Michael Shayne: Return to Huxley (Encore) (EP4881)

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Episode Title: Michael Shayne: Return to Huxley (Encore) (EP4881)
Air Date: January 5, 2026
Host: Adam Graham

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Episode Overview

In this classic Old Time Radio episode, private detective Michael Shayne and his sharp-tongued assistant Phyllis Knight return to Huxley College to investigate a string of disturbing campus incidents. What begins as a case involving a mysterious "Peeping Tom" quickly escalates to murder. The episode embodies the witty, fast-paced, and suspenseful storytelling of the golden age of radio mysteries, featuring shrewd deduction, character banter, and a dramatic reveal.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. Introducing the Mystery at Huxley College

Timestamps: [03:16]–[04:53]

• Michael Shayne and Phyllis are summoned to Huxley College by Professor Brill, due to campus unrest caused by a "Peeping Tom."
• The incidents have primarily frightened the female students, leading to a dozen complaints in one week.
• Michael is, initially, unimpressed by what seems to be a minor case, but Professor Brill hints at escalating threats.

Notable Quote:

• Professor Brill: "It's affecting the morale of our girls. The girls? I thought this place was co-educational." [04:34]

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2. Interviewing the Victims & Witnesses

Timestamps: [04:53]–[07:14]

• Shayne and Phyllis meet Ms. Brown, who describes her terrifying encounter with the campus prowler.
• Next, they are introduced to Quincy Baldwin, a brilliant, charismatic student who becomes a key player in the investigation after being attacked himself.
• Professor Brill reveals the "Peeping Tom" has sent taunting anonymous notes, warning of "more serious things to come."

Notable Quote:

• Professor Brill: "He boasts of his activities and promises more serious things to come. If it doesn't stop soon, a mass hysteria will break out among the student body." [07:02]

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3. Night Watch on Campus – The Murder

Timestamps: [09:16]–[12:53]

• Shayne decides to watch for the prowler at night, accompanied by Quincy.
• The murder occurs: Agnes Carter, a student, is found strangled with football laces.
• The immediate suspects include Agnes's estranged roommate, Jean Winters, and her boyfriend, Gil Packard (the football star), who is found with a suspicious scratch on his face.

Notable Quote:

• Michael Shayne: "Dead about a half hour and a very neat job of strangling... yeah, yeah it is the laces from a football." [11:50–12:00]

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4. Unraveling Motives and Alibis

Timestamps: [13:03]–[17:17]

• The atmosphere among the students and faculty turns tense as Shayne questions potential suspects and the credibility of their alibis.
• Jean Winters and Gil Packard have plausible motives tied to jealousy and recent quarrels with Agnes.
• Shayne astutely notes the case appears "too blame simple," indicating skepticism that Gil is truly guilty.

Notable Quote:

• Michael Shayne: "Fishy is an aquarium. It's too blame simple." [17:34–17:38]

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5. Notable Clues and Psychological Games

Timestamps: [17:18]–[19:09]

• Quincy Baldwin attempts to vouch for Gil’s innocence, while the group learns the killer is taunting them with more letters.
• Shayne suspects a deeper psychological motive and asks who the most popular girl on campus is (Claire Fisher), suspecting the new killer will target her next.

Notable Quote:

• Quincy Baldwin: "She had a Messalina complex."
• Phyllis Knight: "Psychological double talk, Michael. It means a lady Woo." [18:47–18:50]

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6. Shayne’s Stakeout and The Trap

Timestamps: [20:45]–[23:52]

• Shayne devises a stakeout, pretending to leave but actually watching Claire Fisher’s window, predicting another attack.
• Shayne's suspicion about Quincy grows, based on behavioral clues and ego-driven motivation.

Notable Quote:

• Michael Shayne: "If I guessed right, and I think I have, it’s going to happen right across the street in that same sorority house." [21:49–21:58]

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7. Dramatic Confrontation and Solution

Timestamps: [24:01]–[28:00]

• Quincy is caught in the act of attempting to murder Claire with tennis strings (mirroring Agnes’s murder).
• Quincy confesses, revealing he masterminded the scheme—originally as a game, then as a test of his own brilliance and psychological manipulation over campus life.
• Shayne details the critical clues that led him to Quincy, particularly the psychological need for attention and the symbolic choice of victim.

Notable Quotes:

• Quincy Baldwin: "Thanks to you, Mr. Shane, I am the most brilliant student. The rest are sheep. Fools." [26:25]
• Michael Shayne: "You made a couple of slips. You were the only boy that the Peeping Tom picked on. And then you were so helpful to us, you didn’t come directly to meet us at the clock tower. You took a few minutes out to kill Agnes." [27:17–27:22]

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8. Closing Notes & Light-hearted Wrap-up

Timestamps: [28:00]–[28:58]

• Shayne and Phyllis share playful exchanges, referencing college lingo and their own dynamic, providing a humorous and cozy conclusion after the tension.
• The show’s credits highlight the star actors and close out the mystery.

Memorable Banter:

• Phyllis Knight: "It's all right, Michael. I like you just the way you are."
• Michael Shayne: "You wouldn't change me, huh? Well? Well, what? Well, you might take your feet off the desk." [28:26–28:43]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• "Research, honey, research. It looks to me like this particular seat of learning has got quite a spread, baby. You know what I mean?" – Michael Shayne [09:32–09:41]
• "You know, with all your enthusiasm, Quincy, I suspect there’s a cute redhead at the desk in front of you." – Phyllis Knight [10:06–10:11]
• "An experiment in psychology. Experiment in murder, you mean." – Michael Shayne & Quincy Baldwin [26:32]

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Episode Structure

• 00:00-03:16: Ads and host introduction
• 03:16-28:58: Main content: Michael Shayne audio drama – "Return to Huxley"
• 28:58+ Ads, credits, and host wrap-up

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Final Thoughts by Host Adam Graham

Timestamps: [30:22]

Adam notes the different dynamic of the episode—absent familiar characters (like Inspector Faraday)—and likens the structure to "Let George Do It," praising the balance of melodrama and detective work. He reminds listeners of the upcoming schedule and ways to interact with the show.

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Summary Takeaway

"Return to Huxley" exemplifies clever radio detective fiction: a campus mystery with issues of jealousy, ego, and psychological manipulation, ultimately solved by tenacity and insight. The episode’s sharp dialogue, suspenseful pacing, and classic "whodunit" structure make it a prime showcase for the genre—and a nostalgic treat for detective drama fans.

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Transcript

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[Adam Graham]

Our week of Howard McNear continues. Remember that all information and offers in the episode are not valid unless currently featured on the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio website as these programs were recorded many years ago. But now enjoy a great Old Time Radio detective program featuring Howard McNear. Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham. If you have a comment, email it to me. Box Thirteenreatetactives.net Follow us on Twitter at radiodetectives and become one of our friends on Facebook facebook.com radiodetectives before we get started, I do want to encourage you, if you've not already, to check out our store store.greatdetectives. where you can pick up any of my novels, including Slime Incorporated, as well as my ebooks. All I needed to know I learned from Columbo and all I needed to know I learned from Dragnet. You can pick that up store.greatdetectives.net well, now it's time for Michael Shane and I should say that there is a bit of a change here. Michael Shane at this point had gone to being a national program. We have more than a year and a half or, well, more than a year's worth of episodes missing, but we have two episodes from this national run of Michael Shane. The original air date on this program is November 5th of 1946. And the title is Return to Huxley.

[Phyllis Knight]

Oh. Oh, why, yes, of course. Quiet.

[Michael Shane]

I will take no college stuff and that's final.

[Phyllis Knight]

Mr. Shane says he'll be delighted to take the case.

[Michael Shane]

The Hastings Manufacturing Company and the Kite Corporation present Michael Shane, private detective. Starring Wally Mayer and Kathy Lewis. A detective without a murder case is like flapjacks without syrup. Yet that is just the predicament of our friend Michael Cheyne. In fact, things are so dull that we find Michael and his blonde assistant, Phyllis Knight, not at the office, not at police headquarters, not at the morgue, but squirming uncomfortably in the seat of higher learning. In other words, the office of the president of Huxley College. Professor Brill is explaining the situation to our friends. As I say, Mr. Shane, I decided to ask for your help because Phyllis Knight graduated from Huxley and is now, as I understand it, your amanuensis. My? Oh, no, professor. She's just my secretary.

[Phyllis Knight]

Amanuensis means secretary, my pet.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, excuse me. Yes, quite so. You see, Mr. Shane, we don't want to take our problem to the town police. Unfavorable publicity, you know. But something must be done about it immediately. It's affecting the morale of our girls. The girls? I thought this place was co educational. It is, Mr. Shane, but our feminine students seem to be more affected by it.

[Phyllis Knight]

Oh, a bad rash of Frank Sinatra.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, no, no. That is no more than usual. You'll understand after talking with the victims. I have two of them waiting now in the outer office. Just a moment, please. Oh, Ms. Brown, you step in here.

[Phyllis Knight]

Yes, Frank.

[Commercial Announcer]

Very good.

[Michael Shane]

Yes, step right in, hands down. This is Mr. Shaynes Brown.

[Phyllis Knight]

How do you do?

[Michael Shane]

Hello. And Ms. Knight, a Mr. Shane's associate and one of our former alumni.

[Phyllis Knight]

How do you do, Ms. Brown?

[Michael Shane]

I should explain, Ms. Brown, that Mr. Shane is a private investigator whom we have employed to solve the embarrassments which have been occurring here recently. Now, if you just repeat your story.

[Phyllis Knight]

Well, if you say so, Professor. Brilliant. Oh, it's a little embarrassing.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, well, go right ahead, Ms. Brown.

[Phyllis Knight]

Oh, well, happened last Monday night. I was in my room in the sorority, getting ready for bed. I was getting into bed when I.

[Michael Shane]

Heard a sound like somebody giggling and an echo maybe?

[Phyllis Knight]

Oh, no, sir. More like a mad laugh. It came from the window. It was open, but there was a screen. Somebody was trying to pry it off. And then I screamed. That's the usual procedure, I believe.

[Michael Shane]

Go on, Ms. Brown.

[Phyllis Knight]

Well, he ran away, that's all.

[Michael Shane]

Do I understand, Professor Brill, that you brought us all the way down here just because of some peeping Tom? No, no, no, no. You don't appreciate the situation. Mr. Shane, in the past week I've had at least a dozen complaints similar to Ms. Brown's. Oh, my. It's gotten so our girls never know when they're safe.

[Phyllis Knight]

Well, I don't think that's peculiar to Huxley College, Professor.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, really? Oh, yes, I see. Well, Mr. Shane, I think you should hear the newest turn of events. Ms. Brown, will you ask Quincy Baldwin to step in here?

[Phyllis Knight]

It's all right if I leave, Professor?

[Michael Shane]

Oh, yes, of course. And thank you very much.

[Phyllis Knight]

Goodbye, Mr. Shane.

[Michael Shane]

Ms. Knight.

[Phyllis Knight]

Bye.

[Michael Shane]

Goodbye. Until last night, Mr. Sheen, none of the boys had been involved. But now, well, I'll let Quincey take it away. Oh, well, come right in, Quincy. Oh, thank you, sir.

[Phyllis Knight]

Tall, blond and rugged.

[Michael Shane]

Mr. Shane, this is Quincy Baldwin, another of our students. Our most brilliant student, I might say. Oh, well, I'm glad to meet you. How do you do, sir? And Ms. Knight. Charm, Ms. Knight.

[Phyllis Knight]

Thank you.

[Michael Shane]

Quincy, Mr. Shane would like you to tell him your name. Unfortunate experience of last night. Oh, well, Mr. Shane, about 10:00 clock last night I was coming home from a lecture and about a block from my fraternity, a masked man jumped out from behind a hedge and. Yes? Well, he conked me on the head. I see. Just a friendly gesture or some sort of college hazy? Hardly, sir. The man had a gun. Oh. Any way for you to recognize him again? Oh, no, sir. He got away. I should add, Mr. Shane, that this individual has been sending anonymous notes to my office. He boasts of his activities and promises more serious things to come. Now, believe me, sir, if it doesn't stop soon, a mass hysteria will break out among the student body. I hope you catch him, sir. I'm willing to do anything I can to help. Yes, that's an idea. Quincy, perhaps you should go along with Mr. Sheen. You can acquaint him with the campus and all our activities. Be glad to, sir. Well, for this afternoon, I'd like to work alone. If this peeping Tom performs only at night. Well, suppose, Quincy, you and me to, say, about nine or nine, 30. Well, could you make it 10, sir? I have to attend a lecture tonight and it's on the kinetic principles and thermal diffusion.

[Phyllis Knight]

Really? I must try that sometime.

[Michael Shane]

Yes. Okay. Okay. Make it 10 o'. Clock. Where will we meet? Well, at the clock tower.

[Phyllis Knight]

Meanwhile, maybe this afternoon Quincy can show me around. That'll bring me up to date on things.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, I'm sorry, sugar. I'll want you. We've got to check those anonymous notes.

[Phyllis Knight]

You said you wanted to work alone.

[Michael Shane]

I've changed my mind, if you know what I mean. Well, that tower clock is five minutes slow. According to my watch.

[Phyllis Knight]

Our good looking friend should be here now.

[Michael Shane]

Good looking bookend, if you ask me all. Yeah, and since when do you go for blonde guys with curly hair?

[Phyllis Knight]

Will you look who's talking? You spent plenty of time wandering around the girl's gym this afternoon.

[Michael Shane]

Research, honey, research. It looks to me like this particular seat of learning has got quite a spread, baby. You know what I mean?

[Phyllis Knight]

I get it. Hey, here comes our blonde menace right now.

[Michael Shane]

Hello there. Hello. Sorry to be late. The lecture was wonderful. I wish you could have heard the professor on the separation of the isotopes.

[Phyllis Knight]

Oh, no. Have they separated again?

[Michael Shane]

Oh, yes, yes, yes. All over town. Mrs. Isotope couldn't stand his drinking.

[Phyllis Knight]

Oh, well, I know it was causing talk.

[Michael Shane]

Well, anyway, it was a good lecture.

[Phyllis Knight]

You know, with all your enthusiasm, Quincy, I suspect there's a cute redhead at the desk in front of you.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, no, no, no. The feminine element doesn't fit into my program.

[Phyllis Knight]

Oh, really?

[Michael Shane]

Look, I may seem a little over enthusiastic, but you see, my father used to teach here at Huxley. Psychology. So erudition is probably bred into the corpuscles. You might say guys have been shot for saying less. Well, suppose we get started, huh? The sorority houses are on Elm street, aren't they? Yes, the street here to our right. I'm blamed if I know where we start. Just ambling down Sorority Row waiting for some gal to yelp isn't my idea of an investigation. Have you checked on the notes this individual has been writing? Yeah, yeah, I did that this afternoon. The guy printed them with a pen. No dice.

[Phyllis Knight]

You know, this place hasn't changed a bit. Street's quiet as a grave at 10 o'.

[Michael Shane]

Clock. May I make a suggestion, Mr. Shane? Yeah, shoot. Well, it might look better if you and Ms. Knight were alone for a while. If you were to get in your car and park under a tree and, well, you follow my train of thought. Well, I think I caught the caboose.

[Phyllis Knight]

At least in basic English. You mean smooching.

[Michael Shane]

You know, you're improving, Quincy. That's the first sane idea we've had.

[Phyllis Knight]

Wait a minute. Isn't that Professor Brill?

[Michael Shane]

Yes, and running, too.

[Phyllis Knight]

Hello, Mr. Shane.

[Michael Shane]

I thought I might miss you. Something terrible has happened, just terrible. Yeah, What? At the sorority. One of the girls has been murdered.

[Phyllis Knight]

Oh, what a dreadful, dreadful thing to happen.

[Michael Shane]

Mm. Dead about a half an hour and A very neat job of strangling. What?

[Phyllis Knight]

What's that wand around her throat, Michael?

[Michael Shane]

Well, it looks like. Yeah. Yeah, it is the laces from a football. A football? Who found her?

[Phyllis Knight]

I did.

[Michael Shane]

You're one of the students living here? Yes.

[Phyllis Knight]

Jean Winters. I came to ask Agnes for my sewing kit. I forgot it when I moved out. You see, we lived together and I couldn't stand it any longer.

[Michael Shane]

Oh. What was wrong?

[Phyllis Knight]

I'll tell you, Mr. Shane. As House mother with sorority, I owe a duty to my other girls. I made Jean move to another room before she and Agnes drove the rest of us insane. Please, Mrs. Fuller. They were fighting always. Yesterday I caught them in here pulling hair and smashing things. Boy trouble out there. I told Agnes I went out with Gil only once. Is that why Agnes slammed the door on Gil's face this afternoon? I saw that myself.

[Michael Shane]

Hey, wait. Hold it. Who's gil? Gil Packard, Mr. Shane. He's our star halfback and my roommate. He was Agnes's boyfriend.

[Phyllis Knight]

Tight little corporation.

[Michael Shane]

This is Foyle. During the past hour, did anybody hear any unusual sounds from this room?

[Phyllis Knight]

No. It's been very peaceful since yesterday.

[Michael Shane]

Then the killer probably was somebody Agnes knew. That window over there. Any way of reaching it from the outside?

[Phyllis Knight]

Well, there's a little porch. I suppose somebody could climb up it. But if you ask me, Mr. Shane, I think you won't have to look outside. Hide this room for the murderer. If you're Talking about me, Mrs. Fuller, I'll lend you to my second time.

[Michael Shane]

If you ladies don't mind, I'll run this circus.

[Phyllis Knight]

Michael, listen.

[Michael Shane]

Yeah. Outside that window. I'll see if I can get a look at him. Stop where you are.

[Phyllis Knight]

Who is it? Michael.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, darn it. He got away. I just saw his back. But, Mr. Shane, aren't you going after him? No, no, it's useless. He's got too much of a head start. Anyway. I got a hunch he's not the man we want.

[Phyllis Knight]

Dollars to donuts, it was the Peeping Tom.

[Michael Shane]

Maybe. Maybe. Well, children, I think that's all here for the while. Oh, say, Quincy, have you any idea where I might find Gill Packard at the moment? Surely he has to be in his room by 9 o' clock every night. He's in training. Okay, then, let's take. Our room is right down the hall here. Fine. I don't know your purpose, Mr. Shane, but I can tell you Gil has nothing to do with this affair. I didn't say he had, Quincy. I'd just like to get a list Of Agnes's possible enemies. I can't rely too much on Ms. Jean Winters.

[Phyllis Knight]

You might also check on the spat between Gil and Agnes.

[Michael Shane]

This is our room. Oh. Oh, hello, Quincy. Gil, this is Mr. Shane, and this night they want to see you about something. Just a social call, Mr. Packard. Say, you got quite a scratch on your cheek there. It's bleeding. Oh, yeah. I was just changing the bandage. I got it in a scrimmage. Oh, won't you have a chair, miss?

[Phyllis Knight]

Night. Thank you.

[Michael Shane]

By the way, Mr. Packard, wasn't it rather risky to break training tonight? How did you. Oh, so Agnes blant again, did she? Told her what would happen if the coach found out. Thinks it's so funny to make a guy jump through hoops. No, no, it wasn't Agnes. Mr. Packet, I happen to recognize the plaid coat you're wearing. I saw the back of it when you ran away from the sorority house a few minutes ago. That's how you got the scratch, isn't it? Well, I fell off the porch. Somebody yelled at me and I got scared and ran. I wanted to talk to Aggie and, well, I wasn't supposed to be out after 9 o'. Clock. I figured nobody would see me at her window. I'm afraid it's all my fault, Mr. Shane. I told Gil to go over there tonight and have it out with Agnes once and for all. Oh, that trouble over Jean Winters? No, over another guy. Red Burroughs. Aggie knows I'm crazy about her and yet her. Say, what's all this pumping about anyway? Agnes has been murdered, Mr. Packet. Murder? What? She's dead?

[Phyllis Knight]

That's right.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, no. It doesn't seem possible. But just this afternoon, Aggie and I. Oh, my. Mike.

[Phyllis Knight]

Look under that bookcase.

[Michael Shane]

Mr. Packard, did you go to see Agnes at any time earlier this evening? No. Can you prove it? I was with him at the lecture, Mr. Shane. Yes, and we came back here and Quince left. I sneaked out later. I see. By the way, is that your football under the bookcase there? Huh? Yes, it is. Mm. It's unlaced. Where are the strings? I don't know. It was laced this afternoon.

[Phyllis Knight]

Michael, where are you going?

[Michael Shane]

To telephone. I think the police can take over from here. What? What do you mean? Well, for your information, Mr. Packard, Agnes Carter was strangled with a pair of football laces, or didn't you know? Well, good morning.

[Phyllis Knight]

Oh, good morning, Mr. Shane.

[Michael Shane]

We don't like to see Professor Brill.

[Phyllis Knight]

Well, I think he's busy right now. He telephoned for us to come Right over. Oh, then I'll tell him you're here. Just a moment.

[Michael Shane]

All right.

[Phyllis Knight]

You know, Michael, I don't like this case. There's something fishy about it somewhere.

[Michael Shane]

Yeah, fishy is an aquarium. It's too blame simple.

[Phyllis Knight]

Then you don't think Gil Packard did it?

[Michael Shane]

No. Oh, we had to arrest him. Circumstances were too strong. But you know who our man is.

[Phyllis Knight]

Who?

[Michael Shane]

Handsome face, that Quincy bird. What? Be quiet.

[Phyllis Knight]

You can go right in.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, thanks. Come on, baby.

[Phyllis Knight]

Ah, Mr. Shane. Ms. Knight, I'm glad you could come.

[Michael Shane]

Quincy here has been pestering me for one solid half hour. Yes, Mr. Shane, you've got a clear kill. He didn't do it. You know who did? Well, no, but I'm sure Gil is innocent. Why, I've roomed with him for two terms now. The most popular boy on the campus. He's a swell fella. He wouldn't do such a thing. And besides, I was with him most of the evening.

[Phyllis Knight]

But he did break training and wanted to lie about it.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, he was just scared. The whole thing is most regrettable. Most regrettable. I anticipate a very unfavorable reaction among our regions and alumni. Well, Quincy, I don't see that there's much that can be done. Oh, Gil will be given a fair trial. Mr. Shane. Almost anybody could have killed Agnes. She had plenty of enemies. The girls didn't like her. The boys got two times. She had a Messalina complex. Is that bad?

[Phyllis Knight]

Psychological double talk, Michael. It means a lady Woo.

[Michael Shane]

Agnes went for one boy after another. The minute she knew he was in love with her, she'd throw him over to show her power. Kill was just another one. Any of those boys might kill her. Or one of the girls. Jean Winters, for instance. Anybody might.

[Phyllis Knight]

Pardon me, Professor Brill. This special delivery letter just came.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, yes, yes. Thank you, thank you.

[Phyllis Knight]

Oh, you didn't even wait. Yes, but.

[Michael Shane]

Excuse me while I see what this is. Sure, sure. Well, if it's as you say, Quincy, everybody on the campus is in this. I. I think I'll let the local police in. Oh, my, this is frightful. What's wrong, Mr. Shane? Read this letter, Professor Brill. I told you you couldn't stop me, even from murder. Nobody can outwit me. Least of all that wool brain detective you've hired. You'll be hearing from me again. That's all. It's unsigned. Well, now you'll believe me, Mr. Shane, Gil is innocent. Maybe not. Gil could have mailed this letter before we arrested him. To make it look like the work of your Peeping Tom. Well, what do you propose to do now, Mr. Shane? Go home, Professor. What? Yep. Yeah, I don't feel like playing blind man's buff any longer. The local police can take over. But, Mr. Shane. I'm sorry. I should remind you, Mr. Shane, your fee was dependent upon catching this Peeping Tom, who is now a murderer. That's okay, Professor. At least I can say I've been through a college. You coming, Phil?

[Phyllis Knight]

Oh, yes, yes.

[Michael Shane]

Oh. Oh, by the way, professor, could you tell me who was the most popular girl on the campus?

[Phyllis Knight]

Let me see now.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, Claire Fisher won the last popularity contest. Why? Oh, nothing, nothing. Goodbye, gentlemen.

[Phyllis Knight]

Mike, what are we stopping for? You leave something back at the hotel.

[Michael Shane]

Uh, honey, have you seen the new Cary Grant movie?

[Phyllis Knight]

No.

[Michael Shane]

Well, you're going to. In fact, you're going to see it through three times today.

[Phyllis Knight]

Are you kidding? I thought we were headed for the city.

[Michael Shane]

That's what I want everybody to think. Let's go. Come on, baby. The theater's right across the street. Until 9 o' clock tonight it's you and me in the dark and cozy.

[Phyllis Knight]

Pretty good, pretty good With Cary Gr. Oh, look, my dear Mr. Shane, do we have to keep walking around the same block all night? Mike, let's stop a minute.

[Michael Shane]

I tell you, it's going to happen. I feel it in my bones.

[Phyllis Knight]

I still say nobody's going to pull two murders two nights running. Besides, I just can't see how you figure a nice boy like that Quincy.

[Michael Shane]

Well, you wait, sugar. You wait. If I guessed right, and I think I have, it's going to happen right across the street in that same sorority house.

[Phyllis Knight]

I see you and the gent sat down over a cup of tea inside of the doors. Hey, isn't that Quincy coming along the sidewalk?

[Michael Shane]

Mm. And Ms. Jean Winters carrying tennis rackets.

[Phyllis Knight]

Must have had a night game.

[Michael Shane]

Hello, Quincy. Oh, Mr. Shay. I thought you'd left. Well, we were delayed. Just taking a last stroll around the place. Well, how are you tonight, Ms. Winters?

[Phyllis Knight]

All right, thank you. Have a good game. All right. I don't like playing at night.

[Michael Shane]

She says she can't see the ball under the lights.

[Phyllis Knight]

I have enough trouble hitting it in the daylight. I know what you mean. I have the same trouble.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, do you play, Ms. Knight?

[Phyllis Knight]

Oh, I used to a little. I don't get a chance very often now. Come on, Quince, let's go.

[Michael Shane]

Just a minute, Gene. Is there anything I can do, Mr. Shane? No. No, thanks. We're just taking a last look at the campus.

[Phyllis Knight]

Listen, Quincy, if you're going to restring these. Right.

[Michael Shane]

All right, all right. Well, goodbye, Mr. Shane. Ms. Knight. Goodbye.

[Phyllis Knight]

Good night. Good night.

[Michael Shane]

All right, honey, this is it.

[Phyllis Knight]

What? Michael, are you in a trance staring at the stars like that?

[Michael Shane]

Come on, baby, we gotta get going. What?

[Phyllis Knight]

What's the matter?

[Michael Shane]

I think I know how Ms. Claire Fisher is going to be killed if we don't get there first. There. That's Claire's room. The lighted window, third to the right.

[Phyllis Knight]

On the ground floor.

[Michael Shane]

Yeah.

[Phyllis Knight]

May I ask, Mr. Shane, how you knew which was her room?

[Michael Shane]

Or shouldn't I mention more research? Honey, I checked it before we left this afternoon. Now keep in the shadow of these bushes. We don't want anybody to spot us.

[Phyllis Knight]

How do you know Claire is going to be the one to be killed?

[Michael Shane]

Just a hunch, honey. Figuring it from his angle.

[Phyllis Knight]

Look, look, our light just went out.

[Michael Shane]

Okay, now look, we've got to get across that stretch of lawn without being seen. If we muff this, it may be the end of clear.

[Phyllis Knight]

You say when.

[Michael Shane]

All right, now aim for that big bush under the first window.

[Phyllis Knight]

Yeah.

[Michael Shane]

Then work along the building to her window. You all set?

[Phyllis Knight]

Yes.

[Michael Shane]

Okay, let's go. We made it. All right.

[Phyllis Knight]

What up?

[Michael Shane]

I got your cover. No, funny position. There was two people in town. Listen, Officer, please, if you got us wrong. I'm the detective, Michael Shane. Oh, yeah, he left town this afternoon. But wait a minute. And you're leaving for the station right now.

[Phyllis Knight]

Michael, somebody's at Claire's window. Yes.

[Michael Shane]

Come on, we got to get in there. Oh, no, you over the opposite. Look, look, a girl's going to be killed. Oh, yeah, Ain't that interesting? Okay, you asked for it. Come on, Phil, quick.

[Phyllis Knight]

Michael, he's going in the window.

[Michael Shane]

Hey, no. Come back. Now you get that cop and come a running. I'm going in this window.

[Phyllis Knight]

Watch out, darling, please.

[Michael Shane]

All right, Quincy, up with the hands. It's dark in here, Mr. Shane. You can't see me, but she'll feel me. Why you.

[Phyllis Knight]

Oh, you.

[Michael Shane]

Don'T. You haven't got me yet, Mr. Shane. Oh, that's what you do. Here. Here's a sample of my Sunday punch. All right, come on, open the door. Come on.

[Phyllis Knight]

Come. Come on. Come on.

[Michael Shane]

You all right? Yeah, yeah, I'll let you in. Wait a minute. Hey, what's going on here?

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[Michael Shane]

Turn on sl.

[Phyllis Knight]

Yes. Yeah. Here we are, officer. Oh. Oh, Michael, you're hurt.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, brother, did he give me a Swedish massage.

[Phyllis Knight]

And Claire. Oh, look.

[Michael Shane]

Holy saints, you wasn't Kidding me. Another murder? No, not quite. I can feel her heart beat.

[Phyllis Knight]

Strangled with. With what?

[Michael Shane]

Tennis strings, baby. Tennis strings. Uh huh huh. Well, Officer, you'd better clamp the bracelets on. Mr. Quincy Baldwin, Huxley's most brilliant student, is coming too. Yeah, yeah. Thanks to you, Mr. Shane, I am the most brilliant student. The rest are sheep. Fools.

[Phyllis Knight]

Seems to me you have a rather extreme way of proving the point.

[Michael Shane]

Girls didn't like me. I was too brilliant. The boys were jealous of my brains. Even Gil. Beeping Tom. They reacted just as I wanted them to. I started it just as a game to watch the sheep react. An experiment in psychology. Experiment in murder, you mean. It was easy. And Gil was such a fish. I helped you, Mr. Shane. I even risked my neck. There was a thrill of danger. But you didn't catch me, Mr. Shane. You just blundered onto it. You stupid man. Well, hardly, Quincy. You see, you made a couple of slips. You were the only boy that the peeping Tom picked on. And then you were so helpful to us, you didn't come directly to meet us at the clock tower. You took a few minutes out to kill Agnes.

[Phyllis Knight]

Michael, how did you know? You tried to kill Claire tonight.

[Michael Shane]

His ego. You remember when I asked Professor Brill who was the most popular girl?

[Phyllis Knight]

Yes.

[Michael Shane]

Well, that was it. Gill, the most popular boy. Claire, the most popular girl. You couldn't resist that, Quincy. I still say you're stupid. Yeah, well, it could be. But you'll be wearing the dunce cap, Quincy, when you sit in the gas chamber. Oh, what's that, honey? Another bill?

[Phyllis Knight]

No, my duck. Just a little check from Huxley College. Darfee, remember?

[Michael Shane]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Say, by the way, did you graduate from any other college?

[Phyllis Knight]

Of course not.

[Michael Shane]

Are you sure? Yes. Oh, that's good.

[Phyllis Knight]

Why?

[Michael Shane]

Well, colleges give me an inferiority complex. That stuff about thermal diffusion and kinetic. What do you call them? Ah, that's no place for a dick.

[Phyllis Knight]

Oh, well, it's all right, Michael. I like you just the way you are.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, you do, huh?

[Phyllis Knight]

Besides, you're intelligent. That's what counts in the long run.

[Michael Shane]

You wouldn't change me. H. Well? Well, what?

[Phyllis Knight]

Well, you might take your feet off the desk.

[Michael Shane]

Oh, why, certainly, Ms. Isotope.

[Phyllis Knight]

Why, thank you, Mr. Isotope.

[Michael Shane]

Michael shane, private detective stars wally mayer and kathy lewis. This is the mutual broadcasting system.

[Phyllis Knight]

Hello, mystery lovers. I'm Jennifer Moss, author of Town Red, the first in a series of mysteries with a metaphysical twist. Town Red has received critical acclaim and all five stars from avid mystery readers. Just like you, Town Red and the rest of my books are available in print and in ebook on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and itunes.

[Michael Shane]

For more information, Visit my website, JenniferMoss.com.

[Phyllis Knight]

You'Re listening to the great detectives and of Old Time Radio.

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Welcome back. Well, a very different dynamic. Without Inspector Faraday there, we get a story. It really does remind me a lot of Let George do it in the way that it was constructed. A little bit of melodrama at the end. All right, well that will actually do it for today. Join us back here tomorrow for the Avenger. And then on Thursday the first episode of Boston Blackie. And then next Monday, join us back here for another episode of Michael Shane. In the meantime, send your comments to box13reatdetactives.net follow us on Twitter at radiodetectives and become one of our friends on Facebook. Facebook.com Radiodetectives from Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham signing off.

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