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Dangerous Assignment: The Private Sanatorium (Munich)

Dangerous Assignment · November 19, 1952 · 24 min · 3,851 words

The transcript of “The Private Sanatorium (Munich)”, an episode of Dangerous Assignment first broadcast November 19, 1952. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Gumshoe plays Dangerous Assignment free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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James Ross assignment. Transcribe starring Ron Donma Bierz, Steve Mitchell. Yeah, danger is my assignment. I get sent to a lot of places I can't even pronounce. They all spell the same thing though, trouble.

When I walk into the commission's office I don't realize this assignment's been approved, but sometimes the best way to stop a guy cold is to step on the gas. Morning Commissioner, you sent for me?

Steve, how'd you like to take a risk? Fine. I know just the place of farm in Vermont. a farm in Vermont. Sorry, I've already picked a spot for you. The very private sanatorium. Oh, great. I understand the nurse is quite attractive. Oh, great. Well, my bags are packed, commissioner.

What's it all about? Two weeks ago, a check diplomat was arrested in Prague and a charge of treason. He made a quick confession. Sure, they usually arrange it that way. In that confession, however, he implicated an American newspaper man, a foreign correspondent named Emerson. Emerson, he said, was an American spy. Oh, oh, here we go again. The correspondent got wind of the frame

came up and ducked out fast. He managed to slip across the Czech border, but as far as Raiden's Burg in southern Germany then ran into more trouble. What happened? He was kidnapped, picked up, right off the street and brought daylight by three men, but not before he'd put up a terrific struggle. That was ten days ago.

And no word of incense? Until last night, a young doctor named Minda got word to us that he thinks Emerson is being held in a private sanatorium in Bavaria. I get it. That's where I'm supposed to check in with my battered nerd.

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