This Is Your FBI: The Unwelcome Guest 01/25/1946

Summary

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Podcast Summary: This Is Your FBI: The Unwelcome Guest

Podcast: Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
Episode Aired: December 14, 2025 (original broadcast: January 25, 1946)
Series: This Is Your FBI
Episode Title: The Unwelcome Guest

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Episode Overview

This classic radio drama from the This Is Your FBI series dramatizes a case file involving extortion, blackmail, and murder in middle-class America. The story centers around John and Emma Fulton, a respectable married couple whose lives are upended when Leonard Parker, a menacing figure from John’s secret past, becomes an unwelcome “guest” in their home. The episode unfolds as the FBI unravels a bank robbery case, setting the stage for a tense collision between criminal cunning, family loyalty, and federal justice.

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Key Discussion Points & Episode Structure

1. Setting the Scene in Suburban America

• The tranquil Hudson River Valley is depicted as “attractive country” with well-ordered, “middle class” lives suddenly disrupted by crime ([03:49]).
• The Fultons, John and Emma, introduce the typical domestic routine, setting up the emotional impact of the threat to come.

2. The Arrival of the Unwelcome Guest

• Leonard Parker, claiming to be an old friend, appears at the Fulton home ([05:52]).
• John is initially unable to place Parker until it’s revealed they were once prison escapees together 21 years prior ([06:14]).
• Parker’s intent becomes clear—he’s on the run after a bank robbery, the police are after him, and he strong-arms his way into staying at the Fultons’ home ([07:04], [08:01]).
• Key quote:
  • Leonard Parker: “I'm so hot right now that if you touched me, you'd burn yourself.” ([06:52])

3. Criminal Pressure and Blackmail

• Parker’s presence quickly overwhelms the household. He is rude, domineering, and makes no effort to conceal his real purpose.
• When Emma pushes John to evict Parker, Parker threatens to reveal John’s criminal past:
  • “You want me to tell your wife about you?” ([11:04])
• Parker exploits John’s secret, coercing both him and Emma into submission and complicity.

4. The FBI Investigation

• Agents Beckley and Preston parallel the action as they follow leads in a bank robbery and trace the suspects ([08:20], [12:34]).
• A key clue—a hotel key—ties Leonard Parker and his accomplice to the area, and a phone call links them to John Fulton ([13:07]).
• The FBI’s dogged detective work provides a procedural counterpoint to the domestic drama.

5. Escalation: Violence and Deceit

• After Parker kills his accomplice and begins physically dominating John, the episode’s tension reaches new heights ([17:33], [18:27]).
• Memorable exchange:
  • Emma Fulton: “I insist that we call a doctor.”
  • Leonard Parker: “Shut up. I'm giving the orders around here. And one more thing... If [the FBI] call again, you tell them there's no such person here as Leonard Parker.” ([18:38])

6. The FBI Closes In

• The agents arrive at the Fulton home, but Emma, under Parker’s threat, lies to protect her husband—and, by extension, Parker ([19:49]).
• Quote:
  • Agent Beckley, noticing inconsistencies:
    “That story about Fulton being driven to the station's a phony... There isn't a fresh mark in the snow in front of the garage.” ([21:26])

7. Parker’s Escape and Capture

• Parker forces Emma to flee with him, planning their escape using an alias—Ralph Cousins—his “respectable” alter ego in New York ([24:45], [25:12]).
• The FBI cracks the case due to a label found in a suit—Parker’s inattention to this detail is his undoing.
• Dramatic reveal:
  • Agent Preston:
    “The suit you were wearing had your name inside. That suit is going to convict you for murder.” ([27:01])
  • Parker, wryly:
    “You know something? I always liked that suit, too.” ([27:08])

8. Aftermath and Moral

• Parker is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death.
• The narrator underscores: “John Fulton's life might have been spared if he had followed the simple instructions issued by the FBI... Criminals cannot be defeated by ordinary, decent, law abiding citizens unless those citizens avail themselves of the help that lies at the other end of every telephone line.” ([27:24])

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On criminal mentality:

  • Narrator: “Those others, like Leonard Parker, suffer from too exalted an opinion of themselves, an opinion which makes it beneath their dignity to work for a living.” ([17:33])

• John decides to come clean to Emma:

  • John Fulton: “I never wanted to keep this story from the world... But I did want to keep it from Emma because I thought it would hurt her. Now that she knows, I'm willing to take my chances with the law.” ([14:45])

• Chilling threat:

  • Parker, to Emma: “Do as I say. Because if you don't, you'll be very, very dead.” ([25:46])

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Important Timestamps

• 03:49 – Narrator paints the setting and introduces the Fultons
• 05:52 – Parker reconnects with John, reveals their past
• 08:20 – FBI agents begin to investigate the bank robbery
• 11:04 – Parker threatens John with exposure
• 14:53 – John confesses his past to Emma
• 18:27 – Parker enforces dominance through violence
• 19:49 – FBI visits the Fulton home; Emma lies to protect John
• 21:26 – FBI agents suspect Emma’s story is false
• 24:45 – Parker takes Emma hostage; prepares escape
• 27:01 – The FBI uses the suit label to identify Parker and secure his capture
• 27:24 – Moral lesson and outcome delivered by narrator

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Summary & Tone

The episode delivers its story in the matter-of-fact yet suspenseful tone typical of the golden age of radio crime drama—combining personal peril, moral dilemmas, and the procedural confidence of the FBI. The tense dynamic between Leonard Parker and the Fultons, the inexorable pressure of the investigation, and the fateful undoing of the criminal all unfold in crisp, rapid exchanges, culminating in a traditional moral: that cooperation with law enforcement is both the safest and most responsible course.

This episode serves as a vivid, cautionary tale about the danger of secrets, the peril of old crimes revisited, and the vital role of the law.

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Transcript

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[Agent Preston]

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[Equitable Life Assurance Announcer]

The Equitable Life Assurance Society presents this is your FBI. This is your FBI. An 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. How we think about the future determines in large measure the way we act today. Before opening tonight's file, let me tell you how your equitable society views the years to come. Does the year 1996 seem a long way off to you? To us of the equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, 1996 often seems just around the corner. You see, the future is our business. Every week we sign life insurance contracts which may not be paid off until the 21st century. This means that we of the equitable society have to be constantly alert to the requirements of the future. We have to be progressive and forward looking because the Equitable society has to take a long range viewpoint. It invests its funds in ways that promote the long range prosperity of the country. So that by serving its members, the Equitable Life Assurance Society will serve America. Tonight's file, the unwelcome guest.

[Narrator/Storyteller]

The valley of the Hudson river, which runs north from New York City, is very attractive country. Driving along the river highway, you can see the homes of people who lead normal, useful lives. We refer to these people, for want of a better phrase, as middle class. They live neither in mansions nor in slums. Their lives are well regulated. They work six days a week. They go out on Saturday night. They rest on Sunday. On rare occasions, their lives are disturbed by crime. On very rare occasions, as this case from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows, they are victims of a dramatic crime. A crime like extortion. As our story opens, it is dinner time in the attractive home of the Fultons, located near a small city in upstate New York. Emma Fulton is in the dining room doing what so many wives do every night. She's waiting for her husband to come home.

[John Fulton]

Emma. Emma.

[Emma Fulton]

Here I am, John.

[John Fulton]

Hello, dear.

[Emma Fulton]

Hello, darling.

[John Fulton]

Sorry I'm late.

[Emma Fulton]

Oh, that's all right. The food's still hot. Here, let me take your coat.

[John Fulton]

Oh, thanks, dear.

[Emma Fulton]

You look tired.

[John Fulton]

I am. These meetings every night are beginning to get me down. So you know what I've been thinking?

[Leonard Parker]

Know what I've been thinking?

[John Fulton]

Maybe we ought to get away for a little vacation when these meetings are over.

[Emma Fulton]

Oh, sounds wonderful. This isn't another business trip though, is it?

[Leonard Parker]

No, no, just the two of us.

[Emma Fulton]

Oh, wonderful. Oh, my goodness.

[John Fulton]

What's the matter there?

[Emma Fulton]

That man who called while you were out last night. You know, the Connecticut call.

[John Fulton]

Oh, Mr. Parker.

[Emma Fulton]

Yes, I forgot all about him. He came here about an hour ago and he's waiting for you in the den.

[John Fulton]

Parker? Just can't seem to place him.

[Emma Fulton]

Oh, but he said he's an old friend.

[John Fulton]

Well, I'll see him. He'll be back in a minute.

[Emma Fulton]

All right, dear.

[John Fulton]

Hello.

[Leonard Parker]

Hello, John. Leonard Parker. Remember me?

[John Fulton]

Well, I don't mean to be rude, Mr. Parker.

[Leonard Parker]

Think hard.

[John Fulton]

Afraid I don't.

[Leonard Parker]

And after all, we meant to each other too.

[John Fulton]

Mr. Parker, you're obviously enjoying this, but I'm afraid I'll have to be getting back to my tent.

[Leonard Parker]

Hey, wait a minute. You aren't very hospitable to an old Bunky after 21 years. Oh, remember now, huh?

[John Fulton]

Yes.

[Leonard Parker]

You don't sound very happy to see me.

[John Fulton]

Why did you come here?

[Leonard Parker]

Take it Easy, John. I'm not gonna blow any whistles.

[John Fulton]

I wouldn't if I were you. When I escaped from that road gang, you were with me, remember?

[Leonard Parker]

Like it was yesterday. There's one thing you don't know.

[John Fulton]

What's that?

[Leonard Parker]

I was caught about a year later and went back to finish my time.

[John Fulton]

Well, that's too bad.

[Leonard Parker]

I ain't come here for sympathy.

[John Fulton]

Why did you come here?

[Leonard Parker]

Because I'm hot. I'm so hot right now that if you touched me, you'd burn yourself.

[John Fulton]

Hot?

[Leonard Parker]

You mean you've been legitimate so long you don't know what the word hot means? It means the coppers are looking for me.

[John Fulton]

Look, my dinner's getting cold. Drop by the office, huh? Tomorrow afternoon.

[Leonard Parker]

We can cut it. John, I'm not leaving. You're a solid citizen in this community. I checked on that. Nobody'd suspect you of running a hideout. Well, I. I always wanted to live like this. Now I'm gonna find out what it's like. I'm staying here, John.

[Emma Fulton]

May I come in?

[John Fulton]

Oh, Emma, this is an old friend of mine, Leonard Parker.

[Leonard Parker]

I introduced myself before.

[Emma Fulton]

Yes, yes. Would you care to join us for dinner, Mr. Parker?

[Leonard Parker]

Thank you. I think I would.

[John Fulton]

Emma.

[Emma Fulton]

Yes?

[John Fulton]

Mr. Parker's going to stay with us for a while.

[Emma Fulton]

Oh, that's fine. Welcome, Mr. Parker.

[Narrator/Storyteller]

That same evening, in fact, at just about the time John and Emma Fulton and their guest were sitting down to dinner, there was a conference being held in the New York offices of the FBI. Special Agents Beckley and Preston were going over what facts they had on the robbery of a bank in Peekskill, New York, that afternoon.

[Agent Beckley]

Well, Bob, we've got enough to get us started.

[Agent Preston]

How many were there?

[Agent Beckley]

As far as we can find out, only two.

[Agent Preston]

They entered the bank just as it was closing. That's right. Get any description?

[John Fulton]

Mm.

[Agent Beckley]

If the bank teller and the guard are right, we've got a pretty good description.

[John Fulton]

Good.

[Agent Beckley]

I've already flashed the alarm to Connecticut, Jersey, Pennsylvania and upstate New York.

[Agent Preston]

They couldn't have gone any further than that. Since this afternoon?

[Agent Beckley]

I don't think so. Also been watching LaGuardia Airport, Grand Central, Penn Station, the bus terminals.

[Agent Preston]

The only way they can keep moving is by car.

[Agent Beckley]

Then I have to steal a new one. Sent out the description of the car they used and even had the license plate numbers.

[Agent Preston]

Something on the teletype. Description. Your office, 4:25pm covers Leonard Parker and Robert Kelly. Complete records.

[Emma Fulton]

Follow.

[Agent Preston]

Beckley speaking. Yes, Sergeant. One of them, huh? Okay, we'll be right up. The police found A car?

[John Fulton]

Where?

[Agent Preston]

Up on the parkway near Pigskill. One of them was in it.

[John Fulton]

Dead.

[Agent Beckley]

What?

[Agent Preston]

Now, come on, grab your hat. We can talk in the car.

[Emma Fulton]

John?

[John Fulton]

Yes, dear?

[Emma Fulton]

I. I've got to talk to you about something.

[John Fulton]

What's wrong?

[Emma Fulton]

John, in all the time we've been married, I've never tried to. To pick your friends.

[John Fulton]

Well, I know that.

[Emma Fulton]

And I've never tried to tell you who you could or couldn't invite here as a guest.

[John Fulton]

Parker.

[Emma Fulton]

Yes. Since you invited him last night, dear, he's taken over the household. He even went into your closet today and took out one of your suits. He got ashes all over the library rug. And when I mentioned it to him, he simply said, skip it, Emmy.

[John Fulton]

Well, I. I'll speak to him, dear.

[Emma Fulton]

John, I. I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to do more than that.

[John Fulton]

What's that?

[Emma Fulton]

I'm afraid you'll have to ask him to leave.

[John Fulton]

If you feel that way, dear, I will. I'll go in and tell him right now.

[Narrator/Storyteller]

Oh, John.

[Leonard Parker]

Come on in.

[John Fulton]

Leonard. I want to talk to you.

[Leonard Parker]

That's fair enough. You'd like me to pick a subject, or did you come prepared?

[John Fulton]

Leonard, this is very serious. You'll have to leave.

[Leonard Parker]

I thought you said this was going to be serious.

[John Fulton]

You can't stay here any longer, John.

[Leonard Parker]

That's no way to run a hideout. You'll never get any business that way. You gotta be courteous to your guests.

[John Fulton]

I'm not joking. Look.

[Leonard Parker]

You want me to tell your wife about you?

[John Fulton]

No.

[Leonard Parker]

Then let's not discuss it anymore.

[John Fulton]

How long are you going to be here?

[Leonard Parker]

Maybe three, four weeks.

[John Fulton]

I may have to go out of town before that. On business.

[Narrator/Storyteller]

Go ahead.

[Leonard Parker]

Emma and I can stay here long. Oh, by the way, that reminds me. I wish you'd do something for me.

[John Fulton]

What?

[Leonard Parker]

Speak to your wife and tell her to be a little more polite to me. The way she acts, you think she didn't want me around here?

[John Fulton]

She doesn't.

[Leonard Parker]

I know that. She's got no choice. I'm your guest.

[John Fulton]

Leonard, I've got a proposition to make.

[Agent Beckley]

What is it?

[John Fulton]

I've got trucks that go from here to California with shipments of everything from fruit to pianos.

[Leonard Parker]

Yeah?

[John Fulton]

I'd be willing to ship you out there.

[Leonard Parker]

No dice, but you'd be perfectly safe. John, I'm going to stay right here. Now, mix me a scotch and soda, will you? And nobody can say I'm not democratic. Take one for yourself.

[Narrator/Storyteller]

Special Agents Beckley and Preston had discovered upon examining the body of the man in the bank robber's car that he was Robert Keene. Keane had been killed when the car ran off the parkway and crashed into a concrete bridge. There was no clues on which way Leonard Parker had gone. But there was one thing they could work on. One clue which might break open the whole case.

[Agent Beckley]

Hi, Bob.

[Agent Preston]

Come on in, Dan. What'd you get?

[Agent Beckley]

Well, I checked that key we found in Keane's pocket.

[Agent Preston]

Yes?

[Agent Beckley]

It was from a small hotel called the Benton Arms.

[Agent Preston]

Never heard of it.

[Agent Beckley]

Neither did I until today. Near Greenwich, Connecticut.

[Agent Preston]

What'd they say at the hotel?

[Agent Beckley]

Parker and Keene were registered there under aliases. But I found enough fingerprints to show they used the room. The clerk remembered them, too.

[Agent Preston]

How long were they there?

[Agent Beckley]

One night. They had no luggage, so they paid cash for the room when they checked in.

[Agent Preston]

Must have had their plans pretty well set if they were in town for only one night.

[Agent Beckley]

Yeah. They made one phone call while they.

[Narrator/Storyteller]

Were in the room.

[Agent Preston]

Who they call?

[Agent Beckley]

A number up in Westchester.

[Agent Preston]

What was the number?

[Agent Beckley]

I got it written down here. Belongs to the home of a fellow named John Fulton.

[Agent Preston]

What about Fulton?

[John Fulton]

Who's he?

[Agent Beckley]

I checked the neighborhood. He's a substantial businessman. Owns a trucking company up there. And he's one of the town's leading citizens.

[Agent Preston]

Did you call him?

[Agent Beckley]

Yeah, but he wasn't in.

[Agent Preston]

You know what?

[Agent Beckley]

I vote for going up to sea, Mr. Fulton.

[Narrator/Storyteller]

Right.

[Agent Preston]

Good idea.

[Agent Beckley]

Let's go.

[Emma Fulton]

John. John.

[Agent Preston]

Yes, dear?

[Emma Fulton]

Look at this.

[Equitable Life Assurance Announcer]

What?

[John Fulton]

What is it?

[Emma Fulton]

This newspaper. His picture's in it.

[John Fulton]

Whose picture?

[Emma Fulton]

Mr. Parker. And read this story. The police are looking. Are connecting him with a bank. Hold up. Oh, I knew there was something about him. John, you've got to call the police at once.

[John Fulton]

Well, dear, I.

[Emma Fulton]

He's a dangerous criminal, dear. Call them. John, Wait.

[John Fulton]

Emma, let's reason this out.

[Emma Fulton]

But there's nothing to reason. If you don't call them, I will.

[Leonard Parker]

John, wait a minute. Mrs. Fulton, you're not calling the police. You want me to tell her why? John? Okay, I'll tell her. Dennis, John and I were in prison together, and we broke out.

[Emma Fulton]

Oh, no.

[Leonard Parker]

That was a long time ago. 21 years ago. The cops are looking for me. But remember, they're also looking for John. If I go, he goes with me. Now, do you want him to go?

[John Fulton]

Perhaps he does, huh? I want to thank you, Leonard. I feel better now than I have in 21 years.

[Agent Beckley]

What do you mean?

[John Fulton]

I never wanted to keep this story from the world. That didn't make any difference to me. But I did want to keep it from Emma because I thought it would hurt her.

[Emma Fulton]

Oh, John.

[John Fulton]

Now that she knows, I'm willing to take my chances with the law.

[Equitable Life Assurance Announcer]

How?

[John Fulton]

The FBI called the night before I got in. It was undoubtedly about you. I'm going to call them back. Hand me the phone.

[Leonard Parker]

Why, certainly, Jan. Here you are. Now we can hang the phone up again.

[Equitable Life Assurance Announcer]

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[Narrator/Storyteller]

Roughly speaking, criminals can be divided into two classes. Those who suffer from an inferiority complex and those who have inflated egos. The criminal with the inferiority complex takes to a life of crime because he does not feel equipped to make his living by ordinary methods. Those others, like Leonard Parker, suffer from too exalted an opinion of themselves, an opinion which makes it beneath their dignity to work for a living. That class is the group which practices extortion because it gives them a peculiar pleasure to see their victims squirm. A peculiar pleasure to see their victims lose their every shred of personal dignity. Leonard Parker, through brutal assault, now rules the Fulton household.

[Emma Fulton]

What are you doing?

[Leonard Parker]

Just going to move this Husband of.

[Emma Fulton]

Yours, where are you taking him?

[Leonard Parker]

Well, I think I ought to move him to a bed so he'd be comfortable.

[Emma Fulton]

Well, I'll call the doctor.

[Leonard Parker]

No, you won't.

[Emma Fulton]

Oh, but he's badly hurt.

[Leonard Parker]

I slugged a lot of guys like nothing happens. They get a headache and then they get over it.

[Emma Fulton]

I insist that we call a doctor.

[Equitable Life Assurance Announcer]

Shut up.

[Leonard Parker]

I'm giving the orders around it. You got any ideas about calling the cops, forget them. And one more thing. John said something about the FBI calling. If they call again, you tell them there's no such person here as Leonard Parker. That you never heard of anyone with that name. Has your husband left town? On a business trip.

[Emma Fulton]

Very well.

[Leonard Parker]

And if you remember all those answers, nothing more will happen to John. Is that a deal?

[Emma Fulton]

Yes. Yes, it's a deal.

[Narrator/Storyteller]

As John Fulton was being dragged to his bedroom, a black sedan was being parked in front of the Fulton home. A black sedan which had carried Special Agents Beckley and Preston from New York. They walked across the snow covered lawn, past the garage, up the few steps to the front door and rang the bell.

[Agent Preston]

This must be the house.

[John Fulton]

Yes.

[Emma Fulton]

Yes.

[John Fulton]

Good evening.

[Agent Preston]

Are you Mrs. John Fulton?

[Emma Fulton]

That's right.

[Agent Preston]

My name is Beckley. I'm a special agent of the FBI. And this is Mr. Preston, who's also an agent. Here are our credentials.

[Emma Fulton]

Well, what can I do for you gentlemen?

[Agent Preston]

Is Mr. Portman home?

[Emma Fulton]

No, I'm sorry, he's not. I just came back from driving him to the station.

[Agent Preston]

Where'd he go?

[Emma Fulton]

To New York.

[Agent Preston]

I see. When do you expect him back?

[Emma Fulton]

Tomorrow night.

[Agent Beckley]

Mrs. Fulton, your husband got a telephone call the other night from a gentleman named Leonard Parker.

[Emma Fulton]

Well, he may have.

[Agent Beckley]

Do you know Mr. Parker?

[Emma Fulton]

No. He must be a business acquaintance.

[Agent Beckley]

I see.

[Agent Preston]

You don't remember hearing your husband mention Mr. Parker's name, do you, Mrs. Fulton?

[Emma Fulton]

No, no, I don't. But then my husband and I never discuss his business.

[Agent Preston]

One more thing.

[Emma Fulton]

Yes?

[Agent Preston]

Can you tell us where Mr. Fulton is going to spend the night in New York?

[Emma Fulton]

No, I'm sorry, I can't.

[Agent Preston]

Well, thank you. We'll drop by tomorrow night when Mr. Fulton returns.

[Emma Fulton]

I'll tell him you called.

[Agent Preston]

Thank you. Goodbye.

[Agent Beckley]

Goodbye.

[Emma Fulton]

Goodbye.

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[Agent Beckley]

That story about Fulton being driven to the station's a phony.

[Agent Preston]

Yes, I know. I noticed the same thing you did. There isn't a fresh mark in the snow in front of the garage.

[Agent Beckley]

I think we ought to go into the village, get a search warrant and come back.

[Leonard Parker]

Hey, you did okay, Emma. And I'm real proud of you.

[Emma Fulton]

I didn't do it for you.

[Agent Preston]

I know that.

[Emma Fulton]

What do we do now?

[Agent Preston]

Why?

[Emma Fulton]

Well, you heard them. They're coming back here tomorrow night.

[Leonard Parker]

Let them come. Hey, where are you going?

[Emma Fulton]

I'm going in to see John.

[Agent Preston]

Sit down.

[Emma Fulton]

No.

[Agent Preston]

Sit down.

[Leonard Parker]

I gotta figure out something. You'd think I'm gonna be here waiting for those coppers to come back tomorrow night, do you?

[Emma Fulton]

What are you going to do?

[Leonard Parker]

We're gonna drive into New York. We leave in about a half an hour in your car. They know your car in this town. They won't stop it. You'll drive.

[Emma Fulton]

And what about John?

[Leonard Parker]

He stays here. Oh, no, look, he's gotta stay. He's dead.

[Agent Preston]

That's the third time I've rung this thing.

[Agent Beckley]

Car's gone. She must have left. Look, if she doesn't answer this time. Let's move in. We've got the warrant.

[Agent Preston]

Let's move in now.

[Narrator/Storyteller]

Hello? Hello?

[Equitable Life Assurance Announcer]

In here.

[Agent Beckley]

Sounds like nobody's home.

[Equitable Life Assurance Announcer]

Yes.

[Agent Preston]

They can't have been gone long. There's still a cigarette burning in the ashtray.

[Agent Beckley]

They sure left in an awful hurry.

[Agent Preston]

Why?

[Agent Beckley]

Looking at in the kitchen.

[Agent Preston]

What's that?

[Agent Beckley]

Something still cooking in the stove?

[John Fulton]

Uh huh.

[Agent Beckley]

Let's see what's in this room over here.

[Agent Preston]

Right.

[Narrator/Storyteller]

Hey.

[Agent Preston]

Yes, I see him.

[Agent Beckley]

I don't know who he is, but my guess is that it's Fulton.

[Agent Preston]

Looks as if he died about an hour ago. That means he was dead when we were here before. Yes. That also means that Parker must have had the drop on her when she was talking to us.

[Agent Beckley]

More than likely.

[Agent Preston]

Say, look at the sleeve of this coat here.

[John Fulton]

What about it?

[Agent Preston]

These spots are old blood stains.

[Agent Beckley]

You think they might be Parker's?

[Agent Preston]

Let's take a look inside the pocket. Here's a label with a name. But it's not Parker's. Bolton's? No, the name is Ralph Cousins. Cousins?

[Agent Beckley]

Let's call the tailor and find out who Mr. Cousins is.

[Agent Preston]

Right. And send out an alarm on the Fulton automobile.

[John Fulton]

Right.

[Agent Preston]

I think Mr. Parker has finally run into a red light.

[Emma Fulton]

Where are you taking me?

[Leonard Parker]

To my house.

[Emma Fulton]

And where's that?

[Leonard Parker]

In New York. But don't worry, we won't get caught.

[Emma Fulton]

I'm not worrying about that.

[Leonard Parker]

That's good. You just let me do all the thinking. That way we'll be safer. See, I thought this out a thousand times, so we're pretty well prepared. In the apartment house where I live, I'm a respected businessman named Ralph Cousins.

[John Fulton]

Remember that.

[Emma Fulton]

Why?

[Leonard Parker]

Because when we go in, if you mention my name, call me Ralph or Mr. Cousins. Forget that Leonard Parker business.

[Emma Fulton]

When are you going to let me go?

[Leonard Parker]

Soon as we leave my apartment.

[Emma Fulton]

What are you slowing down for?

[Leonard Parker]

This is where I show you how to steal a car.

[Emma Fulton]

What?

[Leonard Parker]

First we park here.

[Agent Preston]

Now.

[Leonard Parker]

See that car up ahead?

[Agent Preston]

Yes.

[Leonard Parker]

See the boy and girl sitting in the car?

[Emma Fulton]

Yes.

[Leonard Parker]

Now you walk up there and ask the boy if he'll come back and give you a hand.

[Emma Fulton]

No.

[Leonard Parker]

Tell him you're stuck.

[Emma Fulton]

No.

[Leonard Parker]

Do as I say. Because if you don't, you'll be very, very dead. Well, here we are. This is where I live. Get out.

[Agent Preston]

There you will.

[Leonard Parker]

You were nice enough to have me as a guest at your place. Now I'd return the company. Is this ground floor apartment? Here we are. Wait till I turn on the lights.

[Agent Preston]

There.

[Equitable Life Assurance Announcer]

Where you are, Parker.

[Agent Beckley]

What?

[Leonard Parker]

Who are you?

[Emma Fulton]

The FBI?

[Leonard Parker]

That's right, Mrs. Oh, my name is Ralph Cousins. Not Parker.

[Agent Beckley]

Either one will do. Just stand still while I remove this gun.

[Leonard Parker]

Okay, you win. But tell me one thing.

[Agent Preston]

What is it?

[Leonard Parker]

How'd you know I was Ralph Cousins?

[Agent Preston]

Remember the suit you were wearing when you arrived at Fulton's?

[Leonard Parker]

Yeah, sure.

[Agent Preston]

That pepper and salt job, it had your name inside. That suit is going to convict you for murder.

[Leonard Parker]

You know something? I always liked that suit, too.

[Narrator/Storyteller]

Leonard Parker was tried on a charge of murder, convicted and sentenced to death in the electric jam. He was right when he said that you can't be too careful. Especially if you're a criminal whose path crosses that of the FBI. John Fulton's life might have been spared if he had followed the simple instructions issued by the FBI. Criminals cannot be defeated by ordinary, decent, law abiding citizens unless those citizens avail themselves of the help that lies at the other end of every telephone line. The Federal Bureau of Investigation. Remember that the reign of terror which struck at the home of John and Emma Fulton could have struck at your home. If it ever does. Remember that the FBI works on a 24 hour a day schedule. A schedule which continues to prove beyond any doubt that crime does not pay.

[Equitable Life Assurance Announcer]

Before we tell you about next week's thrilling case from the files of your FBI a word about a man worth knowing, the Equitable Society representative in your community. To your FBI you look for national security and to the Equitable Life Assurance Society for the financial security of life insurance. In the past 86 years the Equitable Society has weathered four wars and seven major depressions. During that time, over 5 1/2 billion dollars have been paid to policyholders and beneficiaries. This tower of strength, security and stability is represented in your community by a man whom hundreds of your fellow citizens know as their good friend. The Equitable Life Assurance Society representative who, like your FBI is dedicated to the protection of you, your home and your country.

[Narrator/Storyteller]

Next week we will bring you another colorful story from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The sinister souvenir.

[Equitable Life Assurance Announcer]

The incident used in tonight's Equitable Life Assurance Societies broadcast are taken from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. However, all names used are fictitious and any similarity thereof to the names of persons living or dead is accidental. Tonight the music was under the direction of Frederick Steiner. The author was Jerry Lewis and your narrator was Dean Carlton. This is your FBI is a Jerry Devine production. Now this is Carl Frank speaking for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society's representative in your community and inviting you to tune in again next week at this same time for this is your FBI, This is abc, the American Broadcasting Company.

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