 Hello Yukon 3a 309 Yes, this is Candy Mattson Yes, yes, this is Candy Mattson I've been out of town just who is this speaking Mrs. Allison Gray you may have heard of my husband the famous industrialist Who hasn't heard of him? You've got to help me miss bird. Do you sound it? What seems to be wrong, Mrs. Gray? I had you you understand correctly Can you drop out to see me miss Mattson right away? Well, you'll have to give me some idea of what it's all about Mrs. Gray, there are certain types of cases I refuse to accept If we're going to do business, yes Well, it's my husband losing his mind. What is horrible? But yesterday he disappeared completely. You don't have to say another word Mrs. Gray. I'll be right out The national broadcasting company presents Candy Mattson Yukon 3 8309 That's the way it usually goes. I live in a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco Inside there's a phone. It's listed and it rings Sometimes I wish it wasn't and didn't but the phone is listed. Thusly Candy Mattson private investigator And that's how I make my living Do you remember that old gag about what's black and white and red all over? Yeah, newspaper Well because of that telephone call from Mrs. Allison Gray, I had a switch I had my palm red and got black and blue all over and for good measure I uncovered two very dead corpses along the way. I Got the address of the Allison Grays out on Broadway in the valley of wealth And that's where I went as I pulled up at the front door I looked for the bell But there was none nothing but a huge knocker looking like it weighed about 10 tons I've whacked it a couple of times and thought the house would fall off its foundations We ma'am Zell. Oh We just we see see poor on rendezvous avec Madame Gray. Oh We lower high school style We I'll bet you run out before I do you'd say that again. Oh you speak English. Yeah, San Francisco style You miss Mattson. That's right miss Graves expecting you you'll find her in the library Don't overdo it Clyde Say what kind of a place is this anyway? You'll find out right on in please. Oh Miss Mattson. Yes, Mrs. Gray. You come in my how attractive you are I expected a severe type of woman sit down. Won't you please? Well, thank you You've got to help me miss Mattson. My whole life has been turned into a phantasmagoria It's a good word and tell me more about the phantasmagoria My husband and I have been married 30 years all that time. He's been kind Considerate generous and with money yet that makes him quite a man, but in business He's just the opposite. He's ruthless and I'm afraid he's made a good many enemies Well, I guess you have to be like that in business if you want to be successful I know of at least a half dozen men who've been led into financial ruin because of my husband's operations and this all leads to just this I believe that his business tactics finally began to prey on his mind But the past month these looked as though he was suffering from shock or concussion. Oh, maybe that's it And no miss Mattson. I was a nurse before I married mr. Gray. I know the symptoms My husband I'm sure is on the edge of a complete mental collapse If it hasn't happened already when I just how do I fit into the picture find him please Then perhaps we can get to the root of all the trouble. I dive anything happened to him You should know his habits. Can't you find him? This is great Can an amateur pianist do the work of a Rubenstein? No miss Mattson. You're a professional sleuth. That's why I called you Okay, you've got yourself a girl as of now. I'm on the payroll What is your fee miss Mattson 200 in advance $50 a day in expenses, that's reasonable. I'll make out a check for you right away fine Oh, hello Excuse me didn't know you had company perfectly. All right, Robert. May I present my nephew Robert Warnacky? This is Miss Candy Mattson. How do you do? It's the largest know you Mattson, huh? That name is familiar Yes, yes your lady reporter or something that's sort aren't you? No, no, I'm afraid not mr. Warnacky Robert she's here on business. Here you are miss Mattson. Thank you. Mrs. Gray Well, I better be getting along. You'll hear from me soon. Oh, goodbye, mr. Warnacky. I'll be seeing you Yes, yes, I've a hunch you most certainly will I left the house got in my car and as I drove along I did some thinking it was a strange thing He was a family with all the loot in the world, but unhappy didn't make sense Suddenly I realized I wasn't far from the studios of an old friend of mine Rembrandt Watson a darn good photographer Now that he's given up the grape the kind that comes in bottles as luck would have it He was in and gave me a greeting worthy of the prodigal son. Candy you minx Where on earth have you been dove? Minx and dove you make me feel as if I should be molting. What do you mean? Where have I been just what the question implies there where have you been up in Eureka on a case? Oh, and how did you find Eureka with radar? You've never seen such fog Why this deep concern about me whereabouts? I've been trying to get in touch with you. I've some business for you, dear No, thanks Rembrandt. I already have some she's an old customer of mine. I photographed her so often I know every little wrinkle. I've even given them names. Oh, I told you ducky I couldn't possibly her neck is more lines than a California roadmap Rembrandt for the last time her name is gray What did you say her name was good a sweet little old fluff lives out on Broadway Mrs. Allison gray Yes, that's the one well Rembrandt. I just now left her house not more than 10 minutes ago Splendid she got in touch with you She dropped in my studio several days ago, and I recommended you get yourself a fine fat feet of she can afford it Do you know anything about the deal only that she's worried about her husband. That's nothing. I'm worried about mine You're not married. That's why I'm worried you mean you still can't get lieutenant Mallard to see the light, right? Every time we even get near the subject of matrimony Mallard ducks Mallard ducks, okay, I'll leave I would if I were you Mallard ducks really well, did you accept the case? I'm afraid I did remember it then you might be interested in this here. What's this a card you can read Yeah, madame Natasha Palmistry Telepathy sitting by appointment only what's this all about may not have any connection in the list But it fell out of mrs. Gray's purse as she left the other afternoon palmistry yet. This gal goes in for wrinkles all over Rembrandt may sound as though he has bird gravel for brains But he's been around me long enough to know a lead when he sees one so I took the card and left I cut over to Union and down to Carney Street and then to the Hall of Justice on the corner of Washington That's where my boy Mallard hangs his hat lieutenant Ray Mallard of San Francisco homicide a wonderful guy If he'd only swap stars the one pinned on the inside of his coat for the ones up in the sky Well bust my rank and call me patrolman of it isn't candy Hi, you beautiful thing you what have you been doing sniffing too much sulfur molasses. I'm really stating the truth She looks well candy well in that case no comment. Not better quit while I'm ahead Well foot flat what's new nothing? Absolutely nothing. I'm not gonna lose my job the last 24 hours. There's been only one crime reported Some kid had his bike stolen. Oh, you can talk to me Mallard. Was it an inside job? I don't know. We haven't got anything to go on but give us another two days Busters bike heist wide open good for you laddie boy now shift your cigar and listen to me Okay, got something well not yet It could be ever here of a lady swami known as Madame Natasha crystal gazing done cheap What does she make like Conan Doyle out on Buchanan near Jackson? You know her real name? Nope Well, I can't help you then as long as they keep the crystal gazing down to a soft stare in a low murmur We don't bother him. Hmm. You thought I'd ask Know anything about an Allison gray Allison gray sure Charming character whole department knows about him. It's nothing we can do about it. So yeah, so The biggest crook this side of Jesse James Jesse did it with a gun this Joker does it with pen and ink Oh, all very neat and orderly can't get a thing on him a happy chappy a very happy. He's got more guys who hate his Very popular nobody likes him. Well, his wife does she loves him. Well, that's what wives are for That's what I keep telling you Now, how did I walk into that one? Mallard picked up a sheet of papers and threw it at me. It seems I'd scored a point I ducked out got in my car and drove up the hill to my place. I had some phoning to do and I wanted to do it fast I Good afternoon, madam. I'm calling for an appointment. Oh Yes, yes, I'm from New York a friend of mine was here last summer. She said you were excellent Wallace Mrs. Jennifer Wallace Betsy Ross Oh, and I'd like to bring a friend along if I might a mr. Turner That's a bit out of the ordinary mr. Ross, but the stars decree Very well, I will see you both That was number one call out of the way number two call was to Rembrandt He was going to be my mr. Turner. He's very sharp where photography is concerned and I wanted him along in case of tricks He said yes, he'd always wanted his palm bread So I told him I pick him up body 30 then I showered fixed dinner and got into an outfit that made me look as Smosy as possible with no lipstick or makeup and with a pull-down hat and a dumpy old gown I achieved the desired effect and I got in the car and went over to Rembrandt's pace. I Beg your no no no subscriptions. Thank you. I'm not sending any more boys through college. Oh, you're a woman I think I'm not only a woman Rembrandt. I'm candy Did someone throw acid on you or something? This is my costume Halloween isn't until next month candy I know but the spooks are here. We're going to see them this evening. Perhaps so but the way you look It's just a matter of who scares whom candy you look hideous. Well, good. That's just the way I want it What's the idea dove? I don't get it some of these so-called fortune tellers are real smart cookies Rembrandt for obvious reasons I don't want this gal. We're going to visit to know who I am rest assured. She won't not the way you look Am I that convincing duck? I did if I didn't know better I'd swear you just stepped off a pickle boat fine. That's what I wanted to hear Come on Rembrandt. It's time for us to peek into our futures We got in the car and drove out to Madame Natasha's place on Buchanan Street It was one of those old three-story gingerbread houses that still stand in San Francisco Cornices gables carved pillars ornate handrails leading up the front steps, etc. And etc. I rang the doorbell on the darkened porch and expected to be greeted by Peter Laurie. I wasn't far wrong. Oh Oh Good evening Madame Natasha bid you enter the temple of the zodiac Yes, yes, and you are miss Ross and this is mr. Turner. Yes Madame is expecting you just follow me if you will Here we are this room here You will be seated, please Thank you A few brief words of instruction Madame will be here shortly At first do not speak to her He has been in touch with the outer world in preparation for your visit He is on a highly sensitive mental plane The least little noise will cause her great harm You will remain where you are Madame will sit at that table over there She will address you Once having done so you may talk to her in low tones, please Is this clear Yes Very well. I shall leave you alone Remember let Madame Natasha speak first Smells like a mortuary Part of the act rembred the aroma of flowers all ties in with a supernatural. I can't understand why we're here candy I've got to start somewhere Rembrandt. This was the only thing I had to go and look to you There's a light beginning to fade up on the door. Where'd it come from? Oh, I don't know It's a cute trick. You know that Very quiet. I think this is the madam's entrance queue You are gathered on the threshold of three powerful forces the past the present the future Prepare to travel with me through these three elements The lady's name is Ross The gentleman's Turner That is right. Is it not? You may speak That is correct. Yes We shall commence Detach yourselves Think of nothing but the past Your childhood your school days vacations Your misfortunes your happy hours Your parents think think Yes Our four planes are beginning to meet music Stars and music They guide our lives Yes, we are meeting look at that candy on the wall the face of a man Someone is about to visit us Do you feel the presence? Yes Yes, I do I Seem to feel it's a relative of yours Your father perhaps. No, no, it's my uncle Bart. He used to take me boating. Yes Yes uncle bar Now I know my word. This is better than old movies Fool what what did you say what why your friend here? He's a scoffer. I cannot go on I'm in terrible mental pain. Please you must leave now immediately The National Broadcasting Company is presenting candy medicine Yukon 3 8309 It wasn't Rembrandt who had broken the spell it was that scream and the anguish cry from the other room Did the trick I would have given my eye teeth to do some snooping But the lad who showed us in did a very firm reverse and made sure we took a straight line for the front door and out I heard the lock click behind us and that was it We went across the street got in the car and took off the fog whistle thick you couldn't see 20 feet in any direction Why are you biting your lower lip dove? Are you put out with me for being a scoffer? No, no not at you Rembrandt, but I am put out That babes as phony as a three dollar bill. Yes, you and your uncle Bart who used to take you boating Indeed that scream and the voice that's what did it very good. I thought sounded almost real It was real. Ducky. Didn't you notice how excited the madam was Joe? I thought you came out of a trance awfully fast. What about the vision of dear old uncle Bart? Oh, that was rear view projection girl shot through some very fine cheesecloth to give it a slight distortion Okay, I'm making another appointment with the madame for tomorrow night I want to see what's going on behind the scenes where you're going now candy home and to bed I'm tired and let me out on Fairness Avenue. Well, I'm dickering with a man for used car. Oh, well, I'll take you there What's the place? Diogenes Anderson the swapping suede Rembrandt got out at the used car lot and I went home and had a good night's sleep Wanted to have all my buttons because there were a lot of angles that needed angling I Woke in the morning feeling quite fresh and ready for come what may First thing to come what may was another drive out to the valley of wealth to check in with Mrs. Allison Gray the door opened but it wasn't Mrs. Gray was her nephew Robert Warnickie. Oh Miss Madsen Come in won't you I'm so sorry, but it's the butler's day or what a shame having to strain yourself on that Heavy door. Thank you. Yeah, I Imagine you want to see my aunt. Yes, you imagine correctly. Is she in no no she left about half an hour ago Said something about having to see about her hair. Oh, would she leave it? Oh Very clever miss Madsen What about your uncle mr. Gray? Is he here? Oh Aren't you the one who's supposed to know where my uncle is? What do you mean by that? To repeat you're very clever miss Madsen. I have an apology to make you. Oh Yes, yes, you're not a report at all My aunt cracked my mistake. You're a Private detective person. So who's denying it? You know, you're very attractive miss Madsen. I Think I should kiss you you what I've never kissed an Oh Why you clown tell your aunt that'll cost her another hundred I Was so mad I boiled over and out the door I think I drove all the way home and low at 40 miles an hour I dashed up the stairs in my penthouse and scrubbed my face three times Then I got to thinking how the character looked at her and kissed me Lipstick all over his mouth and I started to laugh And I stopped laughing It may have been the most nauseating kiss that man ever bestowed on maid, but Certainly stopped me cold. I went over to the phone and called Madame Natasha's temple of the zodiac Is Madame Natasha there Well, would it be possible to make an appointment for this evening? Yes, yes, miss Ruth Burdett. Yes Oh, oh, she must miss Burdett was there only a few weeks ago That's perfect, um Taylor giri and Taylor Things were beginning to roll now and I think I saw the light and if I was proven to be right The light wasn't very pleasant this time. I didn't go is the mousey little character I went as myself I got in the car and drove out to the temple of the zodiac if it had been dark the night before it was Even darker now and I couldn't help shivering a bit. I checked my purse there It was my little 32 and I felt better and I walked up the steps rang Shown in by the same gent He didn't bat an eye. So I knew I wasn't recognized I went through the same breathing instructions about not talking to the madam until she spoke first and so forth and the man left After a moment or two. So did I Down the hall then I found the staircase and rambled up in the semi darkness There were three rooms on the second floor and none of them disclosing a thing Besides the agonized voice that had cried out. No, no, please don't seem to have come from further off So on up another flight to the third floor. I opened the first door nothing Then kitty corner and another door still nothing But on the third door I Could see them in the darkness two bodies piled side-by-side. I went over and lit a match And there they were The bodies of mrs. Allison gray and that of what obviously must have been her husband mr. Gray Very cold and very dead you see me to have found something miss Taylor Yeah, they look quite natural don't they madam Natasha is here. She is highly displeased with you Yeah, I'll bet Hi, madam. Miss Taylor seems to be the curious time. You're out of character. Mr. Warnacky you'd look better without that wig. I said you were clever miss Madsen to clever quick wall together. Oh, no, you don't Mr. You fool Candy for peace sake Rembrandt are you all right? I'm okay bullet in the arm. That's all We're on earth did you come from the room across the hall downstairs when we saw you pussy-footing by so we followed we Yes, we diogenes Anderson and I eat the swapping sweet What were you two doing out here candy girl how naive you are at times? You told me you were coming back here tonight You didn't include me in your plan so that meant you were coming alone knowing your propensity for getting into trouble I felt it encumbered upon me to enlist the aid of my friend Diogenes and come to your assistance well bully for you remember and I'm glad you did What did you fellas do to these rats? Yes, we followed you up the stairs we implemented ourselves with two sturdy chairs in it happened They fired you dashed past us when those two Vegas came at breast of us We merely lowered the boom diogenes on one side eye on the other. Oh my word. We are really tagged to my fear Well, I wouldn't worry about it. They've been working overtime. They can use a little deep sleep Look candy who bodies Tell me about it. It's very simple. Mellor dear this nephew of mrs. Gray's at one time had been a ham of female impersonator in Vaudeville so last year he decided to try to convince his uncle mr. Allison gray that his days were shortening that he should atone for his wicked life How do you go about that by telling his uncle he should visit a fortune teller and by a very strange coincidence The fortune teller is a nephew Robert Warney. That's right the impersonator The same telling his uncle and I quote that he should give all his money away to charities before he died They're on the uncle went for the gas or did you ever know a man like that? Who didn't want to repent before passing out was a cinch But all the charities were phonies and all the checks came right back to Robert Warnock II Well, I don't see why Warnock II had to go so far as to bump off his uncle and I did the catch wise of this Right, that's it exactly Miller He was in so deep that he might just as well go all the way and eliminate You see the uncle in the first blush of being a grade A philanthropist never questioned the charities which Warnock II suggested Yeah, that makes sense about a month ago. He started wondering and snooping and he found out there were no charities It was like a wild man. That's what made Mrs. Gray think her husband was losing his mind Well, if I unloaded that much money through a swindle I'd have acted crazy, too Yeah, I'll bet well the uncle started following Warnock II's movements Just as he discovered that Warnock II was also Madame Natasha Warnock II caught wise that his uncle had caught wise. He forced him into the old house on Buchanan Now he was frightened. He didn't know how much his aunt knew so he went back to the Gray's place told his aunt that he had A tip as to where his uncle was Naturally, she went along with him. She was still up in the room with her dead husband the first night Rembrandt And I went out there was her voice. I heard crying. No, no, please don't she'd heard our voices downstairs and tried to make a break Warnock II's goon boy grabbed her just in time and after we left they did away with her, too A very unpretty mess. Yeah How did you first tip to Warnock II candy when he kissed me when he came way? What? Sure, he kissed me. I appealed to some men When I got home I remembered the way he looked with my lipstick on his mouth all I had to do was medley put a wig on the Joker and Voila madame Natasha, I'll be darned. Yeah, aren't you gonna kiss me good night? What and turn into a fortune teller why you Come here cupcake What's matter with you Good night madame mallard, we'll take a look in the mirror and then get yourself a crystal ball in your own business I heard tonight were Helen cleave as mrs. Gray Kurt Martell is the butler and Earl Lee as Madame Natasha's assistant Tony Barrett played the dual role of Warnock II and Madame Natasha Tutor Owen was Rembrandt Watson and Whitfield Connor was heard as Lieutenant Ray Mallard The program stars Natalie Masters is candy and is directed by Monty Masters The characters in tonight's story were entirely fictitious any resemblance to actual people is purely coincidental and don't forget For excitement fun and laughs just dial candy medicine you can 38309 Hell give me speaking this has been a presentation of the NBC program department in Hollywood