This Is Your FBI: The Honest Embezzler 10/25/1946
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
29 min
6 speakers
6 chapters
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What is the premise of 'The Honest Embezzler' and how does the FBI introduction set the scene?
Tonight's FBI file... The Honest Embezzler.
Not every one of the more than a million and a half crimes that are committed each year in the United States is important enough to be the subject of banner headlines in your local newspaper. But every crime that violates a federal statute is important enough to be the subject of intense work by every division of your FBI. Sometimes that work is not immediately rewarded. Sometimes the criminal is cautious enough to escape the net prepared for him. But to the FBI, no file is marked closed until the criminal is found. Whether that task takes six weeks, six months, or six years.
Tonight's file opens on the grounds of a carnival that's playing in a Midwestern city. In a small tent located behind one of the main attractions on the midway, we find one of the performers, Lily Fenton, resting on a canvas cot.
Miss Fenton?
Yes?
May I come in?
That you, Pop?
Yeah.
Yeah, come ahead.
Brought you over a pail of coffee.
Oh, thanks, Pop.
A little nip in the air this evening. I thought you might catch a chill.
You're wonderful. Tell me something, Pop.
What? What's that?
How's a nice old guy like you to come to be with a carny?
Well, after Lily died... Lily. That was my wife's name, too.
No kidding.
When she died, I just couldn't stand the house anymore.
I saw her sitting in every chair.
Oh. Here, cut up some of this coffee with you.
No, no, thanks. I'd better get back to my job.
Come on.
Well... All right, thanks.
Now I know why you're always so nice to me.
Well, I'll tell you, Miss Penton... Why don't you call me Lily? No, I couldn't do that. I couldn't call anybody else... Lily.
Oh, I'm sorry. Forgive me. That's all right.
You're a real nice girl, Miss Benton.
Thanks, Pop.
I wish I really were you, Pop. I wouldn't let you work here.
Oh, this isn't as bad as it looks. The dough's good when business is good. It's good tonight, isn't it, Pop?
Yes, yes. Very good.
Well, it'll still suit me to get out of this town. Too many squares.
Hmm? Squares? Yoko. Oh, yes.
Still having trouble with Carney talk, huh, Pop?
Well, I'm gradually catching on.
Well, don't get too happy. I like you better this way. Hi, Lillian. Oh, hello, Marty.
What are you doing here, Pop?
He's visiting. Why?
Who's taking tickets? Bob relieved me for a few minutes. I was just going back.
Look, finish your coffee.
Don't let this guy scare you. No, I'd really better go. Thanks for the visit.
Come back any time, Pop.
Yes, thank you.
Marty, I don't want you to treat Pop like that.
Huh?
You practically chased him out of here.
So what?
He's a nice old guy.
He's also a scared old guy.
What do you mean?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:06
2
What is the premise of 'The Honest Embezzler' and how does the FBI introduction set the scene?
2:06–9:29
3
Who are the carnival characters introduced and what tensions emerge in the midway tent?
9:29–18:05
4
What prompts Special Agent Jim Taylor to investigate a missing bank teller named Earl Corey?
18:05–19:53
5
What personal history and motive are revealed about Corey and the bank shortage?
19:53–24:35
6
How does Marty’s investigation at the carnival uncover Corey's true identity?
24:35–29:56
Speakers
6 identifiedMore from Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
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