 From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny dollar Oh hi more information on Tony Ricardo Randy that doesn't sound like anybody that a gal like Carol Sharp would be associated with I know what you mean But now I thought you were going to set up a seance for me or couldn't you find a crystal ball? Yeah, do that Tonight and every weekday night Bob Bailey in the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar location New York City to the Universal Adjustment Bureau Hartford, Connecticut Following as an accounting of expenditure is during my investigation of the matter of the medium. Well done Three people to look up immediately first Carol Sharp wealthy heiress who insisted on a funny change in the beneficiaries of a whopping big life insurance policy Second a questionable character named Tony Ricardo who was scheduled to be one of those beneficiaries Third in the same category as Tony one madam cdm Morgana Morgana self-styled psychic medium Instead I huddle with Tommy green the broker who handled Carol Sharp's policy But you haven't even seen Carol yet. Nope Johnny I can't stall off changing the beneficiaries of her policy much longer You've got to do something about this because you don't like mediums this one is a fake You don't like playboys with foreign names. Listen Johnny I'm afraid that once she names them in her policy her body will suddenly turn up floating around somewhere in the East River But what if I find they're okay in spite of the opinion of sergeant singer of the NYPD? What did he say? Oh no much, but he hinted that when I meet Ricardo I'd better be carrying a gun Well, don't you see that's exactly what I'm driving at as for the medium Well, Tommy, you know as well as I do there are a lot of perfectly legitimate honest spiritualist churches Believe me Johnny if this one ever saw the inside of a church it would be a miracle. She's a fraud How do you know ever met her? I know how these phonies operate ever met her No, no, I haven't I haven't the least idea where to look for it That's why I sent for you, but you haven't even seen Carol yet. Now look Tommy I've taken a place in her apartment hotel the bell towers. Oh, you expense account boys And I'll meet her as soon as I can in my own way Meanwhile, I want you to do something for me It'll help to get things moving anything find out some more about the beneficiary She wants to cut off her mother and two brothers out in more chunk Pennsylvania find out how they're doing financially among other things How Johnny hire another investigator? Take it that you don't want them to know about it Well, why don't you cook up some kind of a news item about Carol the local girl in the big city and phone it into the Local newspaper editor those small-town papers love that sort of stuff and the editor will probably talk his head off about the family if you encourage him a bit hmm What kind of a news item? Oh anything that's harmless sounds like something you'd be better at than I am Tommy I've got other things to do plenty Armed with the snapshot of Carol. I took a cab to the bell towers And I hope that somehow and without making it too corny or obvious I could figure a way to get next to Carol sharp as It turned out. It was both corny and successful. You see the automatic elevator in the towers is a slow one Will you push the button for 12, please? Oh, surely miss. I'm only going to the what what's the matter? Oh Here I'll push no, no, I beg your pardon. I'm sorry, but I Can't believe this unless I'm psychic now look mr. This city is too big and sophisticated for Is something wrong with you you did want to get off on the 10th floor, didn't you? Yes, yes, I did. Well, we're here for a 10 so Mr.. Did somebody hypnotize you? Yes, I know Oh, please miss. Excuse me. It's it. Well, it's just that I can't believe. Oh I'm terribly sorry Well, when I was a kid I used to have a dream over and over again about a beautiful girl and her name was Carol What the same dream over and over and it? Well, it startled me just now because Well, because you look just like she did But it's all nonsense and I know it and I apologize Carol did you say yes? But it was just a dream and probably I just imagined that you resemble her and I'm terribly sorry. I know what this must look like to you. Yes Like a vertical dream. What a truth dream. It's a psychic phenomenon. Oh Well, I'm sorry, but I don't believe in that sort of stuff. Oh, well, it just happens that there are thousands of cases on record and by people of Reputation and responsibility. Oh, sure sure, but now excuse me and again, I want to apologize for this Well this embarrassing moment I could see over my shoulder that she left the elevator door open until I've gone into my suite across the hall I sat down next to the broad window overlooking the East River across my fingers and waited 10 minutes 15 Hello, mr. Dollar. Yes, who's that? This is Carol. What? Your dream girl. Oh, I get it. I made a fool of myself in the elevator now. You're rubbing it in No, I didn't think I'm being forward, but I'd like to talk with you about your dream And I was afraid you thought I was trying to pull a fast one in the elevator But how did you know who I am? I just I'm 10 13 My name is Carol sharp Then it really is Carol Well, that's amazing. That's why I want to talk to you Well, there, uh, there's a nice cocktail lounge downstairs in half an hour in half an hour Dollar you are a fast one Let me see Johnny dollar Randy singer. Yeah, I'm on and on After what I've been talking to this is a come down Sure, then Sure, I want to find out what this stuff is all about how those people Operating so I want to pick me up here at the towers. Oh, why don't you? Good idea. I'll be clear anytime after six Better make it around seven. I've got a date for cocktails With Carol sharp To say that Carol looked like a vision when she swept into the cocktail lounge would have been a gross understatement Her light blue cocktail gown was probably from had a Carnegie But its lines were simple in the extreme and it only served to accentuate the fresh live figure natural beauty in the girl Her blonde hair was drawn back tightly and a silver blooming stole was draped carelessly over her shoulder If I put on an act when I stared at her in the elevator believe me. This was no act now I hope you don't think me too brazen if I haven't called you the way I did you have no idea how glad I am Will this be alright? Oh fine Thank you. I uh, I was afraid after that episode in the elevator You might have thought I was just some lonely bachelor trying to find a date. Are you a bachelor? I confirmed You just haven't met the right girl There are times like this when I think perhaps the order sir. Oh sure point killer Sherian bitters, please sharing bitters and be over iced. Thank you, sir Be honest with me Do I really look like the girl you used to dream about when you were a little boy? Or did you dream about a little girl your own age who just happened to bear some resemblance to me? Well? No No, you see that's very important. You see if it really was a veritable dream Well, you see the phenomenon of precognition would be involved to so to speak Precognition yes, you're now knowing me Psychically before you could possibly know about me by any natural means Where have you lived most of your life all over here in New York Hartford, Connecticut Eastern Pennsylvania never except for an occasional trip to Philadelphia But that wasn't until I was growing up Then you couldn't possibly have ever actually seen me because all my life I've lived in Pennsylvania and well in the coal mining district Well, so your dreams of me must have been due to some supernatural cause. There's no other explanation Well, is there Carol? I bet he's the the lady and yeah Thanks, I'll sign that Saved by the bell or rather by the waiter I'm afraid I came awfully close to admitting to Carol that I trumped up the whole dream business just to meet her and talk with her She was certainly happy on the subject of things psychic and I'm afraid a natural sucker for anyone who wanted to capitalize on her gullibility beautiful intelligent well educated, but Well, you'll see what I mean Although it's a terrible strain on her these deep trances. I mean I've received messages through her Johnny from my father through this meeting Yes, Madame Morgana Morgana and your father's death. He died three years ago Charlie is sure about those messages. Yes, Johnny. I'm sure that's why I want you to go and see See these things for yourself. Will you? Will you go to her with me? Don't swing at me, but at this point I think I'd go anywhere with you Johnny. I'm serious. I Wanted to tell her about you anyway and the veridical dreams. Well All right, what I'll call her tonight and perhaps we can see her tomorrow night. All right, yeah Carolina wanna seem suspicious, but yes, don't tell her anything about me except that you're bringing me along Oh, no, no, of course not. She wouldn't let me anyway. That's the way the fraudulent mediums work Oh There are frauds among plenty of them You know they get the information from some mutual friend and pretend they're getting it from a supernatural source and she doesn't I'm sure So far so good. I'd met Carol Sharp I'd convinced her in a snide sort of way that I was intrigued with this psychic phenomena business I was well on the way to meeting the medium who had sparked this whole case and later tonight Thanks to Sergeant Randy Singer of the NYPD. I'd attend a seance calculated to be my first step and finding out how the phonies in the Racket impressed their customers There was just one more person to meet Tony Ricardo whom Carol wanted to name along with the medium has beneficiary of her big insurance policy By the time Carol and I finished cocktails I was sorry I'd made any plans for the evening, but I was already late for my meeting with Randy at headquarters I took Carol back to her penthouse and then dropped into my own suite to pick up a top coat Somebody had shoved a note under my door Mr. Johnny dollar if you value your life, you'll stay away from Carol sharp It was unsigned Now here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's intriguing episode of this week's story tomorrow I find out a thing or two about a killer and about a medium not so well done Join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar yours truly Johnny dollars starring Bob Bailey is transcribed in Hollywood It is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone who also wrote tonight's story Be sure to join us tomorrow night same time and station for the next exciting episode of yours truly Johnny dollar Roy Rowan speaking