Casebook of Gregory Hood: Death from the Red Capsule (EP4860e)

Summary

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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Episode: Casebook of Gregory Hood: Death from the Red Capsule
Host: Adam Graham
Original Air Date: December 7, 2025 (Encore episode)
Main Cast: Gregory Hood (Gale Gordon), Sanderson “Sandy” Taylor (William Bakewell), Narrator (Harry Bartel), Sylvia Eustace, Sheriff Turner, Dr. Dakin

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Episode Overview

In this classic radio drama from "The Casebook of Gregory Hood," a seemingly innocent mountain camping trip turns deadly when a young woman collapses and dies after taking a red capsule for her asthma. Gregory Hood and his friend, attorney Sanderson Taylor, become both witnesses and suspects in a puzzling case of poisoning, impersonation, and family intrigue. The episode exemplifies Golden Age radio’s blend of cozy scene-setting, sly humor, and twisty plotting, culminating in a classic amateur-sleuth solution.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. Opening Banter and Setting the Scene

[06:19 – 07:29]

• Gregory Hood, Sandy Taylor, and their friend Harry are dining and discussing the finer points of trout cooked in rustic settings.
• The mountainous setting is established, setting off nostalgia for "the only proper way to cook brook trout."
• Sandy uses this as a transition into the new case: “Our story from the casebook began just that way on a certain star-clustered evening last fall.” (Sanderson Taylor, 07:18)

2. The Mysterious Stranger

[08:17 – 10:37]

• While cooking, Gregory and Sandy encounter a lost hiker, Sylvia Eustace.
• Sylvia suffers from asthma and uses red ephedrine capsules to treat it, declining brandy in favor of her medication.
• Quote: “I don't know if I should eat so soon after an attack, but...I'll hope for the best. As Shakespeare says, let good digestion wait on appetite and health on both.” (Sylvia Eustace, 10:14)
• After dinner, Sylvia starts acting ill and soon collapses.

3. Sudden Death and Immediate Suspicion

[11:43 – 14:20]

• Gregory realizes Sylvia is not dying from asthma but being poisoned: “This is no asthma attack. This girl’s been poisoned.” (Gregory Hood, 11:43)
• The duo attempt to get help, but are forced to descend the mountain at night.
• They eventually report the incident to the local sheriff but become the chief suspects.

4. Small-Town Justice

[14:20 – 15:55]

• The sheriff is immediately suspicious and arrests them: “Lock them up, Jake. We’ve got us a couple of murderers.” (Sheriff Turner, 14:23)
• “We come in to report a murder and then get booked for committing it.” (Gregory Hood, 14:38) — captures Gregory's dry humor and the absurdity of their situation.

5. An Unlikely Jailbreak

[15:55 – 18:29]

• Gregory plays upon the ego of Jake, the deputy, convincing him that letting them go would make him a hero and maybe even sheriff someday.
• Notable comedic moment as Jake is flattered into letting them escape.

6. A Shocking Discovery: The "Dead" Girl Is Alive?

[19:10 – 21:35]

• Hood and Sandy visit Sylvia Eustace’s address in San Francisco.
• They are stunned to meet a woman who appears to be the same Sylvia Eustace who just died.
• "It’s the same girl we left in Yosemite County.” (Gregory Hood, 20:19)

7. Dual Identities and Family Secrets

[21:37 – 24:22]

• The living Eustace reveals the dead girl was her cousin Hester, who closely resembles her.
• Both girls suffer from asthma and use red capsules, and both love hiking.
• Motive suggested: large family inheritance at stake.

8. Police Investigation and Poetic Clues

[24:22 – 27:41]

• Lieutenant Silvers of homicide arrives; confusion mounts over identities.
• Gregory notes the murdered girl loved to quote Shakespeare, a trait shared with the girl on the mountain.
• Hood’s plan: cook brook trout for Sylvia—according to family doctors, Hester was allergic to trout, but Sylvia may not be.

9. The Poisoned Dinner

[27:41 – 28:27]

• During dinner, Sylvia falls ill after consuming trout and taking her own ephedrine capsules.
• Hood quickly applies emergency treatment and saves her.
• It’s discovered Sylvia’s ephedrine bottle had also been poisoned.

10. Solution and Motive

[28:27 – 30:53]

• The core plot: the poison was planted in Sylvia’s ephedrine capsules at home, meant to kill her. Unknowingly, capsules from her bottle were given to Hester during a visit, resulting in the wrong woman's death.
• The murderer: Hester (the cousin), motivated by inheritance; she planned to kill Sylvia, assume her identity, and claim the estate—a plot that tragically backfired.
• Critical clue: The dying girl’s words—“Sport engineer tar”—are parsed by Gregory as a garbled version of the Shakespeare line “For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard.” (Hamlet)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Gregory Hood’s dry wit on being jailed:

  "We come in to report a murder and then get booked for committing it."
  — Gregory Hood [14:38]

• On the real culprit, inspired by Shakespeare:

  "For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard. That's the Shakespearean version of the biter bit. She was hoist with her own petard and knew it."
  — Gregory Hood [29:51]

• On family intrigue:

  "Two girls, both identical in appearance, are both claiming to be Sylvia Eustace. But why, Greg?"
  — Lieutenant Silvers [24:22]

• Sandy, upon seeing the 'dead' girl alive:

  "What in thunder is he talking about? The girl’s dead!"
  — Sanderson Taylor [20:01]

• Gregory’s cookery doubling as detective work:
  “If she eats the trout and nothing happens, she's in the clear.”
  — Gregory Hood [27:24]

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Episode Timeline & Timestamps

• [06:19-07:29] — Hood and Sandy set the cozy mountain campfire scene.
• [08:17-10:37] — Sylvia Eustace arrives; dinner and first asthma attack.
• [11:43-14:20] — Sylvia’s fatal collapse and suspicion of poisoning.
• [14:20-15:55] — Arrest by the local, comically inept sheriff.
• [15:55-18:29] — Comedy sequence: Jake the gullible deputy is convinced to release Hood and Sandy.
• [19:10-21:35] — The surprise reveal: Sylvia Eustace is alive in San Francisco.
• [21:37-24:22] — Family resemblance; both victims used identical asthma medication.
• [24:22-27:41] — Investigation deepens; Shakespeare clue emerges.
• [27:41-28:27] — Second poisoning attempt—another dramatic meal, Gregory saves Sylvia.
• [28:27-30:53] — The deductive denouement; Gregory reveals the correct sequence of events and the murder plot.

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Host’s Commentary

Adam Graham offers post-show reflections:

• Questions the realism of the cousin’s impersonation schemes, especially with the doctor-fiance.
• Expresses “sadness” that Hester, a character who quoted Shakespeare, turns out to be the murderer:

  “I was a little sad by the ending because I like that she was, you know, doing all that Shakespeare quoting and stuff. And that's disappointing when that type of person turns out to be a murderer. But justice was done, even though the deputy sounds like he should have been voiced by Red Skelton.” (Adam Graham, 35:43)

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Listener Feedback Highlights

• Jack: Praises the lineup (“Johnny Dollar, Gregory Hood, Nick Carter and the lineup are all top notch shows”) and calls out Boucher & Green’s atmospheric, authentic San Francisco.
• Brian: Grateful for the nostalgia and relaxation provided by the episodes.

Adam discusses upcoming programming notes, including planned adjustments to upcoming episodes and rotating detective shows.

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Final Notes

Tone:
Lighthearted, nostalgic, and clever, blending classic detective puzzle-solving with comedic moments and warm banter.

Standout Aspects:

• Clever use of Shakespearean references as central plot devices.
• The plot's classic radio tropes: mistaken identity, rural vs. urban justice, inheritance motives.
• Flawed authorities and the wily resourcefulness of the amateur detectives.

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Transcript

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[Gregory Hood]

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[Adam Graham]

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Well, it's Monday night in San Francisco and we have a weekly date with Gregory Hood and his attorney and great friend, Sanderson Taylor. Tonight's rendezvous is at that happy bourn from which no fish return, Bernstein's Grotto on Powell Street. Let's join them there, shall we?

Hello, Gregory.

[Gregory Hood]

Evening, Mr. Ah, there you are. Harry Bartel.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Evening, Harry.

[Gregory Hood]

I hope you don't mind we jumped the gun on you a little. I could never resist these cuckoo clams on the half shell.

[Sanderson Taylor]

As you see, he's on to his second dozen.

[Gregory Hood]

You'll have some, won't you, Harry? They're very special.

[Narrator / Petri Wine Announcer]

Thanks, Greg. I will.

[Gregory Hood]

By the way, if you can take fish two nights running, you're invited up to my apartment tomorrow evening.

[Narrator / Petri Wine Announcer]

Swell, Greg. What's the occasion?

[Gregory Hood]

A friend of mine just sent me a batch of brook trout from the Sierra.

[Narrator / Petri Wine Announcer]

Sounds wonderful.

[Sanderson Taylor]

But you don't know how wonderful. I swear you've never tasted trout until you've had Greg cook them.

[Gregory Hood]

Well, they won't be at their best tomorrow, I'm afraid. Brook trout is one dish that's better cooked under rather rustic conditions. For my money, the only proper way to cook them is in sizzling hot bacon grease in a skillet over an open campfire under the pine tree.

[Sanderson Taylor]

And that, Harry, by one of those happy coincidences, cues us directly into tonight's adventure. Our story from the casebook began just that way on a certain star clustered evening last fall.

[Narrator / Petri Wine Announcer]

It sounds like a potent setting for adventure.

[Gregory Hood]

Well, we found plenty of that. As usual, we'd flown out of San Francisco in my Beechcraft, complete with rods and flies and a week's camping equipment. We landed in the private field of a friend of mine in Yosemite county and hiked from there on up into the mountains. The gods were very kind to us at first. We hit a heavenly stream teeming with hungry, vigorous fish. At the end of an exciting day's sport, we knelt by our campfire preparing the evening meal.

[Sanderson Taylor]

These potatoes and the ashes are almost done, Greg.

[Gregory Hood]

Yes, I'd better fan up the flames for the skillet.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Did you slice the bacon?

[Gregory Hood]

Yes, yes, and clean the trough. Ah, this is the life, Sandy. And we're going to have a meal we couldn't equal in San Francisco's finest restaurant. First the bacon. And there we are.

[Sheriff Turner]

Did you hear that, Greg?

[Sanderson Taylor]

I swear I heard someone calling.

[Gregory Hood]

It's probably little Sir Echo out for his evening rehearsal for the Bohemian.

[Sanderson Taylor]

I did hear someone, Greg.

[Gregory Hood]

Here in the forest primeval where we've come to escape from dazzling wenches and murderers and all those fascinating encumbrances.

[Sanderson Taylor]

There is someone, Greg.

[Gregory Hood]

Who's there?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Friends to this ground in Lean Unto.

[Gregory Hood]

The Day, it's a girl and one that quotes Hamlet. Yet you make an interesting dinner guest. Go and make a welcome, Sandy. I've got my Hands full here.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Okay, Gregory.

Good evening. Are you in trouble?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Oh, hello. Yes, I. I was glad to see your transpire. I'm saying I'm lost.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Well, come and join us, won't you? My name's Sanderson Taylor.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Oh, well, mind, Eustace. You're real, Eustace.

[Sanderson Taylor]

A little unwise for a young lady to be hiking about in the mountains at night, don't you think? Hello, Gregory. This is Miss Sylvia Eustace.

[Gregory Hood]

Oh, how do you do? Sorry I can't get up, but I must watch this meal.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Do I smell bacon?

[Gregory Hood]

You do. You'll be our dinner guest, of course.

[Sylvia Eustace]

I can't refuse. I'm starving.

[Sanderson Taylor]

How would roast potatoes, coffee, bacon and brook trout a la nature appeal to you?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Oh, I. I can't think of anything more perfect. Can I help?

[Gregory Hood]

Oh, no, thanks. Everything's under control. How come you're up in the mountains alone late at night, Miss Eustace?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Well, I walked up earlier today. I'm staying with friends at Denmar la. It's about 10 miles.

I'm afraid I overdid it.

[Gregory Hood]

What's wrong, Mrs. Here, here. I have some brandy in the glass here.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Oh, no, thank you. I have a touch of asthma. I'll take an ephedrine. There. It'll be better in a second. Don't worry about me.

[Gregory Hood]

I do wish I could do something to help.

[Sylvia Eustace]

It's all right.

There.

I'm sorry. And now, how's about the trout going.

[Gregory Hood]

Into the skillet at this very moment? Ah, listen to it sizzle.

[Sylvia Eustace]

I don't know if I should eat so soon after an attack, but I'm sure I won't be able to resist this. I'll hope for the best. As Shakespeare says, let good digestion wait on appetite and health on both.

A wonderful meal, Gregory.

[Sanderson Taylor]

You surpass yourself.

[Gregory Hood]

I must confess, it was mildly colossal. More coffee, Miss Houston?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Yes, thank you.

Your face keeps bothering me, Mr.

[Adam Graham]

Hood.

[Gregory Hood]

It does have that effect on some people. Yours has the reverse effect on me.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Oh, no, no. I mean, I'm certain I've seen it before.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Probably in the Police Gazette. He's always getting mixed up with the underworld.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Oh, of course. How stupid of me. You're Gregory Hood, the detective.

[Gregory Hood]

Well, detecting is a hobby of mine.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Well, I. I've seen your photograph in the San Francisco papers. Have?

Oh, dear. I was afraid of. Hand me my bag, please.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Here you are, Miss Eustace.

[Gregory Hood]

Another asthma attack.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Yeah. I knew I shouldn't have eaten that proud. I'll take another ephedrine.

[Gregory Hood]

Fascinating objects. Those tiny Red capsules. They really ease up, these attacks of yours.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Usually there, if they don't do the trick, I. I can give myself a hypost.

Help me. Help me.

[Sanderson Taylor]

I never saw a man attack of severe as this.

[Gregory Hood]

Look at her struggle, the way her body keeps crouching. Sandy, this is no asthma attack. This girl's been poisoned.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Whatever you may say about the evils of modern civilization, Gregory, at least if we'd been in the city we could have called a doctor and the police.

[Gregory Hood]

I know, I know. His hand. It was ghastly. Don, this wretched car. It should be in a museum.

[Sanderson Taylor]

The old farmer who rented it to us warned us not to expect too much. In any case, after scrambling down a mountainside in the dark, it's a great improvement.

[Gregory Hood]

Well, the dawn's breaking now. Would have been better to have waited up there and then carried her body down to the plane and flown it into San Francisco.

[Sanderson Taylor]

I can still see that poor girl's face as she died.

[Gregory Hood]

Yes, it was torture. If only we'd packed some other food. Some mustard, egg whites, anything to make an emetic. But to stand there helpless and watch her die.

[Sanderson Taylor]

You're sure it was murder?

[Gregory Hood]

Oh, obviously suicides don't seek company. And it was no accident. I know the symptoms of strychnine poisoning when I see them.

[Sanderson Taylor]

We must be on the outskirts of some town. Now. There are a few lights twinkling. I wonder where the courthouse is. Or even if they have one.

[Gregory Hood]

If I know these hick towns, it isn't far from the outskirts to the hub of things.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Greg, could you make out anything of what that girl was trying to say to you as she died?

[Gregory Hood]

Almost nothing. The strychnine spasms were racking her and that, combined with her asthma, made it very hard. Dreadful way to die. I just caught a few scattered words. Sounded like sport engineer tar. Does that make any possible sense to you?

[Sanderson Taylor]

No, I can't say. Well, Greg, here we are, the county courthouse.

[Gregory Hood]

And the lights are on. Somebody's going to have quite a shock to start their day with.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Yes, I imagine murder is something of a rarity in these parts.

[Gregory Hood]

Oh, here's the sheriff's office. Come on, Sandy.

Good morning.

[Sheriff Turner]

You fellas are stirring early. What's on your mind?

[Sanderson Taylor]

Are you the sheriff?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Sure.

[Sheriff Turner]

Sheriff Turner. What's on your mind, son?

[Gregory Hood]

We've come in to report a murder.

[Sheriff Turner]

Sounds as if you said murder, son.

[Gregory Hood]

That's what I did say. A girl was murdered last night in the mountains. My friend and I saw it happen.

[Sheriff Turner]

You saw it? Jake, come in Here, now. Now, give me the facts. You, too.

[Sanderson Taylor]

My friend and I were camping in the mountains last night. A girl named Sylvia Eustace was lost and came to our fire.

[Sheriff Turner]

She'll be a useless, eh?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Go on.

[Gregory Hood]

Well, she had dinner with us, and half an hour later she swallowed what she thought to be an ephedrine bath and died of strychnine poisoning.

[Sheriff Turner]

Who cooked this dinner?

[Gregory Hood]

I did.

[Sheriff Turner]

And the girl died right afterwards.

[Gregory Hood]

Yeah.

[Sheriff Turner]

Cake. You do something for me, sir? Yeah, get your keys out. You got a couple of customers.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Us?

[Gregory Hood]

Now, look here.

[Sanderson Taylor]

I warn you, Sheriff, that I'm an attorney.

[Sheriff Turner]

Sure, and I'm the Queen India. Lock them up, Jake. We've got us a couple of murderers.

[Gregory Hood]

Oh, this is a crazy situation, Sandy. We come in to report a murder and then get booked for committing it.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Darn these small towns. The judge is off at the other end of the county and I can't even apply for a writ.

[Gregory Hood]

We've got to get out of here. There's only one way that girl could have been poisoned.

[Sheriff Turner]

But we.

[Gregory Hood]

We must get to San Francisco to prove it. Sandy, I tell you, we've got to get out of here.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Well, there's Jake the moronic jailer sitting guard up there. But I don't think we can do much with him.

[Sheriff Turner]

No, no.

[Gregory Hood]

He looks more in Edgar Bergen's line yet. Did you notice he was reading detective magazines? He may be vulnerable. No harm in trying. Jake. I'm coming.

[Sanderson Taylor]

What's the idea, Greg?

[Gregory Hood]

Take your cue from me. I'll play it as it goes.

[Sheriff Turner]

What is it, fellas?

[Gregory Hood]

My friend and I have been arguing, Jake.

[Sheriff Turner]

Well, if you call yourself friends, why do you argue?

[Gregory Hood]

I can see that you have a terrific sense of humor, Jake. Hasn't he, Sandy?

[Sanderson Taylor]

Terrific. That was an extremely funny remark.

[Sheriff Turner]

Oh, nothing, fellas just come sort of.

[Gregory Hood]

Natural, like I'm sure it does. You must have your friends in constant stitches, all that. Oh, forget it, Jake. When I said my friend and I were arguing, what I meant was we were having a discussion about you. You see, Jake, I've always prided myself on my ability to read character.

[Sheriff Turner]

Now, is that a fact? You read tea leaves or something?

[Gregory Hood]

No, not exactly. But I can tell if a man's smart the moment I look at him. I sized you up as soon as you walked into the sheriff's office there. I said to my friend is a really smart guy who's going places. Didn't I say that, Sandy?

[Sanderson Taylor]

You certainly did.

[Sheriff Turner]

Well, what do you know? Say you fellas like some breakfast?

[Gregory Hood]

Settle our argument for Us first, Jake, will you? You've got a little more on the ball than we have. I have?

[Sheriff Turner]

Well, you pretty nice guys, too. What'd you argue about?

[Gregory Hood]

Me? Well, here's the way it went, Jake. I noticed that you had a big stack of detective magazines over there, and you were reading them very seriously.

[Sheriff Turner]

Oh, read them all the time.

[Gregory Hood]

Read them all the time. I said to my friend here, there's a really smart deputy sheriff who knows a lot about criminology and wants to go ahead. Am I right, Sanders? Your exact words, Greg.

[Sheriff Turner]

What'd you say next?

[Gregory Hood]

Well, Jake, I knew you'd heard our story of the murder, and I figured that you. You were the smart kind of a guy who would say to himself, nobody's going to be such a dopest to walk in and report an undiscovered murder when he's the only suspect, though these guys didn't do it.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Yes, Jake, that's the clever kind of man my friend thinks you are.

[Sheriff Turner]

What else did you figure?

[Gregory Hood]

Well, that you're smart enough after hearing our evidence to know darn well how the murder had been committed by slipping a red capsule of strychnine in among her red capsules of the Federal. And then you'd say to yourself, I'll bet that was done in San Francisco, and that's where the case starts.

[Sheriff Turner]

San Francisco, huh? Well, maybe you're right, fellow.

[Gregory Hood]

Ah, you're a clever man, Jake. I'd never have been able to figure that out without your help, Gregory.

[Sanderson Taylor]

That's amazing. Jake is certainly quick on the draw.

[Sheriff Turner]

Oh, just a knack, fellas. Did I figure anything else out?

[Gregory Hood]

Yes, yes, I said that you'd follow the thing through logically and see where it might lead.

[Narrator / Petri Wine Announcer]

He.

[Gregory Hood]

I said that. I'd bet you'd say to yourself, this Gregory Hood is kind of a detective, too, and he knows his way around in San Francisco. And if I let him go, he could solve the case and give me the credit.

[Sheriff Turner]

Me, the credit?

[Gregory Hood]

Yes. Then when the election comes around next spring, maybe I'd have a crack at Sheriff Turner's job.

[Sheriff Turner]

Me, the sheriff?

[Narrator / Petri Wine Announcer]

Yes.

[Gregory Hood]

Didn't I say that, Sanders?

[Sanderson Taylor]

Yes, you did.

[Gregory Hood]

Word for word.

[Sheriff Turner]

You guys must sure talk fast. Was that the end of your argument?

[Gregory Hood]

Nearly, nearly. But you see, my friend here maintains that you're just a dull, obedient deputy who takes his orders and then follows them out. Now, if he's right, you'll keep us here, but if I'm right, you let us go before Sheriff Turner gets back at the girl's Body. What do you say?

[Sheriff Turner]

Do I say, Mister, I don't know how good a detective you are, but you're sure one swell judge of character.

[Gregory Hood]

Peace, Andy. It's good to be back in San Francisco. Sure.

[Sanderson Taylor]

But I hope you realize, Greg, that in the eyes of the law, we're fugitives from justice.

[Gregory Hood]

Yes, but the law peered at us with very sleepy eyes this morning.

[Sanderson Taylor]

I'm afraid poor Jake won't be very popular.

[Gregory Hood]

Well, I had to do it. That oath of a sheriff would have tried to pin the rap on us by the time we'd gotten clear. It would have been too late to do any real work at this end.

[Sanderson Taylor]

I agree with you there just the same. I hope we never have to fly back across the Sierras in a thunderstorm.

[Gregory Hood]

Yes, it was rather an exciting time trip. In any case, it got us here in really fast time. Well, our first port of call is obviously at the dead girl house.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Yeah. Lucky she had those letters in her bag. What was the address again?

[Gregory Hood]

116 Martin Street.

[Sanderson Taylor]

It must be this next house.

[Gregory Hood]

She didn't mention Appearance, Stanley. I'm afraid this is liable to be a pretty harrowing interview.

[Sanderson Taylor]

I don't doubt it, but it's our logical starting point in a search for her killer.

[Gregory Hood]

Here we are.

[Sanderson Taylor]

An imposing house.

[Gregory Hood]

Yes, the Eustace family must be moneyed. Wouldn't be surprised if the news of her death is preceded us.

[Sheriff Turner]

Yes, it's the maid's day out and the butlers quit. We don't want anything unless you're applying as servants.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Is this Miss Sylvia Eustace's home?

[Sheriff Turner]

Yes.

[Gregory Hood]

May we come in, please? No, you.

[Sheriff Turner]

Well, bless my soul.

[Gregory Hood]

You're.

[Sheriff Turner]

You're Gregory Hood, aren't you?

[Gregory Hood]

Yes, I am.

[Sheriff Turner]

Don't see a thing with my new glasses. Hey, I'm Silvia's uncle. Come in, won't you?

[Gregory Hood]

Thank you. Mr. Yusuf. This is my friend, Sanderson Taylor.

[Sheriff Turner]

How'd you do?

[Gregory Hood]

How do you do?

[Sheriff Turner]

Now you want to see Sylvia?

[Gregory Hood]

You mean she's here?

[Sheriff Turner]

Yes, I think so. I'll go and see. Won't be a moment. Greg.

[Sanderson Taylor]

What in thunder is he talking about? The girl's dead.

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[Gregory Hood]

Either Mr. Eustace is definitely eccentric or he doesn't know his niece has left town.

[Sheriff Turner]

Yes, Sylvia's just coming down the stairs.

[Sylvia Eustace]

She.

[Gregory Hood]

She's doing what?

[Sheriff Turner]

Well, don't look so startled. Hood, me boy. There she is.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Mr. Gregory Hood. How very nice to see you, Sandy.

[Gregory Hood]

It's the same girl we left in Yosemite County.

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[Gregory Hood]

The girl you're supposed to have murdered.

[Narrator / Petri Wine Announcer]

Doesn't make sense to me.

[Gregory Hood]

Well, it didn't to us either. But, of course, the answer was obvious. The dead girl, whoever she was, had an exact double. It didn't take us long to find out who that double was.

[Sylvia Eustace]

You seem very sorrowful at seeing me, gentlemen.

[Gregory Hood]

Frankly, I'm staggered.

[Sanderson Taylor]

So am I. Miss Eustace, do you have a twin sister?

[Sylvia Eustace]

No, but you must have met my cousin Hester. People are always astonished by our likeness.

Oh, see who it is, uncle, will you, please?

[Sheriff Turner]

Richard Bell. As soon as the servants go. It never stops.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Well, you still look puzzled, gentlemen.

[Sanderson Taylor]

We are, Miss Eustace. You did say that your name was Sylvia, didn't you?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Yes, I did. Why?

[Gregory Hood]

Well, did you know that you. I mean, your cousin Hester had gone to the Sierras?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Yes, he left three days ago. He's very fond of hiking, just as I am.

[Gregory Hood]

Another thing. May I ask if you're both victims of allergies?

[Sylvia Eustace]

As a matter of fact, we are. Not being very mysterious.

[Sheriff Turner]

Has anything Very, very popular today. Sylvia, here's a Lieutenant Silvers of Homicides.

[Gregory Hood]

Most thanks.

[Sheriff Turner]

Afternoon, Ms. Eustace.

[Sylvia Eustace]

How do you do? Lieutenant, do you know.

[Sheriff Turner]

Yes, I know them.

[Narrator / Petri Wine Announcer]

Thanks.

[Sheriff Turner]

Hello, Greg.

[Gregory Hood]

Mr. Taylor.

[Sheriff Turner]

Didn't expect to find you here. I heard that you'd been detained in Yosemite County.

[Gregory Hood]

Yes, then we were.

[Sanderson Taylor]

But only for a short while, fortunately.

[Gregory Hood]

We'll talk about that In a minute, Mr. Taylor.

[Sheriff Turner]

Right now there's more vital talk. Miss Eustace. Do I understand that you are Ms. Sylvia Eustace.

[Sylvia Eustace]

That's the second time I've been asked that question. Yes, Lieutenant? I'm Sylvia Eustace. Why?

[Sheriff Turner]

Well, because I've just received a notification from Yosemite county that the sheriff up there has found the dead body of Sylvia Eustace of this address. He'd been murdered. What in the name of founder are you saying?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Yes, I don't.

[Gregory Hood]

She's painted. I've got it.

[Sheriff Turner]

Leave her alone. You fellows have done enough damage here. I'll take her to her room. Well, Greg, you are in trouble, aren't you?

[Gregory Hood]

I certainly am, Stan.

[Sanderson Taylor]

You've had a report from Sheriff Turner, I suppose, Lieutenant?

[Sheriff Turner]

Yes, Mr. Taylor. They tell me the two of you broke jail and that you're wanted for murder.

[Gregory Hood]

Well, we broke jail all right, Stan, but you can't believe the murder charge. Well, no, of course not. I've known you both too long and too well for that.

[Sheriff Turner]

But officially, it's my duty to send.

[Gregory Hood]

You back there to jail, you know. But if we're wanted on a murder charge, whom are we supposed to have murdered?

[Sheriff Turner]

Sylvia Eustace.

[Sanderson Taylor]

And who is the lady who just fainted?

[Sheriff Turner]

Sylvie. Oh, I get it.

[Gregory Hood]

Exactly. Stan, this is a pretty complex case. Before you go shipping us back to death row in Yosemite, I think we'd better have a nice long talk.

So there you are. Stand. That's the deal. Two girls, both identical in appearance, are both claiming to be Sylvia Eustace. But why, Greg?

[Sheriff Turner]

It doesn't make sense.

[Sanderson Taylor]

I think it might, Lieutenant, when you consider that the Eustace family is obviously wealthy. Being the heiress might even be worth murder and impersonation.

[Gregory Hood]

Correct, Sandy? I'm pretty certain that's the motive at the back of this mess.

[Sheriff Turner]

Well, then you think this girl is a cousin posing as the dead girl, Sylvia?

[Gregory Hood]

Well, that's the way it looks to me.

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[Sanderson Taylor]

Here she comes back now.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Gentlemen, I think I can talk to you now. May I introduce my fiance, Dr. Deakin.

[Gregory Hood]

How do you do? I'll have to warn you that Ms. Eustace is in no condition to undergo any prolonged questioning.

[Sheriff Turner]

Well, we'll make it as short as we can, Dr. Dean. But you must realize that you're involved in the murder case.

[Sylvia Eustace]

How was poor Hester killed, Lieutenant?

[Sheriff Turner]

He was poisoned by strychnine contained in what appeared to be an ephedrine capsule.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Dreadful.

[Gregory Hood]

Stan, do you mind if I ask a few questions?

[Sheriff Turner]

Okay, Greg, you've got to play it in your way. But if it doesn't work, it's back to Yosemite remember?

[Sanderson Taylor]

We know that, Lieutenant.

[Gregory Hood]

Ms. Eustace, are you in the habit of taking ephedrine?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Very frequently, yes.

[Gregory Hood]

What about it? Surely any person who suffers from allergies, as Mis Eustace does, would use the drug. Doctor, Doctor. There's no need to get so heated. Miss Eustace, are you fond of Shakespeare?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Not particularly. Certainly not the way poor Hest.

[Gregory Hood]

I fail to see what the devil Shakespeare has to do with it.

[Sanderson Taylor]

You'll find out in due course, Dr. Dagon.

[Gregory Hood]

Tell me, Miss Eustace, to what substances are you allergic? I absolutely refuse to tolerate any more of this badgering. Oh, you call this badgering? Well, Doctor, perhaps as her physician, you'd care to speak for her.

[Narrator / Petri Wine Announcer]

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[Gregory Hood]

I'm just a general practitioner. Dr. Sangerford. Is Ms. Eustace a lobster. I see. Well, Miss Eustace, I'll make you an offer. I'll drop all questioning for the moment on one condition. That you let me come here tonight and cook dinner for you. What rubbish are you talking now, Hood? What you say, Miss Eustace? In any case, your uncle commented on the servant problem, and I'm really quite a cook.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Well, nothing you're saying seems to make any sense, Mr. Hood, or else I must still be dizzy. But very well. You may cook dinner here tonight. What menu are you planning?

[Gregory Hood]

Brook trout and bacon, Miss Eustace. It should give us the answer to murder.

Slice up the bacon, Sandy, will you?

[Sanderson Taylor]

Right you are.

[Gregory Hood]

Greg.

[Sheriff Turner]

Greg, we've been friends for a good many years. If we hadn't, I wouldn't take the risk of stringing along with you on this case. Will you tell me what goes.

[Gregory Hood]

Oh, now, don't look so harassed. We're on the last lap. Our question is, which is the real Sylvia? Now, the old uncle might be fooled. He's half blind.

[Sanderson Taylor]

And young Dr. Dakin might be in cahoots.

[Gregory Hood]

True. So we seem to have established only two positive differences between the girls. The cousin Hester loved to quote Shakespeare. So did the girl in the mountain. Now, according to Dr. Sangerford, cousin Hester was allergic to trout, but somehow he'd never checked. Sylvia.

[Sheriff Turner]

Now I begin to see why you're cooking a dinner.

[Adam Graham]

Brook trout?

[Gregory Hood]

Yes, Stan. If she eats the trout and nothing happens, she's in the clear. Well, I hope you're right, Greg.

[Sheriff Turner]

Maybe I'm a fool for even letting you try it. I've got a nasty feeling that this whole business is one occasion when you. You've outsmarted yourself at last. You're due to Be hoist with your own.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Oh, Gregory. A skillet full of bacon grease all over the floor.

[Gregory Hood]

Blazes with it. I've outdone myself in idiocy. Quick, Stan, we've got to warn Miss Houston. Get some warm water at once. And some mustard. What's wrong, Dr. Deakin? It's Sylvia. She's just been poisoned.

[Sanderson Taylor]

How are you feeling now, miss Eustace?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Weak, Mr. Taylor, but I. I'm all right.

[Gregory Hood]

It was a miracle I was here and able to apply the remedy in time. She'd been poisoned with strictum, but this.

[Sheriff Turner]

Makes it worse than ever. Who'd want to poison them both?

[Gregory Hood]

Well, Stan, I can give you the answer now. Dr. Dakin, may I ask your fiance a few more questions? As few as possible, please. Very well. Miss Eustace, you took some ephedrine a little while ago, didn't you?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Yes. Yes, I do.

[Gregory Hood]

And tell me, in the past few days, did you have occasion to give your cousin Hester any of your ephedrine?

[Sylvia Eustace]

Now that you mention it, yes, I did.

[Gregory Hood]

Ah.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Just before she left for Yosemite, we were at a party. I'd forgotten to bring my capsules. I had an attack and went to Hester's bag and took several out. Later, when we were home, I refilled Hester's box for mine.

[Gregory Hood]

But you didn't tell her about this?

[Sylvia Eustace]

No, I didn't think about it.

[Gregory Hood]

There's the answer. Poisoned ephedrine had been placed in your box, the one you left at home. Later, quite unwittingly, you refilled your cousin's box from your own, which contained the poison capsules.

[Sanderson Taylor]

Then Hester's poisoning was a mistake. The whole thing was really aimed at this young lady. Only the plot backfired.

[Sheriff Turner]

I see it now. But why did she pretend to impersonate Miss Sylvia Eustace?

[Gregory Hood]

That was all part of the plot. Sylvia's cousin Hester planned to kill this young lady, then return with a perfect alibi for the murder, having deliberately been in Yosemite at the time, and claimed to be Miss Sylvia Eustace, saying that her cousin had been impersonating her in her absence.

[Sylvia Eustace]

But, Mr. Hood, I still find this hard to believe.

[Sheriff Turner]

Oh, it's logical, Miss Eustace. It's a plausible pattern.

[Sanderson Taylor]

What made you see it so suddenly?

[Gregory Hood]

Gregory? Stan gave me the clue. You remember the girl's dying words, Sandy? Yes. Sport Engineer Par, weren't they? But I didn't spot it until Stan started to rid me just now, when he said I was due to be hoist with my own petard.

[Sheriff Turner]

I remembered that Hester loved to quote.

[Gregory Hood]

Shakespeare and that that speech came from Hamlet. For tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard. That's the Shakespearean version of the biter bit. She was hoist with her own petard and knew it.

[Sylvia Eustace]

Mr. Hood, you're every bit as wonderful as I heard you were. I can't thank you enough.

[Gregory Hood]

You're very kind, Ms. Eustace. Personally, I think I bungled the job badly. Not a bit. Come on, Sylvia. I think you should rest for a while.

[Sylvia Eustace]

All right. And perhaps after that you'll keep your promise, Mr. Hood, and cook that meal.

[Gregory Hood]

It's a date.

[Sylvia Eustace]

I'd like to find out if I do have an allergy to brook clouds.

[Gregory Hood]

Yeah, you're by.

[Sheriff Turner]

Well, Greg, this is all very well, but I'm afraid tomorrow we'll have some loose ends to tie off.

[Gregory Hood]

You mean a little talk with Sheriff Turner?

[Sheriff Turner]

I certainly do. He's hopping mad.

[Gregory Hood]

Well, Sandy's my attorney. He'll take care of it.

[Sanderson Taylor]

That'll be a pleasure, but I'm worried about his deputy, the gullible Jake. I'm afraid he'll be in very bad repute.

[Gregory Hood]

Yes, yes, Sandy, he might even be out of a job.

[Sanderson Taylor]

I hope your conscience will bother you. If he is.

[Gregory Hood]

It probably will. And I'll find him a job in Hood and Company, importers. I'd hate to destroy his faith in human n.

[Narrator / Petri Wine Announcer]

Well, Greg, as usual, that story was a honey. You know, come to think of it, I'm not so bad at quoting Shakespeare myself.

[Gregory Hood]

Why, Harry, I didn't know you were a student of the immortal Bard. You just see me do a balcony scene, and personally, I'd rather sit in the orchestra myself.

[Narrator / Petri Wine Announcer]

Oh, now, cut it out, Greg. Look, let's run through Shakespeare's Romeo and Julius. I'll be Romeo.

[Gregory Hood]

If you think I'll play Juliet, you're Romeo, you're crazy. Besides, I know you too well. What do you mean? Well, when Juliet says Romeo, oh, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo? Your answer will be getting a bottle of Petri wine.

[Narrator / Petri Wine Announcer]

Can you think of a better answer? Look, if Shakespeare knew about Petri wine, he'd rave about it, too. It's great, Greg. Well, it's got to be. The Petri family has been making wine for generations. With the Petri family, the growing of perfect sun ripened grapes and the art of turning those grapes into fragrant, delicious wines is a heritage. It's a heritage handed on down in the family from father to son from father to son. And the skill of those generations of winemakers is evident in every drop of Petri wine. Though the name Petri on a bottle of wine is more than a trademark, it's the personal assurance of the Petri family that Petri wine is always good wine. Oh, but you'll discover that for yourself. You learn that no matter what type wine you prefer, you like it better when it's a Petri wine because Petri took time to bring you good wine. Well, Greg, what story from your casebook are you going to tell us next week?

[Gregory Hood]

Next week, Harry, I'm going to tell you an adventure that I call the Forgetful Murderer that concerns itself with one of the strangest theories of murders that I've ever encountered. I'll tell you all about it next Monday, Harry.

[Narrator / Petri Wine Announcer]

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The Petri Wine Company of San Francisco, Francisco, California, invite you to tune in again next week, same time, same station. The Casebook of Gregory Hood comes to you from our Hollywood studio.

This is Harry Bartel saying good night for the Petri family.

[Gregory Hood]

For a solid.

[Narrator / Petri Wine Announcer]

Hour of exciting mystery dramas. Listen every Monday on most of these Same stations at 8 o' clock to Michael Shane, followed immediately by the Casebook of Gregory Hood. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System.

I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan.

[Gregory Hood]

Hey, how's it going today?

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[Dan Morgan]

I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan and Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm. That's pretty awesome.

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[Gregory Hood]

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[Gregory Hood]

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[Adam Graham]

Welcome back. What I don't really understand is how the cousin would hope to pass with the doctor fiance.

And I was a little sad by the ending because I like that she was, you know, doing all that Shakespeare quoting and stuff. And that's disappointing when that type of person turns out to be a murderer. But justice was done, even though the deputies sound like he should have been voiced by Red Skelton. Alright, well on to some listener comments and feedback. And we start with this from Jack, who says, dear Adam, I think you have one of the best lineups at the moment of any detective podcast. Johnny Dollar, Gregory Hood, Nick Carter and the lineup are all top notch shows. I particularly enjoy Gregory Hood because Boucher and Green really create the San Francisco atmosphere. Probably because Boucher was from the city as a Bay Area boy. I really enjoy it. Thanks so much for your comment, Jack. And it's definitely an interesting program, one of the rare San Francisco programs. And for a study in contrast, immediately after the Casebook of Gregory Hood, we'll be bringing you Patnovak for Hire, which I guess maybe it's still San Francisco but a different part of the city because Richard Breen, who wrote Patnovak for Hire, also spent many years in San Francisco. That does bring me to another point. When I was doing the last listener support campaign in August, I announced that there would be two different programs that would be between the Casebook of Gregory Hood and Pat Novak for Hire. We do man from Homicide and then Homicide o' Kane. And then at the very end of the season we would be starting the Crom and Peter Chambers. Well, we had something very fortunate happen in that we discovered three more Australian episodes of the Amazing Mr. Malone that I was not aware of when I made that announcement. Plus, we discovered that having a wonderful crime really should be tied in to the Mr. Malone series. And we discovered a couple lost episodes of the Casebook of Gregory Hood. Which is to say, because I'm trying to time this so that we get four weeks where we have Pat Novak for Hire and Dragnet airing at the same time to recreate that experience for listeners who heard Jack Webb doing Pat Novak on one station and then heard him doing Joe Friday on another. These two very different roles, we won't actually do those two. We won't do man from Homicide after the Case Book of Gregory Hood and we won't get to Crime and Peter Chambers this season but we'll take both of those programs up. I think those will all announce now those two will be the first two programs will do Crime and Peter Chambers and then man from Homicide out of the Shooting. When we start adding new programs in our sixth season which will start in November and Homicide ocane will actually be heard on Saturday after Police Blotter and before we get into police headquarters. To Jack's question or comment, I appreciate it. I think this lineup is actually going to be stronger as things go on. Once we have the Saint, we'll have Vincent Price as the Saint on Mondays, Philip Marlowe on Wednesdays with Gerald Moore, Nick Carter with Lon Clark, Johnny Dollar with Bob Bailey and Dragnet with Jack Webb. Of course we'll have something else on Tuesday though that will tend to rotate a little bit. But looking forward to I think there's still so many interesting to shows to play play and I'm glad folks have enjoyed what we brought them up till here. And then Brian says love the podcast. You help many people to enjoy hours of relaxation every week and I even managed to learn a thing or two about old time radio. Thanks and keep it up. Well, you're welcome Brian. And before we go, I do want to encourage you to support our listeners out there who have not donated to support our Listener support campaign. Support.greatdetives.net and since we're since Gregory Hood collects antiques, these books aren't quite antiques but they're pretty interesting. They are Michael Shane books written in the 1950s and 60s and printed in the 50s and 60s. Nice Little Dell paperback books. We I picked them up and we have four of them left and if you're in the US or Canada we will send you two of them for a donation of $50 or more. And these are some out of print books and the pocketbooks are nice. You can put them in the front in your front pocket if you've got a good sized pocket or also in a purse. They're hard boiled action. So if you'd like to pick a couple up you just send a fifty dollar donation and can do that support.greatdetactives.net or if you don't have or use PayPal, just email me and I'll be happy to provide you you my mailing address for that purpose. Alright, well we'll see you back here tomorrow as we continue on with the Curse of Kamishek matter. And then we'll be back next Tuesday with another episode of the Casebook of Gregory hood. In the meantime, send your comments to Box [e-mail] follow us on Twitter at radiodetectives and become one of our friends on Facebook facebook.com radiodetactives but from Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham, signing off.

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