Calling All Cars: The Black Cat

All cars, a copyrighted program, transcribed and dedicated to the prevention of crime. All in all cars, attention all cars, broadcast to 152. Regarding a missing woman by me, by black hair, brown eyes, woman has been missing from her home since July 17th.

That is all, Gordon. As we study the facts of the cases in police records, we are struck by the resemblance of some of them to storybook drama.

They are like works of fiction. Yes, it is true that so long as men are ruled by passion, so long will there be crimes of violence and unrestrained emotions. Such is the drama that will now unroll before you.

Drama of the Black Cat. Get out of here, you black devil! Hash! Stand mark on! On the morning of July 17th, 1932, a woman walked into the Bureau of Missing Persons in the Los Angeles Police Department.

Good morning, may I do something for you? Well, I'd like to know how to go about finding the missing person. They told me in the homicide room across the hall that I'd have to come over here.

Well, that depends a great deal on the circumstances surrounding this area. Well, it's my sister that I'm calling for. I'm not even sure she has disappeared. But her husband says she's just gone away for a visit.

Who else does he know where she is? No, he says he doesn't. He's a very timid man. Sort of a cast of milk cooked toast tights. You know what I mean? Yes, I think I do.

I wouldn't want him to know that I need this report. It would upset me. How long has your sister been gone? Well, it's almost three months now. Three months? And you're just now questioning it?