Episode 410: Phobia

[00:00:16] Speaker A: The mysterious old radio listening society podcast. Welcome to the Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society, a podcast dedicated to suspense, crime and horror stories from the golden age of radio. I'm Eric. [00:00:35] Speaker B: I'm Tim. [00:00:35] Speaker C: And I'm Joshua. [00:00:36] Speaker B: We love mysterious old time radio stories, but do they stand the test of time? That's what we're here to find out. [00:00:41] Speaker A: This week I've brought Phobia, an episode of Suspense, featuring a rare appearance by Eva Legalion, a legendary actress, producer, director and writer. She first began appearing on Broadway as a teenager and by the time she turned 21 in 1920 was a full fledged star. She maintained a long and prolific career until she passed away at age 92 on June 3, 1991. [00:01:05] Speaker C: One of radio's most prestigious and longest running shows, Suspense premiered on CBS in 1942 and continued to thrill audiences until its final broadcast in 1962. Known for its big name stars, high production values and sophisticated scripts, Suspense raised the bar for dramatic radio. [00:01:27] Speaker B: The phobia referred to in the title of this show is a real condition. To find out what that fear is, let's listen to phobia from suspense. First broadcast June 26, 1947. [00:01:39] Speaker A: It's late at night and a chill has set in. You're alone and the only light you see is coming from an antique radio. Listen to the sounds coming from the speaker, listen to the music and listen to the voices [00:01:56] Speaker D: by transcription. Yes, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine because Roma wines taste better, taste better because only Roma selects from the world's greatest reserves of fine wines for your pleasure. And now Roma Wines of Fresno, California. That's R O M a Roma Wines bring you Suspense. Tonight From New York, Roma Wines present miss Eva Le Galleon, distinguished star of the New York stage in Phobia, a suspense play produced, edited and directed for Shenley by William Spear. Suspense Radio's outstanding theater thrills is brought to you by Roma R O M a Roma Wines, the greatest name in wine. There's nothing like the tantalizing aroma of juicy or the taste of spicy cold cuts and crispy cooled salad served outdoors. And to make warm weather dishes more tempting, serve tall, frosty glasses of Roma Wine and Soda. Yes, Roma Wine and Soda is ideal with summer meals or anytime friends drop in simply half filled glasses with your favorite Roma California wine. Robust Roma Burgundy or fragrance or turn, fill with ice and soda, garnish and sweeten to taste. Try refreshing Roma Wine and Soda. It's inexpensive and always better tasting with Roma, America's favorite wine. Now Roma Wines bring you Eva Le Galleon in a remarkable tale of suspense. [00:03:47] Speaker E: Yes, I'm the Emily Haven whose pictures you saw in the papers. You can tell of course, by the wheelchair. I thought it was very unkind of them to take full length pictures. It isn't that I resent the wheelchair, but people have funny ideas about such things. The way they wrote about me being a sweet little lady, you'd have thought I was at least a hundred and a helpless invalid. Well, I can tell you right now I'm neither. I'm not supposed to have any excitement, but goodness knows we've had enough of that around here with the murder and all. You probably wonder why with all our money I don't have one of those new type modern chairs. It's just that I can't stand the feel of metal. No, no metal. It affects me like snakes or spiders do some people. I've always been that way. When I was a child, mother let me use knives and forks with bone handles and I still use them. I'm certainly glad that the papers didn't find out about that. Or about Grace. They almost found out about Grace once and printed large headlines. Police question wealthy woman. You probably don't remember it because they never did learn why she was questioned. That was some time ago. Grace had just returned from shopping. [00:05:01] Speaker F: Emily, I'm home. [00:05:03] Speaker E: In here, Grace. Did you bring my book? [00:05:05] Speaker F: Yes, here you are. And I brought another one I thought you'd like. I'm tired. [00:05:09] Speaker E: Sit down. We'll have Anna bring some tea. Let's have a look at your loot. [00:05:13] Speaker F: What do you mean by that? [00:05:14] Speaker E: Why, the things you bought, of course. [00:05:16] Speaker F: I guess I'm so tired I'm jumpy. Come, there's two gentlemen to see you, Mum. [00:05:22] Speaker E: Oh, bring some hot tea, please, Anna. Do you like something to eat, Grace? [00:05:26] Speaker F: Not till dinner. [00:05:27] Speaker E: Just tea then, Anna. And show the gentleman in. [00:05:29] Speaker F: Yes, Mum. Why don't we let her go and get someone who doesn't answer yes, Mum [00:05:35] Speaker E: to everything we know? We couldn't replace Anna. She knows us too well. [00:05:38] Speaker F: Why do you say that? [00:05:39] Speaker E: Well, you are jumpy only meant that she knows our likes and dislikes and humors us. [00:05:44] Speaker F: I suppose you're right, but I don't like the way she watches us. [00:05:48] Speaker E: Oh, that's just Anna's way. She doesn't mean anything by it. [00:05:52] Speaker D: Ms. Haven? [00:05:53] Speaker E: Yes? [00:05:53] Speaker D: I am Henry Lane. I'm assistant store manager at Bradlock's. [00:05:58] Speaker E: Oh, yes, Mr. Lane. [00:06:00] Speaker D: One of our store detectives observed your sister's unusual actions today and reported them to Sergeant Cole. Oh, pardon Me? This is Sergeant Cole. How do you do? I didn't want to turn it in till I talked to Lane here. Yes, yes. Sergeant Cole wisely came to me and we are here to rectify the error. [00:06:20] Speaker E: I'm afraid I don't follow you, Mr. Lane. [00:06:22] Speaker D: I'm sure there's a satisfactory explanation to your sister's behavior. [00:06:26] Speaker E: We'll get to the point. [00:06:27] Speaker F: What he's trying to say is that I took some things from the store without paying for them. [00:06:31] Speaker E: Grace. [00:06:31] Speaker D: That's what was reported to me. You admit that you took these things? [00:06:36] Speaker F: I just admitted it. [00:06:37] Speaker E: Why, Grace? [00:06:38] Speaker F: Impulse, I guess. [00:06:39] Speaker E: But you have plenty of money. [00:06:40] Speaker F: I know. I think that's what starts the impulse. [00:06:43] Speaker D: You mean you've had the impulse before? [00:06:46] Speaker F: Is that an official or a social question? [00:06:47] Speaker E: Don't be flippant. [00:06:48] Speaker F: I'm not. The whole thing is a farce. We've always gotten everything we want by signing a cheque. And we'll continue to do so. Do you think if I were anyone else we'd be sitting here like this, Miss Haven? No, I'd be sitting in jail waiting to be questioned. [00:07:00] Speaker D: I'm at a loss. [00:07:01] Speaker F: I've taken things before and probably will again. Mostly I don't even want the things, the thrill of taking them. [00:07:06] Speaker E: You've said enough, Grace. [00:07:07] Speaker F: Are you going to arrest me now, Sergeant? [00:07:09] Speaker D: Arrest you? I. [00:07:11] Speaker F: Grace. [00:07:11] Speaker E: Grace, will you see if Anna's made tea? And bring two extra cups and a checkbook. Grace, I'm sorry. This comes as a shock to me. [00:07:24] Speaker D: Beats anything I ever heard. Believe me. I regret having to trouble you like this. [00:07:28] Speaker E: Oh, you've been very considerate. I. I'm sure we can rectify the entire matter if you'd care to estimate the amount. [00:07:35] Speaker D: It sounds like a bribe. [00:07:36] Speaker E: No, no, not at all. Let us say retribution. [00:07:40] Speaker D: I don't know. [00:07:42] Speaker E: I feel that it's only right that you should receive something for your time and regard, Sergeant. [00:07:47] Speaker D: I don't know, lady. I. I don't want to press charges. [00:07:52] Speaker E: And in the future, Mr. Lane, if you will assign someone to watch my sister when she's shopping in your store, you may send the bill for the unpaid items to me. [00:08:01] Speaker D: Yes, There may be a slight fee. [00:08:04] Speaker E: Oh, yes. Yes, I understand. Now, if you'll hand me my pen and checkbook. [00:08:09] Speaker D: Of course. [00:08:11] Speaker E: Thank you. Let me see there. There you are. I think I hear Anna coming with the tea. Was a dreary tea. There were little frosted cakes. Sergeant Cole dropped crumbs all over the rug. And Mr. Lane said between noisy sips, grace, Seemed to enjoy it, though. She sat and watched one and then the other. She had an unusual sense of humor. That was the way Mr. Lane started coming to our house. I don't know how it happened, but eventually we were calling him Henry. He was pleasant enough, and I think we might have been friends if he hadn't learned about me, too, entirely by accident. He'd been bringing up presents from the store. And although I suspected that he'd gotten them in the same manner that Grace did, it was a nice, thoughtful thing to do. One night when he came, he was feeling playful. [00:09:14] Speaker D: Well, how are the two lovely ladies tonight? [00:09:17] Speaker E: Very well, thank you, Henry. [00:09:19] Speaker F: Isn't he gallant tonight? [00:09:21] Speaker D: It isn't difficult to be gallant with you. [00:09:24] Speaker F: Now put your heels together and kiss our hand. [00:09:27] Speaker E: Oh, great. [00:09:28] Speaker D: Want to see what I brought for you? [00:09:29] Speaker F: Yes, Uncle Henry. [00:09:31] Speaker D: Uncle. Oh, you have such a charming way of jesting. [00:09:35] Speaker F: Yes, we do have our little jokes. [00:09:38] Speaker E: Don't tease, Henry. [00:09:39] Speaker F: Show us what you brought. [00:09:41] Speaker D: You shall be surprised first. [00:09:42] Speaker F: How nice. [00:09:43] Speaker D: And I will put it on you. Now turn around with your back to me. No, no, don't look there. [00:09:51] Speaker F: A necklace. [00:09:52] Speaker E: A silver necklace. [00:09:54] Speaker F: Just what I wanted. [00:09:55] Speaker E: Very attractive on you, Grace. [00:09:56] Speaker F: Thank you, Henry. [00:09:58] Speaker D: And now for Emily. [00:09:59] Speaker E: No, don't ask me to turn my back. [00:10:01] Speaker D: No, no, no, no. Just hold out your hand. Close your eyes and hold out your hand. [00:10:05] Speaker E: That seems so childish. [00:10:07] Speaker F: Henry, play the game. [00:10:08] Speaker E: Oh, very well. [00:10:09] Speaker D: Are you ready there, Henry? [00:10:13] Speaker E: No. [00:10:14] Speaker D: Henry. Henry, what is the matter? It's only a silver compact. [00:10:19] Speaker E: It's the metal I can't stand. [00:10:21] Speaker F: The feel of metal. [00:10:35] Speaker E: May sound silly and may be silly, but I do think my phobia saved my life. As you know, we have a large amount of silver in the house. And although I have an aversion to touching it, I like to see it around. Grace is always bringing home some peace. Reminds me, I wonder if she. Oh, no matter. I'm awfully tired. [00:11:00] Speaker F: So awfully tired. [00:11:02] Speaker E: Would you excuse me a moment? I think I'll just have to lie down for a moment. [00:11:07] Speaker F: Y. [00:11:21] Speaker D: For suspense, Roma wines are bringing you Eva the galleon in phobia Roma wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills. Suspense. Presented by Roma R O M A Roma wines those better tasting California wines that add so much to the daily joy of good living. There's a reason why Roma wines are so much better tasting. The better taste of Roma begins with the lush goodness of choice California grapes tenderly pressed and guided unhurriedly with the ancient skill of Roma master vintners and America's greatest winemaking resources. Then these Roma wines are placed with mellow Roma wines of years before. And from these precious reserves, the world's greatest reserves of fine wines. Roma later brings you those better tasting Roma wines, America's favorite wines. Tomorrow, add the sparkle of genius to dinner. Delight your family or guests with robust Roma California Burgundy or fragrant Roma Sauternes. Now at new low prices, Roma table wines are more than ever your best buy in better taste. That's why more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. And now, Roma wines bring back to our New York soundstage Eva Le Galleon as Emily Haven in Phobia, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. [00:13:06] Speaker E: Oh, yes. Where was I? Oh, well. One night, Grace was out for the evening and Anna had gone to bed. I was sitting here in my chair, reading. Suddenly, I thought I heard someone moving in the hall. I called out, but no one answered. So I thought it was my imagination. And then I heard it again. I sat very still, listening and watching the hall door. As I watched, the knob began to turn. Someone was slowly pulling the door open. [00:13:40] Speaker F: Anna? [00:13:42] Speaker E: Grace? Anna, is that you? Answer me. Wha. Who are you? Why do you have your face covered? [00:13:51] Speaker D: Keep quiet. [00:13:52] Speaker E: I will not keep quiet. What do you have in that case? [00:13:55] Speaker D: I said keep quiet. [00:13:57] Speaker E: Silver. That's our silver. [00:13:59] Speaker D: I don't want no trouble with you. [00:14:01] Speaker E: You put that silver back or you'll have trouble. I'll phone the police. I'll call for help. [00:14:05] Speaker D: This says you won't. [00:14:06] Speaker E: Don't point that gun at me. You can't scare me with that. I haven't long to live anyway. [00:14:11] Speaker D: You ain't gonna have long to live if you don't stop that yapping. [00:14:13] Speaker F: Stay where you are. [00:14:14] Speaker E: Do you hear me? Stay away. [00:14:15] Speaker D: Now look here, sister, I ain't kidding. [00:14:17] Speaker E: Now you look here. You ought to be ashamed. A great big man with a gun robbing a helpless lady in a wheelchair. [00:14:23] Speaker D: I warned you. [00:14:23] Speaker E: Besides that, you're very rude. Take your hat off in the house. [00:14:27] Speaker D: Say, what is this? [00:14:28] Speaker E: If you want to come into my house, you learn some manners and then knock on the door. Now set that silver down and leave the room. [00:14:34] Speaker D: Looks like I'm gonna have to tie something over your face and then I can get away. [00:14:37] Speaker F: Don't you touch me. [00:14:39] Speaker E: Don't touch. What is it, Mom? A man. [00:14:47] Speaker F: A man? What man? [00:14:48] Speaker E: What did he do? The gun. The metal. [00:14:51] Speaker F: He touched my neck with his gun. [00:15:06] Speaker E: Anna became very excited and called the police. Heaven knows why. The man was gone and he had left the silver I put her in her place by having her wash all the silverware and put it away. Sergeant Cole was furious when he came. It seems that he wanted to check for fingerprints. He was mollified, however, when he found fingerprints on the silver cabinet. I hadn't thought of that, so Anna had to wash that, too. Sergeant Cole came back to tell us that the fingerprints belonged to a man by the name of Mistress Korchi Hood. He was wanted by the police because he had escaped from some penitentiary and was what Sergeant Cole called a killer. Mr. Hood was called Scorchy because he always shot people from close range and usually in the neck. Sergeant Cole thought it was very amusing when I said if he was going to kill me, he would have to stand back. I wouldn't have him touch me with that gun. Did you read those uncouth headlines in the papers? Wealthy Woman Matrix Murderer, Haven Defeats Hood. They made me sound like a pugilist. The papers are so unkind to people's money. One morning, Anna came into the room without knocking. So I said, anna, I didn't ring. [00:16:17] Speaker F: I've got to talk to you, Mom. [00:16:19] Speaker E: Very well, Anna. What is it? [00:16:20] Speaker F: It's about my brooch. The one my mother gave me. [00:16:23] Speaker E: What about your brooch? [00:16:24] Speaker F: It's gone, Mom. [00:16:26] Speaker E: You mean you lost it? [00:16:27] Speaker F: No, I didn't lose it. It was in my room, and now it's gone. [00:16:31] Speaker E: Well, you probably mislaid it. No. [00:16:32] Speaker F: No, I didn't, Mom. I always keep it pinned to my Sunday dress, and it's not there. [00:16:37] Speaker E: I don't see how I can help you. [00:16:38] Speaker F: I thought maybe you'd like to replace it. [00:16:41] Speaker D: Oh. [00:16:42] Speaker E: What kind of pin was it? [00:16:43] Speaker F: It was a cameo. But this time I thought I'd. I'd like to have one with some diamonds and little pearls. [00:16:51] Speaker E: I don't understand. [00:16:52] Speaker F: I've been cleaning Ms. Grace's room, and she's got a lot of strange stuff there that nobody knows how she come by. She's even got a gun. [00:17:00] Speaker E: You've been snooping, Anna? [00:17:02] Speaker F: Just cleaning, Mom. I did kind of look for my brooch. [00:17:07] Speaker E: I see. [00:17:08] Speaker F: Do you want your pen, Miss Emily? [00:17:11] Speaker E: Oh, yes. Anna, hand me my pen. [00:17:15] Speaker F: Thank you. [00:17:20] Speaker E: There you are. Do you think that will replace the brooch? [00:17:24] Speaker F: Oh, yes, Ma. Thank you, Mom. Well, payday in the middle of the month? [00:17:29] Speaker E: Yes. I mean, no. [00:17:31] Speaker F: Just a little token, Ms. Grace. Token of what? [00:17:34] Speaker E: Let's call it pin money. That will be all, Anna. [00:17:37] Speaker F: Thank you, Mom. Now, mom, you tell me what this is all about. [00:17:44] Speaker E: It's nothing, Grace, really. [00:17:46] Speaker F: When you sign a check it can't be classified as nothing. [00:17:49] Speaker E: It was a pin for Anna. [00:17:50] Speaker F: That isn't very funny, Emily. Pin? Money for a pin? What about a pin? [00:17:56] Speaker E: She lost it. [00:17:58] Speaker F: Lost it? Oh, I see. [00:18:01] Speaker E: Now let's not talk about it anymore, Grace. [00:18:03] Speaker F: But I want to talk about it. Poor dear. Anyone can get money from you, can't they? [00:18:07] Speaker E: Grace, please. [00:18:08] Speaker F: I may have my impulses. I've never taken anything from the servants yet. [00:18:12] Speaker E: Grace, where are you going? What are you going to do? [00:18:14] Speaker F: To collect and deliver. You just purchased the pin. And I'm going to find it and wear it. [00:18:27] Speaker E: Grace is so impulsive. She's always been good to me. She brings me nice surprises. Sometimes I get a bill for them, and when I don't, I enjoy them even more. Grace is really very serious minded and she worries about trifles. Like leaving me alone with Henry. Henry never was dull. Always full of new ideas. I've never told her that he proposed to me. Came as a complete surprise. We were sitting before the fire. [00:18:54] Speaker D: Emily, I need more money. [00:18:57] Speaker E: I gave you a check last week, Henry, for your relief fund. It isn't very clear in my mind what relief fund that was for. [00:19:03] Speaker D: That doesn't matter now. The point is that I need a great deal more money. [00:19:07] Speaker E: What is it for this time? [00:19:08] Speaker D: For me, Emily. [00:19:09] Speaker E: Oh, Henry, you disappoint me. So much more fun when you try to fool me. [00:19:13] Speaker D: Oh, I'm tired of that. I think I'd like to marry into the family. [00:19:17] Speaker E: That's out of the question. I'm sure Grace would never consider it. [00:19:20] Speaker D: Grace? [00:19:21] Speaker E: Who else? Good heavens, you. You don't mean. [00:19:24] Speaker D: Oh, yes, you, Emily. [00:19:26] Speaker E: Now why would you want to marry a woman in a wheelchair? [00:19:29] Speaker D: You just gave the reason. You haven't long to live, Emily. After you're gone, as your husband, I'd inherit her. [00:19:34] Speaker E: I think you'd better go, Henry. [00:19:36] Speaker D: Go? Not until I've had my answer. [00:19:38] Speaker E: What kind of a proposal is that? Will you and your money marry me? Oh, no. You'll have to do better than that. [00:19:44] Speaker D: Perhaps I can. [00:19:46] Speaker E: Henry, what are you doing with that candlestick? [00:19:49] Speaker D: I'm going to persuade you. [00:19:50] Speaker E: Oh, you can beat me to death. I won't change my mind. [00:19:52] Speaker D: You misunderstand, Emily. I'm not going to beat you. I'm going to caress you. Witness. [00:19:56] Speaker F: Henry, you wouldn't. [00:19:58] Speaker D: Your arms, your throat. Your back, perhaps. [00:20:01] Speaker E: No, Henry. [00:20:02] Speaker F: No, no, no. [00:20:04] Speaker E: Now listen to me. Let's talk. [00:20:05] Speaker D: I don't want to talk. I want to caress. [00:20:07] Speaker E: No. Keep away. [00:20:08] Speaker F: Don't touch me. [00:20:09] Speaker E: Keep away. I will put the Candlestick down. [00:20:17] Speaker D: Very well. I don't like to excite you like this. It isn't good for you. [00:20:22] Speaker E: How soon do you want to be married, Henry? [00:20:25] Speaker D: Immediately. How about tomorrow? [00:20:27] Speaker E: So soon? [00:20:28] Speaker D: When you make up your mind to do something, why wait? [00:20:32] Speaker E: I suppose you're right. Oh, I would like some tea, Henry. Would you? [00:20:37] Speaker D: Shall I ring for Anna? [00:20:38] Speaker E: Well, she's asleep by now. Why don't you get it? [00:20:42] Speaker D: Yes, leave it to me. Just leave everything to me. [00:20:46] Speaker E: I was annoyed at Henry for his crassness. It was very tiresome of him to be so cruel. I wheeled my chair about the room. I have a habit of doing that when I'm disturbed. Presently I heard Henry returning with the door opened a little. And then there was that deafening explosion of a gun. The house was filled with echoes. The door stood motionless for a moment, then slammed shut. I was too stunned to move. I just sat and looked at the door. I tried once to open it, but it wouldn't budge. I was still sitting there when the police came. It wasn't Sergeant Cole. It was a new man called Inspector Wells. I think there was a man with him. But I'm a little confused about that night. Henry had been shot and was lying against the door. That was why the door wouldn't open. The gun was on the floor beside him. The Inspector asked a lot of questions and everyone talked at once. I'll tell you like I told him after the shot. I don't remember hearing footsteps or the door outside close. It may have happened, but I was too excited to remember. Anna tried to make the inspector believe that Grace had killed Henry. She told him about the gun. Anna has spells of being difficult. I think it's because of the pin. She doesn't like Grace to wear it. They took Henry away and we went to bed. The hall was a mess. We had to have the carpet cleaned. And there are still some tea stains on the walls. The next morning I made a discovery that I thought would interest the Inspector. So I phoned him and he came right out. [00:22:32] Speaker D: Morning, Miss Haven. [00:22:33] Speaker E: Oh, come in, Inspector. [00:22:35] Speaker D: You say you found a brooch in the hall? [00:22:37] Speaker E: Yes. This one. Under a chair, Inspector. [00:22:40] Speaker D: Do you know who it belongs to? [00:22:41] Speaker E: To our maid, Anna. [00:22:42] Speaker D: Kind of fancy for maid, isn't it? Diamonds and small pearls. [00:22:47] Speaker F: Emily bought it for her. [00:22:48] Speaker D: That's quite a gift. [00:22:49] Speaker E: We like to keep our help satisfied. [00:22:52] Speaker D: I'd like to talk to her. [00:22:53] Speaker E: I'll call her. [00:22:54] Speaker F: Who killed Henry, Inspector? [00:22:56] Speaker D: Don't know yet. We're having the gun checked for fingerprints. [00:22:59] Speaker E: Is that all the police do check fingerprints. [00:23:02] Speaker F: You ring Mom? [00:23:03] Speaker E: Yes, and I come in. The inspector wants to ask you some questions. [00:23:08] Speaker F: Yes, Mom. [00:23:09] Speaker D: Did you see Henry Lane last night? [00:23:11] Speaker F: You mean while he was alive? [00:23:13] Speaker D: Yes. Did you see him before he was shot? [00:23:15] Speaker F: Only for a minute. [00:23:16] Speaker D: When was that? [00:23:18] Speaker F: I heard a noise in the kitchen and I looked in to see who it was. [00:23:21] Speaker E: That was when he went for the tea. [00:23:22] Speaker F: Trust Anna to look in. [00:23:24] Speaker D: Did you speak to him? [00:23:26] Speaker F: Maybe a few words. [00:23:28] Speaker D: Did you like Mr. Lane? [00:23:30] Speaker F: Like him? I did not. He was no gentleman. [00:23:33] Speaker D: Why do you say that, Anna? [00:23:35] Speaker F: He used to say unkind things to me. [00:23:37] Speaker D: Is this your pin? [00:23:38] Speaker F: Why, yes. Where'd you get it? [00:23:40] Speaker D: It was found under a chair in the hall. [00:23:42] Speaker F: It couldn't have been. I didn't have it on last night. [00:23:44] Speaker D: You mean you weren't wearing it when you shot him? [00:23:47] Speaker F: Shot him? Oh, my goodness. You don't think I shot him? [00:23:50] Speaker D: Right now we suspect everyone. [00:23:52] Speaker F: I didn't kill him. Honest I didn't. Oh, please tell him I didn't. [00:23:56] Speaker E: Mom. [00:23:57] Speaker F: You tell him. [00:23:58] Speaker E: Oh, Inspector, it's just occurred to me I've made a horrible mistake. I remember now that I saw Anna wearing that pin when she served breakfast this morning. [00:24:06] Speaker F: So she couldn't have dropped it last night. Oh, thank you, Mom. Thank you. [00:24:21] Speaker E: I don't think the inspector was convinced when he left. He didn't say he wasn't. He looked unconvinced. Was kind of a fib, but it was worth it. Anna has been an angel ever since. Since she cleans Grace's room and never sees a thing. She even returned some things that Grace didn't know were missing. I gave Anna the pin and she put it back on her Sunday dress. The inspector phoned around noon. He was very excited. He said the blurred fingerprints on the gun belonged to Mr. Scorchy Hood and that we should be very careful, as he hadn't been caught and he was dangerous. I asked him how we should go about being careful. He said to lock the doors and windows and they would send a man to watch the house. I didn't think we needed to worry. Somehow I couldn't believe Mr. Scorchy Hood wanted to hear me scream again. But about 10 o', clock, Grace and I were sitting here discussing Humphrey Bogart when the hall door opened. [00:25:11] Speaker D: Don't move. [00:25:13] Speaker E: I've no intention of moving. What do you want? [00:25:15] Speaker D: Shut up, Sister. [00:25:16] Speaker E: Don't call me sister. My name is Emily and this is my sister Grace. How do you do? [00:25:20] Speaker D: This ain't no social call. [00:25:22] Speaker E: I'm glad to see you've uncovered your face. I don't know why you should cover it. It really isn't an unpleasant face at all. [00:25:28] Speaker D: Don't start. I won't do you no good. [00:25:30] Speaker F: Did you come to kill us? [00:25:31] Speaker D: You guessed it, Sister. [00:25:32] Speaker F: Grace. [00:25:32] Speaker E: Grace. [00:25:33] Speaker D: Hey, what are you doing to me? Trying to confuse me? [00:25:36] Speaker E: Why should you want to kill us, Mr. Hood? [00:25:38] Speaker D: Because you made people laugh at me. The papers made fun of me. I can't stand that. [00:25:41] Speaker E: Well, it seems to me you brought it on yourself. You came uninvited in the first place. [00:25:45] Speaker D: What kind of talk is that? Sure, I didn't. I come the same way this time. [00:25:48] Speaker E: If you're going to kill me, you'll have to stay. Stand away from me. You see, I have a phobia. [00:25:52] Speaker D: A what? [00:25:53] Speaker E: A phobia. It's something I can't help. Why don't you stand over there? Why? On account of my phobia. It'd be better if you stood there. No, no. A little farther now. Yes, I think that's better. Oh, Grace. Will you straighten the r [00:26:16] Speaker F: worked. I guess he's unconscious. I'll call the man across the street. [00:26:19] Speaker E: Oh, Grace, look what you've done. When he hit his head on the table, he spilled the flowers. Now that water will make white spots on the varnish. That's the way it happens. You know the rest. How? Mr. Hood was wanted for several murders, so they executed him. I'm rather sorry it's all over. It seems dull around here now. And I did so want to enjoy my last days. The doctor says I've only six months at the most. I haven't told Grace. My time is so short could cause her to fret. Grace worries her. That's why I didn't tell her that I took the gun and shot Henry as he opened the door. And then tossed the gun into the hall before he slumped against the door and pushed it shut. I hadn't even told her that Mr. Scorchy Hood dropped his gun that time when I screamed. You see, I didn't handle the gun with my shawl to save his fingerprints. It's just that I. I can't stand the feel of metal. Can't stand the feel of metal. [00:27:42] Speaker F: They've been so kind. [00:27:43] Speaker E: Everybody here. I mean, in the prison hospital. Oh, you must excuse me. I. I'm so drowsy. They've let me have my own bed, even from home. I couldn't lie on the prison cup. They have, you know, with the metal and all. [00:28:16] Speaker D: Suspense. Tonight Roma Wines have brought you Miss Eva Le Galleon. In Phobia, a suspense play written by Joel Hunt. Next Thursday, same time, you will hear Mr. Alan Baxter as star of suspense produced for Shenley by William Speer. In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars as Alan Baxter, Gloria Swanson and others. Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense Radio's outstanding theater of thrills. Wherever discriminating people dine, you'll find C, R, E, S, T, A, B, L, A, N, C, A Cresta Blanca. Cresta Blanca. Yes. Famous Cresta Blanca wines are served on America's finest ships, trains and planes in its most distinguished hotels, restaurants and homes. Make your dining and entertaining outstanding with the famous Cresta Blanca California sherry or port now most attractively priced. The preceding program was transcribed. This is cbs, the Columbia Broadcasting System. [00:29:49] Speaker A: That was Phobia from Suspense here on the mysterious old Radio Listening Society podcast once again. I'm Eric. [00:29:56] Speaker B: I'm Tim. [00:29:56] Speaker C: And I'm Joshua. [00:29:58] Speaker A: That was my pick for this week, bringing that episode of Suspense. I brought it because I thought that the woman playing the lead in this, when I first listened to this, was quite mesmerizing, astoundingly good as a radio actress. And I was like, who was that? Like, I was waiting to find out. Oh, that's Dorothy Lamour. Like, I was, you know, like, I would know because it was too good to be someone that was just random. And Eva Legalia. And I went, who? I had never heard that name before. And then as you dive into that a little, you go, oh, she was quite prolific. So then I got even more intrigued by this episode because I had discovered, how do I not know this person? Like, how does this escape me? So, you know, we'll talk about the story itself and everybody else and all those things, but the first thing, the reason I stuck by it and said I'm throwing this into the podcast pool of shows is because I loved her performance in this, especially the. I don't know how to put this. The sincerity in which she pulls off naive privilege. Like, it's just, what are you doing, Miles? Get out of here. Go knock. You know, like. But it didn't come off as cartoony. It came off as. Well, that's. I've never experienced such things being as rich as I am. Anyway, so that was the reason I brought it. [00:31:41] Speaker C: Yeah, I was pulled in immediately by that opening monologue, both. In terms of. What you're saying is she's a captivating performer, but that monologue is very dense and yet it conveys so much character. And you just immediately know what you're in for not in the way, like, oh, I know exactly how this story's gonna turn out. But you know this person and you want to spend time listening to her tell a story in this way that you immediately question you. Like, this is an unreliable narrator, but a fun one. [00:32:21] Speaker A: And it's interesting that you want. You want to hear more from her. Because if this person actually existed, I think I would go insane being around this type of person within minutes. Like, you were so self absorbed that you are. I could not stand you. You're like, you don't have any idea how the real world works. You are so like, she's annoying, but somehow I'm mesmerized by her. [00:32:45] Speaker B: Well, that opening scene of I'll Cover My Sister's Debts, it's a complex, nuanced mix of we're upper class and we're above punishment. Also, I'm embarrassed. And also I gotta take care of. [00:32:59] Speaker A: If she shows empathy. [00:33:01] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. That she wants to fix it. She's not just saying, get out, don't bother us with this. [00:33:05] Speaker A: Right. [00:33:06] Speaker C: And you get the sense that she's content with herself. [00:33:10] Speaker A: Yep. [00:33:11] Speaker C: She's not a privileged person who feels that she is lacking something or people aren't giving her enough. She has all these intrusions on her life that she must deal with. Not in like a oh, poor me, but like, it's in an almost comical way. The whole thing has a little archness. [00:33:31] Speaker A: Right. [00:33:31] Speaker C: Throughout, which I really appreciate. [00:33:33] Speaker A: As in arch oblorness. [00:33:35] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:33:35] Speaker B: Androphobia is debilitating. [00:33:37] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:33:38] Speaker A: Well, and that's the other thing you said. Oh, there's no poor me to it. I love that this was written in a way that there was no focus on. I am in a wheelchair. It was mentioned. We know she is, but it isn't the crux of who she is or how she operates or. [00:33:55] Speaker B: Yeah. It's mentioned set dressing. [00:33:57] Speaker D: Yeah. Right. [00:33:58] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:33:59] Speaker A: It only comes in handy for the twist because, you know, she's in a wheelchair that you assume she couldn't have been the person that did it. Also. And that's the other thing about this. Is there and I have questions. There are two twists to this. And the first being, you know, suspense has their twist. And the first one got me. Oh, she shot him. Oh, of course, I didn't catch that. [00:34:27] Speaker C: And then it meticulously sets up that she could not pick up this gun, even though it's obvious. Well, she could. [00:34:33] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:34:34] Speaker C: Use something to protect her. But I didn't think about metal. But it hits it so many times that you just go, well, that rules it out. And I. I just didn't think past that. [00:34:42] Speaker A: Right. And I. And they don't tell you the robber drops his gun the first time, which is nice. I'm glad they didn't. So that. Well, where did she get the gun? Oh, interesting. Right. [00:34:51] Speaker C: But they kind of do tell you that they didn't end up with the gun because they get all the fingerprints inside the house. You assume it. It left with correct the thief. [00:35:01] Speaker A: And so that's the first twist that caught me. Yeah, I just didn't. I didn't see that coming. The second one is the one where I have. Until you guys explain this to me, I have an issue with the second twist. [00:35:16] Speaker C: I do as well. [00:35:17] Speaker A: She got away. Why is she in prison? [00:35:20] Speaker C: This is interesting because I had a discussion last night at our live performance. We're really good. We perform around the Twin Cities, everybody, with our patron and pal Ryan. And we were talking about suspense, and we were talking about the script that we performed last night, which was the Thing in the Window by Lucille Fletcher. And by. We were talking about the two different versions, which longtime listeners of this podcast will know that we did an episode, and Eric and I listened to one version and Tim listened to another, and we were all very confused and didn't realize it. But the version that Tim listened to has one extra twist at the end. Has one extra twist in that he gets caught. [00:36:04] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:36:05] Speaker C: And Ryan was telling me that he had read that there was an uproar when the first version, which is the one we performed last night, and that Eric and I listened to, allows the protagonist, Martin Ames, to get away with murder. [00:36:19] Speaker A: Right. [00:36:20] Speaker C: And as soon as we had that conversation last night, I was like, oh, that's why the ending of this episode is so confusing. The writer was made to force into the plot that she did not get away with the murder, even though the entire tone of the story, all the narrative threads suggest that she should get away with it. And I think it would be way more satisfying, at least to me, it was the one disappointing part of it. [00:36:46] Speaker A: So you believe. So I'm not wrong to be confused. I didn't miss something. All of a sudden, she's in prison. [00:36:53] Speaker C: Another person, a script editor or a producer, added that to the script, or he just petulantly went, fine, she's narrating it from prison. I don't want to change anything about my story, but how hard would it [00:37:07] Speaker A: be to just give us a one sentence nugget of how she got caught? That. That just tie it together. There's. I. I just want to know because it was so perfectly done that how would she get caught? [00:37:22] Speaker B: To the extent I gave it any thought, which is I don't think about these things a lot. I don't know why you have me on this podcast. Was the unreliable narratorness of her. [00:37:35] Speaker A: Right. [00:37:36] Speaker B: What seemed like the perfect plan, or at least a plan that had no holes in it was a lie. Like this plan didn't work as you thought. I don't know. I don't have an answer. [00:37:46] Speaker C: Reading the script as is and not doing the long outside the narrative fill in that I just did. I think you assume unreliable narrator. What you've just heard isn't entirely the truth. [00:37:59] Speaker A: Okay. [00:38:00] Speaker C: If she says, I never told Grace cause I didn't want to upset her. Well, of course Grace knows now because she's in jail. We know that the press is interested in the family and they do stories about her and things like that. So retroactively. We can't trust anything in the story we just heard. Almost every point could not be actually as it happened. [00:38:26] Speaker B: The part of that setup that I like was the. I'm telling you the story. And this makes me think of the Frankenstein serial we did for Patreon. But I'm telling you the story and I'm experiencing things now as well as I tell the story. I gotta stop taking nap. Which that specifically reminded me of Frankenstein. [00:38:46] Speaker C: That was one of my favorite parts of this. Literally takes a nap during the commercial break. [00:38:51] Speaker A: I've gotta go lay down. I'm tired. [00:38:54] Speaker C: I thought that was brilliant. [00:38:56] Speaker B: I did too. [00:38:57] Speaker C: I loved this up to that last moment. I liked her so much. Despite all of her flaws, despite the fact that she's a murderer. I just really wanted her to be sitting there in her wheelchair, not touching metal. The end. [00:39:12] Speaker B: And the dynamic of that little trio of women like. [00:39:15] Speaker C: Oh, and Grace is a fun character. [00:39:17] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:39:18] Speaker C: Who has all this self knowledge and she just wants to make Emily have to acknowledge their privilege. I stole it. I'm going to probably do it again. [00:39:30] Speaker A: The trio of women characters in this is just phenomenal. From the maid to the sister to her. By the way, it also has a little bit of Greg Gardens feel to it. [00:39:43] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:39:47] Speaker C: Nice reference. [00:39:48] Speaker A: Thank you. [00:39:49] Speaker B: I did a little bit of digging on Eva Legallian and she is fascinating. I believe she came from France also, if you go to her Wikipedia page, Drop dead gorgeous met Sandra. [00:40:05] Speaker C: Pause the recording for a second right now. [00:40:09] Speaker B: I guess she saw Sarah Bernhardt touring as a child and got to Meet her and like, I'm an actress, I'm doing that. Her parents brought her over to America when she was. They came to New York when she was 16, and between being 16 and 21, she got gigs on Broadway. And at 21, she was like a leading actress on Broadway. [00:40:29] Speaker A: Yeah. Again, never heard that name before in my life. How is that possible? [00:40:35] Speaker B: Her tv, radio and film roles are sparse, although I think she got an Oscar nomination for something that I don't remember right now. And I think her last appearance was an episode of Sane Elsewhere. But largely it's this very long, prestigious theater career. [00:40:52] Speaker A: And now I'm looking at her picture [00:40:55] Speaker C: while Eric's boggling long dead movie stars. [00:40:59] Speaker B: There's a sizable list of her lady friends as well that she has known over her life. [00:41:04] Speaker A: Yeah, she is quite fetching. [00:41:07] Speaker C: We are such old time radio podcasters. My, that's a fetching woman. She's comely, isn't she? [00:41:18] Speaker A: She's a cat's pajamas, dare I say handsome. [00:41:23] Speaker C: I would not kick her out of bed for eating crackers. [00:41:29] Speaker B: Crackers. I've derailed this conversation. [00:41:33] Speaker C: I apologize. This script is so good. Just the actual character voice of this woman. This paragraph, I am. Because it just tells you again, this Gray Gardens picture what life is in this house. It's after she has awkwardly bribed the department store manager and the policeman. [00:41:59] Speaker A: Right. [00:42:00] Speaker C: And the whole thing where she says it was a dreary tea. There were little frosted cakes, Sergeant Cole dropped crumbs all over the rug. And Mr. Lane said between noisy sips. Gracie seemed to enjoy it, though. She watched one, then the other. She had an unusual sense of humor. That's just it. That's a pitch paragraph. [00:42:21] Speaker A: Right. [00:42:21] Speaker C: These are the characters and this is the tone. This is what I'm going for, only with murder in it. [00:42:28] Speaker A: I couldn't agree more. [00:42:29] Speaker C: Loved it. [00:42:30] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:42:30] Speaker C: The other scene I loved in here is when Henry drops all pretense of romance and just bluntly says, I'm kind of tired of all this. I'd like to marry into this family. [00:42:44] Speaker B: Right. Knowing you're not gonna live that long. [00:42:46] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. [00:42:46] Speaker A: It's such a horrible. [00:42:47] Speaker C: No, no, no, not the young one with a whole life in front of her. [00:42:50] Speaker A: Right. [00:42:50] Speaker C: Yeah, you. And then when she says no, there's something just so violating about, like rubbing the candlestick on her. [00:43:00] Speaker A: Yep. [00:43:00] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:43:01] Speaker C: It's so strange. It's, you know, on the page is weird, but as it all comes together, it's really unsettling and upsetting. [00:43:08] Speaker A: And it also is important that we feel like he deserved to die. As listeners, we want him because up until that point, we had no reason to hate him. He was bringing gifts. He was Uncle Henry. [00:43:21] Speaker C: It was shallow, though. And clearly he was bringing gifts that she goes, he stole those, too. They weren't really gifts. And he's just trying to wheedle his way into the family and more payoffs. So, yeah, but I did. He gets shot. You're like, I don't care. [00:43:37] Speaker A: But I really spent that entire time from that point on going, was it the maid? Was it the sister? Was it the robber? Like, I never thought she did it. [00:43:49] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:43:50] Speaker A: When you listen to suspense, you have a disadvantage because you're going, there's a twist coming. So what is it? And when you have. That's a disadvantage to that show and you. And so sometimes you can figure it out. Like, well, if I know there's a twist and I'm looking for the twist, then I can figure out the twist. I was looking for it, and I couldn't figure it out. I couldn't figure out, how is this going to work? And I'll be honest with you, I thought the whole metal thing was just a setup to torture her. Not a setup to be an alibi. To be an alibi. But it in second. Listen, she says at the top, my phobia saved my life. And there it is. That's all they say. That was enough, that you should have been able to figure it out, that somehow there's gonna be. [00:44:34] Speaker C: I thought what she meant by my phobia saves my life is that she scared off the murderer by screaming when he put the mother of the gun against her neck, which made him freak out and run. [00:44:47] Speaker A: Aha. [00:44:49] Speaker C: And so then I let that go because. Oh, that's what she was referring to. [00:44:54] Speaker A: Look what you've done, Lillian. You've knocked over the flowers, and the water is going to leave white spots on the varnish. [00:45:01] Speaker C: Like, that is just a great character. And it runs throughout all the bribing and the manipulation. As much as Emily wants to suggest that's not how we've achieved everything, it's how she literally achieves everything in this story. And not just through the checkbook. She essentially buys Anna's loyalty back. [00:45:26] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:45:26] Speaker C: And Grace comes in and says, that pin. Grace is just mad. And we don't know. Maybe that pin was there. Maybe it wasn't. Like, you can't trust any of them at this point. And then Emily covers for Anna and says, and Anna was just an angel after that. Again, with no acknowledgement as to maybe that was because I saved her life. [00:45:48] Speaker A: That pin thing is also interesting in the fact that she says, oh, okay, my pin's missing. Hey, you're going to buy me a new pin because you know who stole it. [00:45:55] Speaker E: Right? [00:45:56] Speaker A: That's the whole setup after the murder, and they find the pin. You realize, oh, she never stole her pin. She lost her pin, and it was under that chair. That's where it was that entire time. So that never even happened. She didn't steal her pin. Which is neither here nor there to the plot, except it is in the sense of when they start to. But that, to me, was her blaming her for stealing it. But it was actually under a chair that they never saw. [00:46:22] Speaker C: But in that scene, Grace says, I'm gonna find that pin and wear it because I'm mad that she got a better pin. [00:46:28] Speaker A: Right. [00:46:29] Speaker C: And it made me think, oh, she did steal it. And now she's just gonna wear it because she doesn't care. [00:46:34] Speaker A: Right. [00:46:34] Speaker C: Just to flaunt the fact that she stole it. But then you find out, oh, no. This is actually laying the groundwork for this later part of the mystery. It's incredibly complicated. And I think I admired the writing. I admired the characters not as human beings. So, like, my admiration of it as a piece of art made me want these fictitious characters to just continue to live this dysfunctional but seemingly happy life in this house. So it elicited strange feelings and loyalties out of me. And that's why I think putting her in a prison hospital was kind of dreary to me at the end and [00:47:17] Speaker A: didn't make any sense. [00:47:18] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:47:19] Speaker A: Do you want to see my fourth of July dance? [00:47:21] Speaker C: Yes. [00:47:22] Speaker A: It's a great garden reference. It's my favorite. It's my favorite part of that whole documentary. If you don't know I'm talking, please look up 4th of July dance, Gray garden. [00:47:30] Speaker B: I only know the have the time of your life parody version. [00:47:33] Speaker C: It's a dreary, tough documentary. [00:47:36] Speaker A: Stop selling. [00:47:37] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. [00:47:38] Speaker A: The fourth of July dances. You start laughing, and then you go, okay, okay, please stop. [00:47:44] Speaker C: And then you're like, oh, wait, this is somebody's life. [00:47:47] Speaker A: And E. This is not. Wait, this is not a. A mockumentary. No, but it looks like it. [00:47:53] Speaker D: Yes. [00:47:54] Speaker C: They're aware of the cameras. You're like, it's performative, but that even makes it worse. Yes. [00:47:59] Speaker A: That scepter was saving Private Ryan. And what I mean by that is, there are movies that I loved. [00:48:04] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:48:04] Speaker A: And do you want to see them again? No, I Can't sit through that again. I'm glad I saw it, but that was too emotionally draining, you know? Do you want to see Schindler's List again? No, no, no, no, I do not. I'm glad. I. But do you want to buy the DVD and have it in the house? No, I don't think it's. [00:48:19] Speaker C: Did you watch the bizarre dramatization of the story behind Gray Gardens where it was a fictional film with people playing the characters in the documentary? [00:48:31] Speaker B: Like reenactment? [00:48:32] Speaker C: Yes. And I was like, this is the most pointless, gratuitous. This is more disturbing than the actual documentary. [00:48:39] Speaker A: No, I didn't know those actors. [00:48:41] Speaker B: It's so sad. [00:48:43] Speaker C: Why? Anyway, that's a great comparison. [00:48:45] Speaker A: All right, let's vote. You know what? I'm gonna just give them some grace. Not in reference to the character. I'm gonna give them some grace on the ending and just let it go and say classic. I'm going to give him classic. Despite that. Tag on on the end. [00:49:07] Speaker B: Yeah, I agree. But by the time they got to the end. I like the horses in the barn. You won me over. I'm not going to try to do a sports thing. [00:49:23] Speaker A: Yes. [00:49:23] Speaker C: Oh, boy. Buckle up. [00:49:25] Speaker B: It's like 70 to 0. And then at the last minute, the other team got a field goal. [00:49:29] Speaker A: Right? [00:49:30] Speaker B: Like fine. [00:49:31] Speaker C: Right? What? [00:49:33] Speaker A: I'm with them. [00:49:36] Speaker C: I agree. This was so fun. The writing is so sharp, the characters so well performed and drawn on the page as realized by the actors. I had no idea what was happening from scene to scene to scene in the best way. And also, I don't think we spent enough time. Well, it's been long, but I just love a script like this that can just thread that needle of satire and comedy, but also darkness and real humanity and stakes in there at the same time. That is hard to do. [00:50:12] Speaker A: Yes. [00:50:13] Speaker C: So I'm going to certainly say classic. I'm not going to hold that end against them because I do think it is what I was talking with Ryan about. I think it was an outside mandate and I'm not going to hold them accountable for something that was beyond their control they were forced to do. I also bet it was an even worse crime to let a woman get away with murder in 1940. Whatever. [00:50:38] Speaker A: This is. Full disclosure, this was my put in selection. I had another selection for this week that I had to pull because turns out I selected one we'd already done. [00:50:53] Speaker B: A little more nuanced than that, but [00:50:55] Speaker A: yes, just let it go at that. It's pretty much what I Did. All right, Tim, tell him stuff. [00:51:00] Speaker B: Please go visit ghoulishdelights.com hey, that's our home. We live in a website. It's weird. You'll find other episodes cozy. Just the three of us stealing pins from each other, [00:51:16] Speaker C: writing each other checks. [00:51:20] Speaker B: We do, actually. You'll find other episodes there. You can leave comments, you can search the website. You find the little details about the podcast, about us as your host. There's the bios there. I know that's not a big draw of like, ooh, I want to read a paragraph bio at people, but you can. [00:51:35] Speaker C: They're probably very out of date. [00:51:39] Speaker B: And you will find a link to our store. You could buy a T shirt or some other bit of equipment. A tire. That's a term people use for stuff you buy at a merchandise store. A tire. And you'll find a link to it. [00:51:49] Speaker C: Wait, do we sell tires? Is it like a Sears? [00:51:52] Speaker B: Just one. 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