 Johnny dollar. Hi, Johnny. Hi, boy. I'm fine. Who's it been out here to Sunday Southern, California lately? No, as a matter of fact, I haven't you out here. How's about hopping on a plane? Well, that depends. Who are you? Sorry, Johnny, this is will Burnett Trinity Mutual Insurance, right? And the reason we need you is a couple of fish a couple of what? Two mammals Look, Willie, I haven't the least idea what you're talking about. I'm beginning to wonder if you have sure I have pity and sue dolphins What happened there? What dolphins? That's right. Now. Don't tell me you've ensured the lives of two dolphins and important client wants it I think we ought to but the whole fishy deal needs looking into you know what I think what Johnny I think you're nuts Dolphins, but as long as you're willing to pay the freight. Okay. I'll see you sometime tomorrow CBS radio network brings you Mandel Kramer in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Yo is truly Johnny dollar Expense account submitted by a special investigator Johnny dollar to Trinity Mutual Insurance Company, Los Angeles office followings and account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the vociferous dolphin matter Expense account item one the crack of dawn the next morning two hundred and twenty four dollars and forty three cents That's for a wire to Willie Burnett a taxi to Bradley field and a jet going west Then at LA International while I was picking up my luggage Yo Johnny what over here? Oh, hi Willie. Oh, pardon me, please Excuse me, ma'am. Glad to see you boy. I'm glad you can make it so fast Oh, you've got a rental car all gassed up and ready for you. You can stuff that stuff in the bank. All right. Good luck There we are Well, how what I got a client waiting for me in the office so I can't go along with you the way I plan go along to where shelter point just this side of San Diego Oh, here's a map all worked out for you and see right here is where professor. Dr. Uriantha you ready to see yes. Well as her private ocean area Professor who yes. Well, no no no those first names again couldn't say him again if I tried She's an eccentric Nonconformist call her an oddball if you like but she once held down chairs of zoology and Nectheology had two important colleges and like I said, she's an important client of ours Zoology and her own private oceanarium You were serious about wanting to ensure the lives of a couple of dolphins. Why not? I mean if they can do what she thinks they can Which is what uncurl that lip Johnny this is based on scientific knowledge, but it's the wildest the most the most We'll get yourself on down there and see for yourself. I think I better Cut on over through Englewood to root 101 the freeway and then about 40 miles later hit the Pacific Coast Highway at Capistrano Beach There I plowed into a cold wet fog real peace super By the time I passed through the usually colorful town of La Jolla I began to wonder if I shouldn't stop somewhere and wait for it to clear But it was still early afternoon traffic wasn't too bad. So I kept on By the time I finally found the unpaved road that cut over to shoulder point I wish that I had stopped but a sudden very short-lived breeze gave me a quick look at my destination Down near the edge of the Pacific was a home and leading out over the ocean was a long wide pier with lockers lining one side of it On the other side of the pier rising out of the sea was a tremendous tank Boy, I could use a seeing-eyed dog in this fog sunny Southern California Somebody down there in the pier must have caught a glimpse of me a Very good glimpse of me that last shot was too close for comfort But the fog now a solid wall again was to my advantage moving without a sound I felt my way out of the pier and by pressing close to the lockers. I showed no silhouette Finally I saw the hazy outline of the marksman who was not looking my way I waited after what seemed like an hour of hardly daring to breathe All right, let me have it. Let me have that gun Come on, what are you doing out here? Hey a minute you always shoot at people now I asked you a question. Mr. Who are you and what are you doing out here matter of fact? I had come here to see a professor Estwell. What about my name is Johnny dollar Johnny dollar that's right. Oh Johnny, I'm so glad to see you. Well cheers now look. I'm Penelope Wyman Penelope. Well, that's what's called you penny, huh? I like that better you mind telling me why you were pulling off those shots at me at you But I wasn't it must have been a ricochet. Oh, sure. Oh really Johnny I was aiming at those sharks see them around the big big tank where ain't Yuri keeps her to dolphin. Oh, you were Honestly Look, come on Johnny. Let's go up to the house where it's warm and we can talk because Well Johnny young Why have you come here? Is it because you're worried about Aunt Yuri too should I be? Yes, Johnny. Yes This ever happened to you You're driving down a long highway or working late and then monotony makes you feel drowsy Per cup with no dose no dose keeps you alert with the same safe refresher found in coffee Yet no dose is faster handier more reliable Absolutely not habit-forming the safe way to stay alert without harmful stimulants. No dose After you thank you Would you like a drink or something? No, no, thanks Now Penny tell me does this worry about your aunt has something to do with you're standing down there and appear with a rifle Well, no, I told you I thought of going swimming in all this fog Sure any time But when I saw all those sharks nosing around the dolphins and I Well, all right, no Johnny. I did have the rifle there because of Aunt Yuri. Why? Her experiments with the dolphins. What kind of experiments did you ever hear one of them? Well, I've heard the funny little noises they give out. That's about all Well, most of the sound they make is too high and pitch for the human ear But scientists believe they communicate the same as we do with a regular language seems to me I read something about that recently Aunt Yuri with all her money hopes to prove it proved that the Dolphins She calls them her children But PD and Sue can actually talk that their intelligence is almost as high as ours. That's a possibility. I suppose But is that all that worries you about her? Well, no Johnny, it's that Well, I think that somebody's trying to stop her How? Well, she's old quite old Well, there have been too many new accidents lately Like the night one of the planks on the pier gave way and just think if there'd been sharks around then and she still insists on doing Everything alone out here in spite of the fact that she could afford all kinds of help But she she does it all alone except for Carl and me who's Carl. Oh Carl Peter mill he's a Well, he was my fiancee Johnny are you Are you going to stay long? Well, I don't know. Tell me what does Carl do for your aunt? Well, he handles the recording equipment for the funny sounds that PD and sue make when they Talk to her she calls it I don't really know how it all works Johnny, and I don't think she does either But that's her big project. Well, do you think she's getting anywhere with it? Of course. I am young man Carl set those tape recordings over there in the corner right sure professor. Who are you? My name is Johnny dollar. Well, I don't care who you are. What business of you coming in here? dollar From the insurance company. That's right. Good. This is Carl Peter mill my assistant. How are you Carl? Friend of yours penny. No Carl. Mr. Dollar. I want some insurance on my children beating and sue The dolphins you mean I said my children Haven't you showed him Penelope? Haven't you let him hear them talk? I come along all of you But first Penelope Go in and put on a decent dress. Yes, thank you. Come along. Mr. Dollar. Yes, ma'am Now Carl fooled around with a mess of complicated electronic equipment over at one side We climbed onto a platform across the big tank and the two dolphins came flipping up out of the water like a couple of Playful puppy dogs demanding attention Splashing around squeaking like mad then leaping high into the air clear over the platform and down into the water on the other side The thing that really stopped me was when one of them leaping out of the water onto the platform Just lay there for a moment until the professor gave it a few bats on the head like you would a playful dog It was amazing and a far more personal kind of play than I'd ever seen at Marine land or any other Oceanarium where they train small whales and dolphins. They really seem to understand her Then at her command they quit and stayed below swimming around of course coming up for a breath of air now and then and watching us all the time There you are Do you see mr. Dollar? They are my children completely obedient and they love me too. It's almost unbelievable professor Well, that alone is reason enough to ensure their lives. Well now there's a far more important reason mr. Dollar one of tremendous scientific value to the whole world and At least it will be when I've given them more training to prove my point I'm going to show you Demonstrate to you how they talk is the recording equipment ready Carl all set up to go professor You get one of them up to the surface and I'll handle the mic from here very well Sue Susie come here Come here Get out the machine cow Okay, we're rolling professor All I must do is talk to me talk to me dear Come on That's like talk to me. That's a good girl. Do you love me? Do you love your mother? Say mother mother Mother did you hear it mr. Dollar? I heard it, but I'm afraid I don't exactly understand it Then we'll show you won't wake up Down you go Um these tape recorders professor, how come What's the matter with you mr. Dollar? Can't you see what we're doing? I'm not quite sure It's obvious We make a recording at ultra high speed of sounds that are almost too high for the human ear to register properly Yes, that one then Carl puts it on another of those those machines like he's doing now And plays it back at a very slow speed. I see that will make it not only audible, but understandable Understandable, but of course you'll see already professor then go ahead Carl go ahead Now listen Do you hear it now mr. Dollar? Now it's at a pitch that we can understand Hear that she said mother She did Well, yes, of course she did because I taught her to Well, didn't you hear it? She said mother Well, didn't she or wasn't something else professor as well What something else? Yes, like maybe murder Treat your taste kindly with kent treat your taste kindly with kent treat your taste kindly With kent smoke kent the micronite filter cigarettes Yes, people who want to get away from harsh rough tasting cigarettes Know that the one to switch to is kent and there's a very good reason why Kent with the micronite filter Refines away harsh flavor Refines away rough taste for the mildest taste of all Yes, that's your reward for smoking kent the cigarette that made the filter famous So when you want to get away from harsh rough tasting cigarettes, remember the finer the filter The milder the taste and you decide to treat your taste Kindly with kent treat your taste kindly with kent smoke kent The micronite filter cigarette I'm no salesman, I guess because the minute I questioned the so-called words from her pet dolphin Those that came out of the tape recorder the professor politely but firmly ordered me to leave Her timing was just exactly right for as I drove on past the house Well Johnny Hi, Penny Are you going back to LA? Well, maybe into San Diego. You like a ride? Oh, no, thanks, but um Well, I'm driving in too for some shopping. You know, uh, I was thinking that I might hang my head at the l-cortez tonight Oh That'll be uh Right close to where I'll be. Well, if you're shopping late penny, you'll have to have dinner somewhere Oh, I was hoping you'd say that Johnny at the date. Good. I'll be waiting. Just holler when you're ready After phoning willy bernett and reporting no sale as yet. That's item two a dollar 45 I checked into the l-cortez Shaved showered dressed then waited until penny called Then a night on the town with that beautiful hero Only once during dinner at bluebacks did we make with any serious talk Wonderful Johnny. Oh good But I shouldn't leave her alone even for a few hours this way even with carl out there with her Your um Your engagement to him is really often Yes And I guess he hates me now because of the reason for it We hadn't had much formal education But when I found out about the only life he really cared for well penny Let's not worry too much about him. But johnny all his life. He'd worked in carnival. Well That's a pretty colorful life, you know barker a speeler for a freak show two-headed snakes that sort of thing And that's what he hopes to do again. Let's forget about him then Hmm Do you think aunt urie really has anything with those dolphins? Well Those tapes are pretty uh Provocative. Oh, why doesn't she just relax and enjoy her money? Tell me Who gets her money when she dies you? Yes, everything except for the dolphins they'll go to Hey, now you're the one who said to stop worrying What do we do next johnny you just wait till I pay this check and you'll see waiter We did the nightclub route all stops. It was one of the greatest evenings I ever had penny not only clever beautiful charming witty, but Well, I was sorry when it was all over and sometime after 4 a.m I piled her in a work car kissed her goodnight and watched her head on back to the beach It was almost an hour later when johnny dollar Oh, wait a minute. Hold everything Now oh Penny. Yes, johnny. Well, penny. What's the matter? What's happened from the highway? Oh johnny, I don't know what to do and there's nobody else around where's carl I'd forgotten when I left her alone out here last night was a night off for him. He won't be back till sick Well, it's almost that now Listen When I came in I found aunt urie wasn't in her bedroom Yes And it wasn't a feeding time for the dolphins, but I I looked around anyhow No, no don't stop at the house. Where is she penny down there at the pier In the tank with her with her children Her body was floating there and the dolphins her children were beside her protecting her I rigged up a sling and brought her body up onto the platform And I could see where she'd been struck on the head Just then carl came running out onto the pier. I must say that his reaction was wholly unexpected I knew it penny I knew you'd get her sooner or later just a minute carl Couldn't wait for her to die could you to get all her money you had to help her along for just a minute Hit her over the head did you then pushed her in is that what you did? Oh carl you're terrible It's true dolly. It's true because of her money. I look here both of you and listen Yeah, the dolphins I can prove it I think I can prove it because they'll know they must have seen and they can talk The hour they can talk and I can understand them and they can understand me Oh, yeah You'll see He rigged up the microphone again Then after starting the ultra high-speed tape machine he talked to one of them He asked that dolphin who had killed her And when he finished he moved the tape to the other machine Now we'll play it back slow and we'll see dollar We'll see What's that it's my voice when I asked him so low at this speed it's only a rumble The high squeak of that dolphin went slow down this way Listen, I knew it. She killed her. Oh, no Drive into la Jolla Get the police you bet. I will If it was true about dolphins intelligence This might be no actual proof at all, but it was pretty damaging evidence Against the girl who would inherit all of the professor's money But from the time of the professor's first demonstration I've been thinking about a man who knows every electronic trick Bob McKinney an engineer for cbs So the minute carl left to get the police and the medical examiner I pulled the tape off the machine and we left Then at McKinney's home penny and I waited four or five hours While bob experimented with different playback speeds with filters equalizes a variac and heaven knows what all and then finally Well, johnny I can't be sure yes, bob But if the tape recording was faked up the way you think it might have been This should be the way the voice on it sounded originally And it wasn't any dolphin go ahead play it bomb Uh, no. All right, turn it off. It was carl. Yes Yes carl faked that like he faked all the other dolphin voices But what Why killer Went to dolphins and the aquarium To go to carl Yes Yes, they were man Apparently he was afraid that your aunt would find out about his electronic tricks This way he'd have his sideshow The life that he wanted But instead He's booked himself a one-night stand And it's blackout is permanent Thanks to carl the police and he were still there at shoulder point waiting for us Expense account total including hotel in the trip home 531 80 yours truly johnny dollar Now here is our star to tell you about next week's story Next week the calm blue beautiful waters of the pacific almost hide the work of a clever team of killers Join us won't you yours truly johnny dollar Do you like a car with plenty of pep a car with reserve power for safe passing Most good drivers do but they don't like to pay extra for premium gasoline Listen in three out of five cars Regular priced sinclair dino gasoline matches performance of premium gasolines Saves you up to four cents a gallon Almost anywhere you see the sinclair dinosaur sign You can save up to four cents a gallon with dino Drive with care and buy sinclair dino gasoline Johnny dollar is written by jack johnstone produced and directed by fred hindricks Music supervision by ethyl huber johnny dollar is played by mandel kramer Also featured in our cast were larry robinson ethyl everett jone laser bill lipton and ben yeti Be sure to join us next week same time same station for another exciting story of yours truly johnny dollar art hannah speaking