This Is Your FBI: The Swindling Swami 12/20/1946
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
29 min
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5 chapters
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What is the opening introduction and sponsor message for This Is Your FBI?
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The Equitable Life Assurance Society presents, This is Your FBI.
This is Your FBI.
This is your FBI, the official broadcast from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, presented as a public service by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society's representative in your community.
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Tonight's FBI file... The Swindling Swami.
The world has entered a new era. An era to be called the Atomic Age. For man has conquered the atoms. and bids fair to learn every secret that's been hidden from him since the beginning of recorded time. We are the wisest people, so far as science is concerned, that the world has ever known. But for all our learning, we are still gullible. Many of us still prove the adage that there's a sucker born every minute. There is one source of learning we refuse to heed, That source is experience. Tonight's file involves a so-called fortune teller named Dr. Arthur St. Clair. His clients come from the very weary, the very nervous, and sometimes the very wealthy. He's just completing his treatment of Mrs. Harriet Brunswick, a wealthy widow.
Oh, I'm afraid I'm exhausted, my dear. Oh. I can't go on. Oh, doctor. Oh, this is very tiring, you know. Requires very intense concentration. Oh, I know. I was wondering, could you just tell me one more thing? Of what? Well, you mentioned one day last week that you might be able to communicate with my sister. Your sister? Yes. Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes. I feel certain that I could. Oh. If you want me to. Oh, oh, I do. When could you do it for me? It takes preparation. Tomorrow? Well, yes. Oh, how wonderful. Same time as today, doctor? Yes. Come in at three. Oh, thank you so much. It's nothing, my dear. Nothing. Until tomorrow? Until tomorrow. Great performance. Great. Were you eavesdropping? No, I just got here in time to catch that little hand-kissing routine.
I want to talk to you. What about?
This.
I found it in your overcoat pocket. Why, it's a scratch. Yes, it is. And it's got the entries for today's races. Now, where in the world... Say that. You've got your bets marked down, and you're betting 90 bucks. Now, where did you get 90 bucks? Answer me. I, uh... Cast a check. Oh, no. Oh, now let me explain my idea. We just got out of New York in time to beat that last rap. But I... When we came out here... and opened up this fortune-telling, Dodge, you promised me you wouldn't do any more check-writing. I prefer talking about more important things. This is important enough. Now, listen to me. I have got this Brunswick person ready to go. This one could be the jackpot. Oh, yeah, yeah. Now, now, I mean it. She has asked to talk to her dear departed sister.
Are you telling the truth? Margaret. All right. When do you produce her? Tomorrow. That is, if you're prepared... Listen, I know that newspaper obituary of her sister like it was my own life story. Very well, then. Get behind the curtains. What for? It would be a good idea if we had a rehearsal. You mean commune with the spirit? Yes. And if you contact anyone, find out who won the fourth
race.
Meanwhile, in the Los Angeles office of your FBI, Special Agent Jim Taylor is seated with colleague Bill Madison. Taylor has just received a report from FBI headquarters in Washington.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the opening introduction and sponsor message for This Is Your FBI?
0:00–6:09
2
How does the episode introduce the “Swindling Swami” case and its main suspect?
6:09–6:46
3
What background does the narrator give about the Atomic Age and human gullibility?
6:46–9:21
4
Who is Dr. Arthur “Clair” St. and what is his role as a fortune‑teller in the story?
9:21–18:26
5
How do Special Agent Jim Taylor and Bill Madison begin their FBI investigation?
18:26–29:13
Speakers
5 identifiedMore from Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
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