 Chasing Dirt presents Nick Carter famous for chasing crime Every week at this time two great names are joined as new post-war old Dutch cleanser brings you one of the most resourceful and daring characters in all Detective fiction Nick Carter master detective If you got missed bone to come here to make trouble Clara, I didn't Larry I swear it Maybe that's the mysterious woman who called me. I'll get it Don't tell us you got a phone call to certainly did a call to come over here in a hurry to prevent a murder But I'm the one who's been threatened and I certainly didn't call you well somebody did And now the case of the substitute slayer today's adventure starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter brought to you by new post-war old Dutch cleanser It's mid-morning as an overly dressed woman in her middle 30s sits stiffly in Nick Carter's office. I Suppose you've heard of me. Mr. Carter. I'm Clara Corbin. Oh miss Corbin's a writer Nick She writes soap operas for the radio, you know cereals thrilling real-life drama the solutions to the problems that confront every woman Oh, I see, but doesn't it get a little tiresome miss Corbin? Oh heaven. No Well, what can I do for you? Mr. Carter the plot of one of my shows is actually happening in real life really here read this note Clara Corbin if you don't stop writing about Larry and me, I'll kill you you got this note through the mail Yes, and here's another one Clara Corbin Take me out of your script if you want to keep on writing sounds like the work of a crank if you ask me Mr. Carter, I don't suppose you've ever heard my radio cereal my sister's husband. Why no I haven't well I don't dare let this out publicly But my cereal my sister's husband is based on the real lives of real people even so I don't see how you will my younger Sister's married to Larry Harris a reasonably successful man. They're a typical middle-class couple Oh, then the reference in one of those notes to Larry refers to Larry Harris, of course But where do I come in well everything that happened to Sue and Larry goes into the show if they have a misunderstanding The characters in the show have a misunderstanding But actually Sue and Larry lead rather prosaic lives and the cereal needs confidence and excitement So I have to make up some of the plot myself. I see go on right now The show is getting its excitement from a triangle. There's another woman But this triangle in your cereal isn't based on actual facts is it well I didn't think so when I began writing the present series of episodes Mr. Carter But I'm not so sure anymore and you think the other woman in a real life triangle is sending you the threatening notes I don't know what else to think for Miss Corbin. Is there really any mix up in your sister's marriage? Why if I didn't suspect it any such thing? I wouldn't have dreamed of using it in my show Of course not, but if there is another woman and she's responsible for the threatening notes. I've been getting oh I'm afraid Mr. Carter. She hates me and she intends to kill me. Well, couldn't you stop writing this particular plot? Oh, no with a plot's been approved by the sponsor and the scripts are in for three weeks in advance I can't do a thing about it, but I don't want to be murdered. Mr. Carter. You've got to help me now Now miss Corbin those notes may be the work of a practical joker or cranked out It seems probable that you'd hit on a true story by accident. Oh, I'm not so sure it was an accident Larry is well. Well, I don't trust him. He's been sickle before Mr. Carter, please will you take my case? I don't know that there is any case Miss Corbin I don't even know if there actually is another woman, but there must be well, that shouldn't be too difficult to find out Yes, yes, but how the simplest ways to ask your brother-in-law Larry Harris, you you mean you go to see him Why not? He may even thank me for tipping him off that there may be trouble brewing. No, he'd be furious with me He'd say I was meddling again. Now don't worry miss Corbin I'll do my best to protect you when I talk to you. Oh, but besides if I were in your place I'd rather have a brother-in-law soar at me than have a threat of murder hanging over my head Now Carter, what the devil is all this about? Mr. Harris, it's about some notes that contain threats of murder Threats of murder? Yes, do you have any idea who might send a note like this to Clara Corbin? Let's see Clara Corbin, leave Larry Larry and me out of your cereal or I'll kill you Is this another one of Clara's little tricks? I don't think so Mr. Harris Why would she harm me if it were? You don't know Clara very well I take it you don't like your sister-in-law. That's a real understatement How would you like it if your whole private life was paraded in public? No better than you do Mr. Harris But I don't like murder either. Murder? This isn't murder. This is well, it's yes What is it? Why it's a joke of some kind. Murder is not a good subject for jokes It is with Clara Corbin and it couldn't happen to a nicer person. Look mr. Harris I'm going to be frank with you if there is another woman in your life besides your wife These letters may get you into a lot of trouble that wouldn't worry Clara, but it should worry you Now I'm not interested in your personal affairs But is there another woman certainly not I threatened to sue Clara for liable once and if she keeps this up I'll do it But if you weren't involved with another woman then her story hardly applies to you does it that doesn't make any difference Whether it applies to me or not it can still hurt me plenty, but how? Outsiders don't know that the story is based on your life, but Mr. Carter, I think I've given you quite enough in my time You might as well go back to your office and charge this interview up to wasted time. All right, mr. Harris, I'll go back to my office, but I won't admit I've wasted any time not yet So her sister's husband wouldn't tell you a thing hi Nick. Oh, I wouldn't say that Patsy He thinks he didn't tell me anything, but he did give me some helpful information for instance Well for one thing he's nursing a violent hatred for Clara Corbin. Oh, I could have guessed that for another thing There is another woman in his life and he admitted it No, he denied it But when I suggested that he didn't have any cause for liable if it weren't true He got sore at me. I think they told me to get out of his office Okay, but do you think he tried to get miss Corbin to change her plot by sending her those notes? No Patsy He seemed genuinely surprised when I showed him one of those notes Well, I keep going back to the idea that maybe Clara Corbin sent those notes to herself But why well she is that her brother-in-law is stepping out on sister Sue She wants to stop it So she puts that kind of a plot into a radio serial figuring it would scare Larry Harris and to behaving himself Exactly only it didn't so she went a step further and you think those murder notes are fake sure No, no, I think you're wrong Patsy It's quite possible that this mysterious other woman does exist and I want to find out who she is Hey Say Nick, we're overlooking one person who may know who this other woman is Sue Harris his wife Well, that's possible Perhaps she didn't want to risk breaking up her home by making a scene So instead of accusing her husband she may have talked Clara into writing this stuff Patsy She wouldn't admit that oh Nick. I have a hunch. I could get a talk at least why don't you let me try? Okay, go ahead. My don't be disappointed if your hunch turns out to be a flop Oh You're the woman who called herself miss Bowen and claimed to be working for a detective Oh, yes, I'm Patsy Bowen and if you're miss Harris my husband was furious when I told him I'd agree to talk to you He said it was a trick a trick Well, I don't see how Larry says the newspapers have been asked for him about the plot in my sister's husband Trying to get him to involve himself and me in a scandal and if some newspaper I assure you I'm not from any news What you are you can tell your editor that the triangle plot in my sister's radio show is completely without Foundation as far as Larry and I are concerned please Mrs. Harris I'm not from a newspaper believe me you your sister knows about my appointment with you You can call her if you don't believe me. I'll just pick you up on that young lady come in Hey, and if she doesn't back you up I'm gonna call the police Larry told me not to make you get away with anything and I'm Nobody else is at the door wait a minute Like hi sue. I just thought didn't see whether I could do anything that might help me Bowen Well, then you know this woman Why of course you see you mean you actually hired a detective to pry into our private lives Oh darling, that's hardly the way I should all I can Clara You've tried to make a mess of my married life right from the start But I dear I don't know what you're talking Oh, yes, you do and you've gone too far this time now get out of this house and never come back I never want to see you again. Oh dear. You're up. You bet. I'm upset. Oh, I went to a detective because I don't want to be murdered But that's right. I Think you're both crazy. I suppose you think it's crazy that Larry's I Won't have you say anything about Larry. No, then I suppose he isn't in love with somebody else He was never in love with you Clara. That's certain I told you time and time again that I was glad we found out in time that Larry and I Were so jealous of me that it drove you crazy when Larry married me and you've never given up trying so you don't know what you're saying Oh, yes, I do You started that radio program just for spite to try to break up our home, but I'm trying to save it Please no, I asked you for any help Clara get out Do somebody came in the side door without knocking Well, I Brings you home in the middle of the afternoon woman called me said I should get home right away that it was a matter of life She scared me half out of my wits. Well, it must have been this woman here who called you what Mrs. Harris I don't know a thing about it. Well, then whoever you are. What are you doing here? Well, if Clara brought you here to make trouble, I haven't Larry. I swear that doesn't impress me much Clara. Well, I suppose it Maybe that's the woman who called you log. I'll see who it is right away What's going on here anyway, but don't tell us you got a phone call too certainly did some woman said it after hurry if I Wanted to prevent a murder murder, but I'm the one who's been threatened. I certainly didn't call you Well, somebody called me Somebody just opened the kitchen door Somebody must have come in without knocking One in the kitchen hurry Great Scott Connie Barton is she dead? I'll tell you in a minute Who's Connie Barton? She's Larry secretary. How in the world? I don't know anything about it, Sue. Oh, Mr. Carter. Is she yes? She's dead. What's more, I'm afraid the murderers had time to get away See anybody No Murder must have figured we'd be stopped a few seconds when we saw the body Oh, but The murder how did you know it was from the scratch on her face? I'd say she died from a hypo injection of some quick-acting poison And I don't want anybody to leave this room Oh really now the police will want to find the hypodermic needle and I don't intend to give anyone here a chance to Get rid of it, but none of us could have killed him in the living room. This is Harris. Did you know this Connie Barton? Yes, not well, of course soon. You were Connie Barton was my private secretary That's one way of putting now see here if you think you know you trying to bluff Well, I've stood all I'm going to you want the truth. Don't you mr. Carter? I do well Connie Barton was the other woman in my radio show The kitchen door of the Harris house opened there was a screen and then the door was closed The number one question now in Nick Carter's mind is who killed Connie Barton in just a moment. We'll see what happens next All back to the case of the substitute slayer today's adventure with Nick Carter But to you by new post war old Dutch cleanser It's now sometime later the scene is Larry Harris's private office and Nick Carter has just come in Larry None too enthusiastic says what do you want now Carter? I want to discuss your secretary's murder mr. Harris Well, there's not much I can tell you is there that all depends the police found the hypodermic needle in the yard Thanks to you none of us had a chance to get out of the house after the murder was committed I know But whoever the murderer was it isn't healthy to have him or her running around loose Murders the kind of an idea that grows in a person just the same Connie must have been killed because of something entirely Outside the office and why was your home picked as the place for it to happen? Well, that's easy because there'd been gossip about Connie and me was there any foundation for that gas at Mr.. Harris I've told you there wasn't Thanks to that telephone tip. I was lucky enough to be in the clear Any idea who called you no Mr.. Harris Was Connie Barton the other woman in your life? No, there was nothing between Connie and me You think it was Connie who threatened your sister-in-law's life. I've been wondering Was she angry about the plot and my sister's husband? How could she help it be? I suppose she discussed it with you Yes, yes, she was in a spot She didn't dare bring any legal action against Clara because that would dignify the whole mess She wanted to quit her job on a carnival. I wouldn't let it That's a what brings you and miss Corbin here I know but I had to close up the office miss Corbin came to see you and you weren't there So we rushed up to Mary Manning's apartment. Just a minute. That's a new name. Who's Mary Manning? She's the radio actress who was playing the part of the other woman in my cereal when I listened this afternoon There was a new girl in the part and I wondered what had happened So I called the producer and he said that Mary Manning didn't show up for rehearsal And he hadn't been able to get her on the phone So miss Corbin and I took a cab to her apartment and well, she's gone She packed up and cleared out. It looks as though she's run away. Miss Corbin Can I listen to a record of this Mary Manning's voice? Why I suppose the studio has recordings, but why I want to see whether I recognize the voice Whether she was the woman who sent me to the scene of the murder Understand it miss Cotter you insist you recognize Mary Manning's voice from the record at the studio and Mary said the same thing before we left him But there's not the slightest doubt of it miss Corbin Why was Mary Manning playing the particular role you gave her I you think I cast the shows Why I have nothing to do with it the producer I told to the producer Nick a mr. Weller He backs Miss Corbin up on that all right then What do you know about Mary Manning? Nothing I've seen her around the studios. That's all did you find out anything about a patsy when you talk to the radio producer practically nothing I don't suppose mr. Weller knew whether miss Manning knew Larry or see you Harris No, no, I asked us to be sure but he didn't I still think there must have been some reason why she was picked to play The role of the other woman in that serial only because the producer evidently thought that she was capable of doing a good job, and she was It's carbon to think I'll go have a little talk with the producer of your show Mr. Carter my living depends on getting along with radio producers, and I won't have you making any more trouble I'm not trying to make trouble for you miss Corbin But at the moment I'm trying to run down a murder and I'd like to do it before anybody else gets killed You and Patsy wait here for me, right? I won't have it. He's not going to jeopardize my show now look miss Corbin Let me get at that phone Corbin if you're going to call the producer none of your business whom I call for just the same phone I told you that hello, what give me mr. Weller's office right away. Yes, and please hurry. I've got an idea miss Corbin Hello, Sarah. Yes. Yes, this is miss Corbin Detectives on his way to the studio to talk to mr. Weller Well, he'll ask all kinds of questions and telling anything you want to but don't let him see mr. Weller Look here. You do Sarah. It will cost you your job. Goodbye This Corbin you killed Connie Barton I killed don't you even dare say such a thing But you did and you're also afraid to let Nick find out how Mary Manning got into the cast of your show That's a lot. Oh, no, it's not she was working with you And I'm going to phone the producer of your show right now. You're not going to keep Nick from talking to him You put down that phone. I will not put it down. Oh, so you want to hide do you? Well All right, I'll drop it right on your head Okay, miss Corbin. I hate it to knock you out, but you had it coming Now maybe I can make my phone call without any interruptions Hello, Mrs. Harris Why mr. Coddick? What brings you back here? Have you found out anything about the murder? I am not sure is your husband at home No, he isn't. Well, maybe it's better. He isn't here now. I Want to talk to you about Connie Barton very well. I'll start out by telling you I'm glad she's dead. Oh Every word that Clara put in the radio serial of hers was true. You're sure and everybody knew it Connie Barton deserved to die. I see Well, Mrs. Harris it so happened that she died in your kitchen and in view of what you've just said You had a stronger motive for killing her than anybody else, but I couldn't have killed her I was right here with the rest of you in the kitchen door open. We heard that scream Mary Manning wasn't here in this room, Mrs. Harris Mary Manning Don't tell me you don't know who Mary Manning is. I don't I've never heard the name. Who is she? You know, I believe you're telling the truth. Of course. I am who is she? She's the person who's going to catch the killer Larry What's the devil are you doing here asking your wife a few questions Harris? What brings you home at this time of the day? Oh, I have to go out of town for a few days on business the hurry-up trip You think it's wise for you to leave before this murder is solved that murder doesn't concern me Okay, I'll get it Miss Bowen tried to kill me so that I couldn't leave this man's office Miss Corbin You're but I pretended to be unconscious until I saw my chance to get away from her Then I got a cab you didn't get away from her Miss Corbin She's getting out of another cab at the curb right now But why should she try to keep Clara in your office Carter great Scott does she think Clara is the killer? Mr.. Try to get away after I discovered she was the killer hold on Patsy hold on are you sure miss Corbin's the killer girls mad Probably I want to know one thing How did you happen to arrive here just before the murder? Why I I got a telephone call from the woman who'd been giving me all the information I've been using about about Larry and Connie Barton Oh, I'm she said there was going to be a show down here You mean Mary Manning called you to no no it wasn't Mary Manning. I know her voice. I know Chris Connie Barton who called you wasn't it Connie Barton? I think so yes Yes, I'm sure it was Connie. It's Connie Barton who gave you all the information you used in your radio cereal But I was the one person who stood a profit from the breakup of the Harris home She wanted you to divorce your wife and marry her didn't she Harris That's hard to believe but if what Clara says is true. No very well. It's true, but this Mary Manning Why should she have killed Connie? Why we won't know what part many manning played in this till we find her I'll get it. No. No, I've been expecting a call. Give me the phone Hello, Nick Carter speaking. Oh, yes, Maddie What Mary Manning She has wonderful Has she talked yet Maddie? She has Fine I don't blame her for asking to be placed in protective custody No, no, I won't need any help Maddie. Thanks. Goodbye. You'll need a lot of help Carter Nick you've got a gun. I'm afraid I'll have to use a tumis bone. I don't intend to be arrested Larry Harris holds a revolver to Nick Carter's head as he removes Nick's gun from its holster We'll see what happens in just a moment Now for the conclusion of the case of the substitute slayer today's adventure with Nick Carter What do you buy new post wall old Dutch cleanser as Larry Harris takes Nick Carter's gun? He says no Carter I don't intend to wind up behind bars and you're not going to tell anybody your ideas about what happened either look Harris If you love your wife, you won't run away. It's my money. He loves that's right darling. You never let me forget it Okay, Carter Larry don't for my sake. You mustn't kill anyone else. So get away from me Put your arms around me. Can't you see? Come on Harris drop those guns. I told you to drop those guns. If you don't I'll break your neck Carter Okay, that's the way you want it There Now if you want some more don't reach for that other gun Harris. I've got you covered. I know it'd be a pleasure to shoot. Okay Okay, you win But you'll never be able to prove a thing against me You don't even know what really happened. I know enough I know for one thing that your secretary was trying to force you to divorce your wife and marry her The whole mess was her fault. You mean that Connie Barton sent me those threatening notes. Yes She wanted to stir things up That still doesn't prove I killed Connie the proof you killed her Harris is the positive Identification of the drug is to sold you the poison. She was killed with that's a lie I got it from a doctor and even he doesn't know that I so you stole it from a doctor, huh? Thanks Harris. All right Yes, I stole it from a doctor you win again I suppose you also told the actress Mary Manning that you wanted her as a witness in a scheme to sue Clara Corbin now I told her Clara was framing a little scene at my house as a publicity gag for the show Did she come here to the house with you and your secretary? Yes, but I had her call you first then the three of us Connie Mary Manning and I all drove out here together in County Barton suspect anything sure I told her we wanted an outside witness But when did you kill Connie while miss Bowen was ringing the doorbell? I Told Connie she was to hide in the kitchen until everybody was here Then I sneaked her in to show her where to hide and Well, it was quiet and simple. I don't suppose she ever knew what happened to now And I tiptoed out and told Mary Manning She wasn't to come into the kitchen to listen until after everybody had arrived. It was a cute trick You thought we'd catch her when we discovered the body and screamed that she'd take the rap for Connie's murder. Yes You didn't catch her I was in the clear and if you did nothing she could have said would have helped her much I would have insisted. I didn't know her It was just my bad luck. She got to the police before I found her suppose you plan to kill her too Of course, I had to Now that she's told the police all she knows, but she hasn't mr. Harris Well, that's that phone call that call is for your wife and the magazine salesman have called him I must think I'm crazy. Why you I had to know who'd be afraid to have Mary Manning found So I fall for a trick like that I Even fall for it when my wife throws her arms around me so that you can grab the guns Mrs. Harris, did you do that deliberately so that Nick could stop your husband? Don't answer that question Mrs. Harris. I'd rather not know but thanks just the same Nick before we leave what about next week's adventure well Mike it came as close to being the perfect crime as any I've seen You see Mike the only person who could prove they'd been a murder was the corpse But surely Nick found some kind of a clue only one a peroxide cutie with naturally blonde hair But if she was a peroxide blonde, she couldn't be a natural blonde to she was there Mike, huh? And it was a good thing because trying to explain that fact was the only way to solve the murder Well, what do you call the adventure Nick? I call it the case of the unwanted wife Nick Carter master detective is presented each week at this time by the cutting he packing company It is produced and directed by Jock McGregor and is copyrighted by Streets and Smith publications incorporated Charlotte Manson is featured as Patsy today's script was written by George B. Anderson Original music is played by Henry Silver. 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