Philo Vance: Idol Murder Case 01/25/1949
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
27 min
8 speakers
6 chapters
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Look, you, I don't want any trouble from you here. We got you cold for breaking and entering, and I could put you in jail and keep you there forever if I wanted to. You'd be an awful sorry guy if you did, Sergeant Heath.
You coop me up before I get a chance to talk to the district attorney. Then you'll be awful unhappy.
The district attorney's got nothing to do with this case. You broke into a joint, we caught you, and we're going to send you up. But you did send for Mr. Markham, didn't you, Heath? Yeah, yeah, I sent for him. Only he ain't going to be happy being brought down here unless you got a good reason. I got a great reason. Wait till he hears what I did. Hello, Heath. Oh, hi, Mr. Markham.
You asked me to come down here. I'm here. Suppose you tell me what this is about.
Yeah, this punk here, he's Joe Farrell, said he had something hot to tell you. What is it, Farrell?
Well, D.A., I want you to go easy on me. I've got a trade to make. What kind of a trade? I don't like crowds, D.A. This room is too crowded with Heath here. Ask him maybe if he'd like to hop into the other room for a minute.
Heath? Okay, okay. But this stooge better have something to say to you. I'll be right next door, Mr. Martin. Thank you, Sergeant.
Well, Farrell? D.A., listen. The cops have got me cold on a burglary rap. Okay, I ain't looking to crawl out of that. Only I want him to go as light as possible. I should think you would. I got information I'll hand you if there ain't too much pressure put on me by Heath.
We can't make any trades with criminals, Farrell. Although if you know something that might help us, perhaps the judge might be lenient if you throw yourself on the mercy of the court.
Yeah, that's okay by me. Listen, Markham, here's the dope. You know the city museum? Very well. Okay. Well, the museum gets a big shipment from some foreign country. I ain't sure where. And it comes in this afternoon. It comes from some collector who died and willed the whole thing to the joint. Well? Well, one of the things that the museum is going to get ain't what it seems to be. It looks like something, only it ain't what it looks like. You understand? No, I don't. Okay, I'll hand it to you this way. There's maybe six or eight things in that collection. Mostly statues and stuff. Only there's something about one of the statues. Really?
Who first alerts Philo Vance to the museum break-in and why?
What? I don't know. It's junk as far as I could find out. All I know is this, that there's guys in town that want that statue and they want it bad enough to kill for it.
Come in. Come in, sir.
Master, it is here. It is here. Well? Talk, man, talk. Tell me everything about it. Mr. Peters, I... I wait in the museum until the crates are open. I see it. I see it with my own eyes. It is here, Master. The Bonji, the idol my tribe worshipped. We will get from the museum, no?
Three years I've trailed that statue from one end of the globe to the other. Now it is within reach. The Bonji... Sit down, Rinkai. Sit down.
Yes, Master. We make plans to get the Bonji.
Careful plans, Rinkai. The most careful plans man ever made. This is the high point in my entire life. Understand that. Nothing must go wrong. You will plan well, carefully and quickly.
It is good. Soon my tribe will be at peace within themselves. Soon I bring back to them the bungee. Tonight we will get it, Ring Guy.
Right now. I'm sure I'm going to need this.
What you get from the drawer, master?
This. Ring Eye, the bondage is a thousand years old. Stolen from your country. I will return this ancient masterpiece to your people, Ring Eye. But to do that, it is quite possible that I will need this very modern weapon. This automatic pistol.
All day I do nothing but open these crates. I'm supposed to be the curator in this museum and all day I... What are you doing here?
Excuse me, Mr. Jasper. You are Mr. Jasper?
Yes, sure. My name is Jasper. Who are you? What are you doing in the museum? No one's allowed in here at this hour.
I've done a lot of things in my life that no one has been allowed to do, Mr. Jasper.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:54
2
Who first alerts Philo Vance to the museum break-in and why?
2:54–5:43
3
What does the arrested burglar reveal about the incoming museum shipment?
5:43–8:55
4
Who are the devotees trying to reclaim the Bonji idol and what are their motives?
8:55–13:06
5
Why does curator Jasper confront visitors about the Bonji and who insists on buying it?
13:06–22:08
6
How does Philo Vance deduce the Bonji’s true value before seeing it?
22:08–26:19
Speakers
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