The Big Show: Dictionary and a Telephone Line Lead to a Killer (EP5007)
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What inconsistencies arise in the husband's story about his missing wife?
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Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we are going to bring you this week's episode of The Beg Story. But first, I do want to encourage you, if you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. And I also want to encourage you to check out our other podcasts. And today, I am highlighting The Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio, where you can listen to two different great adventure stories every week. Check it out at greatadventures.info or wherever you get your podcasts from. Now, from December 6, 1950, here is Dictionary and Telephone Line Lead to a Killer.
The Big Story.
Hello, Jennifer. We're all still waiting. Thank you. Go ahead, Mr. Beckwith. There's your office.
Night desk, Beckwith.
Hiya, Bernie, where you at?
Rollinsville, back on the hills. Listen, in the middle drawer of the desk, you'll find an envelope marked hold.
Yeah? Yeah, got it?
Good. Open it, read it. The story I've been working up on my own time.
What the heck?
Listen, there are only two phone lines in the den from this town. One is being held open for the police. The other I'm holding starting right now. If this comes through, it'll be exclusive. I'll start reading that story. I'll hang on here. Any questions as you go, ask me. Okay, okay. What are you waiting for up there? The end of the story. If it comes, it'll be murder.
Denver, Colorado.
From the pages of the Denver Post, the story of a reporter who sewed up a telephone line to lock up a killer.
Denver, Colorado. The story as it actually happened. Bernard Beckwith's story as he lived it.
This one, you, Bernie Beckwith, reporter for the Denver Post, have been piecing together on your own time. And now, it's ready to pop. You're holed up in the one long telephone exchange of Rollinsville, waiting. You've sewed up the only remaining trunk line into Denver, just in case the opposition gets wind of the story and tries by phone to cash in on your work. But the operator's got something to say about that.
Mr. Beckwith, I can't hold a line open for you unless you actually use it.
But he's got the whole story in the office, operator. I'm just waiting till the police come back.
I'm sorry, I just can't hold a line open for you.
All right, all right, all right, I'll talk. What's that book there?
The dictionary.
Okay, let me have it. Keep this line busy, all right? Here goes. It isn't much of a story, but... A... The first letter of the English alphabet and one of its five vowels. One, any, same, some particular kind of, as a song. Yes, you'll keep it up all night if necessary and keep this line open. It wasn't much of a story when you started. Just a little notice on the official police bulletin. Missing persons. Betty Gray, female, Rollinsville, Colorado. Age 24, 5'1", 126 pounds, medium build, etc., etc. Hey, Sarge, got anything on this Betty Gray? Her husband reported a missing routine, Benny. Oh, say. She lives in Rollinsville. How is it her husband didn't report to the sheriff up there instead of down here in Denver?
Beats me. Why don't you go ask him yourself? It's not worth the trouble. Betty... Give me his name anyway. Paul. Paul Gray. He's a carpenter. Paul Gray. Okay, Serge. Thanks. So long. By coincidence, a week or so later, you run into the sheriff of the Rollinsville area, down in town on a case. Not meaning much, not expecting much. You ask him, Paul Gray's wife turn up yet? Betty? What do you mean, turn up? Isn't she still in Chicago? Chicago? She's supposed to be in Chicago?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What inconsistencies arise in the husband's story about his missing wife?
0:00–8:12
2
How does Bernard Beckwith investigate the missing persons case?
8:12–13:00
3
What clues lead to the revelation of a murder investigation?
13:00–19:15
4
What details emerge about the husband, Paul Gray, during the investigation?
19:15–23:53
5
How does the police uncover the truth behind Betty Gray's disappearance?
23:53–31:41
6
What evidence suggests foul play in the case?
31:41–35:46