The Shadow - "The Diamond Murders" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Diamond Murders,” originally broadcast October 8, 1939. Also listed as episode 168 in one numbering system, this Mutual Broadcasting System mystery stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margot Lane.
At Eagle Field, visiting baseball pitchers begin dying by electrocution during a night game, leaving police to confront an apparently impossible crime before a crowd of witnesses. The Shadow and Margot Lane investigate the ballpark and its staff in this Jerry Devine script, originally sponsored by Blue Coal.
The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.
Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
25:53 Closing
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Speaker 1: Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston and Marjorie Anderson as Margot
Lane head the cast in tonight's visit to Eagle Field.
It is the Shadow The Diamond Murders, broadcast by Mutual
on October eighth, nineteen thirty nine and listed as episode
one hundred and sixty eight. During a night game, visiting
pitchers are being killed by electrocution, even on the pitchers mound.
Before a crowd and police who can find no ready explanation.
Lamont and Margo investigate the ballpark and its personnel as
the case moves toward a reconstruction intended to reveal how
the murders are being accomplished. Jerry Devine wrote the script,
now back to the golden age of radio.
Speaker 2: Who knows what evil works in the hearts of men?
The Shadow Lord?
Speaker 3: The Shadow, mysterious character who furthers the forces of law
and order, is in reality Lamont Cranston, wealthy young man
about town. The Shadow uses his hypnotic power to cloud
men's minds so that they cannot see him. Cranston's friend
and companion, the lovely Margot Lane, is the only person
who knows to whom the unseen voice of the shadow
belongs today's story. Murder in the ballpark.
Speaker 2: Well, sports fans, here we are back at Eagle Field.
Speaker 4: They're no scoring this game so far.
Speaker 2: You know, Whitey Brooks the pitcher. Is it that bad?
Speaker 4: Hadn't better?
Speaker 2: Now? There two and two Whitey, two balls and two stripes.
Here's the pitch. Whitey hits one out of the right field.
It's the base hit. He's on his way now.
Speaker 3: Wait wait, Brooks is staggering with the baseline.
Speaker 4: Blood is running down his cheek.
Speaker 2: He's fallow.
Speaker 5: Extra Whitey Brooks hates how that murdered and bought Fike
Xtray Xtray Brooks murdered and bought Bick.
Speaker 4: We are.
Speaker 6: Hey, Andy, what are you doing here in that clubhouse?
You're supposed to be out warming up your pitch today?
Look at him? He falls asleep ten minutes before the
game time. Come on, wake got bandy, Andy, Andy, Handy here,
come here, somebody quick Handy Handy's dead.
Speaker 5: Act record murdered, Eagles Field, craftsmen five murdered and club
I actual ring all about.
Speaker 2: I see at the foot of this aisle. Mrgo right
on the third baseline.
Speaker 7: Okay, Oh, do you mind if we stand here a
second the month. I've never seen anything like this a
night baseball game. Why those big archives make the feel
as bright as day. That's it's very impressive.
Speaker 4: Keep moving with your lady, you're blocking a view.
Speaker 8: Oh sorry, lead on, Lamon.
Speaker 7: All right, So you know I'm very curious to know
why we've come to this game tonight.
Speaker 8: You promise you tell me when we got here.
Speaker 2: My interest happens to be professional. Oh you know that
two killings have taken place at this ballpark within the
last two weeks.
Speaker 8: Yes, I remember reading that two noted pictures were mysteriously slain, and.
Speaker 2: It happened in this very stadium. One was an ace
hurdler named Brooks. The other was a great picture by
the name of Crossband.
Speaker 8: It's unbelievable. Why, well, somehow I never associate murder with baseball.
Speaker 2: Nevertheless, it has happened, and that's why we here tonight.
Speaker 7: I see, say Lamont at hunchback certainly can play baseball,
right there's one out there on the field.
Speaker 2: Oh, oh, yes, that's Bogo, the mascot. He's been with
the team for years. Good little ball player too. He
always clowns for the customers during practice.
Speaker 8: Lamont. It says here in the program that.
Speaker 7: Joe Roberts caught more flies than any other shortstop.
Speaker 8: What's a shortstop and what do you want to catch
flies for?
Speaker 2: Well, Margo, with shortstops one of the players and a fly?
Speaker 8: Why know what a little fly is?
Speaker 2: Silly?
Speaker 8: But why did they call him a shortstop?
Speaker 2: Well, because I'll tell you later.
Speaker 4: Margaret, it came.
Speaker 8: Who are the players in blue?
Speaker 2: Those are the umpires, Darling.
Speaker 8: I won't say another word.
Speaker 1: Battery for the night escape for the Eagles, strag me,
pitchy and provis sketchy.
Speaker 2: I don't know that's that's part of the game. You're
never supposed to understand. The Enhuancer for.
Speaker 5: The Terriers, Marson, pitchy and boys fun catchy.
Speaker 7: I guess it's the thing to do the mood. Are
you sure they can see to play under these lights?
Speaker 2: Well, they have all seasons. Now, what do you say, muggle?
Let's watch the ball game, shall we?
Speaker 8: Who's the man in the center position.
Speaker 2: My darling. He's affectionately known as the pitcher and one
of the best pitchers in the baseball game, I might add, ed, Marson.
Speaker 8: What's he twisting all around for?
Speaker 2: He's winding up for the first pitch, and here it
comes for the lights have gone out the monk.
Speaker 8: What's wrong?
Speaker 2: I don't know, but I don't like it. It's a
tide muggle subdomant, and I don't understand.
Speaker 8: It'll be the lights back on again.
Speaker 2: I wonder, Margo look out in the center of the
diamond Mars in the picture he stretched out on the ground.
Speaker 4: Here you going them on out on the field to see.
Speaker 2: What's happened to Martian?
Speaker 4: You went there, I couldn't see nothing.
Speaker 2: Wait a minute, don't move wom until we find out
what's happening. Ed. You're right, he's out cold. He's more
than not cold, gentlemen, he's dead. Well, corner, what's your verdict,
Mission of Western? This man was electricuted.
Speaker 4: If we we'll start looking around out here on the infield,
can I be of any help, Commissioner Western? Huh, oh,
it's you Cranston. I thought I ordered this park empty.
Speaker 7: Well, we knew that rule didn't apply to oust mister
Weston good evening?
Speaker 2: Was lad? Did the coroner Reginny verdict as ed? May?
I ask what it was?
Speaker 4: The Department is not a libertor to devolves that information
of present, Miss Granson.
Speaker 2: Oh, I see, it wouldn't have been electrocution with it. Well,
what makes you think that this little steel plate here
beside the pictures rubbery right here? So that's away, Commissioner.
I wouldn't touch it if I were you, until the
wire is traced to its source.
Speaker 4: That's how it was done. Steel plates on his spike
shoes made the contact necessary for the shock.
Speaker 8: Wasn't that clever of Lamont to find a commissioner?
Speaker 4: Yes?
Speaker 8: Yes, who do you suppose did it?
Speaker 4: Well? The department is not.
Speaker 8: At liberty to devolve that information at present. In other words,
you don't know. Isn't that it?
Speaker 4: Not at all?
Speaker 2: I'd like to point out a few things to you Western.
Speaker 4: What's that?
Speaker 2: Have you noticed that all the deaths have occut on
the teams that are playing the Eagles? Yes? And all
the victims were pictures, very excellent pictures, I might add.
Speaker 4: That's but what does that prove?
Speaker 2: Nothing conclusive? Just the lead, that's all.
Speaker 4: How I have a favor to ask of you people, Granson?
Speaker 2: And what's that?
Speaker 4: I don't want anyone to know that we were aware
of how the victim died, So please keep it quiet,
will you?
Speaker 2: Certain? Me, and now I have a favor to ask you. Well,
I'd like to be present at headquarters tomorrow when you
conduct your investigation.
Speaker 4: Here's a deal.
Speaker 2: Yes, come in, Margot, A commissioner will be delighted to
have you here. Write Commissioner Western.
Speaker 4: And by all means, come in, miss Lane.
Speaker 8: Thank you, Commissioner. Well have you found out anything?
Speaker 4: Oh afraid not any more of them out there, Murphy,
just two Pixie Parker the picture and all help from
the groundkeeper. Now I'm send Parker in.
Speaker 2: Well, this will be very educational, Margo. Mister Pixie Parker
is the original daf in this boy sort of a
fugitive from one of those stories Ring Laudner used to.
Speaker 8: Write, wonderful a mon?
Speaker 4: How do you do? Come on in, Parker. This is
miss Lane and mister Cranston. Oh, I'm very pleased to
make your acquaintance.
Speaker 8: Thanks Pard, same here, Margot.
Speaker 4: Can you shed any light on our mystery pixing?
Speaker 9: Well, Commissioner, I am thinking while I am waiting outside
that what happens last night is very much the same
has happened to me when I'm having a twenty game
win streak in Joyce City. How's that well as I
am the sensation of the league, they are saving me
for pitching night games exclusive on account of I am
such a gay attraction.
Speaker 4: Yes, but what's that to do with Marton's death? Well,
I am reaching that point. I'll go on one night.
Speaker 9: I am pitching for Joyce City, steaming them in and
my usual faithful style. When all of a sudden the
lights is out, Yes, yes, go ahead. There is much
nervousness and confuse. I don't and then all of a
sudden the lights is on. It listen what then we
went on with the game. That's all I see.
Speaker 4: Thank you Pixy, who've been a big hell? Oh that's okay.
I send pop Hilton then, are sure?
Speaker 2: I am very happy to have made both your acquaintances.
Speaker 4: Likewise, that was very informative, and this old Hilton guy
would be worse.
Speaker 2: Who is he?
Speaker 4: Commissioner the groundkeeper used to be a great pitcher of
years ago, un till he stopped the baseball at the
top of his head and a little bomby. Ever since
I seen come in.
Speaker 2: You sent for me?
Speaker 4: Yeah, certainly this is miss Lane and mister Cranston. You
probably like me to tell you about the murders, wouldn't
you and you shed any light on them? Light light
in darkness, there is light and in light darkness. Come on, Pop,
start talking riddles? Do you or don't you know anything?
Speaker 10: Have you ever read Shelley, Commissioner, Western, I don't read
the sport pages, as Shelley was a poet.
Speaker 2: Commissioner, Oh, a very fine poet.
Speaker 10: Shelley once wrote the awful shadow of some unseen power floats,
though unseen amongst us. That's what you're dealing with, Commissioner.
Speaker 4: I'm dealing with a murder case, and I've wasted enough
time on you.
Speaker 2: That'll be all Pop, well as you wish, Commissioner.
Speaker 4: Good day, an afternoon wasted not entirely What do you mean, Cston, Nothing,
we'll be running long to come on, Margo right.
Speaker 7: Goodbye, Commissioner. I'll send you over a copy of Shelley
if you like. I mean the poet, not the sports writer.
Speaker 4: Oh that's mighty nice. Thanks, goodbye.
Speaker 8: What do you mean the month that the afternoon was
not entirely wasted?
Speaker 2: The old man, Pop, Hilton, he knows something, do you
think so? I'm sure of it? And the shadow will
pay a call on the old boy at the baseball
park tonight.
Speaker 8: The month.
Speaker 7: I can't believe that this ball bark is the same
place that was full of cheering spectators last night.
Speaker 2: Yes, he is rather here, he isn't it, Margot? Those
rows and rows of empty seats.
Speaker 8: Dessert is completely empty. It gives me the creeps. It
seemed almost haunted.
Speaker 2: Maybe it is haunted, Margo, haunted by the ghosts of
great players, the games they've played.
Speaker 8: Lamond. Look, I'll there on the plane for her. You
can see at the moonlight.
Speaker 2: Oh what is it?
Speaker 8: I don't know why it's moving.
Speaker 2: It's a man.
Speaker 8: Wouldn't be one of your ghosts.
Speaker 2: No, it's old man Hilton, the ground keeper. He seems
to be very interested in something on the ground by
the pictures.
Speaker 8: Ma'm the steel plate that kill Morrison.
Speaker 2: Yes, you wait here, Miggle. I think the shadow should
know what Hilton's up to. You won't be frightened here
alone with you?
Speaker 11: No, No, go ahead, Lamon, I'll just sit down in
one of his empty seats.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was clever, fiendishly clever. I quite agree with you,
mister Hilton. Hey did I hear someone speak? I spoke?
Who are you? I am known here's the shadow.
Speaker 10: Shadow, shadow will come out where I can see you.
I'm standing right beside you, Hilton, beside me. Huh no,
there's no one beside me. Oh it's my mind. Plane
fix on me again.
Speaker 2: Your mind is not deceiving you, Hilton. I have merely
clouded it so that you cannot see me. What do
you want? I was interested in your examination of that
steel plate. Oh, rather ingenious killing device, wouldn't you say?
Speaker 10: Oh?
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, Do you know anything about these deaths, Hildan?
Speaker 10: Of course we almost know something about death. Death has
a thousand doors from life, yes, of course.
Speaker 2: And you know through which door Marson travel, don't you?
That's right? I do. Can you tell me who opened
that door for him? Well? I think I could. I
think I could come now, mister Hilton, I think it was. Uh.
Speaker 6: You'll never find out now, mister Shadow, come.
Speaker 8: Back, come back, the mother, the mother? You are right, yes,
But the old man, Hilton?
Speaker 2: Is he? Oh? My lord, he's dead. The bullet passed
his head before he could reveal what he knew.
Speaker 8: Then you didn't learn anything?
Speaker 2: Oh yes I did, Marco, and the murderer will learn
something too. What do you mean the killer Margo heard
my shadow, but I saw his. Yes, what are you
doing here?
Speaker 8: Do you think I'd have missed this? The moth say,
isn't that uniform a little large for you?
Speaker 2: All right?
Speaker 4: Now?
Speaker 2: No ribs?
Speaker 7: Well, just what's the idea of you're putting on that
uniform and becoming a member of the Eagles Baseball sea.
Speaker 2: It's all in the line of duty, my suite. I
wanted to find out what goes on when they play
a game, and the best way I could think of
was to join the team.
Speaker 8: Are you going to be in the game?
Speaker 4: Hardly?
Speaker 8: Oh what a pity.
Speaker 2: I had trouble enough getting permissioned to sit on the bench.
Speaker 7: Well, why are they playing in this park today? It's
the matter with the stadium we went to before.
Speaker 2: They haven't used Eagle feels since the murders. Now, when
you excuse me there, I'm going down to the bench
and sit for the players.
Speaker 7: Okay, hold him on, Yes, it is a tailor down there.
Had him taken those trouts?
Speaker 6: Oh, come on, I'll not got a few.
Speaker 4: Didn't I meet you go out of police headquarters?
Speaker 2: Yes, that's right, you're a Pixie Parker, aren't you?
Speaker 4: Uh huh?
Speaker 9: Are you might be becoming a member of this team
or sitting on the bench like this.
Speaker 2: No, Pixie, if your manager's permission, I'm visiting here today.
Speaker 4: Oh you're like officitor.
Speaker 2: Yes, that's right, I cat it.
Speaker 4: Hey, Paul, go come here. I want you.
Speaker 9: You should meet mister clans mister Clanston, and he's like
a bissity here today.
Speaker 2: How do you do stud Hello, Bog Bogo is our
bat boy. Oh, yes, I've seen him on the field.
You're a good little ball player too, Bogo. Thanks, he
would be an even better ball player. For what's not
a connor? Here?
Speaker 4: Is hunchback?
Speaker 2: Got it?
Speaker 4: Pitchy Sally, you never know that.
Speaker 9: Me and Bogo is pals, the way he gets sore
at me sometimes.
Speaker 2: Would you No, I'm sure your pals?
Speaker 4: Hey?
Speaker 2: Fix?
Speaker 4: Yeah, get out there and warm up. You're pitching today?
No good? What do you mean? No good? I am
not working today. I am not in the mood. Now listen,
pix E. I have spoken well. I am still the
manager of this team. And I figure out mister Dowett
what he'll work today. I'll have him out dead in
a few minutes. I'll listen.
Speaker 2: He'll pitch mister Dowt.
Speaker 4: Heat better fine ball club where the manager has to
get the bat boy to convince the player to pitch. Bogo,
I don't care what you say. You don't listen to me.
Speaker 2: Look, get me now, who's the greatest pitcher in baseball? Police? Hot?
Speaker 4: Sami?
Speaker 2: Hot Sami? I am you see all those people there
in the stands.
Speaker 6: They're here for just one reason to see the great
Parker pitch.
Speaker 2: That's right to point them by you. You're going to
give him them money's work, don't you.
Speaker 4: Yeah, their money's worth good.
Speaker 2: Come on, let's go out and warm up.
Speaker 9: Whatever you say, Boco, whatever you say.
Speaker 2: Mister Stewart. Yeah, it's this Bogo, always influnce, talking like that.
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's the only one who can do anything with him.
Bogo is like a little god to him.
Speaker 2: That's strange.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of strange things in baseball, mister Cranston.
Speaker 2: Would you excuse me a second thing?
Speaker 4: Sure?
Speaker 2: Thanks?
Speaker 8: Oh, I know they want you to play after all.
Speaker 2: No, not be serious. I wish you do something for
me right away. But go up to the front office
and find out the home address of Pixie Parker.
Speaker 8: Why, what's up?
Speaker 2: He's going to receive a visit this evening from the Shadow.
Mister Parker. Mister Parker, what, mister Parker, I'd like to
talk to you.
Speaker 4: Where are you? I don't see nobody.
Speaker 2: I'm right here in this room with you. No, don't
look around for me. I am invisible to your eyes.
Speaker 4: What is this spokes or something.
Speaker 2: I'm not a spook pixie. I'm a flesh and blood human,
but I control your mind so that you can't see me.
Speaker 4: Who are you?
Speaker 2: Men? Call me the Shadow?
Speaker 4: What do you want from me?
Speaker 2: I'm seeking information information about your little friend Bogo Bogo.
Speaker 4: What's the matter with Bogo? He ain't done nothing.
Speaker 2: You're wrong, Packer. Bogo has done plenty.
Speaker 4: What do you mean?
Speaker 2: I mean that I have reason to believe that Bogo
is responsible for the murders in the ballpark.
Speaker 9: Ah, you're crazy. Boco wouldn't hurt nobody.
Speaker 2: That's for your wrong Packer. Now tell me what is
this influence that he exerts over you. Influence, Yes, this
power to make you do just what he wants you to.
Speaker 4: Well, he ain't got no power over me.
Speaker 9: He just thinks I'm the greatest picture that ever was,
and the only time he ever gets saw is when
nobody agrees with that.
Speaker 4: I see he's my power.
Speaker 9: Why why just the other day he said he'd kill
any picture that people thought was better than me.
Speaker 2: He's kill anybody.
Speaker 4: No, oh no, no, he didn't mean nothing by that
to want it. You're no, he wouldn't hurte nobody. He's
just rooting for me, that's all. Why. Why if anything
was to happen to me, I think he died.
Speaker 2: We'll give him a chance to prove that to Night Parker,
what do you mean you'll see, Parker, You'll see.
Speaker 4: Mission no Westerns making Commissioner.
Speaker 2: This is the Shadow but you again. Yes, I'm sorry
to bother you, but I believe that I have a
solution to your baseball murders.
Speaker 4: What you have? Who did them?
Speaker 2: I can't say for sure yet.
Speaker 4: Oh now, look, Shadow, I'm a busy man.
Speaker 2: I adn't. You must believe me. Here's what I want
you to do. Get every player that was in the
game the other night up to Eagle Field right away. Why.
I want you to restage the game and the murder
justice in the cut before. But I happened to know
about that electric plate that killed mass.
Speaker 4: How did you find that?
Speaker 2: Never mind. Here's an important detail. Don't allow Pixie Parker
to talk to anyone until I arrived.
Speaker 4: Hey, who is supposed to be the police commission around here? Anyway?
Speaker 2: You are, of course, commissioner. See you at the ballpark?
Speaker 4: Well all that Murphy Murphy, Yes, sir, I just got
an idea, head Commissioner. Call all the players who were
in that game the other night, get them up to
the park. Yes, sir, I think I figured out a
solution to the murders. Had good work, Chief, thank you.
I wonder where that shadow is. I know what he
expects to find out here.
Speaker 2: Good evening, Commissioner, Western, is that right where you are?
Sorry to be late for the ball game?
Speaker 4: All right, Shadow, what do you want? What's this one
of your gay little pranks?
Speaker 2: No, Commissioner, this is a very serious matter. No one
knows I'm here, but you is that right?
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2: Look, here's what I want you to do.
Speaker 4: Now. Look, here's what I want you to do. Man,
listen to the Commissioner that we're going to replay the
events leading up to the crime exactly as they happened
the other night. Everyone take his position in the field.
Please follow that. Now, you have a complete team out there,
Commissioner Western, that is, except for a pitcher. I don't
want someone standing for the late mister Marson too. Get
Pixie Parking Okay, hey, Pixie, yeah, I'll be right with you.
Speaker 2: Well, good evening, Commissioned Western. Why didn't you tell me
you're going to have this party? Margot and I wouldn't
want to miss this for the world. Here again, I grandson,
Good evening, Miss Lay.
Speaker 7: Not a very cordial reception, Commissioner. What are you doing
giving up your job in the police force and becoming
a baseball player.
Speaker 4: I'll look at you two. I don't to hear you
can stay it, but keep quiet. This is a very
serious job.
Speaker 2: All right. We won't say your word.
Speaker 4: Pixie Parker, Yes, sir, I'd like you to reenact Marson's
role in the game the other night. You mean I
should be standing in for a dead guy. There's no danger, Pixie.
Of course, if you're afraid.
Speaker 2: Don't do it.
Speaker 4: Picks, Why poc you want them to think maybe I'm scared.
I don't care what that. They glad to hear someone else,
but I want Parker to do it both. I ain't
doing it. I said, he's doing it and that goes
I just that settles its Tempogo? Do you want to
should go out there?
Speaker 8: Now?
Speaker 4: Has Pixy? Now? Okay, where are you going? Bogo? Well,
I've gone back to the clubhouse.
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna watch my pal play at dead man.
You'd better stay here?
Speaker 4: What stay here? Bogo? Stick with him?
Speaker 2: I mean, what is if you guys can't kick me around?
Speaker 4: Missus Stewart? Did you tell a man to put out
the flood lights? Touch as it did the other night?
As commissioner get out there on the pitcher's mom Pixie, Okay,
I want you to wind up just the way Marson
did and we'll put the lights out.
Speaker 2: Now, don't do it?
Speaker 4: Pitty? Shut up? You ready? Parker? Pitchy? Pitchy know to
be electrocuted? How did you know he'd be electrical? At Bogan?
Speaker 2: Why you felt were talking about it?
Speaker 4: No one knew how Marson died except myself and you, Bogo.
I don't know what made me say ratis. I don't
I know what made you say it. You said it
because you murdered ed Marshall a lot? Then why didn't
want to Parker get out in the Pitcher's mouth and
Why did you want to leave here? Because you wanted
to turn off the current so that Parker wouldn't be
electrict like marshmall No, and why why?
Speaker 2: Perhaps I can tell you why, Commissioner, Because in Bogo's
own mind, he is Parker.
Speaker 4: You're crazy.
Speaker 10: No.
Speaker 2: All your life you've wanted to be a great ball player,
but you couldn't be, Bogo. You couldn't be because of
your handicap. When Parker came along, at last, you'd found
someone to whom you could transfer that desire, someone with
a mind sufficiently childly to obey your wishes. You began
to imagine that you were Parker. You are right, Bob,
sure s Parker. Then your ego took hold. You became
jealous of anyone who's fame might out do yours, yours
and Parkers. And that jealous he made you murder White
he Brooks and the Crossman and ed.
Speaker 4: Mar didn't I kill Alliver? That's through your simpleton.
Speaker 2: I was the one who made you great. I was
you Parker without me or note of mean that question,
there's your confession month.
Speaker 8: You were wonderful. He sounded just like a real detective.
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, Commissioner, I didn't mean to take over your job.
The excitement must have gotten all right. Put the cups
on him, having call me. Look up, he's got a gun.
Speaker 4: Done.
Speaker 2: Move here you I'm getting out of this post.
Speaker 4: Nanny, you can without hitting one of the players.
Speaker 9: Put that kind away, commission I have to shoot him.
He's getting away. He start getting away. Give me that baseball. Yeah,
so I ain't no picture without him. I'll show him something,
you know. Look, that's the best strike I ever threw.
Go out and pick them up, mister Commissioner compliments the
Great Pixie Park.
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are fictitious. Any similarity to person's living or dead is
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Speaker 4: The Shadows.
Speaker 1: October eighth, nineteen thirty nine broadcast The Diamond Murders has
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