 Hello, I hope I haven't kept you waiting yes, this is the crime club I'm the librarian Murder makes a mummy yes, we have that story for you come right over Or here good Take the easy chair by the window comfortable The manuscript is on this shelf Here it is murder Make some mummy The very absorbing story of a corpse that wouldn't be bound by the rules Let's look at it under the reading lamp There are some people in this world who just can't be satisfied One of them was Barney Crawford son of chief of police Crawford For most young men that would have been enough for not Barney. Oh, no Barney wanted to be an Egyptologist, too It was early one afternoon and Barney was feeling very much at home in the Egyptian room of the local museum He was having a wonderful time explaining the wonders of a dead civilization to Janice Turner his fiancee Who at the moment was sorry the civilization was not only dead, but buried as well Great mysterious Egypt cradle of civilization What accomplishments the pyramids mummification The Sphinx Oh, it's such a beautiful day I'll bet there are some people who are really enjoying it look here in this case is the scarab To you and me an ordinary beetle, but to the ancient Egyptians a god who is it's pretty Of course, it's solid gold with emerald eyes. Now that would make a lovely pin on my new dress. Yeah Let's go on Janice. There's something in that case over there. I want you to see now probably never get over it Yes, they're one of the marvels of all time the mummy How do you do? Let's read what it says on the card if you must this mummy is unknown But it's believed to be the remains of raw Marduk the son of shishak pharaoh of the 22nd dynasty my goodness as Expensive as that 22nd dynasty Janice don't you realize that's almost 3,000 years ago Barney I'm sure the ancient Egyptians were a great people great. They were tremendous But I never knew they were rubber heels in those days why they had inventions that I said I never knew the Egyptians wore rubber heels. Well, of course, they didn't whoever said they did Don't argue with me. I'm just looking at the feet of this mummy where some of the wrappings have come off Holy mackerel That is a rubber heel Come on, Janice. We better send for my father. This might be a murder And that's the whole story dad we were all right until Janice noticed the wrappings that had come loose And there as big as life chief Crawford with a black shoe with a rubber heel staring me in the face Yeah, we'll soon find out who it belongs to Now here comes Sachin Bailey Chief the carn is all through the step. Good now we can go to work. He says the fellow was killed by a knife in the back Where's the knife? There's no sign of it, sir. Not yet. You find any identification on the body not a thing Chief but the killer left all the labels in the dead man's clothes. Okay, run them down. Yes, sir I can save you a lot of time dad. Sure you can burn. Why don't you and Janice go someplace pleasant, huh? That's a wonderful idea. We'll do something about it right now. Wait Janice dad I think I can identify the dead man. What yes, he was Carter Baldwin an excavation engineer I've seen his picture in the papers in connection with Egyptian expeditions Do you mean Egyptian expedition? He used to dig into the tombs of the ancient pharaohs. What a way to make a living Oh, gee, what's the matter Billy? There's something I forgot to tell you the car and I said this guy's body was embalmed and bombed That means the murderer must have embalming facilities. Oh, thanks for the tips. I know I could never figure that out for myself I didn't think it was true, but now what do you want? I'm John Lawrence the curator of the Egyptian section My assistant told me the police were here and that the body of a murdered man was it was mr. Lawrence and this mummy case That's impossible. There was a mummy in this case when I received it this morning this morning air about six hours ago I can't understand it where did it come from from Robert Prentice the millionaire jeweler He's one of our most generous benefactors more than half the exhibits in this room were donated by him. I see well dad Would you mind if I asked mr. Lawrence a question you now see here Barney? This is police work Why don't you and Janice? Did you examine this supposed mummy when it was delivered to you? Why? No, but I can explain yet you allowed it to be put here for the public to look at I'm sorry. It was against the rules museum, but gentlemen. I have so many duties and this morning. I was unusually busy with what? We're setting up a new filing system in my office. Please understand chief mr. Robert Prentice has given us thousands of dollars worth of Egyptian relics if it had been anyone else. That's no excuse Lawrence This is the first time positively the first time. I've allowed anything like this to happen. Believe me. Yeah Bailey You and the boys stay here to hear from me get this building a thorough going over Where are we going dad Robert Prentice's house? What do you mean we well this is a subject? I know something about and I thought if you ran into something was over your head I'm right. All right. All right. Let's go. Oh chief Crawford Janice. I suppose you want to trail along to well Sure, why not you found a corpse come on. Come on. We'll make this a family affair I Didn't have mr. Prentice relax for how can I chief Crawford think of my position a reputable businessman a figure in the car I want to know as well. I don't need to that mommy to the museum And now you say it's been replaced to the body of a murdered man. What do people think I can't worry about that now What did you get that mommy I bought it from professor Morton and Egypt toiletist. What did he get it? He brought it back from Egypt several weeks ago Professor Morton Barney did you ever hear of him? Oh, I don't recall offhand dad neither do I chief I can assure all of you Professor Morton is a scientist in good standing. I've had many dealings with him in the past. I don't doubt it About this mummy what proof have you got that you bought him? I'll show it to you Right here my dad a bill of sale signed by professor Morton. Would you like to see it? I think so one sarcophagus Period 1,000 to 900 BC dad is that all it says? That's all Bernie nothing about raw Marduk son of shishak Who son of what oh, I guess in the excitement of museum Janice, and I forgot to tell you you see there was a car Naturally, mr. Crawford since professor Morton had no positive proof that the mummy was that of raw Marduk We couldn't put that statement on the bill of sale Well, then actually you don't know what you bought do you mr. Prentice frankly I didn't take the wrappings off to look and for all you know It might have been the body of a murdered man. I'll see you see proper. Let me carry this a bit too far How well did you know Carter Baldwin? I didn't know him at all. I've heard of him, but I never met him Why don't you ask professor Morton about him? He might be able to give you some vital inflammation such as I couldn't say But Morton and Baldwin went out in several expeditions. It was a close professional relationship the kind that might lead to murder One never knows what will either murder. Yeah, but professor Morton never impressed me as a man of violent moods. We'll see All right, mr. Prentice. I'm sorry. We bothered you. No trouble at all anything. I can do to help. We'll let you know Come on kids. We're going for another ride. Let's hope this thing doesn't turn out to be a merry-go-round Professor Morton. Yes, I'm chief of police Crawford chief of oh Have I done something wrong? That's what we're here to find out and these people my son Barney Crawford And I'm Janice Turner. I'm so glad to meet you. Copy and please Now Barney look at this place. It's like a museum. Thank you, Miss Turner Everything you see here is an authentic relic of old Egypt. Oh, but forgive me. I have no right to call them relics They are living things this vase for example once adorned the palace of kiosk vero of the fourth dynasty One of the builders of the great pyramids It's beautiful and this solid bronze Oh, and you too get through with your tour of inspection I'd like to ask you a few questions professor if you won't mind. Oh, oh, yes I'm very sorry. What can I do for you? Tell me about the mummy you sold to Robert Prentice the jeweler a fine specimen And mr. Prentice is a fine gentler. Why didn't you want to certify the mummy belonged to Rahmar Duke? I'm a dude Who was he? Well, he was a Yeah, you tell him Barney. Well, Rahmar Duke was the son of shishak pharaoh of the 22nd dynasty. Oh, yes I know shishak intimately But Rahmar do now see here more than you told Prattis the mummy might be Rahmar do it Did I professor Morton? Did you or did you not sell a sarcophagus to Robert Prattis a few weeks ago? Of course, it was my latest position with the body of Carter Baldwin in it Carter Baldwin. Oh, don't tell me you don't remember him either. Hmm. I wasn't going to chief Carter and I were Where what? Well, we were Associate and you didn't like him. Did you? He was the worldly type not very likeable. You don't kill people for that professor Was he murdered as he was? What is it Janice? Daggers did you say where look at them as sharp as razor Well, I'm really proud of this collection chief It's the rarest in the world why some of these daggers have been traced back there the lecture Morton I'm taking them all down to headquarters. Oh, but you can't they're priceless every place. We'll take good care of them Oh dear this modern world Why must you take them away? One of them might have blood stains on it. They don't go back 3000 years Let's go kids. Oh Stick close to the house professor. We might need your learning. I won't go away, but I don't understand Keep Crawford you don't think that sweet old man is a murderer. Do you maybe oh just because they had those daggers in his house Good heaven dad haven't we overlooked something what now by the mummy? Well, what about it? Carter Baldwin was found in a mummy case now Where's the mummy that was in that case when Robert Prentice gave it to the museum work? Yes How do we know Morton didn't substitute the body of Carter Baldwin for the mummy before he sold it to Robert Prentice Barney I don't believe it. What do you think dad? You mean Prentice gave it to the museum without knowing what was in it. That's right Yeah On the other hand, how do we know the switch wasn't made by John Lawrence the curator? That's what I say Lawrence was in the best position to do it and if you ask yeah Lawrence was the last stop on the line for that sarcophagus Why didn't he check it before he put it in a room for a public exhibit? He didn't have to he knew what was under those wrappings I'm going back to the museum for a talk with that curator dad. Would you mind if Janice and I didn't go? That would be a pleasure Barney you call me at headquarters later. I'll give you a first-hand report No Barney Crawford Janice. I wonder if Morton might have an extra mummy lying around shall we go back and ask him? No dear we'll go forward towards the back of the house and look for a cellar door Say when Barney if you need another hairpin. Oh, thanks. This'll do I still think we're going about this the wrong way Patient Janice. I'll have this door open in a minute. That's not what I'm talking about now Instead of looking for a mummy. We should be looking for a motive. I told you that comes later But a motive dear usually points to a murder or a dozen people can have motives Here goes the lock not open this door without making too much noise So far so good. Let's get down those steps. Now you go first. I'll close the door after me. Wait a minute I'll get my cigarette lighter How's that? It gives life, but very little comfort to take my arm. We've got a lot of exploring to do This is the eerie a cellar. I've ever seen Just walls and corridors pretty clear for a private house Well, we've got no right to expect anything else professor Morton is an Egyptologist. There's an open door Janice Let's see what's in that room, but that doesn't make him a murderer Why that sweet old man must cry every time he accidentally steps on a bug. Oh Barney what's the matter? It's all over the room. Oh those they won't bite you. They're only bronze figures. There's some cats There's a bull over there on the shelf some falcons that bulls the fiercest looking thing I ever saw and in this light Barney, what's the idea of the menagerie? Well, the ancient Egyptians worship these animals as gods They must be priceless. I wish they were somewhere else. Ah, ah, here's what I'm looking for what all those mummy cases One of them might contain wait a minute Barney, why did it blow out the light? Someone's closed the door. We're locked in the professor. Hey, let us out What are you doing? I am yes Freightest useless. What do you mean? Well, the door is made of solid stone Here when I light my lighter again Yeah, I look at the walls All stone just like the inside of an ancient Egyptian tomb. I'm thrilled. What are we going to do? I don't know It looks like I've outsmarted the two of us But good Longer are you going to open and close mummy cases? This is the last one Janice Well, no mummy Thank heavens all I need now is a mummy to cheer me up You know your father should have arrested that that professor of Morton. Oh, have you changed your mind about him Barney? What do you think he'll do with us? I don't know After we're dead. Do you think he'll embalm us and sell us to the museum as mummies? What a thought Did you say embalm? Yes, but I'd rather forget it. That's it Janice If Morton killed Carter Baldwin and wrapped up his body as a mummy then he must have embalmed him and if he did Don't tell me you're going to start hunting for the embalming apparatus. Oh Barney. Not Janice. I'm sure to be around I want to get out of here Barney if we don't find a way out then I promise you I'll go out of my mind Oh, please dear take it easy. How can I with all these animals surrounding me? They're only bronze figures darling and that bull standing there in the middle of the floor and staring at me Just staring at me. I'd like to poke my fingers into his eyes. Oh, look honey, please What was that? Janice you darling you touched the spring in the bull's eye and and the wall opened. Does that mean we're free? Hit me something. Let's see. It's not an outside. No, it just leads to another room And there's another bull standing on a platform that darling happens to be a cow. Well, I don't care And if my guess is right, it's haythor the ancient Egyptian cow goddess This is no time to get technical. I was only trying to explain Jen explain us out of here Is this room a solid ball to Seems to be It's outfitted like an ancient sacrificial chamber Sacrificial oh Barney Janice come on What are you going to do walk us through a solid wall? I'm going to poke my fingers into the cows eyes Maybe the same magic will work twice. Oh sure just like in the movies Let's not stop to admire the scenery. Oh, I never thought a hole in the wall would be so beautiful See, there's a flight of steps up to the professor's living quarters dear professor How I'd love to wrap him up. All right, but take it easy. We may have to take him by surprise Nothing would give me greater pleasure. Yes, and I hope we scare the pyramids out of you You think you might have a gun maybe Is he there? I don't see him Let's not get frisky. He might be in one of the other rooms What's that only the telephone let's get outside Janice the professor should be coming in here to answer Hmm nobody home unless he's got an extension upstairs Come on. I'm going to pick up the receiver and listen Nobody on the line professor's out. He's run away. Yes. Well, I better call dad headquarters and tell him about it And why you're giving him an earful tell him how that sweet old man locked us in an airtight vault and that doesn't stop again I'll get my full report. Hello, police headquarters Chief Crawford, please This is your son. Oh Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll try in there. Thank you. Good. Bye Dad's still at the museum then that's where we're going. I want to hear tell him about Morton right away before that murder has a chance to go too far I told you to turn this place upside down to get every man working. Oh, what do you want Barney? I tried to get you ahead he got away John Lawrence got away slipped right through my fingers Well, we tell you what we're not now Janice, please about Lawrence dad We got here right after closing time that curator was not in his office So we decided to look here in the Egyptian room and of course yeah, there he was with his nose stuck halfway in one of those mummy cases He took one look at me dropped the lid right out of the room on the other side We haven't been able to find him since what about the missing mummy dad that too We've searched this building from roof to cellar every mummy case that's supposed to be empty every closet the boiler room We now we even check the furnace, but no mummy. I see Bailey Get headquarters on the phone tell them a send out a nationwide alarm. I'll get this guy Lawrence if it's the last thing I do pops really enough But we should have told him about Morton anyway. Come on Janice. We've got things to do What kind it's nine o'clock and the public library closes at 10. We'll have to hurry What are we going to do with the public library? What are we going to do some reading of course? Why did you drag me all the way here and to the section with the dustiest books here it is What a history of the pharaohs. Oh, no Now what's that got to do with the murder of Carter Baldwin a 20th century excavation engineer shishak shishak Will you stop the baby talk and answer my question shishak pharaoh the 22nd dynasty the father of raw Marduk. Remember? No, dear. I wasn't there when it happened Here it is page night and it would have been a wonderful thing for all of us if Morton hadn't been there either shishak Shishak Raw Marduk. Oh, what names to hand down from father to son? Boy, how those people must have hated each other Janice We've been chasing all over town for nothing. Hmm shishak never had a son by the name of raw Marduk Someone pulled a fast one on the museum by sticking a phony label on the mummy Robert Prentice donated Professor Morton Janice You are absolutely the cleverest girl. I've ever known now He tells me remember how you argued with me about looking for a motive instead of a mummy I'll never forget it. Well, you were right. That's what we should have done from the start. Come on wonderful Where are we rushing to now to the home of Carter Baldwin the murdered man? I'd like to poke into his private papers if they're still around Nothing Janice I've gone through every paper on this desk Ballroom may have had other hiding places. Why don't we turn on the room lights? Well the cigarette lighter I'll have to do or let's have to be seen from the outside Yes, darling, but suppose the well runs dry. Oh, then what? What's this discovered this book on the table the great jewel robbery Barney, you're not going to read it now No, dear. I did that once before some time ago. It's very interesting. I think it sounds our case Barney You sure you're all right. I'm perfect. This book tells me all I want to know about the murderer and his motive I knew it too much Egyptology. Listen. I'll tell you the story. It's about a band of thieves It became very rich plundering the tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs You know a lot of those tombs are studded with emeralds rubies and other precious stones worth millions Go on. I'm beginning to see what you mean. Well legally those stones belong to the Egyptian government and Excavators are duty bound to turn them over to the authorities. But this gang smuggled the stones out of the country Yes, then posing as Egyptologists They transported the mummies and other contents of the tombs that either sold them or donated them to museums What's Carter Baldwin mixed up in that kind of a might have been he was an excavation engineer and he and professor Morton Barney, what's matter kill that light there's someone at the front door. Let's get behind the sofa Stand as you are what don't turn around and don't turn off that flashlight or we'll shoot I see here put your hands over your head That's a good boy. Keep them covered boys. I'm going to frisk him Just as I thought a gun. All right, Janice. You can put the room lights on Dennis. Just keep facing that wall I'll tell you when to turn around Now it's Robert Prentice surprise honey. Well, aren't you not anymore? Well Prentice, I have nothing to say to you mr. Crawford. Oh come on now Let's not be coy. What did you expect to find in Carter Baldwin's wall safe? I said I have nothing what evidence wasn't it? Evidence that you and Baldwin were robbing the tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs. Don't be ridiculous It's quite a racket wasn't it Baldwin explored and plundered and you prentice the fashionable jeweler sold the precious stones to innocent purchasers Why did you kill him? You accusing me of murder? Why not? It's the truth, isn't it? I should say it isn't young man. And if you want more careful what you're saying Here Prentice It's the end of the line Would you like me to tell you what mistakes you made mistakes number one? Showing my father that bill of sale for us are coffee. I bought it a legal transaction number two Telling the museum the mummy might have been that of raw Marduk son of shishak professor Morton gave me that information Without putting it on the bill of sale. I didn't want his assumptions I wanted facts and he gave them to you But he said nothing about raw Marduk because he knew that shishak had no son by that name Then he lied to me. I bought that mummy in good faith You're so eager to find a murderer that I suggest a third mistake You told my father that you'd never met Carter Baldwin now who told you about his wall safe his ghost That does it doesn't it? I Knew we'd get you eventually It's just a matter of time Well Janice Prentice just made a full confession to dad is it worth listening to Barney well that depends on if you care Baldwin was going to cut Prentice out of the racket So Prentice killed him and had him embalmed who did that Barney an undertaker's assistant The fellow's answering a lot of dad's questions right now, but Barney why did Morton lock us in that boat? Well, he didn't know we were there He went out of the house and simply closed the door to his storeroom and we just happened to be in it That's all and it would have been that's all for both of us if I hadn't made a bullseye or if I hadn't made a cow I'm going to ignore that Barney But what about John Lawrence the curator well I knew he was innocent the minute dad told me what Lawrence was doing in the Egyptian room He was looking into a mummy case wasn't he yes, and obviously he was looking for the missing mummy Now if he'd been the murderer, he'd have known where he hidden the mummy of course No dear he'd have known there'd never been a mummy what now look here Barney Crawford Prentice Showed us a bill of sale for a sarcophagus, didn't he I know all about that, but what I don't know Well a sarcophagus is a mummy case and nothing more There'd been a mummy in it the bill of sale would have said so. Oh, oh So that's why you rushed to the library to find out about Rahmar Duke Rahu Rahmar Duke I haven't got the slightest idea who you're talking about Barney. Well, that's better. I know him The other guy never existed. He was never even born And so closes tonight's story murder makes a mummy Steadman close wrote the radio script. Jock McGregor produced and directed for Roger Bauer Tonight's cast included Lawson Zerby as Barney Crawford Jane Harvin as Janice Turner Al Hodge was chief Crawford Lon Clark was Robert Prentice and Ted Osborne played Professor Morton. Oh, I beg your pardon Hello, I hope I haven't kept you waiting Yes, this is the crime club I'm the librarian Yes, come over a week from tonight Good, we have the very exciting story of a vacancy that was filled by death It's called murder rents a room by Sarah Elizabeth Mason In the meantime Well in the meantime, there is a new crime club book available this week and every week at bookstores everywhere Yes, it's available now Fine and we look for you next week Before the war the United States with a fourth-rate military power with a standing army of only 178,000 men and that's smaller than Poland's Romanias or turkeys Well, the United States emerged from World War two in a position of world leadership with all the many attendant responsibilities And auto maintain the peace and build for future security But Congress has authorized the building of the largest peacetime army in our history and all volunteer army of over a million men Today's regular army is one of the greatest scientific research organizations in the world and because of its emphasis on Scientific research and development its men are highly skilled in radar small arms chemical warfare Photography or any of the many other highly specialized services Remember the regular army man of today is not in the army because he couldn't get a job anywhere else He is in because he has brains and ability and desires to profit by technical training that is second to none This program came from New York. 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