Michael Shayne: Mary Noble Suspects Uncle Briggs 06/11/1945
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
29 min
7 speakers
8 chapters
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What is the premise of the episode featuring Mary Noble and Michael Shayne?
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The adventures of Michael Shane, private detective.
The people who make 76 gasoline and Triton Motor Oil, Union Oil Company, present... The Adventures of Michael Shane, Private Detective, starring Wally Mayer and Kathy Lewis. As San Francisco's busiest private detective, Mike Shane can be found at almost any hour, at almost any spot in the city. Except one, perhaps. His apartment. Yet right now, that is just where we find him. Of course, he's there only long enough to pick up his overcoat and two theater tickets. Waiting impatiently in the hall doorway is his attractive assistant, Phyllis Knight.
Mike, what's keeping you?
I can't find the tickets.
Oh, fine, fine. The master detective.
Oh, I know, I know. I left them in my other suit.
Say, Mike, somebody's coming up your stairs. A strange woman.
Yes? I don't know any strange women.
You better not. Your date's with me tonight.
Good evening. Is this the apartment of Michael Shane? Yes, it is. And you're Mrs. Shane? Well, no, no.
I'm his assistant, Phyllis Knight.
Oh, I'd like to see Mr. Shane. It's very, very important. Well, we were just going out. I'm sorry to impose, but I'm afraid it's a matter of life and death. Would you... Tell him that, please.
That's all right. I heard it.
Oh, Mr. Shane. You are Mr. Shane?
Yes, yes. Come in, come in.
My name is Mary Noble. I arranged to be in your neighborhood tonight, Mr. Shane. I had to talk to you.
Yes. Won't you sit down?
Thank you. I brought my friends to visit some people across the street at the Eltavar Apartments. Then I slipped away so I could see you without them suspecting.
I don't understand. Without who suspecting?
Mr. and Mrs. Pringle and Chico. Chico? That's Mr. Savadel. Oh. I told them that I'd stay in the car that I needed fresh air. You see, Uncle Briggs lets me go out only with his friends. Hmm? People who will spy on me and tell him what I do. Chico says he loves me, but I know that I'm not pretty. He wants my money.
How does Mary Noble describe her relationship with Uncle Briggs?
Now, just a second. You said Uncle Briggs. Would that be Briggs Noble?
Yes, the rich, the upright Mr. Briggs Noble. I'm his niece, and he's trying to poison me. Oh, now, really.
You don't mean that, I'm sure.
But I do. For the past two weeks, I've had strange sick spells. I'm sure it's the poison. What does your doctor say? I haven't had a doctor. I've never told anyone, but I can't stand it any longer. Uncle Briggs wants me out of the way. I'm a burden.
I can't imagine you being a burden to a millionaire.
That's what's so strange. He's rich, yet he wants more and more money. Next month I'll be 21, and then I inherit my father's money. It's in trust for me. Uncle Briggs wants my money. That's the only way I can explain it.
And just what do you want me to do?
Talk to my uncle. Warn him that you know everything. You'll protect me. Be my bodyguard.
Oh, now, Miss Noble, I'm not that kind of a detective.
You don't believe me, do you?
Well, I can't say. I'm not sure. I might talk to your uncle, but I'm certain you've imagined things.
I see. I thought you really helped people. Hmm? But I was wrong. No one will help me. No one.
No one. Miss Noble, now, if you'll tell me... Wait a minute. Miss Noble.
Well, that gal certainly got off the merry-go-round backwards.
Mm-hmm.
She seemed perfectly reasonable when she first walked in.
But that talk of being a burden on a rich uncle, spied on by his friends, and poison.
I don't know. She walked the fence between sanity and, well, the opposite.
She was scared, Blue, anyway. She almost got me going.
People do talk strangely when they're in terror. She said those friends were across the street.
Mm-hmm. The Altavar.
Yeah, that's right. I'll tell you what. Let's go after her.
there there she is mike crossing the street yeah miss noble mary noble mary mary stop mike that taxi
Honest, mister. She fell right in front of my cab. I didn't run over her.
What suspicions does Mary have regarding her uncle?
Listen, she's dead, isn't she? I'm telling you, I saw her fall. You mean she tripped? No, no. She slumped in a heap right in front of me. I didn't hit her.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the premise of the episode featuring Mary Noble and Michael Shayne?
0:00–2:49
2
How does Mary Noble describe her relationship with Uncle Briggs?
2:49–5:10
3
What suspicions does Mary have regarding her uncle?
5:10–7:05
4
How does Michael Shayne react to Mary's claims of poisoning?
7:05–10:06
5
What evidence suggests that Mary may have been poisoned?
10:06–11:57
6
What role does the autopsy play in the investigation?
11:57–14:39
7
How do the detectives uncover the truth behind the chocolates?
14:39–16:56
8
What is the resolution of the case involving Mary Noble?
16:56–29:49
Speakers
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