 Nick Carter master detective today's Nick Carter adventure the case of the Haunted Burial cave I wish I hadn't come into this whole cave. I hate places like this I always feel as if the roof were going to drop on me my This section of the cave is huge. Yes. I think the secret burial chamber. We're looking for must be much like this Look at those big rocks up there hanging over it. Well somebody up there without the landing get back against the wall Now another intriguing transcribe adventure with Nick Carter master detective Resented in cooperation with a mutual network by dr. Sholes in opan world famous relief for corn calluses bunions and sore toes in a moment the case of the Haunted Burial cave But first are you one of the four million? 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This message is brought to you as a public service Now today's adventure starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter the case of the Haunted Burial cave In an isolated area near the Canadian border a Small archaeological expedition is capped near the mouth of an unexplored cave The head of the exploring party Cole Adams crouches alone on a narrow ledge in the huge cavern The pale light of his lantern casting distorted shadows on the dripping wall Who's there? Is that you Farrell? Well answer me Why are you hiding in the shadows? The view from this plane is just magnificent. Yeah lovely country So Mr. Farrell you found Mr. Adams after he was attacked that right? Yes, that's right His wife was worried when he didn't come back. So I went into the cave after him He was still unconscious, but it's all right now. Oh, yes, miss bone. He's fully recovered now I'm still not certain. That's why mr. Adams asked me to come up here Well the nearest town is 30 miles away Mr. Adams went in and talked to the deputy sheriff there, but the man refused to take any action Oh, but surely with such a clear case of assaults of intensive kill The authorities will be forced to investigate Well, most of these people feel we have no right to be poking around in the old burial cave And they'd be very happy if we decided to pack up and leave So when the deputy sheriff refused to take any action, Mr. Adams called Nick Yes, and when you agreed to come up here, I was sent to meet you It's only about an hour by plane, but it takes forever in a car. The roads are bad Who's backing this expedition, mr. Farrell? Adams secured a grant from the Norwood foundation He and his wife were in this district last year on a vacation Adams heard about this cave did some superficial exploring and decided it might be a very rich archaeological find Oh, I hadn't the cave been explored before now Well, it's fairly inaccessible and there are a lot of superstitious stories about the place The natives are sure it's haunted by the ghosts of the old Indians who were buried there I see How many members in your party? Well, there's Cole Adams, his wife and myself And we hired a guide, an Indian named Sam Big Eagle At first he claimed he could lead us directly to the hidden burial chamber But since we hired him, he's done nothing but slow us up Hey, is that Echo Lake over there, mr. Farrell? Yes, that's it. You can see Jeff White's cabin through the trees there Well, who's Jeff White? Oh, he's a very nice guy. He's he's blind. He lives there on the lake all by himself I see Mr. Farrell, you said your Indian guide blamed the ghosts of his dead forefathers for the attack on Cole Adams What do you think happened? Well, I'm an archaeologist, mr. Carter, not a detective, but I'm sure of one thing Those big purple bruises on Cole Adams's throat weren't made by a ghost The entrance to the cave certainly isn't very large, mr. Adams. No, it's most deceptive But after the first 25 yards, the entrance passage grows progressively larger I see We'll have a look at it in the morning I must say, mr. Carter, that I'm sorry you agreed to come up here Eve, uh, why do you say that, Mrs. Adams? Because if you'd refused, Cole might have been willing to give up this silly exploration I've too much at stake to be frightened off by a few ghost stories And was it a ghost that nearly choked you to death? No, it was not. Those were very human fingers at my choke I'm hoping mr. Carter will soon be able to tell us who it was trying to murder me and why Oh, no. Where are all these florists? Oh, uh, over here, Jeff, by the cave entrance But this is Jeff White, the blind man we were telling about earlier Oh, yes Kevin tells me you have guests, Cole Yes, that's right. Nick Carter and his assistant, Miss Bowen This is Jeff White, the mayor of Echo Lake Hello, Mr. White That title is quite unofficial, but welcome anyway You've come to investigate the attack on Cole Yes, that's right. I'm glad I was afraid Cole might decide to pack up and leave And I've been spoiled by having someone to talk with You mean you live up here all alone, Mr. White? I do now, Miss Bowen I hope you'll both come to see me while you're here Oh, they certainly will, Jeff I want them to see your house. It's just beautiful That's thanks to Muriel Well, I mustn't stay. I just wanted to say hello Oh, Mr. White, aren't you afraid to wander through these woods alone after dark? For me, Miss Bowen, it's always dark And I feel perfectly safe in these woods I know all these paths by heart Cash, I think that's remarkable Well, he's a remarkable man, Miss Bowen He was a brilliant chemist and was blinded in the laboratory explosion Yes, I noticed the Phi Beta Kappa key wears on the key chain He received a large cash settlement for loss of his eyes And he and his wife came up here to live Is she the Muriel he mentioned? Yes, she ran off several months ago with a local no-good I mean, she just walked out on him? Yep, just disappeared Well, if you'll excuse me, I'm feeling rather tired I think I'll turn in Good night Good night Mr. Adams, the morning you were attacked You got up early and you went into that cave alone That's right. I'd gone some distance inside when it seemed to me that I heard digging Digging? But it was very remote and it stopped as I approached And then without warning, I was seized from behind Oh, tell me, do you think it could have been some Indian who resents this intrusion upon a sacred burial cave? It could be Or it might have been someone using that as a cover-up, Mr. Carter How do you mean? As you noticed, I have a most attractive wife Many years younger than I am My assistant, Kevin Farrell, has quite a reputation as a Don Juan with a lady Are you accusing your assistant of trying to murder you? No, I am making no accusations I only know that someone tried to kill me and I expect you, Mr. Carter, to find out who it was and See to it that a second attempt doesn't succeed In just a moment, we'll return to today's adventure with Nick Carter, Master Detective But first, you know, from early childhood, we're taught not to neglect our eyes or teeth But when it comes to our feet, it's another story Yes, government records prove that seven out of every 10 of us are troubled by either painful Corns, calluses, bunions, sore toes, or tender spots on the feet And for one reason only, shoe friction and pressure Now the way to stop all that needless distress in a hurry Is to properly protect any sensitive spots on your feet or toes with soothing, cushioning Dr. Shoal Xenopads Xenopads give super fast relief from pain Make new or tight shoes feel easy on the feet Stop your corn, calluses, and blisters before they can start Remove corn and calluses one of the fastest ways known to medical science When used with the separate medications included in every box No other method can make all these claims Yet Dr. Shoal Xenopads cost only pennies at application So get a box right away That's Dr. Shoal Xeno Z-I-N-O Dr. Shoal's Xenopads sold everywhere Now back to the case of the Haunted Burial Cave Today's adventure with Nick Carter It's late morning And Nick and Patsy, accompanied by Cole Adams and his wife, are preparing to enter the mysterious burial cave I don't know where that Indian guide of ours is, but I guess we can manage just as well with Autumn is with him I haven't seen him all morning Uh, where is Mr. Varl? Well, he says he's going to try to catch us some fresh fish for lunch Oh, honestly Cole, that coat of yours still reeks of more fall It's a good clean smell, dear You have your lantern, Mr. Carter? All set, and I have mine, so I think we're ready No, you're not going there No There's your missing guide He's been in the cave. That's why we haven't seen him You're not going sacred cave Oh, now look here Sam, I'm not paying you to wander off whenever the notion takes you Now what were you doing in the cave? Very bad place Bodies, dead people there We know that, that's why we're interested You go in cave, you die like others Now listen Sam, if this is a burial cave, people were taken here after they were dead They didn't die in the cave No, they die there You die too I've had enough of this nonsense, so you're going to guide us into this cave or not No, you go away All right then, we'll go in without you I not let you go in there Go, he's going to hit you Sam, get out of the way You point gun at Sam All right, go Sam warn you, go in cave and die like others Had you gone much further into the cave and this, when you were attacked, Mr. Adams Oh yes, I'd say about 50 yards from here There's a sharp turn and then a kind of a recess I wish I hadn't come, I hate places like this I always feel that the roof is going to drop on me Well, you can go back if you like me though Help Kevin fish Now wait a second, wait a second What's this? What is it, Nick? That's some old 38th cartridges, Betsy Someone stood here and fired a dozen or more shots Look here on this wall Someone's tried to scratch a message And you are Murder, maybe? Oh, it's probably just somebody wanting to leave their name for posterity Well, it's been written fairly reasonably, I'd say Well, shall we go ahead? Yeah So, Mr. Adams, what did your Indian guide do for a living before he hired on the view? A little of everything, hunting, trapping, prospecting Prospecting for gold? Oh, no, no, the uranium fever hit this country Everybody was out hoping to find a rich uranium pocket and get wealthy overnight My perception of the cave is huge I think the burial chamber must be something like this Oh, look at those big rocks up there They just seem to pain What? Somebody up above us, pull out the lanterns, get back against the wall Yes, that's big rocks, they've got a crush on this Mrs. Adams seems to be resting quietly now Oh, good Well, Mr. Adams, how about it? Shall we go back to the cave? We've lost so much time now, Mr. Carter I suggest we wait until morning and go in without the lady Oh, well, that's fine with me You think it was some big eagle who pushed the rock down on you, Cole? Yes, Jeff, it must have been He tried to keep us from going into the cave and when that failed, he Probably followed us and tried to crush us with that folder It came too close for comfort If Nick hadn't pushed us all back against the wall, why, we'd have been hit I'm sorry, Niebu's hysterics prevented our investigating further Hey, Farrell hasn't returned from his fishing trip yet, has he? No, I don't see him out in the lake, either I have a suggestion, since Mrs. Adams is so upset, why don't you let us stay here at my cabin Miss Bourne could stay with her and I'll bunk down over at your camp Why, sure Oh, it's very kind of you, Jeff That's quite a collection of keys you have there, Mr. White Oh, it's ridiculous of me, I suppose, to wear them up here But they're keys I used to use when I was a chemist Oh Officers, labs, lockers, so on And I wear them on my belt because I like to hear them jingle They remind me of the past and a very happy past And it certainly a very cheerful sound Well, if we're not going back into the cave today, those we see We can locate Sam Big Eagle Right, there are several questions that Indians got to answer And I'll also be interested to hear what Kevin Farrell has been doing While somebody was trying to kill us Are you accusing me of trying to kill you, Adams? I only wondered what you'd been doing all day You don't seem to have caught many fish I didn't have any luck No, no, the luck was with us this time Now look here, I've had about enough of this If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn't sneak around, pushing rocks over onto you Well, maybe you'd prefer to strangle me with your bare hand I do, crap, I'll take that from you, Adams Here, Adams, Farrell, stop it Well, you'll stop it It's a child The important thing right now is the fact that Sam Big Eagle has disappeared Stop your quarreling and let's see what we can do about finding him That Indian sneak thief came into our camp during night Took my rifle, my lamp and my good coat Where's Jeff White this morning? Probably left early for one of his hikes Night and day are all one to Jeff I suppose we really should have checked at Jeff's cabin To be certain the women are all right Why, shouldn't they be? Well, with Sam Big Eagle prowling around It might have been a good idea to check I think it's more likely he's waiting for us here in the cave Hey, look There's a light up ahead You're right What do you suppose that is? Some kind of a trick? I better go slow It's in the same big chamber where we were attacked yesterday What? A lantern flying on the path Well, has someone decided? Like Sam Big Eagle? 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Well, seems to me that if I'd killed someone I wouldn't go away and leave a lantern burning beside the body Unless, unless I wanted to call attention to the murder Hello, back from the cave so soon? Oh, good morning, Jeff. It's been an accident An accident? Did someone hurt? Someone dead They found the body when we started into the cave No awful shock for poor Mrs. Adams Aunt Neva wasn't with us Cole is going to tell her and Miss Bowen about it now Oh, well I'm glad she was spared the first-hand shock After yesterday it would have been too much Mr. White, you haven't asked us who was murdered I assumed it was the Indian Yes, that's right. He was strangled to death That accounts for his disappearance yesterday No, it doesn't He came back to the camp during the night He's killed early this morning How can you know that? He stole Cole's coat and rifle and lantern Oh, by the way, Mr. White You must have left camp very early this morning Yes, it was very early I couldn't sleep so I went down to the lake I find it soothing to listen to the water I see Well, shall we join Adams and the women at the cabin, Mr. Carr? Yeah, I want to arrange for another expedition into that cave But I can't understand why Sam Big Eagle should have been murdered Maybe it was to frighten the rest of us away I'm no sleuth, Mr. Carter, but mightn't the Indian have been killed because he knew too much? I mean, perhaps he knew who'd attacked Mr. Adams earlier? Yes But why didn't he tell us? Well, he might have been paid to keep quiet Why, yes And then the murderer arranged to meet him in the cave to make a payment and killed him instead Mr. Adams, has it occurred to you that there may be other references to the cave? Well, it's very likely The cave system as complex as this one would be almost certain to have another opening or other openings on the surface But we haven't located any of them as yet Do you want me to go into the village to get the deputy sheriff? Oh, yes, yes, if you will, Mr. Farrell, it'll take me all day That means I can't possibly get him back here before late afternoon tomorrow It's a pity we haven't a telephone Well, I think we should all agree that no one is to go into that dreadful cave again until Kevin gets back with the deputy sheriff Sorry, Mrs. Adams, I can't make such a promise Does that mean you intend to go back into the cave, Mr. Carter? I haven't any choice I've got to go into that cave to find an answer to this riddle Well, when do you mean to go in? That, Mrs. Adams, must be a secret between Miss Bowen and me Mrs. Adams seems to be asleep So do the men So now we'll be able to slip away to the cave without anyone knowing we've gone Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, that's either defeat my purpose Your purpose? Yeah, the killer must hear us leave There's no point in not going into the cave Oh So as we go out, I'll just close this cabin door a little too loudly You think that'll be heard next? By the person listening for it, yeah And now we go to the cave? Yes, but not too quickly We want to allow our killer plenty of time to set his trap I... I don't think we were followed into the cave, Nick. Well, I didn't expect to be. I'm sure the killer has a private entrance. Well, if... if there is someone waiting in here to kill a snake, doesn't this lantern make us an awfully good target? Well, now, Patsy, the lantern isn't important. Oh, it is to me. Golly, I'd hate to be in here in the dark. It's bad enough even for the lantern. Ow! Down, Patsy. I'll stay down, plant. The lantern? I dropped it and it went out. Now... now it can't see. We're shooting at us. That's the way I wanted it. That... that sounds like Jeff White. Ow! Now you two are in the dark, just as I am. That means we're evenly matched, Potter. In the cave, a blind man has the same chance you do. You better give yourself up, White. Give myself up? No, I'm going to kill you. It may take time, Carter, but I'm safely hidden behind the big rocks. I can be very patient. I'm going to kill you just as shortly as I kill the others. In just a moment, we'll return for the conclusion of today's adventure with Nick Carter, Master Detective. But first, now hear a mutual minute. Remember the song, Accentuate the Positive and Eliminate the Negative? That's a pretty good idea, generally speaking. It's always easy to find something to gripe about, but, well, maybe we find a lot more to sing about if we only started to think for a minute. 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And you can't hit me behind this rock. I know every crevice in this cave that only a blind man could know it. Is this the way you trapped your wife from the other man's wife? Yes. He was going to take Muriel away. So I tricked him into coming here, where I have the advantage. Then I killed him. Just as I'm going to kill you? Are you? We're hidden in a recess in the walls. So we're protected too. And we can be just as patient as you can. You must have voted him. Sounds like he dropped his gun. Here, I'll strike a match. He's down. There's a gun. How did you hit him in the dark? His keys gave him away, Patsy. When he moved out from behind the rock he got a shot at us. That key chain he wore was just like the bell on a cat. Jeff White certainly had me fooled. So he killed his wife and the man she planned to run away with. That's right, Mrs. Adam. Since White recovered consciousness, he's given me the whole story. He tricked him into a rendezvous in the cave and then in the total darkness killed them both. The other man put up a fight, didn't he, Nick? He must have, Patsy. Those empty shells I found on the path that first day must have been from his gun. As we did last night and fired at White. But not even White can fire as accurately as you can at a sound, Mr. Carter. Well, then that scrolling on the cave wall near the spot where you found the shells must have been made by White's wife. She started to scratch her name and you are the first part of Muriel. But you must have been killed before she could finish it. After White killed them, he took their bodies to the inner burial chamber. He must have felt sure they'd never be discovered. Yes, but then he let the story leak out that Mrs. White had deserted him for another man. Everyone felt very sorry for White, and that was the end of it. Until we showed up here, prepared to explore that cave. Yes, but you'd given White no warning you were coming, so he couldn't move the bodies. Consequently, he had to frighten you away. And that's all he meant to do at first. That scare you off. Of course he didn't know that my husband is a stubborn sort who doesn't frighten easily. Well, I guess my calling you into the case, Mr. Carter, must have really panicked White. Had Sam Big Eagle found the bodies, oh, Big Eagle was murdered because he was wearing the coat he'd stolen from Mr. Adams. What's my coat got to do with it? It smelled of mothballs. Hmm? Remember, White had to depend on sounds and odors for identification. So he killed Big Eagle, thinking it was Mr. Adams? That's right. And he gave himself away when he came into the camp afterwards. Remember, Mr. Farrell, his first reaction to news that there'd been a death was what a shock it'll be for Mrs. Adams. Because he thought he'd killed Cole. That's right. See, when he realized that Mr. Adams couldn't be frightened off, he decided to kill him to stop further exploration. I imagine he hoped to point suspicion at the Indian guide. What a shock it must have been for him to discover that he'd killed the wrong man. Another thing which pointed to White was the lantern left burning beside the body. Your reaction, Mr. Farrell, was normal. He couldn't understand why a killer would have left the lantern burning. And White simply wasn't aware of the light. Well, Mr. Adams, now that the bodies of Mrs. White and the other man have been recovered, for no reason you shouldn't go ahead with your explorations. This burial cave wasn't haunted by the ghosts of ancient Indians, but by a ruthless killer who feared discovery. Nick Carter, master detective, is produced and directed by Jock McGregor. Copyrighted by Street & Smith Publications Incorporated, it is presented each week at the same time in cooperation with a mutual network by Dr. Scholes in Opads. World-famous relief for corns, calluses, bunions, and sore toes. Lon Clark is starred as Nick. Charlotte Manson is featured as Patsy. Others in today's cast were Arnold Moss, Gertrude Warner, Bob Hague, John Brooster, and George Felton. Today's script by John McGregor. This program is fictional and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead or to actual places is purely coincidental. This is Jack O'Reilly, suggesting you join us again next week for the case of the Accusing Blood, another intriguing transcribed adventure with Nick Carter, master detective, this program came from New York. This is the mutual broadcasting system.