Perhaps for a little while. Yes. I'll close the window. Sit up a little while. Wait a minute. That's someone. It's a radio. It's radio on the yellow coupe. They're in front of the house. It seem out there waiting for me, waiting to kill me. He's not waiting. He's getting out of his car. Harrison. Harrison, wake up. He's coming for me. He's coming to the front door. Harrison. You will get me. Not that easy because all you'll find is Harrison's cell to sleep outside my door. I'm running out this window now.
Now if I can make it to the garage without being seen. I made it. I made it. Headlights behind me. No. I can't see. But it is. He turned the corner too.
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Alright, Max. I'll make your friends sweat for as far as thousand. I'm gonna treat him out of it, Max. Because he won't get me to you here. I will let him. I will let him, Max. It's my life. And I'm still lucky, Sandy. You hear? I'm gonna win because I'm I'm still lucky.
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I heard the crash. I ran out as quick as I could. The ambulance is on the way, missus Barnell, but I'm afraid that I told you. Doctor Ives told you he was a sick man. That's why I hired you, mister Miller, to keep him from doing something foolish.
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You drove him to this. I followed my order, ma'am. I never let him out of my sight. When I saw him go to the bedroom window from where I was parked outside in my coupe, I figured he was gonna jump. That's that's when I rang your doorbell. And he thought you were someone who was going
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oh, miss Miller. Could that have been mine? Could there have been someone? Like Max?
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Maybe, missus Parnell. But if I was a cheap bookie and your husband gave me $5,000
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to kill him, I'd just take the money and blow town.
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Why go through with a risky deal when you've already got the dough? No. It doesn't make sense. Like you said, ma'am, your husband was pretty sick. How sick? I guess nobody will ever know.
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It's mystery time. Time now for the best in mystery. Tonight on masters of mystery, an exciting melodrama titled no one will ever know. Sure. We supply bodyguards by the day, a week, or month. It's got to be twenty four hours a day. Your best man, and I want him to shoot to kill.
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Good evening. This is Don Dowd, your host for Mystery Time, back again to introduce another in ABC Radio's great Monday through Saturday lineup of mystery dramas. Every night at this time, a new and different story. Our drama tonight on Masters of Mystery presented live from New York, is written by Leonard Saint Claire and is titled no one will ever know. Murder is bad business under any circumstances. But when a man plots to make himself the victim, well, we promise you plenty of suspense as masters of mystery brings you no one will ever know.
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Nobody believes me. They all think it's my imagination. A The sick dream of a sick mind. But I know he's out there in the night. I know he's waiting for me, waiting for the right moment to kill me. Nobody believes it could happen because everybody still believes I'm lucky. Lucky Sam Parnell, the man who always wins. Lucky Sam who bought that stock that jumped 10 points in two days. Lucky Sam who was on the long shot at yesterday's race. Lucky Sam who owns a piece of that oil well out in Texas. That's the way it was with me until last week.
It was Monday evening. I'd just gotten home. The maid took my raincoat, and I headed for the bar to fix myself a dream. Hello, Sam darling. How are you? Fine, honey. How about a martini? Loved one. Good. There we are.
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And Sam, you have noticed.
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Mhmm. Noticed what? My new dress. Oh, well, it's fine. Fine. It's,
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pretty fancy, isn't it? Well, it's a cocktail dress, darling. I thought I ought to have something new for the boat, and I promise I won't cost you anymore until we get to Paris.
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Who's complaining? Alright, honey. To the trip. To Paris?
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Good. That's delicious. Oh, by the way, did you find the telegram? Telegram? Well, I left it on the bar for you. Oh? Yes. Here it is. Practically under your nose. Oh, I wonder who? I called your office in case you wanted me to read the message to you, but you'd already left. What? Well, what's the matter?
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Nothing there. Nothing. I and I'm sorry. It was a clumsy thing to do. Darling, there is something wrong. You look sick. No. I'm I'm alright. There's nothing the matter. Look. Catherine, can you get a rag and mop up this mess? Why the maid will do it, dear.
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Sam, what was in that telegram? Who is it from?
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Tell me. Who has it from? Please. Please, honey. You're you're getting yourself all upset about nothing. Suppose you go tell Lottie to clear up the spoken glass. I'll fix this another line of drinks. As soon as Catherine disappeared toward the kitchen, I reread the telegram. Sorry, old man. Our well is a dry hole. Send 10,000 more to clean up final debts. Signed Harry. Ten thousand more. 10,000 I didn't have. Every penny I had poured into that Texas well was borrowed money. Harry ought to know that. This was to be our big plunge. Harry and I were going to crack our first million. Now lucky Sam Parnell was broke.
Bankrupt. After dinner, I locked myself in the study. I had to think to work something out with pencil and paper, but it didn't work out. The stocks and bonds would have to go to pay off the loans. The mortgage would take the house. The only asset less would be my life insurance. That's $50,000 policy with a double indemnity clause.
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Yes? Sam, can you tell me the phone?
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Jimmy, he's calling from school. Well, tell him I'm tied up, Kathy, and give him my love. Oh, but darling, he wants to say goodbye to you before we sail.
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Well, then you can tell him we're not going to Europe. What? I'm turning in our tickets in the morning. Tell Jimmy the old man's got to stay and close a business deal. The biggest deal of my life. Don't argue with me, Catherine, and don't wait up for me. I'll be working most of the night. I'll see you in the morning. The biggest business deal of my life. It would be that alright. And my last deal. I set up most of the night trying to work it out. The idea was okay, but I was going to need help, expert help. The next morning, I dropped by to see Max.
His office is in the back of a particular drugstore on 40 Third Street. Hello, mister Parnell. It was a pretty good long shot running in the eighth this afternoon as if you didn't know. That isn't why I came by, Max. Oh, Max, there's a man who's in trouble. He's looking for somebody who'll do anything for a price. Sounds like he's in big trouble. He is. In a few days, he'll be broke. It's big enough. It occurred to me, Max, that you might have some friends, some connections. No friends. Connections, lady. Somebody you can trust. Somebody who won't talk. What's the job?
To kill a man. What? Now look, mister Parnell. You're doing business with the mobs all the time. You must know somebody. Now if it's still right, there won't be any risk, and there's $5,000 in it. Sometimes we, level with each other, mister Parnell. Now this, friend of yours, you, isn't it? Yes. Okay. Now who do you want taken care of? Me. You sound like you need it. I don't Max, I'll be completely wiped out within a month. I don't want my wife and my boy to know him to save you. I don't want them out in the streets. I want them to hold on to what they've got now. I'm too old to start all over again. My luck's run out, Max. Alive, I'm worth nothing, not even to myself.
Dead, at least my family will get by. Life insurance? Yes. Double indemnity. But the company won't pay off for suicide. So, it has to look like an accident. Yes. Oh, mister Pygmax, there's no other way. I'm afraid to fake it myself. I'll pay $5,000. Alright. Maybe I can get a boy for you, but well, with this kind of deal, you'll have to be paid in advance. I'll bring the money this afternoon. Okay. Nice? Yeah. How do you think you'll know it? Better if you don't know, isn't it? You might get too anxious. Yeah. Or maybe too helpful. Well, you'll make it so no one will ever know, not even you.
When I left Max, I went directly to the steam ship office and got a refund on our round trip tickets to Europe. 14 Hundred Dollars. I needed every penny I could get hold of to make the 5,000 for Max, but I got it. And that afternoon, I gave it to him in cash. All I had to do now was wait. Tuesday passed. In Wednesday. Thursday. Every morning when I left to the office, I kissed Catherine goodbye for what might be the last time. Every night when I came home to her, I dreaded the thought of leaving again in the morning. The storm began to get unbearable. Let's get this over with, Max. Let's end it before I go mad.
On Friday, Friday afternoon.
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Hello? Sam? Oh, yes, dear. Christian Union just delivered another telegram to the house. Do you want me to read it to you? Yes. Would it, please? Well, wait a minute until I open it. Here's what it says.
[00:09:09] Unknown:
Well, wait a minute until I open it. Here's what it says. New wells came in this morning.
[00:09:11] Unknown:
Looks like thousand barrels per day. What? Congratulations,
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That other deal. No. No. It can't go through now. It mustn't. I've got to get the Max. I don't wanna get killed. Hi. Tell you. He's gone, mister Baranello. Gone but where? You've worked for him for years. You must know where he's gone. I I don't know.
[00:09:56] Unknown:
Right after the last time you were here, he came out and give me two weeks' wages. And that's so pleasant for you, Charles. He said, I'm going on a vacation maybe two or three months. Well, look. Some of his friends must know where he is. Tell me where I can find them. I never paid any mind to his friends, mister Parnell.
[00:10:12] Unknown:
The only reason I know your name is because you told me once. That's too late. I'm too late. Max didn't tell me who was going to do it or when and where. He said no one would ever know. Not even me. Darling, You're home early. Catherine, how soon can you pack your bags? Why are you I'm calling the airline right now to see if we can get tonight's plane for London. Oh, but that's impossible.
[00:10:39] Unknown:
Well, I'll need at least a week to close-up the house there. The service Alright. Then I'm leaving tonight by myself. You can join me later. Why? But but I don't want to. Sam, there's something wrong with it. Your sight is deaf. That's a good comparison. Sam, give me that phone. Now now what happened? Sam, tell me.
[00:11:00] Unknown:
So I told her the whole story right from Harry's first telegram and my idea about the life insurance. Catherine's face went as white as mine. Her eyes stared at me with a dazed, unbelieving expression.
[00:11:14] Unknown:
How could you have thought of such a thing? Without you, this house and your money would mean nothing.
[00:11:20] Unknown:
We don't understand, Catherine. We'll pack your bags any hour, any minute Max is liable to go through with his part of the deal. Darling. Please get started, Catherine. I'll phone the airline. No. Let me do it. You're you're much too upset.
[00:11:31] Unknown:
I'll start cleaning up my desk. I guess the London plane is sold out. Get a seat for the plane going somewhere else, anywhere. Hello? This is missus Feinel, doctor Mead. Please come right over. Sam is terribly sick. Efren, give me that problem. Are you one of your mind? Oh, dear. I'm not. But I'm afraid you are.
[00:11:54] Unknown:
She didn't believe me. She thought I was cracking up. I grabbed the phone and called the airline myself. The best I could do with tomorrow's plane, fourteen hours away. Fourteen hours, I had to gamble on staying alive.
[00:12:12] Unknown:
Sam, doctor Heeg was called away on an emergency, but he sent doctor Ives to see me. I don't wanna see him. But, Sam, you must see him.
[00:12:23] Unknown:
There's nothing the matter with me, I tell you. You've got to believe me, doctor. That's why Max left town. Don't you see? So he won't be connected with my death. But the guy he hired is waiting for me. It'll be anytime, anywhere. I won't take a sedative. Keep away from me. Catherine doesn't amuse that needle. Catherine. Catherine.
[00:12:55] Unknown:
Catherine. I'm not here, Sam.
[00:13:00] Unknown:
What time is it? 10:00.
[00:13:03] Unknown:
Would you like some breakfast?
[00:13:05] Unknown:
Breakfast? Ten in the morning?
[00:13:13] Unknown:
I canceled our reservations. You canceled our Sam, listen to me. You're gonna be alright. Doctor Ives says this happens to a lot of men when they overwork. He says all you need is to rest and forget about business. Doctor Ives, he knows all about everything, doesn't he?
[00:13:27] Unknown:
Except when I'm going to be killed and how and where. As soon as my wife left the room, I jumped out of bed and dressed. I slipped down the back stairs, and before capturing the stove in spite of me, I had my car out of the garage. I drove to the nearest precinct station. As I pulled up to the curb, I couldn't help noticing the yellow coupe that passed me in parts further up the street. I thought I saw the driver stare at me, but I wasn't sure. I couldn't afford to take any chances, so I got back in the car and drove out. Depends. I'd have been a fool to go to the police. If anything did happen, I need the police to notify the insurance company and captain would get nuts.
I drove aimlessly around town, and I happened to look in the rearview mirror. And there he was, the man in the yellow coupe. I tried to lose him in traffic across town and back. Silly hung on. I swing into a parking lot and jumped out. I ran out of a nearest building. I had to lose him. I had to lose him. Just as I stepped into the elevator, my eyes suddenly focused on the office directory. Ryan Detective Agency. Investigations, property, and personal protection. Room 1402. Whatever you wish, mister Parnell. We supply bodyguards by the day, week, or as long as you want. It's got to be twenty four hours a day. Your best man, and I want him to shoot the kill. Well, that all depends if the circumstances warrant. Mister Ryan, somewhere outside this office in the hallway or in the elevator or on the street, a man I don't even know is waiting to kill me.
I waited there in the office, and Ryan brought in Harrison. When I know it's to be my bodyguard for the first twelve hour shift, we left the office together and picked up my car. As we drove back to the house, I watched for the yellow coupe. Yes. There it was, keeping about a half a month behind us. When we pulled in our driveway, the coupe kept on going and then turned to the next corner. I sprinted to the front door and slammed it.
[00:15:47] Unknown:
Sam, is that you? Oh, god. You gave me such a fright when you sneaked off this morning. Oh, what are you doing?
[00:15:54] Unknown:
What are you looking out of the window for? I'm waiting for him to turn around and drive past again. Oh,
[00:16:00] Unknown:
Sam, you can't keep on like this. You're ill. Don't you realize? Sure. Sure. Sure. This is all my imagination.
[00:16:06] Unknown:
Captain, tell the cook to fix dinner for one extra. Harrison will be eating with us. He's my bodyguard. Bodyguard? He's putting the car on the garage. He'll be along in a minute. Well, I want you to get rid of him. There's absolutely no danger. Tell him to go.
[00:16:19] Unknown:
Is that what you want?
[00:16:21] Unknown:
Why? Maybe you want me to be killed. Who's that? My insurance looks pretty good to you after all. And all the money that'll be coming isn't at all well. Stop it. Stop it. I can't take any more. I can't. I'm sorry, Carol. I guess I am sick with fear, but everything's gonna be alright, honey. I've told the detective agency to track down Max. We'll get word to him that the deal was off. Yes. Yes. Max will call off his boy, and I'll be safe. Then I won't need the bodyguard. That makes sense, don't you? I suppose so. Sure. It does. We'll see Europe yet, Catherine. You and I
[00:16:58] Unknown:
What's that? Oh, damn. It was only a car backfiring.
[00:17:10] Unknown:
This is too much. I don't see any human being stand for long. How long how long will it take to find Max? A day, two, three, a week? And what'll happen in the meantime? You played kind, Zoe. Kathleen Harrison and I. My mind was on a licking. A game for my life. 11:00. Catherine kissed me when we came up to our rooms. She's probably asleep by now. And Harrison, the bodyguard, is stationed outside my door in the Vigenesys chair reading from the stack of magazines. Or is he asleep too? He mustn't be because my life depends on him. But I've got to sleep.
I must rest and sleep. I can't go on this way with no sleep. No. Remember, Still sleep won't come. This man in waiting waiting for what? When? Perhaps for a little while. Yes. I'll close the window. Sit up a little while. Wait a minute. That's someone. It's a radio. It's radio on the yellow coupe. They're in front of the house. It seem out there waiting for me, waiting to kill me. He's not waiting. He's getting out of his car. Harrison. Harrison, wake up. He's coming for me. He's coming to the front door. Harrison. You will get me. Not that easy because all you'll find is Harrison's cell to sleep outside my door. I'm running out this window now.
Now if I can make it to the garage without being seen. I made it. I made it. Headlights behind me. No. I can't see. But it is. He turned the corner too.
[00:19:42] Unknown:
Alright, Max. I'll make your friends sweat for as far as thousand. I'm gonna treat him out of it, Max. Because he won't get me to you here. I will let him. I will let him, Max. It's my life. And I'm still lucky, Sandy. You hear? I'm gonna win because I'm I'm still lucky.
[00:20:13] Unknown:
I heard the crash. I ran out as quick as I could. The ambulance is on the way, missus Barnell, but I'm afraid that I told you. Doctor Ives told you he was a sick man. That's why I hired you, mister Miller, to keep him from doing something foolish.
[00:20:29] Unknown:
You drove him to this. I followed my order, ma'am. I never let him out of my sight. When I saw him go to the bedroom window from where I was parked outside in my coupe, I figured he was gonna jump. That's that's when I rang your doorbell. And he thought you were someone who was going
[00:20:45] Unknown:
oh, miss Miller. Could that have been mine? Could there have been someone? Like Max?
[00:20:52] Unknown:
Maybe, missus Parnell. But if I was a cheap bookie and your husband gave me $5,000
[00:20:57] Unknown:
to kill him, I'd just take the money and blow town.
[00:21:01] Unknown:
Why go through with a risky deal when you've already got the dough? No. It doesn't make sense. Like you said, ma'am, your husband was pretty sick. How sick? I guess nobody will ever know.
