The Zero Hour and The Key

Summary

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The Relic Radio Show: "The Mannequin Sham" (The Zero Hour) & "Subconscious Experiment" (The Key)

Date: April 28, 2026
Podcast: The Relic Radio Show
Host: RelicRadio.com
Theme: Showcasing dramatic audio from radio’s golden age, this episode features two vintage radio tales—one a contemporary drama about consumer fraud, the other a chilling sci-fi exploration of tampering with the human subconscious.

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Episode Overview

This week, The Relic Radio Show unearths two old-time radio gems:

1. "The Mannequin Sham" from The Zero Hour (June 12, 1974):
   A drama where a separated couple delves into a dangerous consumer fraud perpetrated by a phony modeling school.

2. "Subconscious Experiment" from The Key (1956):
   A science fiction narrative about a scientist who severs a subject’s connection to his subconscious—raising ethical, psychological, and political questions.

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1. "The Mannequin Sham" – The Zero Hour

(00:48–21:20)

Main Theme

A tale of deception and danger, as consumer protection agent E.J. Quinn investigates a fraudulent modeling school, risking both her life and a potential reconciliation with her detective husband, Lloyd.

Key Discussion Points & Plot Progression

• Opening Context
  • Host intro (00:11): Sets the scene for 1970s radio drama.
  • Rod Serling voiceover (00:48): "Today, King Weisscloft's unmasking of a consumer fraud. 'The Mannequin Sham.'"
• The Quins' Fractured Relationship
  • Lloyd wants E.J. to end their separation:

    "As far as I'm concerned, our trial separation is over. I'll change. I love you." – Lloyd (03:26)

  • E.J. is focused on work, not reconciliation.
• Consumer Fraud Emerges
  • Pamela Covington seeks help for being scammed by the Margot Mandel Modeling Service:

    "That's right, Mrs. Quinn, I don't think they're on the level." – Pamela (04:24)

  • The modeling school has taken money for classes that never materialize (05:07–05:16).
• The Sting
  • E.J. herself signs up to investigate:

    "Well, Pamela, I think you have a case. We single gals have got to stick together, you know." – E.J. (05:42)

• Clues Unravel
  • Margo Mandel and accomplices grow suspicious; plan to stage fake classes as cover (07:13–07:38).
• Personal Stakes & Tapes
  • Lloyd worries E.J. risks too much (09:41–10:18).
  • E.J. records evidence, confronts Margo Mandel (10:21).
• Danger at the Beach
  • Pamela is lured to a supposed modeling shoot, E.J. accompanies her (12:11–12:31).
  • Margo and criminal associate Nazarian plot to dispose of the meddling women (13:24, 15:43).
• Final Confrontation
  • E.J. and Pamela narrowly escape murder; Lloyd and police arrive in time to apprehend the perpetrators (18:33–18:42).
  • E.J.: "If Margot hadn't found the camera and the tape recorder, I could have brought them in myself." (19:19)
  • Sweet reconciliation hinted between E.J. and Lloyd (19:47–19:51).
• Resolution
  • E.J. immediately fielding a new fraud call—implying her work never ends (19:59–20:26).

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "Everyone says compare. Ford says compare not only the cars, but the total cost of owning a car." – Hugh Downs’ period advertisement (01:32)
• "You know how it works. The door to door bit. They butter up unsuspecting women, then get them to sign up for the service. Doesn't even exist." – E.J. (09:58)
• "I’m a detective. E.J., this isn’t good... this tape business especially." – Lloyd (10:21)
• "Pamela, by any chance, can you swim?" – E.J. as escape plan forms (18:18)
• Humorous Ad Moment:

  "S I n e o f F. The sinus medicine that gives you a full dose of pure aspirin plus a sinus drainer." – Ad copy (08:02)

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2. "Subconscious Experiment" – The Key

(22:26–47:21)

Main Theme

A science fiction drama examining the perils of tampering with human autonomy. A scientist severs a man’s subconscious, creating a mechanical, obedience-driven ‘perfect voter’.

Key Discussion Points & Plot Progression

• Experiment Revealed
  • Morris (the scientist) demonstrates his “successful” experiment on Tom:

    "What, in fact, I've been able to do is completely sever the conscious from the subconscious." – Morris (24:32)

  • Political implications: Tom, now without subconscious or hesitation, is termed "the perfect voter."
• Ethical Dilemma and Horror
  • Woodward, the politician guest, is unsettled by Tom’s loss of humanity:

    "He's got a brain, but nothing to control. Nothing at all... The fact remains you've taken a perfectly ordinary young man and turned him into a sort of monster." – Woodward (29:05)

  • "No wars, no revolutions, no governments crashing. Everybody doing exactly as they were told."
• Vision of a Controlled Society
  • Plan revealed: Operate on doctors so they unknowingly create a society of obedient citizens (30:36–31:30).
  • Discussion turns to the danger of losing freedom and conscience for stability.
• Show of Control
  • Tom is ordered to walk through a closed door, further demonstrating his loss of self-preservation (31:52).
• Female Nurse’s Perspective
  • Ms. Seward asserts the world would be better without conflict:

    "I want to see an end to war fighting. I want to see everybody free and happy... The man unbothered by conscience is free and happy." – Ms. Seward (34:08–34:15)

• Woodward’s Resistance
  • Despite arguments, Woodward refuses to join the conspiracy, choosing conscience (37:34–37:45).
• Climactic Stand-Off
  • Attempt to force Woodward onto the table for the “operation” (38:17–39:30).
  • He resists, only for Tom to attack him under command, but is ultimately unsuccessful.
• Twist & Escape
  • Police arrive just in time, having been called by Woodward under a false name, revealing the criminal activities (42:37–46:14).
• Coda
  • The horror is neutralized; the secret, it is hoped, will "stay in here forever" (46:55).

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "You see before you a mechanical brain that's infallible... Take away the unplumbed part of a man's brain, and he is mechanical." – Morris (27:09)
• "What controls ordinary men has no longer contact with Tom. He got frightened, worried. He's not anything." – Morris (31:45)
• "As you can see, Mr. Woodward, Tom is very happy. As a matter of fact, he looks 20 years younger." – Ms. Seward (33:59)
• "You're a woman!" – Woodward incredulous at Ms. Seward's collusion (34:05)
• "I'm warning you, I'll fight like a madman. ... My dear Woodward, I wouldn't think of pitting myself against you. No, No. I have somebody much better. Somebody who does what he's told and is so mechanical that you might succeed in bruising him, but never stopping him." – (34:38–35:32)
• "Maybe Mr. Morris had something. He had. I hope his secret will stay in here forever. A closing door finishes the story. Next week, another key will open another door to another story." – Episode close (46:55)

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Standout Segments & Timestamps

• E.J. and Lloyd’s Marital Tension: 03:22–04:06
• Consumer Fraud Exposed: 04:24–05:48
• The Beach Kidnapping & Showdown: 16:19–18:43
• Ethical Theorizing on Mind & Control: 24:32–31:52
• Tom’s Brainwashed Obedience Demo: 31:52–33:59
• Woodward's Resistance and Climax: 37:12–39:30
• Police Rescue & Aftermath: 42:43–46:55

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Overall Tone & Essence

The Mannequin Sham: Lightly hard-boiled but witty throughout (particularly E.J. and Lloyd’s banter), this episode blends marital drama, earnest activism, and classic moral-detective flair with a touch of suspenseful peril.

Subconscious Experiment: Cerebral, philosophical, with an undercurrent of 1950s Cold War dread, the script maintains a clinical, often chilling tone—counterbalancing dialogue-driven exposition with pointed ethical debates.

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For New Listeners

This hour delves into the variety and richness of classic audio drama—from a feminist-tinged detective story about consumer scams to a disturbing vision of complete mind control. Both tales capture the artistry and social anxieties of their eras, delivering suspense, ethical conundrums, and memorable personalities.

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Transcript

[Relic Radio Host]

This is the Relic Radio Show. Old Time Radio Entertainment still standing the test of time from relicradio.com. This is the Relic radio show. 60 minutes of radio drama from the golden age every Tuesday@ RelicRadio.com we're going to begin with the Zero Hour. This week we'll hear its story from June 12, 1974 titled the Mannequin Sham. After that it's the key in an episode from 1956 titled Subconscious Experiment.

[Lloyd Quinn]

I'm rod serling. You're listening to the zero hour. Rest your eyes. Your imagination. Today. King Weisscloft's unmasking of a consumer fraud. The Mannequin Sham. Starring Lisa. In the Mutual Broadcasting System presentation the Zero Hour brought to you by the Ford Motor Company. Also by sign off tablets and spray Beach Nut chewing tobacco and International Harvester. This is Hugh Downs with another car buyers report from Ford. Car size and fuel economy are important considerations today. But so is the total cost of ownership which involves purchase price, trade in value and operating economy. At Ford Fields, if you compare mid sized cars, you'll choose Ford Torino. Take some operating economy examples. Torino offers gas saving steel belted radial ply tires, standard runs on regular gas and has a 26.5 gallon fuel tank that's 20% more capacity than its closest sales competitor. And compare some scheduled maintenance costs you'll find in the course of 50,000 miles. That compared to its closest sales competition. Torino's chassis is scheduled to be loosened lubricated only once to there eight times. Spark plugs are scheduled to be replaced only half as often. Everyone says compare. Ford says compare not only the cars, but the total cost of owning a car. The closer you look, the better we look. Today the story of the Quins, a likable couple who love each other. However, at the moment they're living apart. Two people on the outs looking for a way back in. And the route they're about to take is highly dangerous. More than a marriage, it could cost them their lives. Our story is called the Mannequin Sham.

[E.J. Quinn]

I'm sorry I'm so busy, Lloyd. But you know how it is. You should know.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Honey, I want you to come home. As far as I'm concerned, our trial separation is over. I'll change. I love you.

[E.J. Quinn]

Oh Lord. You can't change.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

You're a detective. It's your work. I still love you.

[E.J. Quinn]

We just never should have gotten married.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Jay, how can you say that?

[E.J. Quinn]

You were never home. Now I'm never home. We're like the proverbial two ships.

[Lloyd Quinn]

But I love you. Doesn't that mean anything?

[E.J. Quinn]

Oh, Lloyd, you're so handsome when you get angry.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Oh, E.J.

[E.J. Quinn]

yes, Sarah?

[Ms. Seward]

Pamela Covington to see you, Mrs. Quince.

[E.J. Quinn]

Send her in. You want to watch the girl you married at work?

[Lloyd Quinn]

No. When are you free?

[E.J. Quinn]

Are you asking for a date? E.J.

[Lloyd Quinn]

this is cruel.

[E.J. Quinn]

Dinner tomorrow at Archie's.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

8 o'.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Clock.

[Lloyd Quinn]

I'll make the reservation. What time should I call for you?

[E.J. Quinn]

Come in, Ms. Covington.

[Lloyd Quinn]

E.J. what time?

[E.J. Quinn]

This is Mr. Crin, my husband. He's a detective.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Hand.

[E.J. Quinn]

You do Lloyd. I'll meet you at the restaurant, okay?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

All right.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Bye.

[E.J. Quinn]

Well, Ms. Covington, you're here about the modeling service, right?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

That's right. Mrs. Quinn, I don't think they're on the level. And I was told that your organization checked into this type of thing.

[E.J. Quinn]

Well, we're a consumer protection agency. If someone sold you a product or service and didn't deliver, then you came to the right place.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Well, that's what happened.

[E.J. Quinn]

Tell me about it.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Well, one day about three months ago, a woman came by my apartment and told me about the Margo Mandel Modeling Service and how they found jobs for models.

[E.J. Quinn]

Were you a model?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

No, I'm a bookkeeper. But anyway, she showed me all the literature about their courses on how to become a model and how anyone could be one if you signed up with them.

[E.J. Quinn]

And you signed up?

[Ms. Seward]

Yeah.

[E.J. Quinn]

How much was the tuition?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

I paid $300 for classes in posture development and poise and movement.

[E.J. Quinn]

You're not satisfied with the results?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

The trouble is that the classes haven't started yet. I've written to them, but they say they're waiting until the enrollment's better.

[E.J. Quinn]

How much better?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

They didn't say. Mrs. Quinn, up till now, I've been able to get by on what I've saved. I'm not married, so my income was limited.

[E.J. Quinn]

Was?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Yeah. I quit my job two months ago so I could devote full time to modeling.

[E.J. Quinn]

I see. Well, Pamela, I think you have a case. We single gals have got to stick together, you know.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

But, Mrs. Quinn, wasn't that your husband? I just met.

[E.J. Quinn]

We're separated.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Oh.

[E.J. Quinn]

Now, before we start, I need some information from you. Would you care for more coffee, Ms. Work?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

No, thank you. But I do have a few questions about your application. We need your full name for our records.

[E.J. Quinn]

Oh, well, if you have to know, it's Elizabeth Jane. Everyone calls you D.J. even my husband.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

And you didn't put down your husband's occupation?

[E.J. Quinn]

Oh, he's a salesman.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

What does he sell? Does he work For a company I don't know.

[E.J. Quinn]

You don't know? He's a traveling salesman. He's always out of town. That's why we're separated.

[Ms. Seward]

I see.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

My check is good.

[E.J. Quinn]

It's my own account.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

I'm sure it is. And just as soon as it clears, we'll be in touch to let you know when classes start.

[E.J. Quinn]

Oh, good. I can't wait.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

You won't regret it, Mrs. Quinn. We at Margo Mandel have a reputation for being the best. I must be running along now. One last thing.

[E.J. Quinn]

Yes, missy?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

It's a little unusual that we're asked to come out to someone's home. How did you hear about us?

[E.J. Quinn]

Oh, a dear friend of mine told me about you. I signed up for the same class as she did.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

And who would she be?

[E.J. Quinn]

Pamela Covington.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Margot.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Margot.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Back so soon? Kirsten, I have to see you about the woman who called Mrs. Quinn. I'll meet you in the office. All right, girls, Everybody out of the water. It's time to go to work. She's a cop, Margot. I just know it. That Covington girl's been talking. Let her talk. But the classes. Mrs. Quinn signed up and paid. Kirsten, we're going to have those classes.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

We are?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Jim can arrange for them. He might even do the teaching. Then you know that when Jim is the teacher, you don't forget your lessons.

[E.J. Quinn]

I want that sinus medicine.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Headache tablets?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

No, sinus medicine.

[E.J. Quinn]

Sinus tablets helps the headache under pressure.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Oh, you mean sign off.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Exactly.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Headache pain is one thing. A sinus headache is something else. Sometimes your whole face can seem to throb with pain. You want relief? Take Synoff tablets. S I n e o f F. The sinus medicine that gives you a full dose of pure aspirin plus a sinus drainer. The sinus medicine that helps relieve sinus pain while you drain. And sign off doesn't stop there. Have you tried sign off sinus spray? The fastest known form of sinus congestion relief. It works in seconds. That's sign off sinus spray. When sinus flares up, use sign off tablets and spray only as directed.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

S I n e o f f Sign off. Exactly.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Sign off the sinus medicines in the bright red box.

[E.J. Quinn]

For me.

[Lloyd Quinn]

You shouldn't have. They were alive an hour ago. You could have called.

[E.J. Quinn]

Oh, honey, I completely lost track of time. I had to get these pictures developed.

[Lloyd Quinn]

What pictures? May I see them?

[E.J. Quinn]

I don't want to bore you. They're for my work.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Ah, good evening, Jay.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Oh, hi, Archie.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Lloyd was afraid that you stood him up. I'll lay off, will you, Arch? Things just aren't the same around here since you two broke up. Hey, what are you, a marriage counselor? Just take the order, okay?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Okay.

[Lloyd Quinn]

The Dover Soul is excellent tonight, Lloyd.

[E.J. Quinn]

I want you to hear something.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Shoot over Souls, Arch.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Listen, Mrs. Quinn, modeling is really a state of mind. That's our philosophy at Margo Mandel. We've placed hundreds of girls throughout the country in fashion shows, commercials, magazine layout. Why did you turn it off?

[Lloyd Quinn]

Honey, you don't play a tape recorder in a restaurant.

[E.J. Quinn]

It goes with the photographs.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

What?

[E.J. Quinn]

Remember that girl came into my office

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

the other day just as you were leaving?

[Lloyd Quinn]

Vaguely. She was heavyset.

[E.J. Quinn]

That's right. Pamela Covington.

[Lloyd Quinn]

We see those pictures.

[E.J. Quinn]

I'm doing some investigating for. She signed up with the Margot Mandel Modeling Service.

[Lloyd Quinn]

But this isn't the girl I saw in your office.

[E.J. Quinn]

Oh, I know that. That's Ms. Wolf. The same girl that's on the tape. She solicits for Marco Mandel. You know how it works. The door to door bit. They butter up until suspecting women, then get them to sign up for the service. Doesn't even exist.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Where did you get these pictures?

[E.J. Quinn]

I took them when Ms. Wolf came to my apartment.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

I have the whole thing on tape.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Of course she doesn't know. Ej, you can't do that.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Why not? You do.

[E.J. Quinn]

Yeah, but that's different.

[Lloyd Quinn]

I'm a detective. E.J. this isn't good. This tape business especially. You know what kind of trouble that could get you into still?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Obvious case of consumer fraud. Lloyd.

[E.J. Quinn]

I'm going to expose them.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Honey, there are other ways.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Don't try them. Talk me out of it.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Let me help. I don't want you risking your beautiful neck.

[E.J. Quinn]

Lloyd, it's part of my job. Besides, you don't have time.

[Lloyd Quinn]

I'll make time. Starting right now. Excuse me, you love birds. Telephone for you, Lloyd.

[E.J. Quinn]

Ah, here we go again.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Hello?

[Lloyd Quinn]

Oh, it's you.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Oh, there's Arian's in town. Are you sure?

[E.J. Quinn]

Archie, you better make that wand over so.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Yeah, yeah, I got it. Thanks for the tip.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Right, Arch. You better leave that one, though.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Oh, I'm sorry, honey, but don't apologize. Well, this one's the biggest fish in the ocean. Diamond Jim Nazarians. Been underground for months.

[E.J. Quinn]

You mean underwater, don't you?

[Lloyd Quinn]

Please don't be angry with me.

[E.J. Quinn]

I'm too busy to be angry, Lloyd. I've got my work.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Ej don't go through with this scheme of yours.

[E.J. Quinn]

If you try to stop me Lloyd, I swear I will sue you for divorce.

[Lloyd Quinn]

E.J.

[E.J. Quinn]

what?

[Lloyd Quinn]

You're beautiful when you get angry.

[E.J. Quinn]

Yes, sir?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Pamela Covington to see you, Mrs. Quinn.

[E.J. Quinn]

Send her in.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Misses Quinn, you're wonderful. Come on in.

[E.J. Quinn]

Pamela, you look chipper today.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Oh, I am. I was just on my way to go shopping. I'm buying a new outfit with the last of my money.

[E.J. Quinn]

But how can you afford it?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

I got a job, thanks to you.

[E.J. Quinn]

Thanks to me?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

You saw the people at Margot Mandel, didn't you?

[E.J. Quinn]

Yes, but I.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Well, they called me. I thought it was about the classes, but it's even better than that. They want me for a picture session tomorrow morning at the beach. Margo Mandel is going to be there in person.

[E.J. Quinn]

That's wonderful.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

I'd love to stay and talk, Mrs. Quinn, but the stores will be closing soon and I need a red bathing suit for tomorrow.

[E.J. Quinn]

A red bathing suit?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Oh, they said ox blood, but I looked it up and it means red.

[E.J. Quinn]

Well, I know just the place, Mrs. Quinn. Come on, I'm going with you.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Quinn here? What do you mean you lost Nazarian? He didn't just vanish. Oh, that's great. So we got the car he abandoned.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Big deal.

[Lloyd Quinn]

I don't suppose you got the registration there? What's the name on it?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Margo Mandel.

[Lloyd Quinn]

The address? Meet me there in 15 minutes. Listen, Margo, forget this Quinn dame. The heat's on.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

You're killing me. That was my car you were seen in. We are safe out here. There's not another house around for miles.

[Lloyd Quinn]

You don't seem to understand. I'm wanted for murder.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

I understand our deal, Jim. I pay you for muscle. Tomorrow morning, those two women will be out here expecting to have their picture taken. All you've got to do is shoot them. Hello, Margo. This is Kirsten. Two detectives were here looking for you. I told them the car was stolen like you said to. Well, then, what's the problem? As they were leaving, one of them called the other by his name. So it was Quinn

[Lloyd Quinn]

I had. He was a mighty fine man. He taught me a thing or two a woman can hurt. So you stay on your guard and beats nuts. The tobacco you cheer. Them times. We'd go fishing, my daddy and me. He'd tell me everything. You go after big mouth in close to the bank and beach nuts, the tobacco you chin around here. Beach nuts. The word for chewing tobacco. And it's been that way, father and son, for a long, long time. What's the secret? It's the way beach nut just keeps Getting better. Like Beechnut's a lot moister these days with more taste and less stems. Big improvements. You ought to try today's reach Nut ch in the back of and now I'm a daddy with the son who still grown and I tell him a thing or two Scared money don't win Evil women drink gin and be nuts at the back of your chin.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Consumer guardians. May I help you?

[Lloyd Quinn]

Is EJ Quinn there?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Mrs. Quinn left for the day.

[Lloyd Quinn]

You know where she went? This is her husband.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

She didn't say. Did you try her apartment?

[Lloyd Quinn]

There's no answer.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

She left several hours ago with Ms. Covington.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Did you say Covington?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Yes. I think they were going shopping for bathing suits.

[Lloyd Quinn]

If you hear from her, have her call me. No, no, wait. She's mad at me.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Tell her.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Tell her that Margo Mandel works with Diamond Jim Nazarian and to stay away from both of them.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Did you say bathing suits?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Yes, I did.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Thank you. You've been most helpful. Margo, I still don't like it.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

You don't have to like it. Just do it. No one will see or hear a thing. Disposing of the bodies won't be a problem.

[Lloyd Quinn]

You got it all figured out, don't you?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

What has to be, has to be.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Remember, I'm the one who sets you up with this operation. Madam.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Don't be cute.

[Lloyd Quinn]

You had a good thing going. Why did you have to get greedy?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

I needed more girls. We were expanding. Foamy classes were an afterthought. You know, that Quinn woman isn't bad looking. Too bad she had to get nosy. Well, they should be changed into their swimsuits by now.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

I'll get them.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

I'm almost dressed, Mrs. Quinn.

[E.J. Quinn]

Just take your time, Pamela.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Looking for something, Mrs. Quinn?

[E.J. Quinn]

Yes, a safety pin.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

I'm not quite as big as my top. I have one. Turn around. I'll do it for you. How do I look? Man, you chic, Ms. Covington. I'm sorry, Mrs. Quinn. Did I stick you? Is this yours, Mrs. Quinn? I found it in the dressing room. It must have fallen out of your purse. Bring it here, dear. Oh, how cute. A teeny little camera. Is that what it is? Ms. Covington, the photographer is waiting down the beach. Why don't you go on ahead? Mrs. Quinn and I will be along shortly. Where did you get this adorable little camera? Let's see. How does it work? Oh, my. I seem to have broken it. Oh, well, I can have it repaired. I'll put it in the drawer for safekeeping. Goodness. A tape recorder.

[E.J. Quinn]

Ms. Mandel, I can't explain.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

All right, lady. Who are you? All right.

[E.J. Quinn]

I'm a consumer advocate.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

You people are duping the public.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Is that so?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

I don't think you're really a modeling agency.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Does your husband know you're here? The detective? No, he doesn't, because.

[E.J. Quinn]

How did you know he's a detective?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

It's a crime. Shame he doesn't know, Mrs. Quinn, because when we're through with you, you're going to wish he did.

[Lloyd Quinn]

That's it, ladies.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Back up a little more.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

We'll fight him, but we're in the water as it is. Just do as he says, fatty. Fatty.

[E.J. Quinn]

I'm sorry I got you into this.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Pamela.

[E.J. Quinn]

By any chance, can you swim?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

What's going on? What's he doing? What is that? A gun?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Oh, rats.

[Lloyd Quinn]

It is Uncle. I can't go through with this.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Go on, Jim. Shoot them.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

What's that?

[Lloyd Quinn]

There's a motorboat coming.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Give me the gun.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Come on, Pamela.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Let's swim for it.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

I'm getting out of here.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Jim, come back here.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Give up, Navarian. You're surrounded. Throw down the gun.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Good, Lloyd.

[Lloyd Quinn]

That's far enough, Ms. Mandel. Archie was right about the Dover soul. It was great.

[E.J. Quinn]

Have you noticed he's been beaming all night?

[Lloyd Quinn]

He likes us, honey. And we did come in together. Maybe now that Nazarian and the Mandel woman are behind bars, we can come here more often. Maybe if you're through playing detective, you might even consider moving back in. I want you to.

[E.J. Quinn]

You know, I. I didn't do too badly for my first time. I. I had the goods on them. If Margot hadn't found the camera and the tape recorder, I could have brought them in myself. Actually, Lloyd, you know, you butted in.

[Lloyd Quinn]

EJ If I hadn't butted in, I might be a widower.

[E.J. Quinn]

Oh, you're exaggerating.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Well, you're lucky. Nazarian abandoned the car registered to Margo Mandel. If there hadn't been sand in it and a receipt for repairs, I wouldn't have found the service station, the beach house or you in time.

[E.J. Quinn]

Oh, I would have gotten away somehow.

[Lloyd Quinn]

E.J. come home, please. I miss you.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Oh, Lord.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Hate to break yourself, but you got a phone call. Oh, tell him I'm not here. Sorry, Lloyd, it's not for you.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

What?

[E.J. Quinn]

Thank you, Archie. Hello? Yes, this is Mrs. Grant. Well, of course I'd be interested. That's my job. Tell me, Mrs. Connie, is this company guaranteed?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

What?

[E.J. Quinn]

Oh, and they didn't?

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Oh, and you think they ought to be investigated.

[E.J. Quinn]

Here, honey, this is for you.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Oh, George, what a nice surprise. What is it?

[E.J. Quinn]

It's a tire gauge.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Oh, it's beautiful.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Yeah.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

What's a tire gauge?

[Lloyd Quinn]

Well, you check your tire pressure. Well, it helps you get better mileage. Oh. Oh, yeah. Well, I got it free from our participating international dealer just for looking at the new international travel law.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

A new international travel law?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Yeah.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

What's a travel law?

[Lloyd Quinn]

Well, it's something like our old station wagon.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Our old station wagon.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Except the travel law is a foot and a half shorter, so it's much

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

easier for you to park.

[Lloyd Quinn]

Our old station has 20 more room inside. More room for you and the kids, more room for groceries. We'll get lots more use out of it.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

Our old station will.

[Lloyd Quinn]

And right now, until July 20th, you get four Firestone gas saving steel belted radial tires on most models at no extra cost.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

But where is it?

[E.J. Quinn]

And they're worth $290 suggested retail price.

[Pamela Covington / Margot Mandel]

George, where's the new travel? All right. Outside the window. Oh, George. Different. I know. I like this one. I know, I know.

[Lloyd Quinn]

I'm Rod Serling. Close your eyes, exercise your imagination and join us again on our next presentation of Zero Hour. The Mannequin Sham is an original radio drama by Kim Weiskop. V. Merryweather was heard as E.J. quinn. Featured in the cast were Lester Maine, Catherine Brody, Rhoda Williams, Joe DeSantis and Ann Whitfield. Zero Hour, created by J.M. golis, directed by John Hills, is produced in Hollywood for the Beachboard Broadcasting Service system by Radio Productions Incorporated. Music is composed and conducted by Stanley D. Hoffman. Rochelle Sherman, Associate producer. This has been a presentation of the Mutual Broadcasting System.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Every door has a key. There's a key to every situation. Behind every unopened door there is a mystery. And the opening of this door introduces us to another in the series, the Key. I would have asked you to come before Woodward, but I have to be sure of my facts. After all, it was an experiment. This way, I didn't want to be a laughingstock of the medical profession. Nobody would make that mistake, Morris. They'd like to if they got the chance. Anyway, I went ahead and it's come off now. I want you to see the results of my experiment. What exactly has happened, Morris? Difficult to explain. You know, some years ago, they started treating nervous disorders by severing a certain nerve. Heard of it? It was, in fact, releasing the patient from the nervous tension set up when the fight between the conscious brain and the subconscious became too strong. Severing the nerve reduced contact, as it were. And that made people more tranquil, huh? Yes, it did. And from it I got this idea I've been working on. You're a politician, so I won't bore you with medical details. But what, in fact, I've been able to do is completely sever the conscious from the subconscious. Sounds drastic. Mars maybe. But fascinating. The possibilities, you know, are endless. Fancy. A person freed from all subconscious fears, urges and soul searching. No soul? Well, that's never been measured. So I can't say whether he'll have a soul or not. Him? My patient. Look, Morris, I don't know what you've been up to, but is this all strictly legal? After all, you're a scientist, not a doctor. Fog the issue with legal and ethical pictures and you'll never get anywhere. Don't observe them and you'll land in jail. Don't worry, Woodward. What I've done is beyond the realm of petty regulations. Well, if I find you have broken any laws, Morris, I'll have to take action. Whether they're petty or not. For you and your highbound outlook. You wait till you see. Here we are. I brought Mr. Woodward along to see the fruits of our endeavors, Ms. Seawood.

[Ms. Seward]

How do you do, Mr. Woodward?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Ms. Seward is my nurse, Woodward. And very patient. And faithful, too.

[Ms. Seward]

All scientific work is fascinating. Don't you find it so, Mr. Woodward?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

I find my fascination tempered with horror, Ms. Seward. Science, I fear, marches toward an unseen and unknown goal. Well, you'll see one goal soon. And that is a man who can make full use of his brain. No frustrations, no inhibitions, no moral reluctance. My man is pure brain. Not a trace of subconscious. How did it happen? Absurdly simple. Certain nerve severed. And that's all an operation? Well, in a way. Sorry, Morris. That's against all medical practice. Not only that, it's illegal. And seriously. So I'm sorry, I can't stay. And you'll be hearing from the authorities. I asked you here because I knew you'd be interested. I asked you because you're my friend. Maybe what I've done is illegal, but that doesn't prevent you meeting my patient. You can say, how do you do, and leave it at that. After all, nobody else but you knows anything about this. It's a unique opportunity, and you'll be sorry if you don't take it. After you've seen him. You can have me arrested if you like.

[Ms. Seward]

One of the scientific achievements of the sanctuary, Mr. Woodward. An opportunity that won't occur again.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

So you'd better see. I don't know. I like this. All right. But I won't stay. And if what I see is obviously illegal, Morris, it'll only confirm my intention to do something about it. You're my friend. The politician can't afford to have friends who break the law. I quite understand that. Come in. Applebein. Turn the doorknob to the left and open the door. Come in, my boy, come in. I'd like you to meet Mr. Woodward, a very well known politician. Hello.

[Ms. Seward]

Hello.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Shake Mr. Woodward's hand, Tom. Say, how do you do? How do you do, Mr. Woodward? There, that's over. As you can see, Woodward, Tom is exactly the same as anybody else. Well, I didn't know what to expect. He looks fine and healthy. What's so exceptional about him? Mars. This. How many people in this state, Tom? What's the population? 3,700,053. Allowing for the birth rate over the death rate, there are at this moment 3,700,056. In five minutes time it will drop to 54. But in six minutes the number will be 58. Exact figures, Woodward. I told him that a fortnight ago. He remembers everything I tell him. He remembers exactly. No faltering, no hesitation or doubts. In fact, you see before you a mechanical brain that's infallible. Mechanical subconscious gone. No dreams, none of the millions of things harassing an ordinary man. But mechanical. Take away the unplumbed part of a man's brain and he is mechanical. Does what he's told, remembers everything you tell him. In fact, Woodward, you see before you the perfect voter. Morris Jubas could have murdered this young man. Look at him. Look at his eyes. They're bright, maybe, but nothing behind them. What wouldn't you give to have a secretary like that? To have voters like that?

[Ms. Seward]

Or a woman, to have a husband like that?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

I don't care about that. The fact remains you've taken a perfectly ordinary young man and turned him into a sort of monster. And suppose everybody in the elders in the world was like that. No wars, no revolutions, no governments crashing. Everybody doing exactly as they were told. That's ridiculous. But possible. I've never heard of such a thing. It's tearing you in the face one now, Woodward. But in time we could have a dozen, two dozen. A whole army. One or two people to leave them, of course. Say, you and me. Are you suggesting. Woodward, you're nothing better than a murderer. Matter of fact, I think you're crazy. I'm leaving here, here and now. I'm Going to the police. And I'm going to have you arrested. You have to leave here first, Woodward. I'd point out I've got an excellent police force. Better than anything. Human mind can't be bribed or have doubts or take sides. Mine is mechanical. There he stands. I can say, kill this man. Arrest him and he'll do it whatever I wish.

[Ms. Seward]

I know it must be a shock to you, Mr. Woodward, but I'm sure, given enough time to think, you come round to our point of view. I mean, 30 million voters solidly and unshakably behind you is something, isn't it?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

30 million. The operation itself is very simple. Nothing to it. A doctor can do dozens in a day. All it is is an ambition. Tom here can do hundreds. All I've got to do is show him how and he'll go ahead till he drops. How? You can't line up 30 million people for an operation you can operate on. Enough to control the country. We thought we could do it this way through the doctors. You are crazy. Doctors indeed. Doctors control the States. There's hardly anybody in the States who doesn't go to a doctor at least once a year. But you can't. Let me finish. We get a doctor here, some protects and operate on him. Soon as he's recovered and it only needs a local anesthetic, we instruct him to do the same operation on all his patients. What a nightmare. Within no time we have hundreds of people like Thomas. You're mad. I'm getting out of here. And more and more doctors, more and more patients. In no time we have the whole world doing exactly as we tell them. Working for us, standing behind us. That's all so simple. A politician's green. Can you be so certain about this man? Will he do everything you tell him? Exactly as you tell him exactly. Just close that door again, Miss Seward. Tom, walk through that door. Don't open it. Walk through it. Don't believe in. All right, Tom, stand where you are. Do you want any further proof you're seeing in actual fact what the Nazis tried to do 20 years ago? The man who obeys without question. He's got a brain, but nothing to control. Nothing at all. What controls ordinary men has no longer contact with Tom. He got frightened, worried. He's not anything. His brain I can control because he's got no subconscious to control it. What do you say, Woodward? The world? The whole world? Ours, I say. No, no, no, no. Pity. Great pity. Pity. My dear Woodward, we've shown you our secret. We have to show it to somebody who knows the working of a government so we know how to proceed on a world domination plan. But somebody who won't cooperate with us, you must understand, can't be allowed to go back to the world of ordinary people. You can't stop me. You can and will. Woodward. I'm very sorry to have to inform you, but you'll be our next mechanical man. Operate on me? On you? You gotta let me get out of here. I'm sane, I'm not crazy. It won't be long until you are, my dear fellow. Don't worry, it doesn't hurt at all. And when it's done, you yourself won't field any different. As a matter of fact, it'll be a great release for you. Just fancy not having to make up your mind about anything fat. No dreams, no worries. Those dark shadows of right and wrong should and shouldn't all gone.

[Ms. Seward]

As you can see, Mr. Woodward, Tom is very happy. As a matter of fact, he looks 20 years younger.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

You can't be in this too. You. You're a woman.

[Ms. Seward]

And as a woman, I want to see an end to war fighting. I want to see everybody free and happy.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Free and happy. Free and happy, that's what they would be. The man unbothered by conscience is free and happy. Look at Adam and Eve. Before the fall, the world will be, in a manner of speaking, one great

[Ms. Seward]

big Garden of Eden with no apple tree. Or at least if there is one. Nobody will eat an apple until he's told to.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Well, if you're going to do this thing, you'll have to fight me. And I'm warning you, I'll fight like a madman. Come on, Morris. And I'm warning you, I'll slay you. Anybody laying their hands on me, I'm warning them. I'll wrap this chair on their necks. My dear Woodward, I wouldn't think of pitting myself against you. No, No. I have somebody much better. Somebody who does what he's told and is so mechanical that you might succeed in bruising him, but never stopping him.

[Ms. Seward]

Much better to be reasonable, Mr. Woodward. Fighting will just put it off. It won't prevent it.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

I can't believe. I simply can't believe. You're a woman, Ms. Seward.

[Ms. Seward]

I am. And like all women, I hate fighting. So please be good. I mean, it's so simple to do what we ask. You are a politician, so you must like the idea of everybody doing exactly as he's told. You wouldn't be a politician unless you thought you knew what Was best for everybody else.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Not that at all. I. Well, I've got a duty to do. Officer complex. You march into war and fight, and I'll stop back where it's safe and tell you how to do it. Of course, you're on our side. You won't admit it, that's all. I'm not on your side. I think the whole idea is frightful, disgusting, but so reasonable. It's reasonable to take advantage of a situation that must be good for everybody. And it's reasonable not to have the operation performed on you for some unknown reason. You seem to like the idea of having a subconscious. What about you? Somebody has to be in control. In a world of mechanical men, somebody has to tell everybody what to do. It could be you. No. Once and finally. No, no, no. I'm not interested. Then we have no alternative but to use force. A mechanical force, Mr. Woodward? All right, all right. I'm fighting something evil and I've got right on my side. Right isn't always the winning side. And as in all these things, what is right? Not many people will fight unless they think they are right and the others are wrong. Of course, in our brave new world, it'll be us who know the right and wrong. The rest of the people will simply do as they told.

[Ms. Seward]

And that's just normal political belief and hope. Now, in an election speech, you try to convince people your side of the question is right. Now, we can show you how to do it without trying to convince. All you have to do is say, and nobody alive will stop you being elected because you'll be telling the electors what to do.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

It all makes sense. Horrible, distorted sense. Then you'll come in with us. No. No. I've got to hang on to what I know is right. What you suggest is wrong.

[Ms. Seward]

Wrong.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Don't waste time trying to convince me. Tell Tom. He'll not only listen to you, he'll believe you. If I hadn't convinced him otherwise. Tom. Tom, this is all wrong. You've got to be on the side of right. Very good. But he doesn't know right from wrong. He's not like you and me, who know instinctively. He's got no instinctive feeling. Now, I don't want to waste any more time. Woodward, are you coming in with us or not? No. Very well.

[Ms. Seward]

I'll get the operating table ready.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Tom, put Mr. Woodward on the operating table. And you know I told you what to do. Well, go ahead and do it. I'll keep back. All of you. No nonsense now. I'll beat the Brains out of anybody who comes near me. Ms. Seward and I, we have brains, but we won't come near you. On the other hand, Tom has only part of a brain, and he's rapidly getting to you. Keep back. Keep back. I'm killing you. I know. I'm in a nightmare. Much better. Submit, Woodward. Doing that is quite a release, you know. All right, Boris, call your robot off into the other room. Tom, wait there till I call you. You've convinced me. After that, I'll believe anything. Did you see the world? He got across his forehead and he didn't even bat an eyelid. He knows he's hurt, but not having any fear, he dismisses it, forgets it. Fear makes us feel pain as much as anything. Are you coming in with us? Would we? After that? I have to, don't I? No desire to become an idiot like that man. Then. The sooner we get started, the better. I take it you approve of the doctor idea? Yeah, I guess so. We can always get one to visit here just by calling him on the phone saying one of us is ill. See? Easy enough. Once we get him here, we'll tie him up, administer a local anesthetic and go ahead. Won't be long till we're turning him out like an assembly belt. I rather like the idea of running the world and not having anybody to be afraid of. Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. Where did you get the man you experimented on? Odd job man about the place. Knocked himself out when a crate fell off the shelf that fell on him. By the time he came to, I was able to prove my theories, as you saw. That so? Well, we had better get busy about getting a doctor up here.

[Ms. Seward]

Who's the nearest I look one up in the book.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Well, no need to, Ms. Seward. I can find it.

[Ms. Seward]

I'll do it.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

All right. You. You must have been pretty busy here. I mean, no spare time for reading newspapers. Don't anything. Couldn't be bothered. Soon it'll be me telling the papers exactly what I want printed. And they'll do it. Yeah, that's all.

[Ms. Seward]

There's a doctor here down the road a bit. Numbers? 1198.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

1198. I'll get it all right to use this phone. Shoot. 1198. Huh? 1, 1, 9, 8.

[Ms. Seward]

I said 1198.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Sure, that's what I'm getting.

[Ms. Seward]

You dial a different number. Mr. Morris, he dialed a different number.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Oh, don't be silly. What other number would I dial? What's the doctor's name?

[Ms. Seward]

Blinton.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Hello? Hello, is this Dr. Clinton? Well, listen, I'm up at the old house at the top of Polly Hill.

[Ms. Seward]

You know the one?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Yeah, Morris's place. You'd better get here as fast as you can.

[Ms. Seward]

Name?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Well, just a moment. Better not give him my real name, huh? Make one up. It's Gresson here. Danny Gresson. He's on his way up.

[Ms. Seward]

You didn't tell him what was wrong with you?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Didn't I? Doesn't matter, so long as he gets here.

[Ms. Seward]

You want to be careful of him, Mr. Morris. I'm sure he's up to something. Some trick.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

What trick could I get up to? You had me fallen. They'll be here. Pretty smart.

[Ms. Seward]

They?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

The Doctor, I mean. I don't think I'd get up to anything with that animated tank next door, do you? I've got more respect for my health. We're all right, Ms. Seward. He's too sensible to get himself into real trouble.

[Ms. Seward]

I don't like it.

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

Yeah, well, whether you like it or not, it's done. Instead of standing here accusing each other, it'd be better to get on with getting ready for the Doctor. Now what do we do? Does he know to come down here? He'll ring. There's a serpent. He knows I'm down here, though. He doesn't know what's going on. He'll bring you down good. When he gets here, he's going to be suspicious at once. That operating table. A door splintered. And? And I'm shaken, but I'm not exactly ill. I. Move that table out of the way, Ms. Seaweed. As for the door, we can put the screen across. And how do we capture him if he walks in? We? You can't just grab him. He'd start yelling. That's so. I'll call Tom out. He can stand just behind the door, grab the doctor when he comes in. Tom, come out here.

[Ms. Seward]

Cables. Out of the way. What now?

[Morris Jubas / Narrator]

In a minute, Tom. You stand here. When a man comes in, you grab hold of him and see he doesn't start yelling. Understand? You keep out of the way, mister. How long has Tom been your job, man? A few days. Came here looking for work. I gave him some place. Seems familiar. Criminal type? Plenty around now. Everything's fixed. And don't you forget, Tom. The first man walking in through that door, you grab. What's that? Siren of sorts. Fire, maybe. Maybe the Doctor, arriving in style, doesn't know what he's coming into operation. Only takes a couple of minutes. The world, the whole world, in the palm of our hands. Well, hope it doesn't overbalance and crutch you. There they are. They? Are you expecting more than one, doctor? Oh, suppose you'll have a driver. Maybe. Always think of doctors as they. There'll be a few of them on our side before we're finished. All of them. I'm glad you saw Stan. Yeah. Yes, am I. We'll be coming now. Suppose he'll come straight down here. Bound to. Remember, Tom. Grab the man coming in through that door. All set? All ready? All ready. That's him. Why doesn't he come in? All right, Grasson. He's suspicious. Better you go out and bring him in. Why not you? I'm supposed to be ill. That's so. All right, I'll get in. Come in, Doctor. Get back. You're not dressing. What? What? Woodward, it's a policeman. Hey, let me go. Let me go, Tom. Okay, Griffin, I got you covered. Well, you, Mr. Woodward, and I'm not glad to see you here. We better get this man to let go. Morris, you'll kill him. Tom, let the man go. Stand there. Don't move or do anything. What's going on, Mr. Woodward? Somebody phoned us up saying they were grit. I had to get help and quick. That man there, Morris, he's clean off his rock. Mad as a hatter. He got me here and was going to do some awful experiment on me. Would make me mad, too. There's a woman as well. Keep them covered. The rest will do anything so long as you stop them. Davidson, Smith, get these two down to headquarters. We better get a psychiatrist to look them up. It so happened they wanted a doctor here, see? I said I'd phoned. Phoned straight through to you. And I said because I knew Gresson was the wanted murderer in hoodlum, that I was, Grifson to get you here quickly, see? Get you here quickly. All right, Mr. Woodward. Now, if you'll just come down with me to headquarters, we can get a statement and everything cleared up. My friend, I'm very shaken. Pretty distressed. Raving lunatics, that's what they are. Look at this poor fella. Morris experimented on him and now he's a screwball, silly as they come. Well, well, Mr. Woodward. Know who this is? No dressing, that's who, huh? Cripple, murderer, gangster and stand over man. If he's been driven out of his senses, I don't think much harm has been done. Just close the door after you, Mr. Woodward. And you on your way. As good as gold. Maybe Mr. Morris had something. He had. I hope his secret will stay in here forever. A closing door finishes the story Next week, another key will open another door to another story. Mystery, romance or adventure all start when a door is unlocked by the key.

[Relic Radio Host]

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