Philo Vance: The Bulletin Murder Case 10/05/1948
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
27 min
8 speakers
8 chapters
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What is the Bulletin Murder Case about?
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Hey, Harkins. The old man wants you in his office.
Oh, thanks, Eddie. Probably wants to give me a bonus on that last yarn I turned in for the sheep.
Who knows what he wants, including him. Walk you to the door?
Yeah, I'll do that. Some young cub reporter might be waiting to take a bite out of me in transit.
What are you working on for the old man, Harkins? Something hot?
Big secret stuff. No can talk.
Who is Philo Vance and what is his role in the case?
Not even to me. I'm working here, you know.
You never know it. See you later, Ed. Hi, boss.
Oh, come in, Harkins. I got an assignment for you.
Good. Let's have it.
Ever hear of Philo Vance?
Private investigator par excellence?
Sure.
I've heard of him.
Get an interview on him. Something about the cases he's worked on.
What details are revealed about the murder victim, Myrna Harkins?
Ought to make a good feature. Maybe we'll run it as a series on Sundays. That's all.
Just like that, I'm to get a story out of Vance. My, you know he never talks to reporters.
So don't be a reporter. Be a society gal. Be somebody in trouble. Be anybody. Nobody said you had to be a reporter.
No, that's right. Nobody did. A lot of people have told me I'm not a reporter. But you wouldn't be one of them, would you, Mike?
I might one of these days.
What connection does Lillian White have to the murder?
Call me and let me know how you make on.
Okay, Mike. Oh, by the way, that yarn I was on this morning. Nothing doing on it. N-G-N-S. No story.
What one's that?
That thing about the concert pianist, Lillian White, inheriting a half million bucks. She denies it.
She denies it, so there's no story? Maybe I should have sent Henderson.
Wait a minute, Mike. Keep your top down. Did dig up something on the white gal. Found out she was once married to a man named Joe McGuff.
How does the investigation unfold in the bulletin office?
Mean anything?
Not to me. Did you knock out what you have?
Here it is on this paper. Only it isn't much, and you can't use it. But here it is, such as it is. Only I'm telling you now, it's no yarn. It's no nothing.
Well, if you got nothing except that she was married to a guy named Joe McGuff, it sure is no story. Okay, leave it, and I'll look it over. Go on now. See what you can find out from Philo Vance.
I'm on my way. Only from what I've heard of him. I've got an idea he'll find out more about me than I will about him.
What leads to the discovery of Joe McGuff's involvement?
Keep moving. Keep moving there. Keep moving. Hey, you. What's the idea of parking in the middle of a busy street? Move that cab out of there before I give you a ticket. Hey, officer. Officer, I've got to talk to you. Come here, please. Hurry. Okay, what's with you and that taxi?
Officer, look in the back of my cab. There's a girl there. I picked her up in front of the bulletin office ten minutes ago. What about it?
What evidence points to the murderer in the case?
She's dead. She's been murdered. There's a knife in her heart.
What?
That's the story, Vance, all of it. The girl was a reporter on the bulletin, and she was on her way to interview you when she was murdered.
Interview me? That sounds like a very interesting case, Markham.
Not to me it doesn't. If anybody was murdered because they were on their way to interview you, Vance, murder's getting a little too close to home.
Perhaps we'll move our home then, Ellen. What does the district attorney think about that?
I'm not thinking about anything, Vance, except this girl's murder and the fact that she was on her way here when she was killed. Generally, you're not concerned with a murder until after it happens.
That's true, of course.
How does Philo Vance conclude the investigation?
But before I do anything on the girl's murder, I think it might be an idea to quiet my secretary's fear for my safety. Ellen, up until now, I've done a pretty good job of taking care of myself, haven't I?
Yes, Vance, you have. But it only takes one mistake to bring your average all the way down to zero.
Well, I'll try not to make that mistake. Come on, Markham, let's get going. We'll make the newspaper office our first stop... I don't know a better place to pick up some news.
Eddie, listen to me. Somebody murdered one of our staff.
Reporters have solved crimes before, but this one we've got to solve.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the Bulletin Murder Case about?
0:00–1:05
2
Who is Philo Vance and what is his role in the case?
1:05–1:26
3
What details are revealed about the murder victim, Myrna Harkins?
1:26–1:51
4
What connection does Lillian White have to the murder?
1:51–2:19
5
How does the investigation unfold in the bulletin office?
2:19–2:58
6
What leads to the discovery of Joe McGuff's involvement?
2:58–3:20
7
What evidence points to the murderer in the case?
3:20–4:16
8
How does Philo Vance conclude the investigation?
4:16–27:00