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Murder Castle - Lights Out | 08/03/1943 (Ep044)

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15 Sep 2024
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Right out everybody. It is nature. Then you think. Right out brings you stories of the supernatural and the supernormal. We're traumatizing with fantasies and the mysteries of the unknown. We tell you this frankly. So if you wish to avoid the excitement and tension of these imaginative plays, we heard you calmly. But sincerely, to turn our fuel radio. Now. This is our Joe Bler. Tonight, Ryan and I used one of those chilling stories so many of you like. It's title, Murder Castle. But before we begin, I know. Right out everybody. Captain's, we picked her up walking down the streets saying the same thing over and over again. Why she's as goofy as they come, I tell you. Listen to her yourself. Revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge. Yeah, listen to her captain. All hand over again. Such a young and pretty girl. Revenge. What could have driven her out of her mind like that I ask you? Revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge. Yes. Yes, what is it? I'm looking for Mr. Henry Stewart if you please. Oh, you mean about the advertisement? Yes, that's right. I'll go here as soon as I could. That's all right. That's all right as long as you got here. That's all it matters. Come in, come in. Oh, thank you. Just put your suitcase down there. It'd be all right. Thank you. Now, if you will come right this way. Thank you. Just stepping here, Miss. Malone, Ellen Malone. Yes, of course. Miss Malone. Now then you'll have a chair please. Thank you. There we are. Now then, Miss Malone, to be perfectly fine with you, I wasn't quite expecting you today. Oh, I'm truly sorry, Mr. Stewart, but you see, I took the wrong train and I... No, I had the hardest time finding the house. I do hope you forgive me. Of course, of course. Don't give it another thought. Promptness may be a virtue, but we all can't be virtuous now, can we? Now then, your chair didn't answer to my advertisement. Yes, sir. You wrote me. Oh, yes, of course. You're the young lady from... From Queensville. Oh, yes, Queensville. You have my letter with you? Oh, yes, sir. Right here, sir. Oh, yes, yes. Now then, your friends know you came here, of course. There's no one very much interested in this, just you. Oh, oh, oh, come now. A pretty young girl like you, no young boys, and so on, so on. No, sir. There's no one. I mean, sir, you can depend on me to give all my attention to my work. Very commendable. Very commendable indeed. My work, as I wrote you, is entirely confidential. My philanthropies are to a great extent entirely sub-brozen. No first, no fellows. You understand what I mean? Oh, yes, sir. As my secretary, my affairs will be entirely in your hands. My checking account, my finances, and so on, John. Entirely in your care. I understand, sir. It's quite a responsibility, and you're quite a young woman. And as I wrote you, the bank. Oh, yes, sir. I understand the bond. I brought the money for it. $300. I got it right here, sir. Oh, fine, fine. That's very business-like, isn't it? Indeed. I'll give you a receipt, and where you being? Mr. Stewart. Yes. Oh, my pen. Oh, yes, I mean, here we are. My money. Well, I get it back from the bank any time I leave you on plot. I mean, when you want me to. Oh, yes, of course, of course. Oh, no, then, here we are. Received of Miss Nellie Malone. Ella. Oh, yes, of course. Ella. Memory isn't quite what it used to be. That's why I need a good secretary. I'm very good at remembering things. Oh, you are. You are. Now, then, we are. I guess this receipt is in good order. Received of Miss Ella Malone. $300 to be deposited with the merchant's bank as surety bond. And to be returned, you said Ella Malone upon request. There's my signature. How's that? I'm sure that'll do very well, sir. Now, then, you have got my receipt, but I... Oh, I beg your pardon. Not at all, not at all. Of course, I have a right here. I am so... Oh, well, I understand the excitement of your trip. Here it is, Miss Stewart. You see, I had it already in an envelope. Now, if you're open... Oh, no, not at all, not at all. Bank can do that when I send it to them in the morning. Now, just put your purse down there, and I'll show you through your new home. Yes, Miss Stewart. Now, we'll go right up these stairs. Yes, sir. Oh, yes, you find I have quite a place here. Three stories high, and every inch of it's my own design. Brother, start. Oh, careful. Now, careful. I'm all right. Mustn't hurt yourself. Hardly the way to start a new garden. Now, then, here we are. Got a nice room for you. Very nice facts for the matter is you can choose any room on this floor. But, Mr. Stewart, your daughter is... Daughters? Yes, what their object? You said any? Oh, yes. Yes, my daughters. I did write to you about them, didn't I? Yes, it is. Well, never mind about them. They're upstairs studying. Now, right here. I suggest that you take this room, at least for tonight. Whatever you say, Mr. Stewart. 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You sit there, I'll sit here, we'll get better acquainted, put your suitcase down there in place. No, no, no, I'm afraid I didn't quite get your name. Ray, Betty Ray, you wrote me. Oh, yes, of course, I remember you distinctly. Now then, you have my letter to you, just to sort of refresh my memory on the second standard, don't you know? Oh, well, I'm sorry, I didn't bring it with me. Oh, well, then, suppose you tell me there's more about yourself than always happened. But then, Father, see you off the train, I suppose? No, sir, it's the way I wrote you, Mr. Stewart. I'm quite alone. Oh, yes, well, but first, there's the matter of the shortety bond. I wrote you up, I didn't I? Yes, yes, you did. Oh, yes, I'm quite certain there. Mr. Stewart, I was wondering, have you had many secretaries? Why do you ask that? Why do you ask that question? Why do you ask that question? Why do you ask that question? Why do you ask that question? Why do you ask that question? Why do you ask that question? Why do you ask that question? Why do you ask that question? Why do you ask that question? Why do you ask that question? Why do you ask that question? Tell me what happens to them? Betty Malone, my sister Ella King here a month ago about a job. And I don't know where she is. Do you hear me? I don't know where she is. I don't think I quite know what you're talking about. Why do you lie to me? Why do you lie to me? She was here, she was. Then what makes you so sure? A letter, you wrote it. The first one. I waited a whole month and then I came here. And as soon as I saw you, I thought something was wrong. And now I know there is. My sister Ella, where is she? You've got to tell me. What if I tell you again that I don't know what you're talking about? I've got to the police. They'll make you tell the truth. I know she came here. I know she did. Why do you laugh? Why? Because you're being a very foolish young lady, very foolish indeed. There's no need to get excited. Well, of course your sister's here and very happy to. She's here? Yes, I'm very happy to. Then take me to her. Please take me to her. Right, all right. No need to get excited. Of course I'll take you to her. I intend to do all along. I was just having a little joke with you. Is she all right? Of course, of course. Now then, come right along with me. Come right along with me. Along with me. Yes, yes, he's right up here. Been with me for a month. Right, isn't she right? Why didn't she tell me? No, right. I done this all. And you can ask her that for yourself. This isn't a trick, is it? My dear young lady. You have easily the most suspicious mind of anyone I've ever met. Why, I'm quite a helpless old man. And you always have recourse as you put it to the police. We are not in this room. I'll go right in. All right. It's locked. On the door. She'll open it for you. Ella? Ella, it's Betty. Betty's in darling. It's Betty. What do you know? Let's be sleepy. Ella, please. It's Betty. You're Sister Betty. Well, now she certainly is a tight sleeper. But you can't be sleeping. Open the door. Please open the door. All right. All right. No reason to get excited. Quickly. Open the door. Quickly. Oh, no. Sit yourself. Needlessly. Ella, I'm going to help you open the door. Ella, it's Betty. Ella, what? Ella! No! No! No! Now then, my dear Betty, we understand each other clearly, don't we? Ella. Yes. Nothing like a complete understanding now is there. Ella? Yes. Oh, it wasn't so difficult. I shut the door, sealed it, and nature took care of the rest. Ella. Dead? She died quite easily. Much easier than others. Why? Why do I do it? It's a very simple explanation. Young woman, this is my business. Yes, yes, yes, my business. Some men make their fortunes in stocks, some bonds, some in business. And this is my business. All right. Why? Why? Why is any business conducted profit, my dear? And I've made quite a neat little profit. Oh, you're just having a very safe one, too. Ella. Big thanks. And you're the very first to come wandering about looking for one of my, uh, customers. The first. And now you're sure you're the last. Oh, yes. Dirty women have come in my front door. Yeah. Dirty one, including you and Ella. Uh, come on along. No. Now I'll tell you all about them. You'll find it most instructive. Yes, indeed. No, come. Don't hold my hand. No, but I must. These corridors, they twist and turn. Oh, yes, it's best I hold your arm. Get lost easily around this house. My most interesting house. Where are you picking me? Ah, yes, there were 30 for you. Most interesting array. I used to read the one dead in small town papers, and then I'd write letters. Oh, most interesting letters. I needed the Secretary, a housekeeper, nurse, excellent salary, an unusual accommodation. Oh, well, I knew this had happened. Indeed. And they brought all their worldly belongings with them jittery in the suitcase. Little here, little there. Oh, why should it be most possible? Now, in this room, for example. No, don't open that door. No, perhaps it would be better not to. The one in here came to be my housekeeper. Oh, let me see how long I wanted. Oh, well, no matter. She came as a housekeeper. And after she went into a retirement in that room, I found in her suitcase such interest in bond. Why, I tell you, my eyes fairly pop right in my head. Oh, yes. It's the uncertainty that makes my little business so very fascinating. You're 31. Now, let's go down the way now down here. Oh, don't make me put you along. You're 31. It wasn't difficult. Most women are such fools, anxious to believe, but they want to believe. Careful life, are you given death? Ah, you're the smart one. That's why I'm even borrowing, showing you my work. I never did the others. I'm showing you around, won't do harm. You won't be talking long. 31, I'm dying. Now, in this room, well, let me open it, show you. No. No, don't make me look. No, please don't. No. Oh, you see? There's no reason for excitement, just an empty room. Oh, that's what she thought when she went in here. Then I pressed this button so... [GASPS] And the floor flopped open. She stood on it, and down she went. Down, down, down. Guess into one. A bit of rhyme. Ellen. Oh, yes, I tried out so many different ways of killing them. You wonder why they'll never find me out? I'll tell you why, because I'm much too smart for all of them. Oh, not perfect crimes. No, nothing in the dial, but just cleverness. In choosing the women I do my business with, I'm the equal cleverness in doing away with them. Oh, listen. Ellen. Ellen. Ellen. Ellen. Ellen. What does she matter, just another. Why speak of Ellen when I'm telling you about my severness? She isn't right for you to live. Well, you're not the judge of living and dying in this place. I am. Now then. It was only telling you. Oh, well, yes, yes, yes. Why didn't you forget me? Ellen. See? Do it's done. He's in my head. No corpus delective. And if there is one, no evidence of violence. Oh, that's the secret. Are you very frightened, sister? Well, a quick lie. There was no corpus delective. For that, I can tell you. Hadn't up when you buried them in a slab of concrete. Ah, yes, that's the secret. I could only get in with you. Now this room, let me show it to you. I think this will be your room, my dear. Oh, right. You see the door? Air tight. Air tight. Yes, indeed. I'll open it. The room. Amazing sight, isn't it? No doors. No windows. I could have helped you, Ellen. Now I'll set you up inside the room and then I'll close the door and press this button here like this. Here, that's this one. You hear that? Pumping, pumping, pumping. I guess what is pumping. Don't let go of my hair. You hear me? Pumping the air. Yes, that's clever, isn't it? You breathe and soon there'll be nothing there to breathe and then you'll die. And the police do find your body, no mark of violence. Nothing but a fixation. The most mysterious death they'll say. In time, they'll decide it's all quite natural. Embolism, heart attack. Oh, they'll think up a fancy name to clear their files. Yes, indeed, they'll always do. It isn't right for him to live in today. Now first, off to the pump. Now my idea, I think you better step inside quickly now so I can close the door and go about my other work. Quickie, I'll tell you. No, wait. Wait, wait for what? I want to give you something. What? You give me that doesn't belong to me already. This? Gun. Get in there. Get in there. Gun. You had a gun in your purse all the time. My father. I got it for the man who... Get in there. No, no, no. What is it? Get in there. I'll press the computer. Get in there. No, don't. I'm an old hollers man. It was only a fooling. I wouldn't hurt you for the war. Get in there. Oh. Oh no. Revenge. [coughing] Strike to revenge is no dollar. No, no. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. He said to press this button, Ella. Oh no. [mumbling] The pump. 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