1 00:00:18,670 --> 00:00:23,430 Barnaby Jones, a Quinn Martin production, starring Buddy Ebsen. 2 00:00:24,410 --> 00:00:30,550 Also starring Lee Merriweather, with guest stars Larry Hagman, 3 00:00:30,690 --> 00:00:35,890 Bill Balance, Leslie Ackerman, 4 00:00:36,090 --> 00:00:40,410 special guest star Marsha Rod. 5 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:08,280 Boy, I feel stuffed after that lunch. 6 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,800 If I don't get out of this wheelchair soon, Miss Hollister, I'm going to blow 7 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:12,800 like a balloon. 8 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,600 All I do is eat and sleep. I'm going to talk to Dr. 9 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,880 Rickers about that. I think it's time we started you on a physical therapy 10 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,320 program. I bet I'd put on 10 pounds. 11 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,360 Start you on a diet as soon as you're strong enough. Be your old, slender self 12 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:26,360 in no time. 13 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,120 I turned the speaker volume a little low. Some of your neighbors may not 14 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,240 appreciate Mr. Bill Edwards' bedroom humor. 15 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:44,980 Oh, he's not that bad. It's all fun. 16 00:01:45,460 --> 00:01:47,440 This is station KBEX. 17 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:49,600 Please stay tuned for the Bill Edwards show. 18 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,060 You just give a holler. You need anything. I'll be fixing myself some 19 00:01:54,340 --> 00:01:59,280 All right, now. Let me carefully emphasize to my radio listeners now 20 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,620 that I've been expounding to 3 ,000 people seated out in front of me. 21 00:02:03,260 --> 00:02:04,260 Well, okay. 22 00:02:04,340 --> 00:02:08,389 Make that 11 people. including the cute little red -headed captivator now casing 23 00:02:08,389 --> 00:02:13,570 my engineer so lovingly that, well, the first platform of women's lib should be 24 00:02:13,570 --> 00:02:15,830 doing away with beauty products. 25 00:02:16,410 --> 00:02:21,030 Now, this would give us men an equal chance at not getting all messed up and 26 00:02:21,030 --> 00:02:23,350 emotionally jostled in such tender ages. 27 00:02:23,590 --> 00:02:29,510 I mean, no makeup, no hairdos, and instead of silk and fluff and all those 28 00:02:29,510 --> 00:02:33,610 goodies which have been giving me high blood pressure long before my time, just 29 00:02:33,610 --> 00:02:34,610 a simple... 30 00:02:34,650 --> 00:02:35,650 sackcloth. 31 00:02:36,270 --> 00:02:40,570 Well, enough of that verbal jousting and down to business. Today's topic for you 32 00:02:40,570 --> 00:02:45,110 dainties out there, I love every one of you, even wearing your smoldering 33 00:02:45,110 --> 00:02:47,390 sackcloth and sporting those mustaches. 34 00:02:48,050 --> 00:02:53,510 Today's topic is, what was your most embarrassing moment when dating your 35 00:02:53,590 --> 00:02:56,950 boyfriend, or live -in for the first time? 36 00:02:58,510 --> 00:03:02,690 Okay, switchboard lighting up. My dear, that does keep Billow off the 37 00:03:02,690 --> 00:03:03,690 unemployment lines. 38 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,940 Mr. Hollister, I don't believe what happened. 39 00:03:35,460 --> 00:03:38,540 When I drove by the Rickers' house, there was a police car, an ambulance. 40 00:03:39,020 --> 00:03:41,960 A neighbor said she was dead. Dr. Ricker's wife, Ellen. 41 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:43,640 Oh, no. 42 00:03:45,260 --> 00:03:47,280 Did they say how it happened, Mrs. Barnes? 43 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:48,960 I don't know. 44 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:51,739 Where's Kathy? 45 00:03:51,740 --> 00:03:52,820 Oh, she's on the patio napping. 46 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:55,520 Kathy? 47 00:03:57,500 --> 00:03:58,239 Kathy? Kathy? 48 00:03:58,240 --> 00:03:59,240 Are you awake? 49 00:03:59,700 --> 00:04:00,700 Oh, hi, Mom. 50 00:04:01,290 --> 00:04:02,870 Is the Edward show over already? 51 00:04:03,370 --> 00:04:05,110 Don't tell me I slept through it all. 52 00:04:05,350 --> 00:04:08,250 No, dear. I turned it off after you went to sleep. About half an hour ago. 53 00:04:08,470 --> 00:04:09,470 Oh. 54 00:04:12,990 --> 00:04:15,170 Is something the matter, Ma? 55 00:04:16,490 --> 00:04:17,490 What's wrong? 56 00:04:18,029 --> 00:04:19,410 Dr. Ricker's wife, Ellen. 57 00:04:20,149 --> 00:04:21,149 She's dead. 58 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,000 is logged at six minutes past two. He didn't leave his name. It's just that 59 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,240 there seemed to be some kind of disturbance going on here. 60 00:04:51,660 --> 00:04:55,000 You been able to reach Dr. Ricker? He's in surgery since two o 'clock. 61 00:04:55,220 --> 00:04:57,100 But I have him at the hospital to break the news. 62 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,240 Check along the block, see if you can come up with that caller and find out 63 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,380 exactly what kind of commotion he heard here. 64 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:04,160 Right. 65 00:05:29,390 --> 00:05:33,010 That's all the police have, at least up to the time I asked for their report. 66 00:05:33,670 --> 00:05:35,190 That's all they have? 67 00:05:36,030 --> 00:05:42,490 An eyewitness who saw Dr. Melford arguing with the victim shortly before 68 00:05:42,490 --> 00:05:45,010 police were called about a disturbance in the house? 69 00:05:45,950 --> 00:05:49,070 Yeah, and throw in the fact that said eyewitness saw Dr. 70 00:05:49,310 --> 00:05:54,450 Melford visit that house other times in the past, and you can't blame Lieutenant 71 00:05:54,450 --> 00:05:56,810 Biddle for holding him on suspicion of murder. 72 00:06:02,570 --> 00:06:06,350 Oh, uh, Jim, this is Barnaby Jones, a private investigator I've taken the 73 00:06:06,350 --> 00:06:07,350 liberty of hiring. 74 00:06:07,670 --> 00:06:11,510 Barnaby, Dr. Jim Melford, resident surgeon at Wilshire Memorial. 75 00:06:12,070 --> 00:06:13,070 Why no bail? 76 00:06:13,510 --> 00:06:15,850 I got some creep of a cellmate who's been pushing junk. 77 00:06:16,290 --> 00:06:18,250 He'll be doing business at his old stand in the morning. 78 00:06:18,490 --> 00:06:20,470 Jim, you'll be held for 72 hours. 79 00:06:20,850 --> 00:06:21,850 Uh, the lieutenant. 80 00:06:22,230 --> 00:06:24,890 Um, Biddle. Is that his name? 81 00:06:25,590 --> 00:06:28,250 Why isn't he out there trying to find out who killed Ricker's wife instead of 82 00:06:28,250 --> 00:06:29,250 trying to hang me? 83 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:37,780 Well, I've known Lieutenant Biddle for a number of years, and it's my opinion 84 00:06:37,780 --> 00:06:39,720 that he doesn't try to hang people. 85 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:41,520 He's on our side. 86 00:06:43,460 --> 00:06:48,920 Dr. Melford, wouldn't it be a lot more productive if we just sat down quietly 87 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,960 and kind of discussed the charges that are being made? 88 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:53,900 I got a right to be upset. 89 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,140 Got back to the hospital, parked in my car, and six cops started grabbing me. 90 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:06,040 You left the hospital at 1 .30 today and can't explain where you were for the 91 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,500 next hour and a half, during which time Dr. 92 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:10,300 Ricker's wife was murdered. 93 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:11,600 Right. 94 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:14,460 Washed up after a session with two burn cases. 95 00:07:14,900 --> 00:07:18,700 Drove to the county tennis courts to see if my usual partner was around. He 96 00:07:18,700 --> 00:07:20,660 wasn't. Back at the hospital at 3 .30. 97 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:22,220 So you didn't play any tennis? 98 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,260 Wandered around watching a few games. 99 00:07:24,820 --> 00:07:28,120 What's unusual about being on county courts and not meeting anybody you know? 100 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,600 Jim, Mr. Jones isn't questioning your statement. 101 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:31,880 Of course he is. 102 00:07:35,940 --> 00:07:38,080 Where do we go from I can't account for my time? 103 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,960 How about this eyewitness, Kathy Barnes? 104 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:46,180 She says she saw you enter the Rickers' house at 2 o 'clock or shortly 105 00:07:46,180 --> 00:07:47,180 thereafter. 106 00:07:47,540 --> 00:07:48,540 Eyewitness. 107 00:07:50,220 --> 00:07:53,480 A girl under constant medication who sleeps half each day away. 108 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,060 She was hallucinating for a week after that skiing accident. 109 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:02,020 Then you're saying that the witness is not credible, that she is claiming to 110 00:08:02,020 --> 00:08:04,120 have seen things that she didn't see. Exactly. 111 00:08:04,620 --> 00:08:06,660 She suffered a severe concussion. 112 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:11,700 There is nothing unusual about sensory distortions for days, even weeks later. 113 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,360 Well, Ralph, I'll go over the ground and get back to you. 114 00:08:17,860 --> 00:08:21,100 You don't believe me, that I didn't kill Ellen Rickards. 115 00:08:21,980 --> 00:08:22,980 Dr. Milford. 116 00:08:23,610 --> 00:08:29,010 My job is to investigate the facts as thoroughly as I can and hand a report to 117 00:08:29,010 --> 00:08:30,010 your attorney. 118 00:08:30,950 --> 00:08:34,770 Was there anything in your relationship with Mrs. Rickers which was other than 119 00:08:34,770 --> 00:08:37,030 casual, friendly? 120 00:08:38,789 --> 00:08:40,250 Well, I hardly knew Ellen Rickers. 121 00:08:41,730 --> 00:08:45,070 I held her when she dropped by the hospital and a couple of times Dr. 122 00:08:45,070 --> 00:08:46,070 invited me to the house. 123 00:08:47,210 --> 00:08:48,210 That's it. 124 00:08:48,670 --> 00:08:49,670 Thank you. 125 00:08:56,300 --> 00:08:59,700 Well, I know it was 2 o 'clock because I was listening to the radio talk show 126 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:00,740 and it had just come on. 127 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:04,040 That's quite distance away, Kathy. 128 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,020 You had no trouble recognizing the man you saw as Dr. Melford? 129 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:12,400 Well, like I told Lieutenant Biddle, I met Dr. Melford at the hospital lots of 130 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,260 times. He always wore the same wild sports coat. 131 00:09:15,500 --> 00:09:18,820 He used to kid about a resident doctor only affording one jacket. 132 00:09:19,140 --> 00:09:21,600 So he made darn sure he was getting his money's worth. 133 00:09:22,380 --> 00:09:24,120 And this wasn't the first time you saw Dr. 134 00:09:24,380 --> 00:09:25,760 Melford visiting Mrs. Rickers? 135 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,120 Well, since my accident, being in a wheelchair. 136 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,420 Well, I never said anything about it before. 137 00:09:34,100 --> 00:09:36,900 Because, well, it wasn't any of my business. 138 00:09:38,060 --> 00:09:39,280 Well, we'll talk again, Kathy. 139 00:09:40,180 --> 00:09:41,180 Kathy. 140 00:09:41,620 --> 00:09:45,320 It's that time again. I thought Dr. Rickers said I didn't have to take any 141 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:46,540 medicine. It's your only vitamin. 142 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,180 Something to build up your strength. 143 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:53,480 Don't ever try to stem Christie around a tree. Mr. Jones not while you're 144 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:57,060 watching cute boy going by I'll keep that in mind 145 00:10:31,660 --> 00:10:32,700 I'll just be a few moments 146 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:50,440 Good 147 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:57,280 morning 148 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,240 for dr. Rickards 149 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:01,200 I am sorry. 150 00:11:01,340 --> 00:11:03,420 Lieutenant Biddle gave me permission to look around. 151 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:05,160 I didn't know you were here. 152 00:11:05,940 --> 00:11:08,620 I'm afraid I'm not altogether here this morning. 153 00:11:09,260 --> 00:11:12,740 I'm Barnaby Jones. I'm a private investigator. I'm assisting Dr. 154 00:11:13,700 --> 00:11:16,020 Melford's lawyer in looking into the facts of the case. 155 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:20,100 Well, if there's anything I can do to assist you, Mr. Jones, I'll be only too 156 00:11:20,100 --> 00:11:21,100 happy. 157 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:28,480 Jim Melford did not kill my wife. 158 00:11:29,610 --> 00:11:33,170 Well, Doctor, maybe some other time. No, no, this should be cleared up as soon 159 00:11:33,170 --> 00:11:34,170 as possible. 160 00:11:34,470 --> 00:11:37,630 Not only is Jim's career at stake, but also my wife's integrity. 161 00:11:38,390 --> 00:11:42,650 Dr. Milford thinks that in her present state, Kathy may have hallucinated the 162 00:11:42,650 --> 00:11:43,589 whole story. 163 00:11:43,590 --> 00:11:44,950 Yes, yes, he's right, of course. 164 00:11:45,730 --> 00:11:49,610 That girl's gone through many periods of disorientation since her accident. 165 00:11:49,890 --> 00:11:53,330 I spoke to her a few minutes ago. She seemed alert, clear -headed. 166 00:11:54,290 --> 00:11:58,130 I'm expecting rapid improvement now, but patients... 167 00:11:58,590 --> 00:12:02,190 recovering from head injuries often fall into a dreamlike state. 168 00:12:02,470 --> 00:12:06,030 They imagine events which seem very real to them after awakening. 169 00:12:14,030 --> 00:12:15,030 Ironic, isn't it? 170 00:12:16,350 --> 00:12:18,290 This picture was taken at the Elmwood Spa. 171 00:12:18,810 --> 00:12:22,210 I don't know how many times Ellen phoned me, pleading with me to join her. 172 00:12:22,630 --> 00:12:23,870 Maybe tomorrow, I'd say. 173 00:12:25,730 --> 00:12:27,010 The irony is... 174 00:12:27,660 --> 00:12:29,420 No one can guarantee our tomorrows. 175 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,020 I won't bother you further, Doctor. 176 00:12:33,940 --> 00:12:35,100 Please accept my sympathy. 177 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:39,820 Mr. Jones, I can assure you of one thing you'll find during the course of your 178 00:12:39,820 --> 00:12:40,820 investigation. 179 00:12:41,980 --> 00:12:44,700 Jim Melford is totally innocent of the charges against him. 180 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:47,740 They'll have to look elsewhere for my wife's killer. 181 00:13:06,969 --> 00:13:09,470 There's the best relaxing exercise in the world. 182 00:13:09,910 --> 00:13:11,890 And it tones up the midriff. 183 00:13:12,130 --> 00:13:13,290 It does much more. 184 00:13:13,610 --> 00:13:15,070 Try it sometimes, Mr. Jones. 185 00:13:15,650 --> 00:13:17,230 You'll feel that old spine tingling. 186 00:13:18,150 --> 00:13:19,610 Now, to get back to Mrs. 187 00:13:19,830 --> 00:13:22,070 Rickers, she spent some time here. 188 00:13:22,730 --> 00:13:24,030 Did you get to know her well? 189 00:13:24,330 --> 00:13:25,330 Not too well. 190 00:13:25,650 --> 00:13:27,530 Made out a couple programs for her. 191 00:13:28,010 --> 00:13:30,130 You know, classes I thought she'd be interested in. 192 00:13:30,350 --> 00:13:31,350 Never was. 193 00:13:32,290 --> 00:13:36,070 Shame she's dead. I just heard about it an hour ago. Some of the guests talking 194 00:13:36,070 --> 00:13:36,809 about it. 195 00:13:36,810 --> 00:13:38,410 You just heard about it an hour ago. 196 00:13:39,230 --> 00:13:40,490 It was in all the papers. 197 00:13:40,810 --> 00:13:44,270 I didn't see the papers. I've been up in the high Sierras camping with my son. 198 00:13:44,670 --> 00:13:45,670 You know that boy? 199 00:13:46,030 --> 00:13:47,170 You know, Mr. 200 00:13:47,590 --> 00:13:53,630 Sims, what I'm trying to do is to put together a picture of Mrs. Ricker's 201 00:13:53,710 --> 00:13:54,710 her friends. 202 00:13:55,330 --> 00:13:57,490 Did she socialize much with the guests here? 203 00:13:58,490 --> 00:14:01,270 Socialize? I wouldn't say that. No, not at all. 204 00:14:01,850 --> 00:14:05,530 Just went through the health program and kind of kept to herself. 205 00:14:07,739 --> 00:14:09,260 Health programs, Mrs. Rickers? 206 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:10,880 Would you like to explain that? 207 00:14:12,460 --> 00:14:16,380 Well, to each his own, or her own. 208 00:14:17,140 --> 00:14:19,940 Mrs. Rickers wasn't exactly a desirable guest. 209 00:14:20,820 --> 00:14:24,700 The cottage she stayed in is pretty secluded, but after dark, voices carry. 210 00:14:25,740 --> 00:14:29,840 She had a visitor coming in late, always arguing with him, it seems. 211 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,320 I had to go over there and tell him to hold it down a couple of times. 212 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:35,720 You know who the visitor was? 213 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:37,880 At first I thought it was her husband. 214 00:14:38,820 --> 00:14:41,900 But a couple of gals here laughed when I mentioned it to them. 215 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:43,280 What did he look like? 216 00:14:44,580 --> 00:14:45,580 30 -ish. 217 00:14:45,620 --> 00:14:47,400 Dark. Guy with a temper. 218 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,980 I thought we were going to tangle when I told them they'd have to be quiet. 219 00:14:52,620 --> 00:14:53,620 This the man? 220 00:14:55,020 --> 00:14:56,020 Mm -hmm. That's him. 221 00:14:56,260 --> 00:14:57,260 You're positive? 222 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,240 I saw him at least twice. 223 00:15:00,020 --> 00:15:05,200 But the way the gals talked around here, he had to spend a lot of nights at that 224 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:06,200 cottage. 225 00:15:06,869 --> 00:15:09,030 Mrs. Ricker's health program, they called him. 226 00:15:17,770 --> 00:15:19,790 You're not only a liar, you're a fool. 227 00:15:21,050 --> 00:15:24,090 You're a fool for not telling your attorney about that relationship. 228 00:15:24,810 --> 00:15:27,690 And you're a fool for lying to the police. I was trying to protect her 229 00:15:27,690 --> 00:15:29,070 reputation. She was dead. 230 00:15:30,010 --> 00:15:31,850 Then why give the newspapers a field day? 231 00:15:32,950 --> 00:15:34,830 Let me give you some sound advice. 232 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:38,340 Call your attorney right now and tell him the truth. 233 00:15:39,300 --> 00:15:41,600 Wait, you're still with us, right? Still on the case? 234 00:15:42,460 --> 00:15:43,460 For what purpose? 235 00:15:43,860 --> 00:15:48,780 I set out to find out if Ellen Rickers had a gentleman friend who might have 236 00:15:48,780 --> 00:15:49,920 been visiting her that day. 237 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:54,200 I sure found him. I didn't kill her. When I walked in, she was already dead. 238 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:56,440 Lying on the floor. 239 00:15:58,300 --> 00:16:00,340 Yeah, that's right. I was at the house. 240 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,160 It was a few minutes after two, so I... 241 00:16:03,550 --> 00:16:07,770 Yes, Kathy Barnes did see me there, but I didn't pound on that door. I used a 242 00:16:07,770 --> 00:16:11,010 key, opened it, and walked in. 243 00:16:11,530 --> 00:16:15,370 As soon as I saw Ellen, I knew I couldn't do anything for her, I left. 244 00:16:15,950 --> 00:16:20,570 I mean, how could I have explained being at the house, having a key, visiting 245 00:16:20,570 --> 00:16:22,930 there at the very time I knew Dr. Rickers was operating? 246 00:16:24,850 --> 00:16:29,750 Are you aware that Kathy Barnes is not only seeing that you saw you enter the 247 00:16:29,750 --> 00:16:32,630 house, but that you saw Ellen Rickers... 248 00:16:33,479 --> 00:16:34,820 Alive, arguing with you? 249 00:16:35,060 --> 00:16:39,720 And that's been driving me crazy. That girl seeing me and Ellen together at the 250 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:41,420 very time I went into the house. 251 00:16:42,180 --> 00:16:46,200 The only answer I can find is she imagined she saw Ellen alive. 252 00:16:46,820 --> 00:16:50,840 She saw you, but she hallucinated Ellen Rickers all at the same time? 253 00:16:51,220 --> 00:16:52,640 Mr. Jones, I loved Ellen. 254 00:16:53,300 --> 00:16:54,300 I didn't kill her. 255 00:16:56,380 --> 00:16:57,720 You didn't pound on the door. 256 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:58,979 Why should I? 257 00:16:58,980 --> 00:16:59,980 I had a key. 258 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:01,520 Where is the key? 259 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,540 Threw it out the window while I was driving. 260 00:17:07,940 --> 00:17:12,520 I don't even remember where. It was an impulsive act. I wanted nothing to 261 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:13,920 connect me with the Rickers' house. 262 00:17:14,819 --> 00:17:19,880 Dr. Malford, how could you make so many mistakes on just one day? 263 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,780 That key may have substantiated part of your story. 264 00:17:25,079 --> 00:17:26,079 Total panic. 265 00:17:26,420 --> 00:17:27,420 Pure and simple. 266 00:17:29,620 --> 00:17:31,660 How long had the affair been going on? 267 00:17:33,140 --> 00:17:34,140 Six months, maybe. 268 00:17:35,630 --> 00:17:39,850 We started meeting at the Ricker's summer cottage at L .A., but we felt 269 00:17:39,850 --> 00:17:44,930 dangerous, and we started meeting at the spa or at the Ricker's house when we 270 00:17:44,930 --> 00:17:46,070 knew he would be in surgery. 271 00:17:48,950 --> 00:17:54,110 Doctor, as an agent for your attorney, I am privileged. That means that anything 272 00:17:54,110 --> 00:17:56,990 you tell me will be held in the strictest confidence. 273 00:17:57,490 --> 00:18:02,270 Now, is there anything but anything that you're holding back? 274 00:18:05,409 --> 00:18:12,350 Can't think of anything I Want you to call your attorney right 275 00:18:12,350 --> 00:18:16,410 now get him over here and tell him everything you told me I think he'll 276 00:18:16,410 --> 00:18:20,390 to you that your revise your story to the police Then you're staying on the 277 00:18:20,390 --> 00:18:27,290 Doctor I hope I'm not in for any 278 00:18:27,290 --> 00:18:28,290 more surprises 279 00:18:34,890 --> 00:18:38,250 Now, when I let you off, I want you to run a routine check on everybody 280 00:18:38,250 --> 00:18:42,810 connected. And Betty, if you have time, talk to some of Kathy's school friends. 281 00:18:43,590 --> 00:18:45,890 Let's get a fix on what the younger people think of her. 282 00:18:46,150 --> 00:18:48,630 Her credibility or flights of fancy? 283 00:18:49,310 --> 00:18:51,130 Melford is not a stupid man. 284 00:18:52,010 --> 00:18:56,830 He knows that Kathy says that she saw Alan Rickers inside the house, alive, 285 00:18:57,130 --> 00:18:58,130 talking to him. 286 00:18:58,830 --> 00:19:00,850 Now, if that's true, why does he deny it? 287 00:19:01,450 --> 00:19:05,490 Why doesn't he just say yes? He left Ellen in the house, still alive. 288 00:19:06,790 --> 00:19:10,430 Leaving the police with the problem of having to prove that she wasn't killed 289 00:19:10,430 --> 00:19:11,730 later on by someone else. 290 00:19:12,350 --> 00:19:13,350 Exactly. 291 00:19:13,950 --> 00:19:18,490 Now, if Melford has finished lying, we've got to take a closer look at 292 00:19:18,490 --> 00:19:19,490 story. 293 00:19:23,830 --> 00:19:25,670 You're right. I'm not dizzy at all. 294 00:19:26,350 --> 00:19:29,430 There's no reason you shouldn't walk about as much as you wish. Now, try to 295 00:19:29,430 --> 00:19:30,430 outdoors more. 296 00:19:30,650 --> 00:19:33,070 We can take a drive for a few hours tomorrow if you like. Oh, great. 297 00:19:33,750 --> 00:19:36,610 Would you bring Kathy by the office tomorrow morning before you drive? 298 00:19:36,910 --> 00:19:38,230 I want to run some final tests. 299 00:19:39,270 --> 00:19:40,470 You all right, honey? Yeah. 300 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:00,000 When is Mrs. Barnes returning from San Francisco? 301 00:20:00,340 --> 00:20:01,380 She'll be away just for the weekend. 302 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:05,520 Dr. Rickers. 303 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:07,160 Oh, Mr. Jones. 304 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,020 Are you making any headway in the case? 305 00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:11,220 I'm still going around asking people questions. 306 00:20:11,780 --> 00:20:14,880 Uh, Miss Hollister, I wonder if I might have a few words with Kathy. 307 00:20:15,460 --> 00:20:16,600 She's out back on the patio. 308 00:20:16,980 --> 00:20:17,980 Thank you. 309 00:20:18,340 --> 00:20:23,320 Doctor, just about everyone agrees that this case hinges on Kathy's credibility. 310 00:20:24,750 --> 00:20:28,270 I wonder if we could have a talk about her medical condition at your 311 00:20:28,270 --> 00:20:32,530 convenience. Well, I'm tied up today. Perhaps you could drop by my office 312 00:20:32,530 --> 00:20:33,690 tomorrow morning, say about 10? 313 00:20:34,090 --> 00:20:35,470 Surely. Thank you. 314 00:20:48,030 --> 00:20:49,730 It's hard to see that door from here. 315 00:20:50,810 --> 00:20:53,410 Yeah, but it's the door Dr. Milford used. 316 00:20:54,370 --> 00:20:55,550 Bush kind of hides it. 317 00:20:56,190 --> 00:21:00,210 And you could clearly see that it was Ellen Rickers inside the house talking 318 00:21:00,210 --> 00:21:02,890 Dr. Melford. Oh, sure, you can't miss her blonde hair. 319 00:21:03,250 --> 00:21:05,530 And she was wearing a bright red dressing gown. 320 00:21:11,890 --> 00:21:13,510 Getting your sea legs back, huh? 321 00:21:14,690 --> 00:21:16,550 Beyond the slopes come first snow. 322 00:21:18,270 --> 00:21:23,170 Next time, you'll be watching where you're going, won't you? With both eyes. 323 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,500 It's wearing off boys at 40 miles an hour downhill that is. 324 00:21:28,820 --> 00:21:33,240 Kathy, I want to impress you with the importance of time. Now, you say you 325 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,380 it was 2 o 'clock because you were listening to your radio. 326 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:41,920 Yeah. No, not my radio. It was being fixed up. I had the stereo speaker on. 327 00:21:42,220 --> 00:21:46,020 Was there a time announcement on the program so that you knew it was exactly 328 00:21:46,020 --> 00:21:46,999 'clock? 329 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,800 Some music and then the announcer thing to stand by for the Edward show. 330 00:21:51,500 --> 00:21:52,820 No, no time. 331 00:21:53,390 --> 00:21:57,530 And the Edward show always goes on at 2 o 'clock? Yeah, I always listen. Most 332 00:21:57,530 --> 00:21:58,530 everybody does. 333 00:21:59,030 --> 00:22:04,730 So you were listening to the program, and were you wide awake or sort of 334 00:22:04,730 --> 00:22:09,190 catnapping? Well, I did fall asleep, but that was after Edward started. 335 00:22:09,550 --> 00:22:11,550 You know, giving his topic for the day? 336 00:22:11,890 --> 00:22:16,870 It was, what was your most embarrassing moment when dating your hubby, or as he 337 00:22:16,870 --> 00:22:19,370 put it, your live -in, for the first time? 338 00:22:20,150 --> 00:22:21,430 Sometimes I even call. 339 00:22:21,670 --> 00:22:22,670 You call? 340 00:22:22,970 --> 00:22:23,970 Well, on the topic. 341 00:22:24,170 --> 00:22:26,010 Since I've been laid up, I've been calling. 342 00:22:26,310 --> 00:22:30,070 So you listened to the show for a few minutes, and then you fell asleep. 343 00:22:31,610 --> 00:22:34,790 I began dozing, and then I saw Dr. 344 00:22:35,250 --> 00:22:36,790 Melford and Ellen Rickers arguing. 345 00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:38,190 But you were dozing. 346 00:22:40,130 --> 00:22:42,110 I know what you mean, Mr. Jones. 347 00:22:42,970 --> 00:22:45,970 Lieutenant Biddle keeps asking me if I could have been dreaming. 348 00:22:47,330 --> 00:22:48,990 I don't think I was. 349 00:22:49,350 --> 00:22:50,650 But I don't know... 350 00:22:51,020 --> 00:22:53,840 Maybe it would have been better if I hadn't said anything that day. 351 00:22:54,420 --> 00:22:55,740 No, you did the right thing, Kathy. 352 00:22:56,620 --> 00:23:00,560 Say what you saw or what you think you saw and leave the rest up to the police. 353 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:40,360 Stopped off for a bottle of champagne. 354 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:41,920 Oh? 355 00:23:42,340 --> 00:23:43,340 What are we celebrating? 356 00:23:44,260 --> 00:23:45,720 Look. Look at that. 357 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:49,960 Indicted for murder. 358 00:23:50,540 --> 00:23:51,560 Home free. 359 00:23:52,860 --> 00:23:56,080 I'd be totally satisfied when Melford's sitting in a cell for the rest of his 360 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:57,080 natural life. 361 00:23:58,420 --> 00:24:00,200 That was the most important part, wasn't it? 362 00:24:00,540 --> 00:24:01,540 Paying Melford back. 363 00:24:02,460 --> 00:24:04,020 I don't know which one I hate the most. 364 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,240 That loud -mouthed, arrogant... 365 00:24:08,050 --> 00:24:09,670 Or Ellen flaunting her purse strings. 366 00:24:10,130 --> 00:24:11,130 Hey. 367 00:24:12,110 --> 00:24:13,110 Celebration, remember? 368 00:24:13,710 --> 00:24:14,710 Cheers, all that. 369 00:24:16,390 --> 00:24:18,210 Or maybe having you is the most important thing. 370 00:24:19,450 --> 00:24:20,510 Now that I'll buy. 371 00:24:31,650 --> 00:24:34,970 Oh, Pete, I can just see you out there. You sound like one of those typical 372 00:24:34,970 --> 00:24:38,910 chauvinistic dudes, you know, with... Well, they're so despised by my doll 373 00:24:38,910 --> 00:24:41,870 babies, and I think with very good reason, pal. Matter of fact, right now 374 00:24:41,870 --> 00:24:45,810 got you in sharp focus with my magic billow bleeper there. 375 00:24:46,090 --> 00:24:49,350 And I can see you sitting out there hunkered down on your spabbing haunches 376 00:24:49,350 --> 00:24:52,250 flea -bitten manner, probably called Crestfallen Plaza. 377 00:24:52,870 --> 00:24:56,350 I can see you out there right now with your phone in one hand and plucking 378 00:24:56,350 --> 00:24:59,830 pensively at your prehensile asparagus -like toes with the other. 379 00:25:00,490 --> 00:25:04,390 I have to kind of defend my doll babies out there, but stay tuned, Chums, for 380 00:25:04,390 --> 00:25:08,390 five minutes of late news, and I'll be back with further acrimonious rebuttal 381 00:25:08,390 --> 00:25:09,850 defending my ladies. 382 00:25:12,490 --> 00:25:15,570 Well, I'm not the neatest person in the world. 383 00:25:15,790 --> 00:25:18,910 One of my ex -wives is so fond of nagging me. 384 00:25:19,310 --> 00:25:23,330 Add that to the fact, Mrs. Jones, that I have a memory like a neurotic hamster. 385 00:25:23,390 --> 00:25:27,030 Oh, here we are. And my life is a constant 24 -hour whirl of anxious 386 00:25:27,030 --> 00:25:28,030 desperation. 387 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,100 Well, I see you certainly have your share of fan mail. I was hoping you'd 388 00:25:32,100 --> 00:25:34,500 notice, my dear. By the way, do you ever listen to my shows? 389 00:25:35,780 --> 00:25:36,820 Almost all the time. 390 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,680 Well, thank you, my dear, for that charitable falsehood. 391 00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:41,700 Now, let's see. 392 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,380 Wednesday, the 19th, Mr. Jones? 393 00:25:44,700 --> 00:25:45,820 Your afternoon show. 394 00:25:46,060 --> 00:25:48,460 Well, here we are. No delay of program. 395 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,800 Could have been a few seconds, no more than that. 396 00:25:51,340 --> 00:25:55,740 How long after your program starts do you usually introduce the topic of the 397 00:25:55,740 --> 00:25:59,920 day? Oh, I would say about four or five minutes. I announce the topic as soon as 398 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:02,960 possible, just give my callers time to gather their scattered wits. And 399 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,560 incidentally, that was the other woman day, not quite the juicy, succulent 400 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:07,560 I thought it would be. 401 00:26:07,620 --> 00:26:11,480 Then you would say that no longer than five minutes after the program starts. 402 00:26:12,260 --> 00:26:13,260 The other woman? 403 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:18,240 Yeah, here it is. Were you ever that other woman in a divorce case? 404 00:26:18,890 --> 00:26:22,750 Well, I was under the impression that the topic of the day, on that particular 405 00:26:22,750 --> 00:26:26,050 day, was what was your most embarrassing moment on your first date with your 406 00:26:26,050 --> 00:26:26,989 husband or boyfriend? 407 00:26:26,990 --> 00:26:27,990 Oh, let's see. 408 00:26:28,150 --> 00:26:29,150 That's an oldie. 409 00:26:29,250 --> 00:26:33,650 Here we are. By the way, Mr. Jones, you've got me throbbing with curiosity 410 00:26:33,650 --> 00:26:37,870 this case becomes, well, let's say, unconfidential. I'd love to hear all 411 00:26:37,870 --> 00:26:38,870 it, full details. 412 00:26:39,170 --> 00:26:41,630 Here it is, the 26th of last month. 413 00:26:42,210 --> 00:26:46,670 Topic, what was your most embarrassing moment while dating your hubby? 414 00:26:47,020 --> 00:26:49,080 boyfriend, or live -in the very first time. 415 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,920 Is it 26 until last month? All right, here. Feel free to make notes. 416 00:26:54,180 --> 00:26:56,700 And by the way, I've got a check on the calls coming in. I'll see you later. 417 00:26:56,900 --> 00:26:57,900 Thank you. 418 00:27:00,260 --> 00:27:03,820 Well, if Kathy was confused about the topic of the show, doesn't that make you 419 00:27:03,820 --> 00:27:04,820 doubt her whole story? 420 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,800 She reminds me of a little girl I met in a spelling bee once. 421 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:15,300 She was so charming that even when she spelled the words wrong, she had the 422 00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:16,300 judge believe in her. 423 00:27:24,170 --> 00:27:25,170 Look to the left. 424 00:27:27,070 --> 00:27:28,070 Now look down. 425 00:27:30,210 --> 00:27:32,230 Good. Light, Miss Hollister, please. 426 00:27:33,610 --> 00:27:35,570 That'll for a B grade, Dr. Rickards? 427 00:27:36,230 --> 00:27:38,310 A B plus with a certain A coming. 428 00:27:38,630 --> 00:27:40,670 Still want to take a drive this morning, or would you rather do a little 429 00:27:40,670 --> 00:27:43,950 shopping? Maybe both. Spend the morning driving, then shop after lunch. 430 00:27:44,770 --> 00:27:45,770 Yes. 431 00:27:45,930 --> 00:27:46,930 Yes, we're finished. 432 00:27:47,010 --> 00:27:48,190 Send Mr. Jones in. 433 00:27:49,130 --> 00:27:52,670 All right, girls, I don't want you to overdo this first day, so limit it to a 434 00:27:52,670 --> 00:27:53,670 two -hour drive. 435 00:27:53,850 --> 00:27:56,010 And then straight home, nap time no later than one. 436 00:27:57,770 --> 00:28:00,690 Doctor? Morning, Mr. Jones. Kathy, how are the sea legs? 437 00:28:00,970 --> 00:28:02,330 Oh, much better, Mr. Jones. 438 00:28:03,110 --> 00:28:04,110 Such a nice morning. 439 00:28:04,210 --> 00:28:05,210 Let's get started. 440 00:28:05,230 --> 00:28:07,570 Oh, Kathy, I met your Mr. 441 00:28:07,790 --> 00:28:08,790 Edwards yesterday. 442 00:28:08,930 --> 00:28:09,789 You did? 443 00:28:09,790 --> 00:28:12,490 Hey, what's he like? Does he remember me? I called him twice, you know. 444 00:28:12,750 --> 00:28:16,670 Well, we didn't have much time to talk, but we did discuss a topic of the day 445 00:28:16,670 --> 00:28:18,030 that you heard on the patio. 446 00:28:18,930 --> 00:28:21,110 Something about your most embarrassing moment. 447 00:28:21,580 --> 00:28:24,340 Yeah, when you dated your husband or boyfriend for the first time. 448 00:28:24,940 --> 00:28:29,400 Only he said that wasn't the topic of the day. He said it was something to do 449 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,180 with, were you ever the other woman in a divorce case? 450 00:28:32,980 --> 00:28:35,860 No, I would have remembered that. It was the most embarrassing moment. 451 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:38,600 No, Mr. Jones is right, Kathy. 452 00:28:38,900 --> 00:28:40,580 The program was on in the house, too. 453 00:28:40,860 --> 00:28:44,600 I remember callers talking about being that other woman in a divorce case. 454 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:46,280 It's not uncommon. 455 00:28:46,940 --> 00:28:50,420 falling asleep believing you're hearing that program, but your subconscious 456 00:28:50,420 --> 00:28:52,560 picking up words heard at a previous time. 457 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:55,120 I guess. 458 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,200 I think it's time we got started, Kathy. 459 00:29:00,180 --> 00:29:03,680 Bye, Mr. Jones. Bye, Kathy. Thanks, Dr. Ricketts. All right, have a good time. 460 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:10,540 Dr. Ricketts, if Kathy was totally wrong about what she thought she heard on the 461 00:29:10,540 --> 00:29:15,060 radio, couldn't she have been equally wrong about what she saw or thought she 462 00:29:15,060 --> 00:29:16,060 saw that day? 463 00:29:16,949 --> 00:29:20,770 Ordinarily, yes, but you can't dream or hallucinate something you've never seen 464 00:29:20,770 --> 00:29:22,510 before. I don't follow you. 465 00:29:23,090 --> 00:29:27,010 That red dressing gown Ellen was wearing, it was a gift from me, 466 00:29:27,010 --> 00:29:28,690 her just that morning before I left for the hospital. 467 00:29:29,330 --> 00:29:33,690 Now, if Kathy said she saw Ellen in a red robe, a color she's never worn 468 00:29:33,890 --> 00:29:38,450 it proves that she did indeed see Ellen alive as she looked down to my front 469 00:29:38,450 --> 00:29:39,930 door about 2 o 'clock that day. 470 00:29:40,170 --> 00:29:41,170 I see. 471 00:29:41,250 --> 00:29:43,850 It didn't occur to me until just this morning, and I immediately called 472 00:29:43,850 --> 00:29:45,290 Lieutenant Biddle and told him about the robe. 473 00:29:46,510 --> 00:29:48,950 That does tighten the case against Dr. 474 00:29:49,230 --> 00:29:50,230 Melford, doesn't it? 475 00:29:50,550 --> 00:29:55,450 With Melford admitting he came to my house, I think he should also admit that 476 00:29:55,450 --> 00:29:59,050 that uncontrollable temper of his took over. And he struck Ellen, causing her 477 00:29:59,050 --> 00:30:00,029 death. 478 00:30:00,030 --> 00:30:01,150 Well, if that's true, 479 00:30:02,070 --> 00:30:03,170 it seems to me Dr. 480 00:30:03,430 --> 00:30:07,450 Melford could take the easy way out and plead involuntary manslaughter. 481 00:30:08,730 --> 00:30:10,530 Maybe you should suggest that to him. 482 00:30:11,970 --> 00:30:13,710 I think I'll leave that to it, lawyer. 483 00:30:23,050 --> 00:30:24,210 Isn't it very quiet, Kathy? 484 00:30:25,390 --> 00:30:26,610 Thinking about Mr. 485 00:30:26,830 --> 00:30:30,570 Jones, something he said about the time of day being so important. 486 00:30:31,210 --> 00:30:37,570 And? Well, I didn't think about it too much before, but that day was kind of 487 00:30:37,570 --> 00:30:38,570 jumbled up for me. 488 00:30:38,870 --> 00:30:43,730 For instance, do you remember when you woke me up for lunch and I wasn't 489 00:30:43,870 --> 00:30:45,750 I thought it was too soon after breakfast. 490 00:30:47,530 --> 00:30:50,070 Oh, having a lesser appetite isn't unusual. 491 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:55,820 But when you wheeled me out to the patio, it was 2 o 'clock, and I woke up 492 00:30:55,820 --> 00:30:56,820 .30. 493 00:30:56,940 --> 00:30:58,560 That's only a half hour's sleep. 494 00:30:58,940 --> 00:31:02,820 I mean, on other days after taking my medicine, I'd feel groggy if I didn't 495 00:31:02,820 --> 00:31:03,840 sleep at least an hour. 496 00:31:04,820 --> 00:31:07,720 You're regaining your full strength now. You need less sleep. 497 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:09,720 But you see, time again. 498 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,420 I'm getting worried about being so positive with things that day. 499 00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:18,100 I mean, if things seem mixed up to me now, thinking back... 500 00:31:18,330 --> 00:31:22,330 Maybe I was dreaming I saw Mrs. Rickers -Vallad talking to Dr. Melford. 501 00:31:23,830 --> 00:31:24,850 I'm sure you weren't dreaming. 502 00:31:26,410 --> 00:31:27,410 We'll make a stop ahead. 503 00:31:28,070 --> 00:31:30,970 I have to call Dr. Rickers. Something I forgot to tell him this morning. 504 00:31:32,930 --> 00:31:33,930 Yes? 505 00:31:34,750 --> 00:31:35,750 Yes, Mary. 506 00:31:37,190 --> 00:31:40,450 It's not that she's suspicious, but if she talks to Jones like that, how long 507 00:31:40,450 --> 00:31:41,470 would it be before he puts it together? 508 00:31:42,550 --> 00:31:44,030 How far are you from the lake cottage? 509 00:31:44,710 --> 00:31:45,930 About 30 minutes, I think. 510 00:31:47,169 --> 00:31:48,270 All right, I'll meet you there. 511 00:31:49,290 --> 00:31:52,330 Kathy and her mother have both been guests before, so she won't think it 512 00:31:52,330 --> 00:31:54,170 of my suggesting you spend a day at the lake. 513 00:31:55,250 --> 00:31:57,610 Tell her I decided to take the day off. 514 00:31:58,050 --> 00:32:01,070 I thought it might be fun to do a little trout fishing together again. 515 00:32:03,350 --> 00:32:06,210 This is an identical portable to the one Miss Barnes has. 516 00:32:06,830 --> 00:32:07,830 A simple repair. 517 00:32:08,350 --> 00:32:11,650 A resistor in the primary circuit. It worked itself loose. 518 00:32:11,970 --> 00:32:15,470 Would you say it's unusual for a defect to show up in that way? 519 00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:17,020 Ah, yes and no. 520 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:21,940 What was unusual, I found the warranty seal broken when I opened it up. 521 00:32:22,580 --> 00:32:26,100 Strange, because I delivered it to the house just about a week ago. 522 00:32:26,460 --> 00:32:27,460 It was new. 523 00:32:27,660 --> 00:32:28,800 Perfect working order. 524 00:32:29,060 --> 00:32:30,260 Who brought it in for repair? 525 00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:31,800 I don't know her name. 526 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,200 A nurse. She brought it in and picked it up. 527 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,660 That stereo system that Mrs. Barnes has in her house, did you install that? 528 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:40,880 Oh, yes. 529 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:42,380 I know the family well. 530 00:32:42,620 --> 00:32:44,480 I've been doing business with them for years. 531 00:32:45,180 --> 00:32:46,180 Look here. 532 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,720 This is the model they bought just about a year ago. 533 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:51,300 It's very fine equipment. 534 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:53,040 Plays cassette tapes. 535 00:32:53,980 --> 00:32:55,100 Records and plays back. 536 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:59,520 So the tapes could be heard through every speaker in the house, including 537 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:00,520 one on the patio. 538 00:33:00,540 --> 00:33:01,540 Right. 539 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:04,560 Mind -boggling. 540 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:06,540 Oh, it's a common system today. 541 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:09,800 The cassette feeds through the receiver and out to the speakers. 542 00:33:10,180 --> 00:33:12,280 I was thinking of something else, Mr. Sue. 543 00:33:15,340 --> 00:33:19,300 And the next company Rickers formed went broke just last year. 544 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:24,880 You know, I sensed from the broker that Mrs. Rickers was tired of bailing her 545 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:27,340 husband out from all these flyers he's been taking. 546 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,100 Well, what have we got? 547 00:33:29,380 --> 00:33:30,940 A ne 'er -do -well and a wealthy woman. 548 00:33:32,660 --> 00:33:33,660 Motive is there. 549 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:39,440 Add on to that the sudden failure of Kathy's radio and Nurse Hollister's 550 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:42,220 convenient correcting of Kathy on the talk show topic. 551 00:33:42,620 --> 00:33:46,220 And Kathy confined to intensive care on the 26th, the day of the embarrassing 552 00:33:46,220 --> 00:33:47,220 moment topic. 553 00:33:47,740 --> 00:33:51,400 And the hospital says they do not have radios in intensive care. 554 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,240 Well, if she didn't hear it, that proves she wasn't dreaming. 555 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,540 But only Kathy can tell us if she heard a radio that day. 556 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,740 Barnaby, you said she'd be home by 1. It's almost 1 .30. 557 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:05,580 Let's make a phone call. 558 00:34:14,009 --> 00:34:16,110 No, I couldn't say where she is. 559 00:34:17,270 --> 00:34:21,770 Well, I'm just an old friend of Marion's. She told me to give her a buzz 560 00:34:21,770 --> 00:34:22,770 ever happen in town. 561 00:34:23,650 --> 00:34:25,469 I wish I could be more of a help. 562 00:34:25,989 --> 00:34:28,429 She did phone in a while back to talk to Dr. 563 00:34:28,690 --> 00:34:31,250 Rickers, but I have no idea where she was calling from. 564 00:34:32,550 --> 00:34:34,870 Well, do you think Dr. Rickers might have some idea? 565 00:34:35,110 --> 00:34:39,210 The doctor's out. He canceled all his appointments and left the office right 566 00:34:39,210 --> 00:34:40,630 after he talked to Nurse Hollister. 567 00:34:41,610 --> 00:34:42,569 Well, I... 568 00:34:42,570 --> 00:34:44,530 I do thank you very much. I appreciate it. 569 00:34:46,409 --> 00:34:47,409 I heard. 570 00:34:47,989 --> 00:34:50,929 And what kind of a phone call would cause Dr. 571 00:34:51,190 --> 00:34:53,489 Rickers to cancel all his appointments and rush out? 572 00:34:56,989 --> 00:35:00,770 And so any of you hauntingly lovely women who might have any piercing, 573 00:35:00,890 --> 00:35:05,350 penetrating idea on what's the dirtiest trick your man ever played on you, you 574 00:35:05,350 --> 00:35:09,560 just tell me, your secret admirer, all about it. my dear. Hey, chums, remember 575 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,980 that dear little youngster who called in Kathy? 576 00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:16,080 What she did was fracture her tiny feminine flipper up on the ski slopes 577 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:19,300 two weeks back. Well, I want to hear from Kathy today, but... 578 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:23,880 Perhaps this youngster abides by Bill O's stern law that you have to wait ten 579 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:27,420 days. Well, I'm going to set aside that ten -day law right now, which, of 580 00:35:27,420 --> 00:35:30,820 course, has been cast in bronze for permanent remembrance. So, Kathy Plum, 581 00:35:30,820 --> 00:35:34,560 you're listening today to Bill, your chum, you give me a call, tell us all 582 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,640 you're getting along. So you call in, Kathy. 583 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,480 We'll be waiting for you right now. 584 00:35:40,220 --> 00:35:44,720 Mr. Jones, maybe I could be of more help to you if I knew myself what was going 585 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:45,720 on. 586 00:35:46,540 --> 00:35:50,440 Trust me that I don't want to trigger somebody who may be with Kathy into 587 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:51,440 something desperate. 588 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:56,320 And trust me that I'll fill you in on the whole story sometime when you're my 589 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,740 guest at the steakhouse of your choice. With this lovely lady adorning 590 00:35:59,740 --> 00:36:00,800 Tableside, I hope. 591 00:36:01,900 --> 00:36:03,280 Fighting off your fan club. 592 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,680 What a spiffy daughter -in -law you have, Mr. Jones. May I suggest that you 593 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:09,840 maintain a close, vigilant watch. 594 00:36:15,980 --> 00:36:17,200 Do you think she'll call? 595 00:36:18,260 --> 00:36:19,260 Better question. 596 00:36:19,340 --> 00:36:20,380 Will she be able to? 597 00:36:29,260 --> 00:36:32,880 I don't see how we can prevent Jones from talking to her. We can't. 598 00:36:33,660 --> 00:36:37,600 Our answer is to stop Kathy from questioning the time that day. 599 00:36:38,220 --> 00:36:41,720 To prove to her that time and events become distorted while under medication. 600 00:36:42,060 --> 00:36:44,980 I think the more we talk to her about that day... We have to talk to her. 601 00:36:45,740 --> 00:36:49,460 I'll examine her arm when she wakes up, be dissatisfied with the healing, and 602 00:36:49,460 --> 00:36:50,460 put her on a drug program. 603 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:55,700 Yeah, she'll be mildly hallucinating even before she goes to sleep tonight. 604 00:36:56,260 --> 00:36:59,780 But that means her credibility will really be questioned. 605 00:37:00,500 --> 00:37:01,640 Wouldn't Melford go free? 606 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:03,800 Highly doubtful. 607 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,960 As I told Jones, no one can imagine something they've never seen before. 608 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:10,140 That little touch of mine. 609 00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:12,400 Buying Ellen that red robe. 610 00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:19,420 Well, enough of that jousting. All right. I'm going to wait for my next 611 00:37:19,540 --> 00:37:23,340 You know, I still haven't heard from my skiing chum who broke that lovely arm of 612 00:37:23,340 --> 00:37:28,420 hers, fending off the panting hordes, admiring her triangular slalom up there 613 00:37:28,420 --> 00:37:29,379 the ski slopes. 614 00:37:29,380 --> 00:37:34,140 Where are you, Kathy Plum? This is Billo, breaking my ten -day rule to hear 615 00:37:34,140 --> 00:37:37,800 dulcet tones telling my 40 million listeners how you're coming along. 616 00:37:38,460 --> 00:37:40,320 Well, listen, by the way, you know... 617 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:44,920 I'm going to remind those 80 million listeners right now to tell me this 618 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:49,580 afternoon what's the dirtiest trick that your man ever played on you. 619 00:37:50,940 --> 00:37:53,320 Okay, I think I've got a live one here standing by. 620 00:37:54,460 --> 00:37:59,260 Here we go. My next caller with a well -justified beef on her nimble brain 621 00:37:59,260 --> 00:38:01,220 herself... Hi, Bill. This is Kathy. 622 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:06,680 Kathy, my dear girl, are you cheating on your chump, Bill? I mean, here it is 15 623 00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:09,820 minutes into the show, and I thought, sure, you'd be my very first caller. I 624 00:38:09,820 --> 00:38:12,860 tuned in late. I'm sorry. I just heard you say I could call. 625 00:38:13,180 --> 00:38:14,400 Forgive you this time, sweetheart. 626 00:38:14,860 --> 00:38:17,620 By the way, I'm now switching on my magic viewer. 627 00:38:18,340 --> 00:38:22,300 Aha! You're going to have to clamber down off the lap of that ski bum, honey. 628 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:27,020 Dude will pick you up this afternoon up there and act with a little more demure 629 00:38:27,020 --> 00:38:28,020 decorum. 630 00:38:28,460 --> 00:38:31,960 Oh, I'm nowhere near skiing country. My arm is still in a cast. 631 00:38:32,300 --> 00:38:35,200 Are you getting plenty of exercise otherwise, sweetheart? What are you 632 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,740 today to keep that lullaby bod of yours in shape? 633 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,940 Well, some fishing after I take my nap. Not much else. 634 00:38:41,240 --> 00:38:44,400 Fishing? You don't mean to tell Billo that you're out on somebody's swank 635 00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:49,240 perhaps calling ship to shore, do you? No, this is lake fishing from a swank 636 00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:53,300 rowboat. Well, Kathy Plum, we're going to have to have a hasty station break 637 00:38:53,300 --> 00:38:54,700 here. We'll be right back. 638 00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:58,640 Do you want me to go? 639 00:38:58,860 --> 00:39:01,860 Keep her talking, but don't press her for her location. 640 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,440 Fishing on the lake. 641 00:39:06,980 --> 00:39:09,440 It has to be the Ricker Summer Cottage. 642 00:39:10,140 --> 00:39:13,180 It's on Cove Road, last cottage. It's right on the lake. 643 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:15,380 That's 20 minutes from here. 644 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:20,260 If you don't hear from me in 30 minutes, call Lieutenant Biddle. 645 00:39:23,799 --> 00:39:26,840 Okay, Kathy, let's talk a little more about that fishing business. 646 00:39:27,220 --> 00:39:31,240 No, really, I've always been a fishing bug, especially for lake trout. 647 00:39:31,580 --> 00:39:37,940 Well, when my dad was alive, we used to go... Who are you talking to? 648 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:40,860 The radio station, the talk show. 649 00:39:41,100 --> 00:39:42,460 Who gave you permission to do that? 650 00:39:44,260 --> 00:39:47,100 What? You were told to go to bed. What's that talk about a lake? 651 00:39:51,460 --> 00:39:52,740 Well, there I go again. 652 00:39:53,210 --> 00:39:56,990 Yelling at my patients for disobeying orders. It's a habit I've been trying to 653 00:39:56,990 --> 00:39:58,070 break myself of for ages. 654 00:39:58,890 --> 00:39:59,890 Forgive me, Kathy. 655 00:40:01,750 --> 00:40:04,910 But I do insist upon that nap. 656 00:40:06,750 --> 00:40:09,910 Here's a little something that will get you to sleep. 657 00:40:19,450 --> 00:40:20,450 Here. 658 00:40:20,710 --> 00:40:22,450 This will make you sleep for an hour or so. 659 00:40:23,410 --> 00:40:27,090 And then it's off to see if we dine on fresh trout tonight. Wash it down, huh? 660 00:40:27,970 --> 00:40:30,430 I think I'll also have a little snooze in the sun. That's something I haven't 661 00:40:30,430 --> 00:40:31,430 done for years. 662 00:40:32,250 --> 00:40:33,250 Be comfortable. 663 00:40:55,850 --> 00:40:57,450 She'll be asleep in two minutes. She won't feel this. 664 00:40:57,830 --> 00:40:59,130 What effect will it have on her? 665 00:40:59,490 --> 00:41:00,490 She'll be docile. 666 00:41:00,890 --> 00:41:02,750 More dependent on you if she'll question her judgment. 667 00:41:03,490 --> 00:41:05,410 It'll be weeks before her self -confidence returns. 668 00:41:06,230 --> 00:41:08,230 By then, Jones will be long out of the picture. 669 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:23,440 Kathy? 670 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:28,000 Kathy? 671 00:42:35,980 --> 00:42:37,780 Where's Kathy? 672 00:42:56,140 --> 00:42:57,140 Where is she? 673 00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:01,020 She... She and Dr. Rickers took a walk. 674 00:43:01,340 --> 00:43:02,680 Probably on the other side of the lake by now. 675 00:43:04,540 --> 00:43:05,540 Miss Hollister. 676 00:43:06,420 --> 00:43:11,340 I believe it will all soon be proved that Kathy was drugged to the point she 677 00:43:11,340 --> 00:43:12,700 could no longer keep track of time. 678 00:43:13,260 --> 00:43:16,680 That you induced her to believe it was 2 o 'clock that day when it was much 679 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:17,680 earlier. 680 00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:23,780 That it was just play acting that you and Dr. Rickers performed on at his 681 00:43:23,780 --> 00:43:24,729 for her benefit. 682 00:43:24,730 --> 00:43:27,710 I don't know what you're talking about. How long do you suppose it'll be before 683 00:43:27,710 --> 00:43:30,710 the police trace where that identical sports coat was bought or where that 684 00:43:30,710 --> 00:43:31,830 blonde wig was bought? 685 00:43:32,490 --> 00:43:34,770 It's over, Miss Hollister. You can only make it worse. 686 00:43:38,650 --> 00:43:39,790 She ran away from us. 687 00:43:40,210 --> 00:43:41,210 Into the woods. 688 00:43:42,090 --> 00:43:43,490 Dr. Rickers went looking for her. 689 00:43:44,410 --> 00:43:45,410 Mr. Jones? 690 00:43:48,610 --> 00:43:49,610 He's carrying a gun. 691 00:44:23,930 --> 00:44:25,570 Kathy? Are you imagining things again? 692 00:44:26,130 --> 00:44:27,130 You've been ill, Kathy. 693 00:44:27,490 --> 00:44:28,950 Much more so than you've been told. 694 00:44:29,470 --> 00:44:31,270 Nurse Hollister and I are trying to help you. 695 00:44:56,149 --> 00:44:57,970 Jackie, why do you think we'd want to hurt you? 696 00:44:58,930 --> 00:44:59,930 I don't know. 697 00:45:00,190 --> 00:45:03,150 Let's go down by the lake and just have a nice quiet talk. 698 00:45:03,910 --> 00:45:06,410 No, please. Come on, down by the lake. No, no, no.