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Johnny Dollar. Walt Allbright Johnny, Trinity Mutual Ltd. Oh, hi, and Walt, how's your health?

Terrible since you asked. I got asthma, Johnny. Again? I thought we agreed.

I know. I get suspicious. I get asthma. Happens every time.

Call me, will you? What's the case, Walt?

My name is Eddie Kaylen. C-A-Y-L-I-N-O-N Los Angeles, died yesterday.

$5,000 policy, double indemnity. What did he die of?

Mysterious circumstances. Well, that's usually a fatal disease, all right?

That's it, Johnny. That's all I know, Mysterious circumstances. The body was identified by the

widow. I see. Our salesman out there can probably help you. He issued the policy only six weeks ago

at the request of the widow. Six weeks, one premium paid check signed by the widow.

They tell me something. What the beneficiary happened to be?

Right, the widow. All this asthma is killing me, Johnny. You got to do something about it.

All right, Walt. Just call me, doctor.

Tonight and every weekday night, Bob Bailey in the transcribed adventures of the man with

the action-packed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

It was truly Johnny Dollar.

Expense accounts submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar to the Home Office

Trinity Mutual Insurance Company Limited Hartford, Connecticut. The following is

accounting of expenditures during my investigation at the Kaylen matter.

Item 1, $198.20, airline fare and incidentals, Hartford, Los Angeles.

I hadn't arranged for anybody to meet me when I arrived at L.A., so I picked up my bags

and headed for the taxi stand. Mr. Dollar, please wait a second.

It was a small man nervous and fluttery with a shiny pink nose and a face like a little white rabbit.

I was watching you out in the rain, but somehow you must have slipped mine.

You are Mr. Dollar, aren't you? Yes, I'm Johnny Dollar, but I don't think I...

Welch. Presley Welch. I'm the... Oh, yes, you're the district salesman here for Trinity Mutual.

That's right. Oh, how are you, Mr. Welch?

I'm out of breath at the moment from running you understand.

You see, I'm troubled occasionally by asthma. You too.

Do you have asthma, Mr. Dollar? No, it's a friend of wine and Hartford.

Oh, in a... Oh, well, you don't say.

Yes, in fact, I came out here just to cure it for him.

Howty? Oh, this is the worst place you could have come.

Oh, you see, the smog here is so...

Oh, no, I do believe you're Josh.

I guess I haven't there.

Come on, let's head to my expensive house with a cup of coffee.

Oh, you really think we should?

Oh, why not? Let's be daring.

All right, let's. I always say it for the company, California.

If Presley Welch sold insurance the way he answered questions,

it was amazing that he hadn't starved a dead years ago.

He skidded around the field, flip-flopped overhead,

and buzzed the tower all verbally.

Of course, and for 15 minutes, he didn't touch a wheel to the ground.

But when he did finally land, he came in with a swoop.

I do hope you'd accept my apologies, Mr. Dollar,

for causing all this trouble because the whole thing is my fault, of course.

Oh, I don't see how, unless you murdered Eddie Kaelin.

I may... Oh, why? I scarcely knew him.

Ha, ha, ha. A perfect dialogue.

Oh, no, no, no. You misunderstand.

Well, I'm just Josh.

What I meant was, I wrote the policy.

And I knew better, right when I did it.

Oh, what do you mean?

Well, Mr. Kaelin was quite fissitious about the whole procedure.

When I tried to point out the retirement security factors

in our multiple endowment plan, he actually laughed.

He don't, sir.

Yes, he said all the security he'd asked for was two aces up in one for the kicker.

Ha, ha, ha.

Well, what about Mrs. Kaelin? What was her at it?

Well, she was quite serious about it.

Wasn't she the one who actually applied for the policy?

Well, not technically.

The beneficiary can't, you know, it's against the rule.

Yeah, I know, but didn't she?

Well, she was the one.

Yes, that called me and asked me to come out and talk to her husband.

And he finally signed the application.

But he seemed to regard it as a joke.

He only did it as a favor to her, something of that sort.

And now it's turned out to be a $10,000 favor.

What kind of a woman is she, Mr. Welch?

Well, she's quiet, well-mannered.

Quite charming, I thought.

And as confess, I felt a good use, sympathy for her.

In view of her husband's incessant flippances.

So real happy for her.

Oh, positively frivolous, Mr. Dowyer.

And I should have been warned by his attitude.

You know, insurance is a serious business.

Oh, sure.

But Eddie Kaelin didn't laugh himself today.

Oh, no, Mario, he died in the fire when he's on a bill cover.

Oh, laughter.

Oh, I see what you mean.

If they tell me, how well did you get to know the Kaelin's, Mr. Welch?

Oh, hardly at all.

I saw Mr. Kaelin twice, once at his apartment,

the evening I sold in the policy.

And then two weeks later, my office,

when he came into sign the paper.

And Mrs. Kaelin?

Only once, that evening at their apartment.

She phoned me earlier in the week.

And you haven't seen her since her husband's death, huh?

No, no.

I phoned to express my sympathy, but that she wasn't available.

She hasn't filed a claim yet.

No, but I knew she would.

So I took it on myself to notify Hartford.

I just can't help feeling guilty about this, you know.

Yes, sir, you mentioned.

Yeah, I've not that I really am, of course.

But, yeah, well, you understand, it's him.

Oh, sure, I understand.

Well, I'll keep in touch.

Watch out for comedians, Mr. Welch.

Watch out for whom?

Oh, comedians, watch out for whom.

Expense account, item three, $6.35.

Taxi fare to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

And a second taxi to the West Los Angeles Precinct Police Station.

The case wasn't being handled by any of the usual departments,

Bureau of Homicide, Missing Persons, and so on.

The man in charge was Detective Sergeant Jose Renosa

unattached, working out at the Central District

on special assignment.

Fill up chair, Mr. Dollar.

When I talk with him in his office,

Renosa told me the reason for it.

Yeah, it's a funny deal, Mr. Dollar.

The facts in the case could point a lot of different ways.

But the way it stands right now, they just don't add up

in any direction.

At least not quite.

You mind filling me in on some of those facts, Sergeant?

Yeah, I'd be glad to.

Last Thursday morning at 4.20 a.m., we got a call relay

through the fire department to investigate a burned automobile

out on the palace vertus headlight, up in the hills above the harbor.

The car was lying in the bottom of a ravine below the road

and it was a total loss.

Apparently, the gas tank had burst and flooded the whole interior.

Oh, what do you mean, apparently?

Well, a poultry may have been deliberately soaked with gas.

The arson squad isn't sure.

I see.

It's where this case doesn't quite fit in any niche, Mr. Dollar.

It might be homicide, might be arson missing personally

in accident.

We're not sure yet.

Anyway, there was a body in the driver's seat burned

to a cinder, unrecognizable.

But we did recover a few personal facts.

And if signatory and keychain wristwatch

with a strap burned off, a wallet badly scorched.

I noticed the keychain has a metal tag with the address,

stamped on it.

Yeah, that and a part of the driver's license

with the only leads.

Eddie Kalin, Argus Terrace, apartments up on sunny way

drive above the strip.

So we went up there and we ran into a second surprise.

What do you mean?

A body home.

We attained access, found the place in a mess.

There apparently been a fight, a chair,

and a couple of lamps were broken,

and then we're blood stains in the living room.

What about Mrs. Kalin?

Located here at the next afternoon,

she'd been spending a few days at Friends Cabin Up at Arrow

as the friend confirmed.

She was there alone at her own car.

Well, she might have come back to town that night,

but we got nothing to prove it.

Or disproven.

Right.

Just another one of those maybes.

So this case is a collection of maybes.

Yeah, see what you mean.

Tell me, Sergeant, just who was Eddie Kalin?

Eddie Kalin, male Caucasian, height 511, weight 175,

a complexion olive, hair, medium, brown eyes,

gray, age 34, birthplace.

Oh, what was he?

What did he do?

He called himself a promoter.

Done a lot of things.

Small-time agent for a while, handled few singers

and dancers, Voidville and night clubs.

Been a bookie often on, but mainly it was a gambler.

Oh, and there's another maybe for you.

Ah, sir.

According to rumor, that he was in an all-day poker game.

It broke up only a few hours before we found the car.

The game was supposedly run by a big-time gambler named Toppo

leanly.

And the word has it that Eddie cleaned up, something

over $60,000.

And there was no money found on the body?

Nope.

Have you talked to this, uh, Toppo?

Sternly.

We had him in here for four hours this morning.

He never heard of Eddie Kalin.

Wouldn't know a poker deck if he saw one.

Spends all his spare time raising petunias

and driving his dear old mother to church.

Like that.

He's like that.

So there's another one for you.

Maybe Toppo didn't like the idea of losing 60 grand

decided to get it back.

Or maybe the widow wanted the insurance,

or it could be that somebody else took a crack at him.

Man, it's possible, of course, that Eddie

mailed a $60,000 to a blonde and he'll walk in just

and ran off the road by accident.

Man, it's possible.

But I don't think so.

I don't think it was an accident.

And I'm always getting cases like this.

It's a kind of they always put me on.

Officially, it's because I'm a college man,

a majored in criminology.

But actually, it's because I'm a Latin Mexican ancestry.

And they know I get certain feelings about a case,

hunches.

And how do you feel about this one?

Is hokey, real hokey.

And it's murder, not an accident.

But beyond that, again, sobbing.

Why don't you poke into it a little, see what you can find?

Then maybe we can talk it out some more

over a bottle of musketele.

Yeah, good idea.

Where can I find Mrs. Kaelin?

Well, the widow, well, that's a good starting point.

She's out at their apartment.

There's the address.

OK, thanks.

Oh, just one of the things, Sergeant Reno said,

when you gained access to the apartment,

I assumed the door was locked.

Yeah, it took a little effort.

What kind of a lock?

Automatic nightlatch?

You spring cylinder?

No, it was an old fashioned warden boat.

Had to be locked with a key.

What are you getting at, Mr. Dollar?

Or hunching my own, Sergeant.

Let's save it for the musketele.

See you later.

Oh!

Expense account item four, $2.

Taxi to the Kaelin apartment in West Hollywood.

It was shorting after dusk by now,

and the lights were coming on all over the city.

It was a cool, clear night, Los Angeles at its best.

As we swung off the sunset strip

and started climbing up into the hills,

I looked back across the basin

toward the dark mass of the Pellas Verde's headland

that bounded the far side of the great carpet of lights.

Three nights ago, a man had died over there in the darkness.

And in a few minutes now, I'd be talking to his widow,

or at least to the woman who claimed to be his widow.

Keep the change.

The Argus Terrace apartments, like most of them in that section,

sprawled up the hillside above the street.

Sixorate apartments on as many different levels,

all opening onto a central patio filled with walks, steps,

and banks of tropical plantings.

The Kaelin's apartment was at the top,

and I was still 50 feet from it

when the door opened and the man came out and hurried toward me.

I stepped back against the shrubbery and waited for him.

Good evening, Mr. Welch.

Oh, oh, man.

Oh, it's you.

Your second visit to Mrs. Kaelin?

Second?

Oh, yes, yes it is.

I imagine you've been notified, too.

Notified?

Oh, yes.

I got a wife in the home office in Hartford this evening.

That's why I'm here.

Well, Mrs. Kaelin has filed under the double indemnity

clause of the policy, a claim for $10,000.

She has.

She hopes it can be paid immediately, and without any trouble.

Well, I don't like to dash a lady's hopes, Mr. Welch,

but I've got news for the widow.

News?

The claim won't be paid immediately,

and before this is over, there's going to be a lot of trouble.

In fact, Mr. Welch, if my hunch is right,

this claim is not going to be paid at all.

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Special investigator, the insurance company sent out.

That's right.

Mind if I come in.

Alright, Mr. Dahler.

Thanks.

And through here your company didn't waste any time,

did they?

Sending you out here, I mean.

No, no more than you did in filing your claim.

I have a right to it.

But that he gone now, I need the money.

I see.

Zeta.

Thanks.

How many keys are there to that door?

Keys.

What do you mean?

How many keys do you have just one of course Eddie had one why but difference does it make just

About enough difference to hang somebody cigarette Mrs. Cannon

From special investigator Johnny dollar location Los Angeles to the home office Trinity Mutual Insurance Company Limited Hartford Connecticut

Assignment the Kalen matter expense account continued

That's quite a dramatic statement Mr. Dollar you prepared to name that somebody who may get hanged not at the moment

Could it be that you don't have a name?

That's possible of course, but you're just fishing so to speak bluffing

Now, why would I do that with you? I don't know frankly, but you must have come here for some reason

Yes, I wanted to ask you a few questions

And you'd be smart to answer them under the circumstances what circumstances the only one I know anything about is the tragic one of losing my husband only three days ago

You have my sympathy Mrs. Caylon. Sergeant Manosa question me for hours. There's nothing more to answer

Will you go now please?

All right, if you say so

You're unwillingness to cooperate will undoubtedly prejudice your claim for the insurance

That's all you care about isn't it finding some excuse for not paying off the power now wait a minute, Mrs. Caylon

I'm not crooked and neither is the company if a claim is legitimate. They pay it always I'm sick of being under suspicion of being a cure

I'm not accusing you of anything all I'm after is some information and if you refuse to give it

Good night, Mrs. Caylon

No wait

Wait, Mr. Dollar yes, don't go come back, please

I'm sorry

Then under such a strain on edge forgive me. That's all right forget it. I didn't mean what I said, but

I've answered so many questions

And to go through all over again will seem so pointless. Yes, I understand

But I've found that people say things to me sometimes that they forget to say to the police

There are more relaxed I guess don't feel they're on the spot so much. That's true

But I thought it was just me. Oh, you're not alone

I remember something like that after I talked to Sergeant Renosa

He wanted to know where Eddie hung out mostly bars and so on

I only think of two what are the names of the bars, Mrs. Caylon?

by the uh the

Eloines on Beverly Boulevard and the brass monkey end on the strip

What differences it make Eddie wasn't killed in the bar

No, but he probably met people there talked to them

You see it's a matter now of trying to reconstruct his life step by step right up to the moment he

died

You'd be surprised how much bartenders see in here and remember I suppose they do

All right, Mr. Dollar

I'll be glad to answer any questions you want to ask good one thing though

I wasn't expecting visitors of course, and I wonder if I could have just five minutes to change and freshen up a little

Oh, that's unnecessary. I won't be here long, but I'd feel better really

Do you mind?

No, of course not go ahead. I'll be right back

Call yourself a drink Johnny

I had the drink and waited and got ready to brace myself

Haven't through this before

A tight plan number two a common garden variety when you can't beat him join him

And when the joiner is a lovely woman

The maneuver usually starts with some paraphrase of

slip into something more comfortable

Why don't you have a drink and a sudden switch to first names

And it always ends up with you and I against the world and

Couldn't you forget just one little mistake

The little mistake being something like arsenic and a husband's coffee

And old familiar pattern and a first resort just as often as a last

He was gone 20 minutes not five, but it was time well spent

Carefully casual touch with a hair make a skillfully softened perfume

And one of those frothy nylon jobs designed for that special evening in

You'll go call charge

Like another drinks, Johnny

That thanks. I still have some. I think I could use one. Would you mind. Sure. What do you have Skyton Soda, please?

Skyton Soda, please

Thanks for being so patient

I feel better now more comfortable, huh? Something like that easy on the soda. Right

There you are Mrs. Killin

Would you do something else for me? Oh, I'd be happy to

But I don't know your first name

Two Shay

All right, what are your questions? How do you think it happened?

I don't know

Not some anime because Eddie didn't have any just friends

Too many friends who are some of them

There's only one who really fits the definition who who's really lasted his name is Pete Steinmer

Where can I find him? You can't. Or at least the police haven't been able to. Nobody's seen him since that night

He's had nightclubs off and on and in between he makes books. What about those other friends the ones who don't last?

Drift in, drift out, depending mostly on whether Eddie had any money at the moment

Of course there were women

Oh

Show girls mostly dances, strippers, so on. No any of them

Hardly ever hear any of their names always made a point not to otherwise I'd have killed him long ago

Did you kill a Mrs. Killin?

No, did you love it?

That's a good question

I think I'll have to pass it though. I don't really know. I feel all

hollow

smashed up inside over what happened

And yet there were times I'd have killed him myself if I'd had a gun

But there were other times too when it was a crazy sweet you wanted to die

Because you knew it'd never be like that again

Yeah, that's what it was with Eddie

Mad mixed up

Like watching a ten ring circus from the front seat in a roller coaster

That's why I women flocked around him

That's why they always ran from him later. You didn't run

Could I have another drink? Oh sure

Were you trying to run when you went up to her ahead by yourself?

Maybe we had a fight

I ran out and told him I wasn't coming back

And only three days later over the radio I heard where he'd been found dead

And

There you go

I guess he called it shock

I still can't really believe it even though I know it's true

Well, and I guess you shouldn't know I understand you're the one who identified the body

I identified a wallet

Burnt black

The wristwatch ring

All of them things I bought for him

They told me there wasn't anything that could be called a body

Yeah, well, I'm sorry Mrs. Kellen. I know this is painful

It's all right

Like I said, I can't believe it

Not really

Do you have any other reason for not believing Eddie is really dead?

I mean besides just a feeling

No

No, of course not. What do you mean?

What do you mean?

Well, I was just a question. That's all forget it

But I let's get back for a moment to another question

You said you were sure it wasn't some personal enemy who killed your husband

Then what do you think?

Well the same as the police I guess

They said Eddie won a lot of money that night from some gambler named

Toppo Linley

You don't know this Toppo Linley, huh?

No, but I suppose that's why Eddie was killed. The money wasn't found

So I guess it was robbery

Did you know about the money?

Not all happened while I was up at Arrowhead

Anyway

Eddie ever had any money. I'd be the last one to know about it

He always spent his money where it would show

Wait, get something for it last

Bells, whistles, balloons going up

Not at home

Never

I'm sorry

Forget I said that. I hate women who sit around drooling with self-pity

Like you said

I didn't run

I guess maybe I did love him Mr. Dollar

Is there anything else you can do?

No, no, I guess not. At least not tonight

You look a little beat

Yes, I'm afraid I am

You'd go around trying to keep up a front

But it's been rough

Yeah, I imagine well

That business of a while ago

Fixing myself up a little

This robe

I just had to do it

There are times when a woman has to feel like a woman

In order to feel anything

Even saying

I guess you wouldn't understand though

And I'm afraid I gave the wrong impression

No, I think I do understand

No

And I also think I owe you an apology

For what?

For walking in here with a preconceived opinion

For being rude

Being wrong

I'm sorry

Forgiven

Forgiven

Forgotten

And

Come back again, please

Regardless

I might

On one condition

Yes

Your first name

What do you mind?

It's Lila

Thanks Lila

Good night

Good night

I caught a flash of movement from the corner of my eye

And world around just in time to see somebody slip off the corner

The terrace and the edge into the shadows of the shrubbery

I stepped off the porch and moved toward the dark edge of banana and scrub balm

I was watching for a sudden attack but nothing happened

Then I heard a slight sound on the next terrace level up the slope

For rustle of bushes and accidental scrape of a shoe and a cement walk

And I slipped along the walk

I stopped at the head of the steps and listened

Nothing

The only way out of the patio to reach the street was to come pass me

I started searching

But even though I was on guard when the attack came and caught me off balance

All I could see was a dark shape and a glint of metal and an upright fist

I grabbed the arm and twisted and drove one left and it was stomach and again

He rode his knees and raised his right hand and again I saw the glint of metal

I jumped on and grabbed his hand, twisted it back

And at the same time I swung my foot and kicked him out of jaw

Johnny

Johnny are you all right?

Yeah I'm all right

Carl Sergeant Raynosa, would you Lila?

It was out cold

I turned him over on his back and struck a match to get a look at him

He was a big man, stocky, bullnack blonde-haired

I slid my hand inside his coat and fished out his wallet and opened it

His name was Topo Linley

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Well, this is an episode that shows the sort of two-edged sword of Johnny's experience

He kind of knows patterns and is able to recognize them

But sometimes can jump to conclusions that things apply universally

And I think that that's behind the change of tone with Mrs. Kaylon

I don't think he's ruled her out as a suspect at this point in the investigation

But for now, he's giving her the benefit of the doubt

These first two episodes are a lot about gathering information and setting the stage

But with just enough action to keep it interesting

Including the very sudden encounter with Toppo Linley

Who wrap up episode two

I think that also kind of serves to set the stage for bringing Linley more into the story

Particularly as he may have a major role to play

Although I will say I don't remember precisely how this one turns out yet

So I'll be eager to see where this goes from here

Well now we turn to listen our comments and feedback

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But I guess the offer has expired

Also I've always wondered if the offer was real or a giant scam

This is a good question

In terms of whether it's a scam, I would lean towards it being real

At least in terms of them shipping out some product

Running nationwide ads on CBS radio

Even with the decline in advertising rates

I would require a lot of capital

And probably more than a eye-by-night organization would possess

Whether folks got something that was really worth it

I don't know, particularly at that rate

What you may have bought may have been a bit disappointing

Now I did do some research online to see if I could find any use sets or

Unopen set and I could not

But I think that from the description

It sounds less like something that a toy collector would seek out

And more like something that would go to the good will without a second thought

Plus the inflatable element would also make it likely for parts of the set to get damaged

So if there are any toy collectors and the audience who had it or somehow encountered it

I'd like to know but I've not found one myself

And I do wonder what the quality of it was

Then we have a comment from Gino

Who writes the description area is a good place to put all of the show deals

I'll listen to a lot of old-time radio and most of the good channels take the time to edit out

All of the outdated commercials

Especially the Rexall and cigarette commercials that we have heard a thousand times before

I will admit I've never heard the huge animals commercial and found it funny

But you get the idea

I like to like, share and subscribe to channels that take the time to make the experience better

Also you will admit that some of the Johnny Dollar outros are really long

They run out of material and you get two or three minutes of theme songs

Just suggestions respectfully jam

Well thank you so much appreciate the suggestion

Now I have looked at some old-time radio programs on YouTube

And to be honest I've not heard many that actually go ahead

And edit out commercials

Maybe I don't get to the best YouTube channels

But most seem to just kind of post them verbatim

And I mostly do live in commercials

There are some that I cut

But most I end up leaving in because I find them interesting

And a lot of listeners say they do a good job of capturing the era

And the feeling of what that was like

Now with these multi-part Johnny Dollar episodes

There are some choices if you're going to do more than run a single part at a time

And we do cut some parts of the program file

Mostly it comes down to music

It's involves cutting the opening scene from middle episodes

And cutting from the closing music

Or episodes that are a final episode in a podcast

So we only hear the closing music on episodes two and five

Now I have heard other websites

I don't know of podcasts but other people who have

Combined episodes have cut even more

And my personal opinion, personal feeling, no judgment on them

Certainly I can understand the philosophy of the approach

But to me it kind of seems choppy

And again it's a decision

And some might prefer that because it's a bit quicker

When it comes to the closing theme

While it can go on for a while

I'm not inclined to cut it

Because that was part of the original listening experience

And I'm fine with cutting from the middle episode

So we can get into next episode

I mean there's no reason to listen to two minutes of theme music

Between episodes one and two

But when you get to the end I don't see a reason for rush

I think certainly with modern day programming

The amount of time for credits has been shortened

And I think that on network television it was to add more ad space

They didn't do it so they could add plot

They did it so they could keep kind of approximately the same amount of plot

But sell more advertising

And then it kind of got into a bunch of the streaming services

As like hey hey come on let's go ahead

Bench the next episode Bench Bench Bench

But to me with older programs it's just not something I go for

In fact I get a little annoyed

I know it's probably not rationally annoyed

When I'm watching the Rockford files

And I get an offer from the streaming service

To end the credits and skip to the next episode of the Rockford files

And skip the opening credits

You do not skip the opening credits of the Rockford files as far as I'm concerned

And that'd be like skipping the opening of the A-teams

So that's kind of my feeling on that

I do care about listener experience

But if listeners would rather not listen to so much music at the end

They can do several things

They can stop if they don't want to hear the commentary

Or they can hit the skip 15 button on their player

To go ahead to the point where I get into the commentary

Or they can speed it up and have the music go by quickly

As well as getting a few seconds of me talking like Alvin from Alvin and the Chipmunks

But if I were to cut the theme music short

It would kind of leave people with no choice

But to be rushed through the theme music

I don't find that enjoyable as a listener

And I wouldn't go with that option

But you raise some interesting points

And kind of glad to explain why we edit things the way we do here

And then we have a comment from Eric over on Facebook

And Eric writes regarding the Broderick matter

I think hands down the best Jonny dollar story

Maybe it was based on two other episodes

But the way the writer slash adapter combined them with magic

Broderick's fear of being left is what caused her to leave everyone

The check-riding was part of her just giving up and deciding

She must be a bad person because she did such bad things

So she was going to do that

However, she's generally a good person and she didn't have it in her

Her inability to live with herself is what drove her over the edge

It was very well done

I think that's kind of a muddled explanation

But I think I got my point across, I would agree

This serial oddly is the one where I decided to drop out of Jonny dollar on the last run

In hindsight, it's all that I chose such a great episode to do so on

Looking forward to what comes next

Thanks so much Eric and I'm glad you're going on

And I relate because I have had times in my life

Where I've done things and I've come back, you know, months or years later

And it's not that I don't think I did what I did

And I remember doing it but I'm like, okay, why?

This doesn't make any sense to me at the present

And I've talked about how we change over time

And I guess that's part of it

Finally, we have a voicemail

Let's go ahead and take a listen to this from Jonathan

Hi, Adam, just found this phone number on the 2014

episode of Jonny dollar

Just wanted to tell you doing a great job of everything

This is Jonathan from Las Vegas and keep up the good work

Thanks so much, Jonathan

And I believe that I've received a few really interesting emails for Jonathan in Las Vegas

Not 100% certain it's the same Jonathan because they're probably more than one

But if so, great to put a voice to the emails

And I don't mention that as much

But yeah, you can call leave a voicemail

208-991-478-3

That's 208-991-Great-D-GR8-D

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But join us back here tomorrow for dangerous assignment wear

The works I nose around and inquiring about Alice Chambers

Finally, I learned that her rooming house is just around the corner

I turn the corner

Then I spot a crowd in front of the doorway with a couple of cops pushing them back

On the edge of the crowd stands a tall, skinny gent

Waring a long black beard and a long white touga

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Yep, here you are yielding to the same more peculiarity

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What's going on anyway

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A very profound question, my friend

What's so profound about it?

A question which has occupied the minds of philosophers and theologians for centuries

With her, doth the soul take flight from the body

Soul, body?

Hey wait a minute, what are you talking about?

This Alice Chambers, what about her?

It would appear that at some time during the course of the night she was murdered

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