Death Bound by Inner Sanctum Mysteries

Summary

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Strange Tales: "Death Bound" by Inner Sanctum Mysteries

Podcast: Strange Tales (Old Time Radio)
Host: RelicRadio.com
Date: June 21, 2026
Original Air Date (Inner Sanctum): February 3, 1947
Featured Star: Richard Widmark as Rocky Monet

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Episode Overview

This episode of Strange Tales features a classic Inner Sanctum Mysteries broadcast titled "Death Bound." The story unfolds as a gritty, atmospheric crime-noir morality play, delving into paranoia, supernatural warnings, and the menace of guilty conscience. Richard Widmark stars as Rocky Monet, a desperate man whose dark past catches up with him through a series of uncanny visitations and mounting terror. The narrative explores guilt, psychosis, betrayal, and fate—set against eerie, suspenseful old time radio craftsmanship.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Breakdown

1. Setting the Stage (02:21–03:45)

• Tone: Eerie and darkly playful, setting up a gruesome tale "not necessarily of the supernatural, but of the unnatural."
• Host's Introduction:
  "Friends, have you heard of a magician who sawed his wife in two... or the wife who slit her husband's throat and asked the court for clemency on the grounds that she was a widow?" (02:21)
• Mood: "Curdle up to the fire, turn the lights low, test out your scream and we’ll let the gore flow." (03:45)

2. The Park Encounter – Prophecy and Dread (04:21–06:59)

• Rocky Monet sits alone, brooding over money problems, when a mysterious man sits beside him, knowing intimate details about his life.
• The stranger makes an ominous prediction:
  "Before tonight's over, you'll have $10,000 in cash."
• Rocky is unsettled—and deeply suspicious. The man claims to know Rocky's entire future, right to the end of his life.

3. Home Tensions—Babe’s Duplicity (07:04–11:55)

• Rocky's wife, Babe, reveals her dissatisfaction with their poverty and hints at leaving him for another man, Slim.
• The prophecy comes true: a mysterious package containing $10,000 arrives. Both Rocky and Babe are shocked (10:19–10:36).
• Another phone call from the mysterious man warns Rocky: "You're going to die tonight. Die. Die." (11:40)
  • Rocky, shaken: "Do I look like I was gonna die? Do I?" (12:17)

4. The Supernatural Escalates—A Macabre Gift (12:29–13:26)

• A second package arrives. Inside: a withered human hand, the tip of the middle finger missing.
  • Rocky (alarm): "A hand. All withered, like... The middle finger, the tip's gone." (13:00–13:19)
• Rocky reveals to Babe that the hand belongs to a murder victim, Stephen Dane, whose grave Rocky returns to and digs up to confirm the hand’s identity.

5. Confession and Consequences (16:26–18:35)

• Rocky confesses to Babe: he and Slim murdered Stephen Dane for money, but the police failed to pin it on them.
  • "That guy, Stephen Dane, we killed him." (17:23)
• The supernatural threat seems to become almost physical—a light approaches in the cemetery; Rocky, terrified, fires his gun "at it."

6. Paranoia, Betrayal, and Collapse (18:35–23:33)

• Rocky becomes increasingly unhinged by recurring, taunting calls from the mysterious man.
• Babe, realizing Rocky's instability and seeing a chance for profit, calls Slim, plotting to kill Rocky for the $10,000 (22:43).
• Rocky overhears her betrayal, leading to a violent confrontation.

7. Revenge and Final Confrontation (23:33–27:29)

• Rocky confronts Babe and ultimately kills her in a rage, believing she and Slim are behind his torment.
• Slim arrives—Rocky, crazed with fear, shoots him as well.
• The mysterious man enters:
  • "Just me, Rocky. The man in the park ... I just came to watch you die. Then I'll get my $10,000 back." (26:57)
  • Revelation: The stranger is William Dane, brother of Stephen Dane—the murder was avenged not by ghosts, but by calculated human revenge fueled by psychological manipulation.
  • "The police couldn't get you. I did." (27:41)

8. Epilogue and Moral (28:32–28:50)

• The Inner Sanctum host closes on a darkly comic note about the dangers of night ... and day.
  "Just remember, you can be murdered in the daytime too."

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Host’s Dark Humor:
  "Have you heard of a magician who sawed his wife in two...?" (02:21)
• Prophetic Threat:
  "You're going to die tonight. Die. Die. Good night, Rocky." (11:40)
• Rocky’s Descent:
  "I'm sick and I'm scared and I'm gonna die. Don't leave me, huh?" (21:53)
• Moral Reveal – William Dane:
  "The name is William Dane, the brother of the man you murdered. The police couldn't get you. I did." (27:41)
• Host’s Final Jest:
  "Don’t be afraid to go to sleep because so many people get murdered at night. Just remember, you can be murdered in the daytime too." (28:32)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Host’s Introduction & Atmosphere: 02:21–03:45
• Prophecy in the Park: 04:21–06:59
• $10,000 Appears: 10:19–10:36
• Prediction of Death: 11:40
• The Withered Hand: 13:00–13:19
• Rocky’s Confession: 17:23–17:44
• Babe’s Betrayal Plot: 22:43–23:19
• Identity of Avenger (William Dane): 27:41
• Final Moral: 28:32

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Summary Tone – Classic Inner Sanctum:

Tongue-in-cheek gallows humor, gritty noir dialogue (“I’m tough and I’m hep!”), intense suspense, and a creeping sense of doom layered with melodramatic voice acting and sound design. The show blends supernatural suggestion with psychological horror, culminating in a humanly orchestrated but chillingly executed revenge.

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For New Listeners

You don’t need prior knowledge of Inner Sanctum or Strange Tales to enjoy "Death Bound." The episode is self-contained: a dark journey from petty criminal anxiety to cosmic comeuppance, where paranoia and guilt manifest in classic gothic-noir fashion and justice arrives by way of psychological torment and calculated revenge.

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Transcript

[Host/Narrator]

Brain.

[RelicRadio Announcer]

Relicradio.com presents Tales of the strange and bizarre, the weird and the wicked. Stories not necessarily of the supernatural, but of the unnatural. Join us now for Strange Tales featuring radio drama at its most mysterious and unusual. Welcome back to Strange Tales, Weird Stories from radio's golden Age every [e-mail]. if you'd like to help support this and all of the podcasts, visit donate. Relicradio.com or click on the support link in the show notes. You make all of this possible. Thank you. As always to those who have thanks for joining me today. We're going to hear from Inner Sanctum Mysteries this week, a long running series that debuted on January 7th of 1941 and aired until October 5th of 1952. Our story today features Richard Widmark. It's Deathbound, this one first aired February 3, 1947.

[Sponsor Announcer]

Inner Sanctum Mysteries brought to you by Brahmo Seltzer.

[Host/Narrator]

Good evening, friends of the Inner Sanctum. This is your host inviting you through the squeaking door for another half hour of gruesome gaiety. Friends, have you heard of a magician who sought his wife in two parts because she was a split personality? Or the wife who slit her husband's throat and asked the court for clemency on the grounds that she was a widow?

[Rocky Monet]

Mm.

[Host/Narrator]

Well, that's the kind of personalities we feature on this program. Listen closely and be sure not miss one drop of blood.

[Sponsor Announcer]

Tonight's Inner Sanctum Mystery, Deathbound, is an original radio drama written by Milton Lewis and stars Richard Widmark in the role of Rocky and is presented by the Emerson Drug Company of Baltimore, Maryland, whose registered pharmacists compound that speedy, refreshing relief for the pain of headache. Bromo Seltzer. Remember, Bromo Seltzer is the headache help which in a recent coast to coast representative survey among druggists, was reported to be the leading seller at drugstore fountains by five times as many druggists as mentioned any other headache product.

[Host/Narrator]

All right, friends, curdle up to the fire, turn the lights low, test out your scream and we'll let the gore flow. You see, we're going in for poetry tonight. But don't worry, nobody's going to be murdered in free verse night. And in a small, scrubby little park buried among the skyscrapers of a large city, a young man sits on a bench sullenly sucking a cigarette. He's lost in thought and hardly notices it when someone sits down quietly next to him.

[Rocky Monet]

Excuse me, have you got a match? Here. Thanks. Keep you're Worried? Who asked you? You're worried about money. Well, who ain't? And it's none of your business, see? Sure. Okay, so shut up. You can't pay for that car or the rent. Yeah, but how'd you know? You've got a pretty wife. Yeah, she likes fine clothes. You can't pay for them. How do you know so much about me? Doesn't make any difference, Rocky Monet. Who told you about me? Nobody. Cut it out. Getting chilly tonight, isn't it, Rocky? Who are you? Don't try to understand it. Why not? Hey, what are you up to? Nothing. How do you know my name? What do you want with me? Don't be foolish, Rock. Quit stalling or I'll let you have it on the kisses. Let go, man. Start talking.

[Babe]

Go on.

[Rocky Monet]

You're pretty tough, aren't you, Rocky? I'm tough and I'm hep. And I want to know your angle. Start spilling. What are you afraid of, Rocky? You're smart. You tell me. Maybe I will sometime. You see, I know what's going to happen. About what? About you. What are you talking about? The future. You know what's gonna happen to me? Yes. Right to the end of your life. Ah, you nuts? You can stop worrying about money. Thanks. It's nice of you to say so. Before tonight's over, you'll have $10,000 in cash. You loony. Waiting for you at home. I bet. You think that'll send me running home, huh? Huh? You're afraid your wife will get that money. Yeah. Yeah. You got something there. Babe's too darn good looking to trust. Ah, you're kidding me. You think so? Nobody can see into the future. No one but me. You're too bad even to talk to. I'm going. Good night, Rocky. Good night. Hello.

[Babe]

Hello, Slim? This is Abe.

[Rocky Monet]

Hiya, kid. How's my pal Rocky?

[Babe]

I don't know and I don't care.

[Rocky Monet]

You kidding?

[Babe]

No.

[Rocky Monet]

Where is he?

[Babe]

He ain't home yet. Looks Slim.

[Rocky Monet]

Yep.

[Babe]

You meant what you told me last time?

[Rocky Monet]

Yeah, sure.

[Babe]

Okay, I'm coming over.

[Rocky Monet]

You sure you know what you're doing, baby?

[Babe]

Yeah. I'm fed up with Rocky. I'm fed up with this dump. I'm through him and his big talk. Well, he can listen to himself now and see how he likes it.

[Rocky Monet]

Okay, babe, I'll be waiting.

[Babe]

I gotta hang up now. I think he's coming in. Goodbye, Slim.

[Rocky Monet]

Hi.

[Babe]

Hi, Rocky.

[Rocky Monet]

Was anybody to see me?

[Babe]

No. Who'd you expect?

[Rocky Monet]

Nobody. Anyone call?

[Babe]

No.

[Rocky Monet]

Any packages come? Anything like that?

[Babe]

No.

[Rocky Monet]

What are you all dressed up for?

[Babe]

I'm going to my mother.

[Rocky Monet]

Why?

[Babe]

She's sick.

[Rocky Monet]

You look like he was going to a ball. What do you need the suitcase for?

[Babe]

I told you, my mother's dying. Maybe I gotta stay with her. Maybe always. You're asking a million questions. Like you didn't trust me to walk around the corner.

[Rocky Monet]

You think you're walking out on me, Austin?

[Babe]

Would I wanna walk out on you for you treat me like the Queen of Sheba. You give me a different mink coat to wear every day in the week. Can't even lift my hands cuz my fingers are so heavy with diamonds.

[Rocky Monet]

Shut up.

[Babe]

All you can do, stop me after the wife I've been to. A no good skunk like you. Me that could have had any guy. I could have been rich.

[Rocky Monet]

We're gonna be. I'm gonna get 10,000 bucks.

[Babe]

You? 10,000 bucks?

[Rocky Monet]

Sure.

[Babe]

You haven't got a dime a week? Where you gonna get it?

[Rocky Monet]

I don't know.

[Babe]

You don't know?

[Rocky Monet]

But a guy in a park told me. A queer guy. He says he can see into the future. He told me.

[Babe]

He told you?

[Rocky Monet]

Yeah.

[Babe]

You crazy dumb heel. You're going off. What are you looking at?

[Rocky Monet]

That package.

[Babe]

What package?

[Rocky Monet]

This one right here.

[Babe]

Huh?

[Rocky Monet]

You said nothing came for me.

[Babe]

I didn't know about that. No, the janitor must have brung it while I was out.

[Rocky Monet]

He did?

[Babe]

Yeah, he does it lots of times.

[Rocky Monet]

It's got my name on it. Look who said it. You don't see?

[Babe]

Why don't you open it?

[Rocky Monet]

I don't know.

[Babe]

I'm scared. What are you scared about?

[Rocky Monet]

I ain't.

[Babe]

Well, what are you handshaking for?

[Rocky Monet]

All right, I'll open it. Hey, there's a wallet here,

[Babe]

babe.

[Host/Narrator]

Look.

[Babe]

It ain't fake. No, it's a real thing.

[Rocky Monet]

Hundreds. Well, ten of them.

[Babe]

Look here. Each is a grand.

[Rocky Monet]

Yeah, each worth 10 yards.

[Babe]

I never seen a grand bill before. Piece of paper worth a grand.

[Rocky Monet]

Keep your hands off it.

[Babe]

I never touched no grain before.

[Rocky Monet]

You was going to your mother's.

[Babe]

Yeah, but I changed my mind.

[Rocky Monet]

Did you? She can die without you.

[Babe]

Oh, Rocky. Ain't no way to talk to me. Me who loves you has gone through so much with me.

[Rocky Monet]

Yeah? Forget it. I've been so broke I must have been a little nuts. But I ain't nuts now. I got 10 grand. Hello, Rocky. Who's this? The man from the park. Was I right? Right. I can't believe it.

[Babe]

I got.

[Rocky Monet]

Did you get the $10,000? No. You're lying. Do you want to hear more about your future? Rocky?

[Babe]

Yeah.

[Rocky Monet]

Listen carefully. You're going to die tonight. Die. Die. Good night, Rocky.

[Babe]

What's the matter? Who was it?

[Rocky Monet]

The guy who said I was gonna get the money. I. I wasn't gonna tell him I got it. Everybody's got their angle. He'd rob me or something. Sure. Look at me.

[Babe]

Why?

[Rocky Monet]

How do I look?

[Babe]

White, like you seen something.

[Rocky Monet]

Do I look like I was gonna die? Do I? Well. Answer me.

[Babe]

No. No. No. No, Rocky. No.

[Rocky Monet]

Who's that?

[Babe]

I don't know.

[Rocky Monet]

Open it.

[Babe]

Why don't you?

[Rocky Monet]

Because maybe he meant I was gonna get killed. Come on. You open it. Who is it?

[Babe]

There's no one. Just a package. Here. It's. It's for you. It's just like the other one.

[Rocky Monet]

Yeah. Wait, wait, wait. Wait a second. Dave. Don't open it.

[Babe]

Oh, maybe it's some more dough.

[Rocky Monet]

What? Okay.

[Babe]

Look, on the floor.

[Rocky Monet]

A hand all withered like.

[Babe]

Who sent it? What's going on here?

[Rocky Monet]

I don't know. I don't get it. This is something I can't figure out so easy.

[Babe]

What's the matter?

[Rocky Monet]

The middle finger. The tip's gone. I'm gonna get the car and I'm gonna leave.

[Babe]

I'm going with you.

[Rocky Monet]

Why? Because I got the 10 grand.

[Babe]

Rocky, how can you say that? Something queer is going on here tonight. You need me.

[Rocky Monet]

Okay. Let me get my gun first.

[Babe]

Rocky, why you doing that? Why you digging up that grave?

[Rocky Monet]

You better not ask so many questions.

[Babe]

Look, if you tell me, I. I could help you more. You're closed up like a clam. Drive out here to the cemetery, you start digging. You don't shut up.

[Rocky Monet]

I think I found it.

[Babe]

What?

[Rocky Monet]

I'll let you know in a minute, soon as I can open this coffin. Rocky, turn that flashlight down here.

[Babe]

Okay.

[Rocky Monet]

You want to know why I come here. Take a look in there. You see his right hand? It ain't there.

[Sponsor Announcer]

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[Babe]

Relieves pain of headache fast.

[Sponsor Announcer]

That's it, friends. Bromo Seltzer fights the misery of your headaches speedily. And not only that, Bromo Seltzer helps relieve the jangled nerves and upset stomach, which, as you know, can team up with an ordinary headache.

[Babe]

Oh, and Mr. Wiest, I think you should also mention how pleasant Bromo Seltzer is to take. You see, a lot of people are sissies like I am about taking things. And, gee, Bromo Seltzer is really refreshing. There's nothing bulky to chew or dry to swallow.

[Sponsor Announcer]

Right, Vivian? Which only leaves me to say, folks, next time a headache strikes, you ask at your druggist fountain or counter for speedy refreshing.

[Host/Narrator]

The willies are waiting for you. We've got some nice spine tingles and flesh crawls for you.

[Rocky Monet]

And you.

[Host/Narrator]

And, of course, you. Well, let's go on with the second half of tonight's Grizzly Gavat.

[Rocky Monet]

Where were we? Oh, yeah.

[Host/Narrator]

Rocky had just dug up a body in the graveyard. And he's just told his wife that the corpse had no hand attached to his right arm.

[Babe]

Rocky, you mean that thing that was in the package?

[Rocky Monet]

Yeah, it was his hand.

[Babe]

Are you sure?

[Rocky Monet]

Sure. The tip of the middle finger was cut off.

[Babe]

Stephen Dane. What are you doing reading that name on the tombstone? Rocky, who's Stephen Dane?

[Rocky Monet]

Why do you want to know?

[Babe]

Cause maybe I can help you.

[Rocky Monet]

Nobody can help me.

[Babe]

You mustn't say that.

[Rocky Monet]

Don't you see this ain't something you can fight, babe? First the guy tells me I'll get ten grand. I get the ten grand. Then he tells me I'm gonna die. And that hand comes. I tell you it's quick. There's nothing I can do about it except wait to die tonight.

[Babe]

Only you tell me.

[Rocky Monet]

Okay, I'll tell you. That guy, Stephen Taine, we killed him.

[Babe]

We?

[Rocky Monet]

Me and Slim.

[Babe]

Why?

[Rocky Monet]

Money.

[Babe]

Anybody know?

[Rocky Monet]

Nobody but you. The cops, they picked us up. They didn't have nothing on us.

[Babe]

I get it.

[Rocky Monet]

I'm gonna die tonight, babe.

[Babe]

No, you're not.

[Sponsor Announcer]

This is something too big for me.

[Rocky Monet]

I'm afraid. I'm. Look.

[Babe]

Where?

[Rocky Monet]

Over there. Oh, that's life. It's a queer kind of a life.

[Babe]

Yeah, I see it. It's coming here.

[Rocky Monet]

Yeah, it's coming for me, Rocky.

[Babe]

It's close.

[Rocky Monet]

You ain't gonna get me.

[Babe]

Nobody's gonna get me.

[Rocky Monet]

I don't care what you are, you

[Babe]

ain't gonna kill me. You hear me? I'll let you have it, Rocky. It's gone now. Yeah?

[Rocky Monet]

Yeah, babe. Yeah, Maybe I killed it, huh? Whatever it is, maybe I killed it, huh? What do you think, babe? What do you think?

[Babe]

The phone's ringing.

[Rocky Monet]

Yeah? I'll take it. No, you better get away from it. Hello? Hello, Rocky?

[Babe]

You.

[Rocky Monet]

Yes, the man in the park. What do you want now? I just called to find out if you were still alive. I'm doing fine, see? I'm doing great. Nothing's gonna happen to me. Sure, Rock. I'll call again. Who are you, anyway? Don't try to understand things that are too much for you, Rocky. You leave me alone, see? If you call me again, I'll go out and I'll get you. I'll find you somewhere and I'll pump you full of lead.

[Babe]

I ain't scared of you or nothing

[Rocky Monet]

or nobody, alive or dead. I'll kill you. I swear I will. Goodbye, Rocky. That. That was him again.

[Babe]

Yeah. And you're letting yourself go to pieces.

[Rocky Monet]

Don't you worry about me. I'm okay. Babe?

[Babe]

Yeah?

[Rocky Monet]

Why didn't we find nothing?

[Babe]

Where?

[Rocky Monet]

In the cemetery, where the light was. I swear I shot something, but there was nothing.

[Babe]

Why did you come back here?

[Rocky Monet]

Where can we go with 10 grand?

[Babe]

There's a lot of places.

[Rocky Monet]

No, you can't run away, not from something like this. I figured I'd come back, see? I'd get ready for it when it came. I'd be all ready to fight it. That's my angle.

[Babe]

What are you gonna fight?

[Rocky Monet]

I don't know, babe. I don't know. I don't know. Say it, babe. Tell me again. I'm not going to die. Tell me again and again and again. Tell me all night. I'm not going to die. Tell me. Say it.

[Babe]

No. No.

[Rocky Monet]

But you said it in the cemetery.

[Babe]

Yeah.

[Rocky Monet]

You believe I'm going to get it too, huh?

[Babe]

Yeah.

[Rocky Monet]

Why'd you change your mind?

[Babe]

That thing on the floor, the.

[Rocky Monet]

The hand.

[Babe]

Yeah.

[Rocky Monet]

Get rid of it. No. I'll give you five grand.

[Babe]

No, I won't touch it.

[Rocky Monet]

Look at it. Like it wanted to grab me. Like it want. Wait a minute. Maybe that's it.

[Babe]

What?

[Rocky Monet]

What I'm waiting for. Don't you get it, babe? Here I am, waiting for something that's gonna kill me. Don't you get it? This is it.

[Babe]

How can it kill you?

[Rocky Monet]

How can the other things happen? But they did. I'm gonna get it out of here.

[Babe]

No, don't touch it.

[Rocky Monet]

I bet if I touch it, I won'. Be scared anymore. If I get rid of it, that'll break the curse. I'm going to get it. You see, I got it.

[Babe]

It can't hurt me. I hate scared.

[Rocky Monet]

It's the hand of the man I killed.

[Babe]

And I ain't trying to grab me. It's going to get me. Rocky.

[Rocky Monet]

It started to move, baby. Started go again.

[Babe]

Look, you don't know what you're saying.

[Rocky Monet]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe you're right. Maybe you're right. Maybe I'm going out of my head. Don't leave me, baby.

[Babe]

No, no, I won't.

[Rocky Monet]

I won't tackle all this alone. Don't leave me.

[Babe]

Okay? Okay.

[Rocky Monet]

Baby, I'm so scared because we killed him. Don't leave me, babe. I'm sick and I'm scared and I'm gonna die. Don't leave me, huh? When we killed him, I did it only because he was a rich kid and I wanted doe to set you up right. Don't leave me, babe. Please. Please don't leave Rocky.

[Babe]

I ain't going. I ain't going to. Listen, you better get hold of yourself. Go on in there, Rocky. Lie down. Just lie quiet. Go on.

[Rocky Monet]

Yeah, yeah, lie. Lie down. That ain't a bad idea. Lie down. Yeah. Maybe I can figure it all out.

[Babe]

Four,

[Rocky Monet]

five. Hello?

[Babe]

Clem says babe.

[Rocky Monet]

I'm still awake.

[Babe]

Listen, Clem, something's come up.

[Rocky Monet]

What?

[Babe]

Rocky's got 10 grand in cash.

[Rocky Monet]

That's why you didn't come in.

[Babe]

Now, look, you don't understand. He's blowing his top. He's going crazy.

[Rocky Monet]

So what?

[Babe]

So you better get over here.

[Rocky Monet]

Why?

[Babe]

I want that 10 grand. I want you to get it.

[Rocky Monet]

Get it yourself.

[Babe]

No. You'll do it.

[Rocky Monet]

What makes you think so, babe?

[Babe]

Because I know all about Stephen Dane.

[Rocky Monet]

What?

[Babe]

Rocky told me.

[Rocky Monet]

I'm coming over.

[Babe]

Then bring your gun. I want to get rid of Rocky.

[Rocky Monet]

I'll bring it.

[Babe]

Goodbye, fly.

[Rocky Monet]

So that's the angle, Rocky. I heard you, Dave.

[Babe]

You did?

[Rocky Monet]

Every word.

[Babe]

Put the gun away, Rocky. No, you're making a mistake.

[Rocky Monet]

I don't think so.

[Babe]

Look, I, I, I had an angle. I was doing it to help you. Let me explain why I called.

[Rocky Monet]

Fine. I heard.

[Babe]

Rocky. Don't. Don't.

[Rocky Monet]

You're behind do it thing. I don't know how you worked it, babe, but you were after that granted. Slim help you, Rocky? You're no good. You never was any good, Babe. Baby. Yeah, still there. Rocky, you hear me, don't you? Yes. But no one will ever hear you again. When the night's over. Yeah. Look, why do you always keep calling up? Why don't you come up Yourself. Maybe I will, Rocky. To see you die. Goodbye. What? Rocky. Don't reach, Slim. I got you covered. It's a fine way to greet an old pal.

[Babe]

Pal?

[Rocky Monet]

Where's Babe? There. Oh, why'd you do it? It shouldn't be so tough to figure out. I ain't sorry. No, she was cheating on you. She wanted to get you 10 grand. You ought to know. Well, you got 10 grand? Yeah. Keep them up. Slim, you must be nuts. I wouldn't do nothing to you. Maybe, Rocky, after what we've been through together. But you remember that Dane business? I didn't write on you then. Why should I rat on you now? Because I got 10 grand. Because somebody's gonna kill me. Maybe it's you. What are you talking about? I ain't taking any chances, Slim. You got reason to kill me. He said it had happened. I ain't going to let it happen. I ain't going to die. She was right. Your bats you're raised. Shut up. Now, don't reach. I ain't taking any chances.

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[Rocky Monet]

I told you not to reach. Why didn't you listen, Rocky? You were the one he meant. All right, you got me. The scores even, Slim. You got me. You hear? It's all coming true. You hear me, Slim? It was because of that kid, Stephen Dane, the one we killed. That's why it happened. I know it. Slim. Slim, I can't see it. I can't see a thing. I can hardly. Who's there? Who is it? Who came in? Just me, Rocky. The man in the park? That's right, Rocky. You're not getting away. The gun's empty. Yes. Rock. I can't see it. It'll be over in a minute, Rock. I just came to watch you die. Then I'll get my $10,000 back. Your money? Yes. I had it sent here. You. You poor, stupid fool.

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I stood in the apartment next door. I made a little peephole.

[Rocky Monet]

I watched your little rat mind collapse.

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I watched you run to the cemetery. I watched you kill your wife and then him.

[Rocky Monet]

I knew I'd be right in my plans.

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Like all criminals, you're cowardly, superstitious, vicious.

[Rocky Monet]

Mostly stupid. I suppose if you weren't, you wouldn't be a criminal. Who are you? The name is William Dane, the brother of the man you murdered. The police couldn't get you. I did. No, you didn't. I'm still alive. Rocky. Goodbye, rocky.

[Host/Narrator]

Well, friend, the moral for tonight's medley of murders is taken from the undecipherable handwriting of one of the wisest morons who ever made a dope of himself. The famous Egyptian baloney who said don't be afraid to go to sleep because so many people get murdered at night. Just remember, you can be murdered in the daytime too.

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[Babe]

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[Rocky Monet]

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[Host/Narrator]

Well, it's time to close that squeaking door for another seven day rest until next week at the same time when Bromo Seltzer brings you another Inner Sanctum mystery directed by Hyman Brown. By the way, this month's Inner Sanctum mystery novel is A Halo for Nobody by Henry Kane. Next week's little horror deals with a gal who planted her uncle in the rose bushes and then was terribly surprised at what came up. It's called the Ghost in the Garden. You'll be sure to listen, won't you? Until next Monday then. Good night. Pleasant dream.

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