 suspense and the producer of radios outstanding theater of thrills the master of mystery and adventure William N. Robson it is a cliche of murder that the killer always returns to the scene of his crime but we know of no recorded instance in which the victim has returned to the scene of his demise however we come as close as we can in the upcoming story we have contrived to produce a reasonable facsimile of the corpse with some startlingly unpredictable results listen listen then as miss Vanessa Brown stars in vamp till dead which begins in exactly one minute do you know the Social Security benefits to which you will be entitled when you separate from the service and take a civilian job here's a tip from Social Security disabled workers at any age up to 65 can now look forward to monthly Social Security benefits unfortunately not all severely disabled workers are aware of the possibility of cash disability benefits for younger workers and their dependents illness or accident may strike at any age disability while young often causes the greatest economic hardship with a growing family to be cared for for this reason Congress has improved Social Security protection against loss of income and offers disability insurance benefits with no age limitations to find out more about the protection you have under Social Security right to Social Security Department 15 Hollywood 28 California and now till dead starring Miss Vanessa Brown a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense your first name what did you say it was Amy Mr. Gentry Amy Amy Amy Amy yes yes yes and are you a good secretary Amy you have all of my recommendations Mr. Gentry I mailed them to you a week ago oh yes yes yes yes to be sure I must have looked at them or I wouldn't have hired you and had you come all the way from New York now would I do you think you'll like it here in this big house working for me I hope so sir tell me what do you think of me I beg your pardon me how do I strike you what am I a gentle person a wit a profound talent a buffoon tell me I'd be interested in your opinion I've only known you were half hour Mr. Gentry well then I'll tell you I'm a writer Amy do you know what it means to have a million words inside of you and not to be able to let them out no sir it's an utter horror and that's the way it's been with me for more than a year but now I'm ready to go back to work again and release those million words and it'll be your job to take them down I'll do my best not going to be easy very demanding Amy I understand Mr. Gentry the cook's name is Jenny she'll help you find your way around the house and for heaven's sake call me Paul not Mr. Gentry yes Paul that's better Amy I feel it helps if people adjust to new situations as quickly as possible have you heard about my wife no sir I haven't well you will so I'll tell you people around here say that I killed Mrs. Gentry good night Amy I ran upstairs to my room I could still hear him laughing even after I closed the door and then finally he stopped and I was lying across my bed when I was aware that someone was standing beside me he's like that child you mustn't mind who are you I'm Jenny the cook oh oh yes but but somehow you don't don't look like a cook my dear I find more inspiration in cooking meals for a great writer like Paul Gentry than I ever found in the 23 years I taught high school English I say now don't let him upset you he really doesn't mean it he can be as gentle as he is harsh no one really understands him did did did Mrs. Gentry understand him no she didn't she never made an attempt there's a question in your eyes Amy yes was she murdered yes in that little guest cottage down by the brook you can see it from this window how how how did it happen it was almost a year ago they argued over something trivial at dinner the flowers on the table Mrs. Gentry ran out of the house a few minutes later I could hear her playing the piano in the cottage some little tune that always infuriated him the next morning her body was found slumped over the piano her neck was broken and and people think there was no evidence against mr. Gentry no proof only hearsay and talk I see now now there's a question in your eyes yes Amy this information doesn't seem to disturb you and that puzzles me because along with that this there's something about you what about your appearance my dear really it's quite remarkable how much you resemble Isabel Gentry for the next three weeks I took dictation from morning until night there was quantity certainly but the quality was poor the book was going badly and then one afternoon when I walked into his study there was another man standing there beside Paul Amy Amy this is Al Pender Al's a reporter on the local paper he tried his best to have me indicted for murder oh how do you do mr. Pender I'm glad to meet you Amy I've just dropped in to interview mr. Gentry about his new book you see Amy I'm a celebrity they interview me about my new book why don't you tell him all about it I wouldn't want the responsibility Paul you can tell him how bad it is as well as I can oh no Paul I couldn't possibly say that about it what could you say about it anything worthwhile no the drop dies the withdrawal Isabel used to react the same way when I became angry with her do I do I remind you of her yes yes you remind me of Isabel of all the things in her that stopped me from writing how do you like that Pender there's a story for you to print you want me to print it Gentry I kill you if you did I'm sorry if I remind you of Isabel Paul are you way me are you really no I don't think you are I don't think you are at all huh you've been like this very long I'd rather not say mr. Pender Amy did you know that no one in town would take this job yes still you came here yes he killed his wife everyone knows it it was never proved no no because of a technicality you know he's right you do look a great deal like Isabel and that means you're in danger here he's crazy he might actually come to think of you as Isabel I want him to think of me as Isabel in every way possible every day every minute there must be some way to prove he killed her see why are you so interested who are you anyway I'm Isabel Gentry's sister the second act of suspense continues in one minute this is Johnny Baker with communism on the spot here's another case that illustrates the worthlessness of Soviet constitutional guarantees on one Thursday morning in 1940 Soviet workers were told about the change to the eight-hour day and the seven-day week just the day before workers had completed a seven-hour day part of the five-day week established under the 1936 Constitution but now they were suddenly required to work 21 extra hours a week they knew it was impossible for the Constitution to have been amended since amendments must be approved by the Supreme Soviet which wasn't even in session they could therefore only conclude that this was another arbitrary violation by the government of a Constitution that held far from sacred and now we continue with act two of vamp till dead starring Miss Vanessa Brown a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense yes I am the sister of the woman Paul Gentry was accused of murdering I was abroad during their courtship and marriage we had never met so it was simple for me to begin my campaign I began to do everything the way I had remembered Isabelle I wore her favorite perfume I held my head to one side and smile the way she used to I started using her expressions in my speech I wasn't sure whether I was torturing him or he was torturing himself but I was certain he began to think of me as Isabelle and then I began visiting the guest cottage where she was murdered and playing the piano at which she died I didn't notice you come in Jenny what are you doing here in this cottage practicing must you practice that what do you mean that's the tune she used to play I told you he hated it oh I forgot and you're here you're wearing it the way she used to am I don't you see what you're doing to him what he hardly spends an hour a day writing now it's just like it was when she was alive there was something about her that killed his inspiration instead of creating he only wanted to destroy now you're doing the same thing to him me but I only want to help him there's only one way you can do that how leave but he needs me you're not helping you're hindering always reminding him of her any why do you stay oh I'm like his desk or the chair he sits on just a piece of furniture doing a job he doesn't think about me one way or the other oh someday I'll see him get back to writing the way he used to you mean without her yes do you think he killed her Jenny oh that's something I I don't dare think about Amy in the days that followed Paul's work went from bad to worse and so did his temper he was unmanageable most of the time it would slump in his chair drinking and staring at me just staring staring staring staring knew he was almost ready to break the day he went into a rage and he started throwing things around his study I left the house walked down to the guest cottage sat down at the piano and started to play was this it I wondered the trap be sprung now and long to wait I heard the door slowly open and I continued playing first move would have to be his surprise you yes I brought you something a gun what for well if you won't be sensible and leave this place then you need it for your own protection I can handle my situation without a gun can you that man is out of his mind the first time he comes that you let him have it everybody in this town knows about him look no jury would ever convict you I came here to get proof that Paul Gentry killed my sister I want him to pay for it legally but it seems to me that you want me to be judge jury and executioner oh no no listen now I'm going to tell you something Isabel used to write to me and she was pretty frank she told me about a newspaper man she was interested in could you be that man yes now is it because you loved Isabel that you wanted to see her murder a court or would you just like to sacrifice Paul Gentry because he was married to the woman that you wanted and are you aware that this property belongs to me what are you doing on it talking to her what does it look like Paul Paul please how many times do I have to tell you to leave my wife alone your wife just a minute you get up my property while you can still walk and Isabel you get back up to the house where you belong I ran back to the house up to my room a moment later I heard his heavy steps coming up the stairway before I could do anything he was standing in my doorway Isabel Isabel why did you make me do it why why did you do it Paul I couldn't help myself with those men all the time especially Pender Amy Isabel's dead your Amy why do you keep making me think that you're Isabel why you're imagining it Paul oh Amy why don't you leave here while it's safe I think it is safe Paul you aren't afraid of me the way you were that first night you aren't afraid of what I might do to you no Paul I'm not afraid if you really want me to go I will but I'd rather stay I want to be close to you closer to you than anybody in this world has ever been I don't want you to go Amy ever I love you I know I want you to marry me of course of course Paul ever since Isabel died I've wanted to be your wife act three of suspense follows in one minute this is Johnny Baker with communism on the spot the communists insist that Soviet citizens enjoy basic freedoms under their constitution in theory the Soviet constitution does promise freedom civil liberties and justice under law these are however merely paper guarantees which carried little weight for the same constitution also declares that these freedoms are to be exercised in conformity with the interests of the working people and in order to strengthen the socialist system the communist party as the vanguard of the people decides what these interests are it interprets the constitution as it sees fit it thus turns out that the rules of the party not the constitution are the supreme law of the land and now we continue with that three of vamp till dead starring Miss Vanessa Brown a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense next day we were married quietly by the justice of the peace surely this bait would spring the trap surely my sister's murderer would attempt to kill the woman who so closely resembled her and now replaced her that night I dressed for dinner in the perfect image of my sister and Paul greeted me as I expected him to Isabelle you never looked more beautiful well thank you Paul your chair thank you you may serve Jenny yes sir oh Jenny use the large soup bowls please for Isabelle I understand I know you prefer them darling um yes there's something wrong Isabelle Paul I just noticed you have carnations on the table why yes you know I don't like carnations Paul I don't like them at all Isabelle they were all I could get I'm afraid you'll have to like look I don't have to like anything have Jenny take them off the table now I see here you'll either get rid of them or I won't eat dinner with you you hear me then don't eat dinner with me my dear I'd like it better that way and I won't have to look at your bored critical face all the time it was rude and cruel but I had to know I had to act the same way Isabelle had acted for it was just a year ago tonight she had been murdered and then I was in the cottage where did it happen sitting at the piano playing her tune I sat there waiting I knew I would hear steps first and then a door but I heard nothing I heard the steps Amy Amy are you all right are you all right Amy yes I'll yes Linda stay where you are I'll blow your head off I always knew it was you who killed Isabelle are you refused to run away with you are you wrong Gentry it wasn't me look Paul Paul darling she was the one Jenny Jenny I had to knock her out she tried to kill Amy the same way she killed Isabelle she was afraid Amy was going to take you away from her oh Amy Amy darling Paul do you do you know who I am who I really am yes I know you're not Isabelle I've known all along I had to pretend because you pretended forgive me please forgive me it's all over my darling end it yes yes Paul it's over Isabelle is truly dead suspense in which Miss Vanessa Brown starred in Vamp Till Dead written by E. Jack Newman and John Michael Hayes suspense is produced and directed by William and Robeson in a moment the names of tonight's players this is Johnny Baker with communism on the spot a few words now on the position of the family under communism in Soviet society the family has been reduced to a kind of machine for producing workers Soviet leaders have deprived families of the right to educate their children and have minimized the influence of family life by drawing women into the labor force the institution of the family is looked on as part of the machinery for producing what are designated as obedient disciplined communists to accomplish this the role of the parents has been taken over by the schools by youth organizations and by the establishment of boarding schools the final aim of the party is evidently the education of all children away from the family supporting Miss Vanessa Brown in Vamp Till Dead were Jeanette Nolan, Ben Wright and Norm Alden listen listen again next week when we bring you Jack Carson starring in Miss Fire another tale well calculated to keep you in suspense suspense has been brought to you through the worldwide facilities of the United States armed forces radio and television service