 The Equitable Life Assurance Society presents This Is Your FBI This Is Your FBI The official broadcast from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation presented transcribed as a public service by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society's representative in your community From time to time, most men and women ask themselves What are my chances of being 100% self-supporting when it's time to stop work? Well, that's largely up to the decision you make now Opportunity for an important decision will be offered to you in our middle commercial It tells about the Equitable Society's Independent 60s plan This plan means exactly what it says Financial independence in your 60s Listen carefully to this important message from the Equitable Society coming in about 14 minutes Tonight, the subject of our FBI file, Jewel Feft It's title, The Fraudulent Healer Tonight's case from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation deals with a very shrewd and carefully planned confidence game Bear in mind that confidence men and women are among the elite of the criminal world Many of them are excellent amateur psychologists They play expertly on the heartstrings of their victims by appealing to one of two normal human desires The first is the natural need of lonely people for friendship and affection The second basis of many confidence rackets is greed The victim is lured on by the prospect of making easy money Tonight's case has been chosen for dramatization for a very simple reason The more you, the public, become familiar with the techniques employed by this type of crook the better you will be prepared to protect yourself against them Tonight's FBI file opens on a lush green hillside some 30 miles from a large western city An attractive girl in a simple cotton dress, wearing almost no makeup sits on a tree stump and stares at the rolling clouds She is so lost in thought she fails to hear a man approaching until he speaks I had to see if you were real Oh, don't go, please I saw you through these binoculars I couldn't tell if you were a statue I'm quite real Hey, look, I'm not a masher or a peeping tom I use these glasses for my hobby I'm a bee fancier I'm studying a hive in that oak tree by the fence, the old one Know anything about bees? Really, I have to leave Bees flap their wings 16,000 times a minute They can fly seven miles without stopping They get up to a speed of 20 miles an hour They've got two pair of wings, one in back of the other Thank you for the information Oh, there's a lot more about bees, I haven't told you I'll be at the oak tree tomorrow afternoon The old one by the fence See inside the crevice? That's their hive It runs down to the tree Those bees in the outer lip, they're the sentries They keep strangers out And see the bees flapping their wings? They're fanners, they ventilate the hive I thought bees just went around stinging people That's propaganda Oh, by the way, my name's Bruce Mine's Mary Here, take the binoculars and get up on this incline Why? Oh, look down to the hole, you can see the comb Oh The cells on top are a little bigger than the others They've got queen bee eggs in them Uh-huh They've been there 11 days, it takes them 16 to hatch Oh When the first one's ready, the wax will be scraped off the end of the cell And there'll be a new queen I'm sorry I'm late Hi, Mary, I thought you weren't coming today I almost didn't What happened? You get tired of the job already? No, I... I didn't know whether I ought to keep meeting you Why not? Well... Where's the notebook? In my briefcase Here we are I remembered the pencil this time Uh, how far did we get yesterday? Oh, eat, I'll look Let's see... Yeah, here Uh, 445 Mild activity outside queen bee cells 15th day All right, let's start today's page All right 3 p.m. Great activity outside Upper right hand queen bee cell Other five dormant Will they get a new queen today? You'll know if they do How? Well, the old queen will be driven out of the comb Just like that? Uh-huh A few of the bees will escort her to the lip And push her out if she won't leave willingly When she does go Somewhere between 60 and 70,000 bees will follow her Where to? Oh, she's already sent scouting bees Looking for a good place to make a new hive She'll go wherever they pick Hello, Mary Hello Dear, you know this is against the rules I should report you, but I won't What is this? Come on, dear We'll go back All right Mary, where are you going? I have to leave Goodbye, Bruce Will I see you tomorrow? I... I don't know I'd like to see Mary Mary? She's a tall, pretty blonde girl Is she a sign of the stars? Huh? You seem to radiate positive What? Yes, I do believe you're a positive They're quite rare, you know Please, may I see Mary? What's your name? Bruce Miller Your astral name, I mean What is all this? No one may enter whose Jupiter is predominant While the forces of Pendensis are striking Now, cut that out I want to see a girl named Mary I don't know what her second name is, but she's here And I'm going to talk to her, is that clear? Nora, what is this commotion? Oh, I'm sorry you were disturbed Are you in charge? Yes, I'm temporarily allowed to rule the lodge Well, there's a girl here named Mary That's correct I'd like to talk to her That's quite impossible Why? She's in seclusion What kind of nonsense is that? I'm sorry, sir, if it seems odd to you But one of the reasons people choose to come here Is to know the quiet of the sky And the privacy of their souls I'll ask once more Are you going to let me talk to Mary? He's radiating violently So I noticed Well? I've told you, sir Your request is quite impossible If you return some other time When? I have no way of knowing All I can tell you, sir, is to keep trying Goodbye The following day at a local golf course FBI Special Agent Jim Taylor Stands waiting for a friend to hit a shot In the water I know Hit another one, Bruce At least that one's on dry land Come on Jim Hmm? I haven't mentioned this to anybody, but Well, you know I'm back on that bee kick Yeah One day last week over in Alexander County I... I saw a girl sitting up the hill aways And just kind of staring at the sky I walked up and talked to her We got to be friends and Well, the next day she came down to meet me Huh? So far no problem She met me every afternoon and took notes While I watched the hive and dictated to her But yesterday while we were working A woman came by Spoke to Mary and they left together Mama don't like no bee man hanging around? It wasn't her mother She said something to Mary about it being against the rules And off they went Oh, Bruce, I wish I could sympathize But if you didn't know her address after a week That's your fault I did And I went there They wouldn't let me in They? A zombie in a long white gown Answered the door and gave me double talk When I started to get mad some Joker horned in and said she was in seclusion What does that mean? I don't know He talked like it was a hotel or a rest home But I can't help feeling Mary's being held against a will Oh, no, Bruce, this is 1951 Jim, can you help me? Sure, I keep a white charger in the garage The minute a fair damsel gets in distress I whip out my trusty suit of armor I'm serious Okay, Bruce Has this place got any neighbors? Uh-huh All right, ask them what goes on They'll probably know Okay In the meantime, there's your bald Now, will you forget about Liza being chased across the ice By Simon Legree and hit yourself a golf shot? I can't think of anything more enchanting Save the charm for the customers Paritioners, Irene Not customers Now, whatever you call them We're about to have one less Who's that? Mary Why? She's restless I think she's losing interest We can't afford to have her go Why do you think I'm here? It's natural for her to be restless Any young girl cooped up for three months would be But you've got to prevent her from getting born How? Irene, astral control isn't a dull subject If she's beginning to think it is You're not feeding it the right way I'll start using a spoon Really, dear We share equally, you know When she signs over her property What's that got to do with it? You ought to do as much work as I I do If you hadn't been careless She wouldn't have become involved That's over now He was back again today You see him? No, Nora kept him out You'd better not wait till next week For Mary's induction We've got to Why? Your confidence is very touching But even I can't rush any clips of the moon That's fine, another reason You've got to transfer deed Get her to sign it And I'll make her a member in 15 minutes Jim, I hate to bother you Oh, hello, Bruce I went out to see Mary's neighbors this morning Then I stopped by her place again How'd you make out? She was still in seclusion But I'm sure now I was right Right about what? Her being held About 10 women are living there with that man Who calls himself the oracle He's got them practicing something named Astral control What's that? Hogwash from what I can gather He's got these women believing all our bodies Radiate electrical impulses That enough people directing their impulses in unison Could alter the movement of the stars Why should they do that? He claims the stars rule the earth When they move the wrong way, we have wars When they move the right way, we have peace And the world is a land of milk and honey That's just logical enough to be commercial Can you do anything about getting Mary out? Bruce, look The Constitution allows people to worship a matchbox If they want to She can study astral control, voodooism Or whatever she likes You sound like you don't care No, it's not that, Bruce You see, the FBI has jurisdiction Over about 120 federal laws None of them cover religious cults as such I see But if it'll make you happy I'll check our files on this oracle There may be something in them That'll allow me to be interested officially Now, can you give me a description of him? Sure Okay, fire away George, Mary's in the hall What's she doing there? Waiting to see you How about the paper? She won't sign it Never come in Mary, dear Thank you Irene's as you wanted to see me, Mary Yes You think you're ready for private instructions? That's not why I came Oh, well, if there's any personal problem on your mind Mary, would you like me to leave? No No, you can hear this Before I say anything else, though I want you both to know I'm very grateful for these last three months All our people feel that way Maybe you've noticed I haven't been to your lectures these last few days Of course When Irene first told me about astral control I felt it was a chance to start all over again To do something good with my life And you're coming along wonderfully That's why I'm looking forward, Zote You're working with us I... I'm not going to What? This wasn't an easy decision It's all I've thought about for a week And then this afternoon I made it my mind To what? I'm leaving But you... You can't Irene, if she's made up her mind There's no point arguing I'm sorry I am too For you This is your loss, not ours What are you going to do with yourself? I don't know yet You're welcome to stay as long as you like Thank you But I'll pack and go in the morning If it's not too early Come in and say goodbye All right, I will George, if she leaves without signing that paper We're broke She'll sign What makes you think so? Irene, our motto is faith and confidence The least you could do is have faith and confidence In the Oracle We will return in just a minute To tonight's exciting case From the official file of your FBI But now, listen Those are check writing machines At the Equitable Life Assurance Society Every month those checks go out To members who have paid up Their Equitable Independence 60s plans They're checks that mean Financial independence for life After you're 65 years old And here's Mr. Seymour Harris Who started one of those plans back in 1925 You finished your payments last year Didn't you, Mr. Harris? 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Friends, why not phone your Equitable society representative Or send a postcard care of this station To the Equitable Life Assurance Society Of the United States And now back to the FBI file The Fraudulent Healer Tonight's case from your FBI file Shows a typical confidence racket Operated by a man and woman in criminal partnership While members of the so-called weaker sex Have been convicted of all kinds of crimes They seem to be most at home In the confidence field Here they use their charms and femininity To aid their male accomplices Sometimes they operate alone Several years ago, for instance A woman of great poise and charm Posed as a close confidant And friend of an influential and wealthy industrialist And fleeced many otherwise careful bankers Out of hundreds of thousands of dollars Many times, as in tonight's file These adventurers work behind the smoke screen Of a fake organization or phony charity Before joining any unknown organization Or even contributing to it Your FBI urges you to check its authenticity With your better business bureau Community chest or your local authorities Tonight's file continues the following morning On the street outside the local FBI field office Bruce Miller is approaching the building As Special Agent Taylor comes out Jim, Jim! Oh, hey, Bruce, you're just the one I want to see I hope you don't think I'm making you upcast to myself Well, I wouldn't have been calling you for the last hour if I did I didn't take that description you gave me And sent back a file on somebody named George Brown Well, that oracle's first name is George Is this his picture? Yes You sure? Positive OK I'm going out to see Mr. Brown Who is he? He's a confidence man He's worn it back east That's what puts me into the case Jim, this is wonderful I might be a break for your girl Can I drive out with you? No, no, Bruce, this is business But you can give me that exact address 28 Smoky Hill Drive 28 Smoky Hill Drive And Jim, y'all How long will this take you? Well, that depends on Brown You stick by your phone I'll call you as soon as I get back to the office Go ahead there Thanks Good morning, Mary Good morning We wanted to make sure you didn't leave Before we set our farewells I just started to pack We also wanted to give you another chance To do what? Come back into our little circle I'm sorry I still feel a way I did last night That's your privilege, my dear We certainly wouldn't want to force anyone To believe as we do Oh, I know that You don't have any unkind feelings For our movement, do you? Oh, not at all Splendid Irene has a form all filled out And if you'd care to contribute your property To astral control It would ease the pain we feel At losing you Here it is I have a pen handy Oh, I'll take it with me And think about it Now it's my turn to be sorry I don't understand I hate to be crass But I'm afraid I can't allow you to leave Without signing What? Well, you can't do this But I am I won't sign it Irene, you know where Mary keeps her jewels? In the top drawer Get them Get back Here they are, George Fine Let's see what we've got Mm-hmm I can't wait to get these to Casey Oh, George, she's bleeding I think she's really hurt Oh Well, then We better get started immediately Yes? Good morning I'd like to see Mr. Brown My, you radiate a distinct positive I beg your pardon You're impulses Just wait till the Oracle sees you Yes, ma'am That's what I'm here for May I come in? Oh, the Oracle can't speak with you now Oh, why not? Yes, I'm sure you're positive Ma'am, why can't I see Mr. Brown? He's not here Oh, where'd he go? To gaze at the stars with Miss Irene Yes, I'm sure, but where? Must have been a long trip The Oracle said they were taking the train What train? To the stars Ma'am, is there anyone else here I can talk to? Everyone else is in seclusion All right, this paper I have here is a search warrant It permits me to come inside and look around So I guess that's what I'd better do now Taylor speaking Jim, this is Bruce I just got your message Oh, Bruce, your girl Mary's at the hospital I missed George Brown and that woman that you told me about What's the matter with Mary? I found her unconscious in her room Which hospital is she at? Memorial, but you won't be able to see her, Bruce She's not being allowed visitors But what happened to her? Severe contusions of the head The doctors expect her to be all right though Oh, by the way, her name is Cook I guess it's all right if I call the hospital Yeah, sure Did you find out what was going on out there? Yeah, your Mary must be a very wealthy girl Brown was trying to promote her into turning everything she had over to astral control That means him But I guess she wouldn't sign the transfer date I found it in a waste basket That's what they must have had the fight about You're not letting him get away with this, are you? Not if I can find them All I know so far, though, is they took a train but nobody at either station remembers seeing them or selling them tickets Oh Oh, pardon me, Bruce, will you? Taylor speaking This is Memorial Hospital, Mr. Taylor Yes Dr. Cordes, as you can see, Miss Cook, now Thank you, I'll be right there I hit my jewelry I tried to stop her, but he pushed me away and I hit my head when I fell over the chair I see How much jewelry did you have? Oh, it was worth, I guess, about $20,000 Miss Cook, may I ask you a personal question? Yes How did you ever get mixed up with George Brown? Through Irene I met her at a party back home You see, five years ago, both my parents were killed I inherited everything Having money, I picked up a lot of new friends The whorl I went on would have put an honest marry go round to shame Then I met Irene She told me about astral control Well, it looked like a chance to make my life over I see now it was just part of their plan to get my money Yes, I see Miss Cook, I was asked not to stay too long, so I better be going I'm sorry I can't help you find them You say you never heard them talk about any friends Only that person, Casey Mr. Brown mentioned him just before I passed out Maybe I could get an idea of who that is if you could remember exactly what he said about Casey Let me see Yes, yes, that was it He said, I can't wait to get these to Casey Let's see Nothing here in his record or hers about anyone with that name Casey Hey, wait a minute Casey might not be a person at all You'll get laughed at one of these jerk water towns No, Irene I wouldn't care so much except that you've got the jewelry Sentimental soul, but don't worry It's always time to jump out with the papers Why do you keep buying them? To read But they've got the same things in all of them I feel more comfortable knowing there's nothing about us There wouldn't be anyway Why not? The only way to get your name in those papers is to be a prize-winning cow Very funny Yes, well, I'll tell you something that's not so funny Our touch is gone I was getting tired of it anyway The money from that jewelry won't last forever Doesn't have to. I've thought of another deal What kind? Selling masterpieces Spell that You'll be a widow who doesn't realize the value of the paintings in your late husband's estate And you? An art collector who just happens to know the paintings were smuggled into this country We'll find mean men who want to cheat you out of those pictures Where will we work? New York or Boston This deal requires a locale where the citizens are positive they're smart enough not to be cheated Good evening You must have the wrong compartment No, Brown, I'm in the right place Here's a warrant for your arrest Huh? And one for you too, Miss Howard George Brown and Irene Howard were tried in federal court and convicted of violating the interstate transportation of stolen property statute What Special Agent Taylor noticed in reviewing the arrest records was that George Brown had been convicted twice of swindles in Kansas City a place many people call KC He learned the schedule of their train and caught up to the fugitives by flying to an intermediate stop and thus your FBI closed the file on these two criminals However, the convictions interrupted the careers of only this pair There still are confidence men and women at large throughout the country and they are at work this very minute You can keep from ever being numbered among their victims but there's a price on that freedom It's the same price we pay for liberty Eternal vigilance Now one final question on the cost of the Equitable Society's independent 60s plan Is there any fixed amount I have to put into a plan like this? No, the amount is strictly up to you For instance, you can start now with a modest plan and expand it later on when your salary goes up In any event, the man to see is your Equitable Society representative or send a postcard care of this station to the Equitable Life Assurance Society Next week we will dramatize another case from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Its subject, Marriage Swindle Its title, The Runaway Corpse The incidents used in tonight's Equitable Life Assurance Society's broadcast are adapted from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation However, all names used are fictitious and any similarity thereof to the names of places or persons living or dead is accidental Tonight, the music was composed and conducted by Frederick Steiner The author was Jerry D. Lewis Your narrator was William Woodson and special agent Taylor was played by Stacey Harris Others in the cast were Robert Cole, Joyce McCluskey, Ted Osborne, Yvonne Patey and Alice Reinhardt This is your FBI, a Jerry Divine production was directed by Sid Goodwin This is Larry Keating speaking for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society's representative in your community and inviting you to tune in again next week at this same time when the Equitable Life Assurance Society will bring you another thrilling transcribe story from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation The Runaway Corpse on This Is Your FBI This program came to you from Hollywood This is ABC, the American Broadcasting Company