I'd like to start this by a few thanks. You all should have a program either electronically if you've downloaded or physically. And I want you to look at the bottom of the first page. And I'd like you to read those names because I think that we have a really good session. I think everybody's going to be very pleased with the quality of they get. Those people whose names are at the bottom are the ones who organized it, who put together the team. We've had many meetings in person, many meetings by telephone, individual meetings. So I want to thank the planning committee who's just done a very spectacular job. So it's under the cover, under the first page here. Second, a conference like this takes a lot of staff work. And we've had staff from the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, from the Precourt Institute for Energy, from conference consultants who put a significant amount of effort, wrong word, a lot of work in this. And you'll see the results of that lot of work. If you notice from the program, if you flip through the bios of the speakers, great group. And I want to thank all the speakers who are here. They'll get individual thanks in their sessions. But I want to thank them as a group because, I mean, can you imagine a good conference without good speakers? And that's what we just have a great group here. This is one of the few conferences that we believed all along that there's many ways you can communicate messages about energy and environment. One thing is through the speakers, another thing is through art. And we have Michael Killen's work out front there. I hope you all take a look at it. It's a decidedly political art. It's a decidedly environmental art. And it's a way of integrating art into what's going on. And finally, you see, with all the student volunteers, please stand up a minute.  Some of you are already standing. Turn to any of them if you need help. And it's just a great group of people who are helping. A note on lunch. When we have lunch, I've been told that it's entirely vegan except for one, except the chicken at the end. And vegans will be able to know the difference between the chicken at the end and everything else. So you can believe that there is no meat in anything else other than the thing that obviously has meat. And it's also designed to be gluten-free. And there's only one thing that's not gluten-free. But boy, you can become secretary of energy by having forgotten what that thing is. And I've forgotten what that thing is, but you can ask if you want to know. If you think about the energy system, we really are in the midst of a time of some remarkable changes. And I don't mean just now. I mean, take the last decade. I'll show you some numbers on the last decade in a minute, or at least from the year 2000. First, we have real changes in technology. The supply technologies, we finally have a point where the renewables are competitive. Maybe we're a little subsidy in there still, but they're getting there. So the technology on the supply side has changed. Distributed energy, besides wind and solar, but there's many companies in the Silicon Valley that are using fuel cells, bloom energy fuel cells that will give you quality, distributed energy. On the demand side, we have fundamental changes in technology, the electric vehicles coming in, light-emitting diodes, heat pumps, really an improvement. So technology is changing. Markets are changing. We have community, anybody who lives in Santa Mateo County or Santa Clara County have noticed that community choice aggregation is here now. It's real. Markets are changing. But that's not the only markets. Transportation markets are changing with new mobility. Need I say Uber, Lyft, Sidecar? Carbon markets, maybe not in the United States, but Canada and China that will be with the cap and trade starting carbon markets. So market structures are changing. Security issues are still here. It used to be energy security was only how much oil we got imported from the Middle East. Now if you don't pay attention to security at the issue of your buildings or your video camera system that could be hacked and distribute malware or your refrigerator that can be hacked and distributed malware, we think there's physical and cyber issues, security issues. Those are changing and it's a new recognition. CO2 trends, I want to just give it just a slide or two just to show you some changes that are happening. If you, I can't see this very well, but I can see this. And so I can illustrate. If you think about carbon dioxide emissions, something we call a CHIA identity. Carbon dioxide we can think of as equal to the product of three things. GDP, economic growth, energy per unit of GDP, and multiplied by carbon dioxide per unit of energy. It's just an identity because things can't allow. But the importance of this is the first GDP, that's economic growth is what's important. Energy per unit of GDP, that's the energy efficiency. And carbon dioxide per unit of energy, that's how clean the energy system is. So it's useful to think about the trends over time that we've had. I'd like to go back to the time of the before the energy crisis, can you, no that doesn't show up here. The graphs on the left hand side were the time periods from 1960 to 1973 before the oil crisis. The blower says the energy intensity of the economy was declining a fraction of a percent. That was the blue here. You can see the blue over here. The carbon intensity of the energy consumption was decreasing a tiny fraction of a percent. Those added up together to carbon intensity for us economy, carbon dioxide per dollar of real GDP, declining half a percent a year. But the economy was growing almost 4%. And therefore, with the growth of the economy of 4% by the decarbonization of half a percent a year, carbon dioxide emissions were growing 3.8%. Then we had the oil crisis in 1973. Shot across the bow, everything changed. And you look at decade by decade after that, that's the blue energy intensity of the economy was declining on a decade average about 2% points a year. Now, 2% points a year over 40 years is tremendously big. But the energy system wasn't cleaning it up very much. So when you subtract that 2% per year from the economic growth, sometimes we're carbon dioxide. We're not growing much at all. Other times where we had more rapid growth, low oil prices, low energy prices, less energy attention, less policy attention, so less energy efficiency, carbon dioxide was growing. Look at the last six years, 2002, 2016. Remarkable change. Energy efficiency was still improving. The energy intensity of the economy was still declining half a percent, about 2 percentage points a year. But finally, the energy system was cleaning itself up. At little over 1%, about 1.2% a year, those two accumulate so that we were decarbonizing the economy at a rate of about 3.2%. We've had pathetically slow economic growth, 2% economic growth. And so if the carbon intensity is declining 3.2% over 3%, economy is only growing 2%, carbon dioxide emissions are declining over 1% a year. So that's the good news. How is this changing? You can actually decompose what's behind this. And I found this interesting. This is the total percentage reduction of energy consumption decarbonization from 2010. And we've roughly 5% decarbonized because of the reduction of coal, which I hope nobody's trying to bring back except for maybe metallurgical coal, which maybe will come back. But 5% coal, natural gas, the increase of natural gas has decarbonized less than you think because the carbon intensity of natural gas is not much less than the average of the whole system. So increases don't make a lot of difference. But the increase of natural gas is a lot of what's pushed out coal. So much of this, the blue plus of the orange really has to do with the growth of natural gas. And we're gonna talk about fracking at line. So that's gonna be it. So the cleaning up the energy system, oops, has been dominantly a shift from coal to natural gas. Of renewables, we've had about 1% cleaning up of the energy system because of wind. And a tiny additional amount because of solar. This is all of US, the data. So what's changing is we are cleaning up the energy system because we're changing the mix of energy and we're cleaning up our economy because of energy efficiency. That's a remarkable change if it continues. We're in the midst of that change. So I'll end up quickly going towards, just remind you of what's going on in the conference. We have a theme, economic security and the environment. You'll see some of each. Security, you'll see things at the three level, at least three levels of security. The resilience of the energy system as a whole. The security, physical and cyber security of the grid. And security of buildings, which is in my mind probably the most vulnerable part of the overall system is our buildings and the stuff we have in the buildings. Second, the environment. We'll talk about issues of climate, local impacts of fracking, environmental issues we'll be in here, and economics. We'll talk about financing, evolving markets, data use changing and the overall changes. So I think everybody should have a good time because there's a lot of those three things, great people to talk about it. So with no more comments, I'd like to bring up a keynote speaker, Jonathan Pershing. If Jonathan, you'd come on up while I'm saying a few words about you.


Yeah, so average is about seven point five eight and I'll try and keep it that way right so it's it's good that We all happy and surrounded by happy people what happens in agile teams is p teams don't just become happy magically like this after having lunch Right a lot of effort goes into making them that way so Here are five Motivated tools. There's a shadow at the back. This is a guy There are five motivated tools that Leaders normally use and these are one of the five of the most popular ones So what I'd like you to do is have a look at these five motivator tools and have a think about the environments the teams that you come from There's a guy who is walking behind it's now disconnected. Yeah, thanks so What I'll get you to do is think about the factors that You think is the number one. They're all important pretty important, right? They're all equally good, but there's one that I want to call out. That's above the rest of the five Right, so what I'll do is again get you to stand up because it's after lunch So it's an agile session you lose some weight. It's good So if you were to rank one of these as the number one highest of all Which one would you rank? So if you think providing clear goals is the number one motivator, you may sit down now If you think providing interpersonal support is the number one motivator. You may sit down now Interesting if you think providing rewards and incentives is the number one motivator. You may sit down now Providing support for making progress if you think that's the number one motivator. You may sit down now Wow And then providing recognition for good work if you think that's the number one motivator, you may sit down now There's still some people standing There were only five interpersonal support Or that was the first one. Okay, and you've got something that's not here All are required but one above the other ones All are equally important Yep, so and it's Let me let me get back to you. Oh, you've got another way Yes Okay, so it depends on the teams and the individuals in the teams good point, right? But generally I'll get back to these motivators soon. Let me show you this first It's of the goodies that they get back from China, right? And every time I go to China after a few visits Started running out of options as to what to bring back this time And after a while the Hello Kitty bags and the novelty chopsticks are not so novel anymore Right, so last time when I was going I thought I'll do something smart I'll ask them before I go. What do they really want after all there the product owners, right? So I asked my five-year-old son first What do you want back from China this time and he gave me three words clear and explicit just three words remote control helicopter So that's good. That's gonna be easily sorted in no time. I'll get that fixed Right, then I asked my daughter is a couple years your older said ember. What do you want from China this time?  Oh, you know when you look at it when it looks like fun You just buy it for me And I'm thinking why do girls have to be so complex Right, so I go to China and then after a week's work I Start panicking because I've only got a day left hit the markets And I remember the acceptance criteria that they've given me remote control helicopter sorted in five minutes first shop Get it by done check and then I'm thinking about my daughter's acceptance criteria when you look at it It looks like fun. You buy it And I'm thinking I'm gonna be in trouble when I go back home And then I suddenly remembered that she's in love with these guys Right, and then just by sheer fluke I spotted this toy here, which is a miniature Model of one of the minions. I thought this looks like fun I'm sure I am was gonna like it.  I know exactly what my daughter wanted And then in the couple of minutes It's a small problem She's lost all interest. She's frustrated and walks away from the toy And I'm getting a bit concerned ember. What happened? This is too hard. I can't do this Why? Oh That's it's not I can't do this and this is the reason This is the actual toy That I got from China and it's got 200 pieces in it Right, and you can imagine for a little kid Each of the pieces are so tiny can't pick it up Let alone fit two pieces together and it's got 200 pieces and I'm I'm now a little bit concerned and I said ember ember come back. I Said look at the photo here What's your favorite part of the minion and she reluctantly comes back and says oh Guess what? The eye right so it's a minions eye. I said let's do one thing of the 200 pieces They're only 15 pieces that are gray. Let's see about all the gray pieces and we'll just focus on the eye bit And let's get the eye done. I'm sure you can do that and I helped her great Find all the gray pieces and then she put the eye together in about five minutes Right, and then now she's filled with excitement again runs to mommy mom mom look look I've got the eye done I've got the minions eye done said ember ember come back Look at the arms. They're long and small I'm sure you can do that in no time, too and then she starts finding the yellow bits that are straight and ground and gets the arms done and Pi Pi piece by piece. She eventually eventually gets the whole minion belt and it was just sheer Achievements the small wins that she was celebrating every so often Realizing our how her own achievements regularly motivated to keep her or to complete the task Now imagine if I had used one of the other motivated techniques Just standing behind her ember you can do it ember you can do it Somehow I don't think that would have worked right and then in a more recent article Just following on from the theory the power of small wins, which was published by amable and Kramer in 2012 2011 They also said that of all things that can boost Boost emotion and motivation the single most important is making progress in meaningful work So the progress principle has clear implications where our efforts should lie now What I want to do today in this session is share with you five secret tips They are very simple tips and this is the first one of the tips the power of small wins The five tips that I want to share with you are going to help you create or mold a culture in which agile teams will thrive and These five tips are not things or theories that have been published by everybody in one package The baton. Yeah Have you ever seen even on tally? Have you ever seen the camera being focused on the guy who's waiting on the hundred meter mark? For the baton. What's he doing? What I or girl with the baton? now Let's have this race here Now track one Japan track to Canada take three Jamaica track for USA Track five will make it India because all of a sudden India's got good at running Track six is even more amising IBC consulting IBC consulting because they claim that they can have four runners on the track who can run hundred meters sub 10 seconds So this is how IBC consulting is going to conduct this right As the race is about to start they'll introduce a track manager on the track And the track manager is going to come around Are you the guy with this girl with this block the baton? This is start line all good. I'm happy with you Hundred meters down the track you here. It's gonna be 10 seconds by the time But the baton gets to you. You know what there's a high jump happening just here beside here In 10 seconds, can you do that high jump quickly come back in time to continue on the race to give the baton to the 200 meter guy 200 meter guy there 20 seconds at least by the time the baton gets to you a Long jump's happening just behind you there Can you do that long jump and be back in time to take the baton to the 300 meter guy there who will finish the Race for us, but 300 meter guy, you know what it's gonna be ages by the time the baton gets to you Track two There's a hundred meter race happening and you'll do that in 10 seconds You'll be back in no time to finish the race for us And that way we are all fully utilized and the race starts Go to this the baton gets to the hundred meter guy He's still huffing puffing back from the high jump that he's just done he runs to the 200 meter guy who is just Finishing off the the long jump coming back has no context of this race starts running that way And it's oh, no no no the other way the other way So he runs does a U-turn goes the other way to the 300 meter guy who's nowhere to be seen Because his hundred meter race on track two is still to be started and in the meantime all the other races are completing the race and What's happening here is we are focusing on keeping the runners running rather than keeping the baton moving And it's not just consulting organizations a lot of organizations are see operating this way where Things are being measured on how fast as our run is running Rather than delivering value Now there are three aspects of any good agile environment Transparency inspection and adoption and we all know that Yet When I go to a team and ask them as a coach Okay, so you are the same guys that we're working on a waterfall traditional waterfall project last month This month now you've suddenly started doing agile What's different? How do you think differently? How do you operate differently? What's the answer? Stand up. Yeah, that's a classic one. Yeah, or we do fastest we sprint faster Or we do shorter sprints. Are those the answers you're looking for? No So what's one thing that agile teams do differently? What's the fundamental difference? Yeah, that's smaller sprint, right? Yeah, I'm looking for something different and I'll tell you Yeah inspecting and adapting that's right And that's that's what I was looking for One thing that agile teams do differently or think differently about is how can we get better? There's nothing more important for agile teams to to constantly think about is how can we get better? delivering value to for our customers, how can we improve and Then those teams say, oh, yeah, we have PRs post implementation reviews Also known as a post-mortem post-mortem The person's already died The project's finished It's too late for this project and then I get told. Oh, no, it's for the next project. I Haven't seen many projects where the learnings have been applied from a previous project. Have you? yet to see one and Then we all know that we should do it retrospectives like we need to go to the doctors and have checkups while We're still alive. It's more helpful and yet I get leaders and managers who are pushing back and Not allowing their teams to do retrospectives because it's not seen as productive time We are not writing code a team of 20 people for one. This project hasn't even started Imagine what effect such an article would have on the employees that are reading this article, especially the ones That will be working on this project They all now know what's keeping the CIO awake They're all now share his vision and his dreams Talking about dreams. This is my favorite quote by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And that's the only reason I've got this slide here but I want to talk about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1963 he gave I have a dream speech and there were a quarter of a million people who turned up to listen to him and Simon Sinek talks about the story where he talks about leaders and why people turned up to listen to him So why did all of them turn up? Because they all believed in his dreams as well and Simon talks about they are leaders and they are those who lead leaders are those that have an authority a power and Institutional authority and those who lead are people who inspire us and in this case here Everyone was inspired to go and listen to dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. because they shared his dreams and They wanted to go not because of him because of them and Also, they were not there because of what he was doing, but why he was doing it now They were all sharing his dreams and I can't do justice to the way that the story is told If you haven't watched this Ted talk by Simon Sinek It's one of the highly most rated Ted talk ever start with why have a look at it Now talking about dreams When was the last time that you shared your dreams with somebody else? especially with somebody at work Sharing with them all your career aspirations. What do you want to achieve in your career? Have you ever shared what do you want to achieve in personal lives with someone at work a team member? How many of you Two out of all of it now three right sharing dreams Can be quite risky Because it makes us more vulnerable Sharing dreams takes a lot of courage and We find that it's easier to share our dreams with our loved ones Our close family and friends Why? Why not with our teammates why only three people in the room have only shared dreams with our teammates Why trust because we trust them Yeah They don't judge you they don't ridicule you and that's the first step to achieving your dreams If you are able to share your dreams with people surrounded you surrounded with They will help you achieve your dreams and if you can't trust people To share your dreams with how are you gonna achieve anything with surround? But if you're surrounded by people you don't trust Now here's the thing if there's only one message you want to take out of this session here today make it this one as leaders and managers Create an environment where it is safe for our team members to share their dreams with everybody else Have a ritual sharing of the dreams ritual that's a frequent event in your teams and Then notice the difference Because for that to happen you will have to build trust in the teams and Then you see how efforts of all the team members magically align and become in sync Takes a lot of effort But try now Talking about dreams It's not just the team members who want to share most importantly the leaders need to share their dreams and We all know that leaders have to do two things doing the work right and doing the right work and we all know that It's the leaders that have to share their vision their strategies their dreams to cascade it down to the lowest of the levels For teams to achieve those shouldn't be that difficult.  Okay, don't get too depressed the next bit much better Right now look at the traits on the right-hand side of your three biggest weaknesses Because I'm stubborn. I'm dedicated because I'm shy. I'm reflective because I'm indecisive. I'm patient Hidden in each of my Weakness is a hidden strength and the message here is simple instead of focusing on fixing my weaknesses or we all weaknesses Embrace your hidden strengths So, how do you use this in teams? This is what I do When we get a new agile team, we will be setting up a new agile team together get them to do this openly So that everyone she is there Weaknesses and strengths with each other because an agile team is only is Effective if everyone in the team knows who to go to for a certain weakness and where to help with for a certain strength If they don't know that within the team They're gonna struggle So you've got to make sure that everyone knows each other strengths and weaknesses and for that to happen You will have to have a team Where the values have a huge overlap for example for this exercise to work Each team member will have to be transparent We'll have to trust each other and have respect for each other And nothing it's all normal common agile values So and when it comes to the strengths You've got to make sure that as leaders building a team of people with a Wide broader horizon of strengths within the team. Don't get everyone with the same strengths in one team now Let me ask you another question In your organization when there is someone who's just been successfully Who's been successful in completing an experiment? Are they rewarded? You don't have to answer that. I just want you to think about this And what about when that experiment fails? Are they still rewarded or are they punished? Just think about this Are there still as willing to participate in another experiment after failure? Are they encouraged to participate in another experiment after failure? And this is What I want to talk about this is the next bit is all about the the thing we do the interactive Clapping game that we've done twice already today, right? Now how many people have had those kind of surveys asked by your organization saying we want to just see how engaged you are How happy you are at work today? How many people have had those kind of surveys? Most of us, right? It's good How many people have had those surveys where at the bottom says this is an anonymous survey? You can say whatever you like it's safe Most of you, right? Very good now This is the thing why is it anonymous? This is my theory It is anonymous because it's not safe to openly speak out in that organization it underscores the fear of speaking up It underscores the risk of speaking up That's why it's anonymous It says a lot about your culture. I'll take it at the end if you have time and this is where I Start to cause disruption and make a lot of people uneasy about oh, it's anonymous because people won't speak up anyway So create a culture where you can Easy no, it's not Takes a lot of effort where you can have an anonymous surveys Abolished and have open surveys where people feel can safely say what they want to say That's when you have achieved the optimal culture that's conducive to the agile way of working. Sorry, so It gets more personal with my questions now We'll get to know each other quite well by the end of the session Think about your KPIs. How you measured are you measured on delivering value rather than just projects? Just don't think about just your own ones think about your manager's ones or your peers and your reports How are they measured? Are they measured on delivering value rather than just projects now? Here's the thing a lot of organizations have embraced edge all and say we're doing edge all retro Performance reviews and things like that But the underpinning way that the success is measured for employees is still on the old style all metrics And what I'm seeing is a behavior which I've coined together as PDD Which is Is becoming more and more challenging in our environments today and we need to make sure that we are not seeing edge or leadership as just providing approvals but providing true support to make progress to Provide true support to empower people not just on paper say oh, yeah, you've got the rights to do everything Now I want to tell you one last story before I wrap up. Have you got time for another story? Yeah, you're keen to hear another story. Yes. Okay, so What I I've got here is Again, this was in Melbourne last year This is more recent where I was invited to help out a project team that was struggling because they had a fixed-code fixed-time delivery Sounds normal, right? Yeah, and they said oh, we'll do agile and we'll get an agile coach and guess who the lucky one was So I went there spent two weeks with the team And I noticed that there was no sign of leadership or any any people from the leadership team ever in the team area I had never ever seen the exec managers or the delivery managers or anybody like that in the delivery areas, so In my next catch-up with the EGM of the domain I said, you know what it would be really good if you could one day show up in our stand-ups or after the stand-ups to just give a Brief on why we're doing this project and motivate people so that they know that they they're doing it for somebody And he goes oh, yeah, yeah next Tuesday. I'm in the building. I'll come around And I'm all excited happy good So I prepped the team all the EGM is going to show up today make sure you all well behavioral blah blah blah so and then We have this Tuesday morning stand-up and then after the stand-up the EGM scored in comes in What he said in that motivational talk the November date is fixed There is no room for negotiation with the date The scope is fixed and socialized with the business. I Empower you all to do whatever is necessary to deliver their grid scope by this date You are empowered to make all decisions with regards to how you want to implement the new product If for any reason You are not able to deliver deliver your piece or if I find that you are delaying your pieces by waiting for answers I will crucify you these were the exec words of the EGM Empowering the team I'm and I'm standing beside him in that Team where I've brought this guy to motivate the team and now everyone's like scared Is someone's gonna get hurt real bad soon? And I was scared scared for myself as well. So Notice how some words that we use Just drag the energy down and there's some words just project energy upwards and outwards and as leaders We want to be we've got a choice of words We want to use the words wisely so that we project that energy outwards But I hear words like headcount execute and terminate All being used in the same sentence And it seems like It's the scene from the Terminator movie where Arnold's gonna be back and someone's gonna get hurt real bad so We as leaders we need to use the words wisely So that we project out that good energy because our world needs our good energy Our organizations need our good energy The individuals and teams around us need that good energy Let's use our words to project out that good energy so That's the last one the number five I have is Use the power of words to project out that good energy to motivate teams and create a culture an environment that suit those words and vice versa and As leaders we need to be careful and aware of in wrapping up outside we'd have to be careful of All the things the five things that we we're using all to do with our actions our attitudes our behaviors and also our words The first one to create use the power of small wins to create that motivation Second one amplify good behavior to create that good Good culture the last one this the third one is use the power of dreams To align everyone to the same thinking Measure what matters So that you can get where you want to be with that culture Because you only get what you measure and the last one use the power of words to project out that good energy And finally in wrapping up. I'd like to urge you to use the simple ingredients to mold and shape not create and We can't create culture but we can mold and shape that culture in which edge all teams will thrive And I can assure you that you will start reaping the full benefits of your edge all teams then thanking you any questions We got one at the back You need a mic or can shout should love their jobs How do you make people love their jobs though if you think that people should be loving What's that? Passionate about it right and this this is what I'm I'm saying here is to create that passion is All of these things will help that passion being cascaded up and down and sideways Right, it's only when people share the same passion the same dreams the same vision That's when the teams teams become successful as a unit Right if you're not sharing that passion with the other team members because the teams only as good as the individuals within the teams and vice versa Right, so if you're not sharing the same passion The team's not going to function as a unit, right? It's same as a sporting field a sporting team Right, so you all you your goal should be one to win as the team not to shine as a individual Good question. Yeah one more Yes Yes Well good question Yeah, so One of the things I think it's a good question You're highlighting that they are 90% of the organizations that fall into the bit pitfall and that 10% they're doing it really well Right and the idea here is to to learn from those 10% and see what they are doing really well To employ and employ that in the other 90% right because life's too short to make all our mistakes ourselves Right, but I don't have there people who are coming in and out here. We need to wrap up now. So thank you all. Thanks for


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I really do love it There's trellises all over the walls there So if you want to put some pottery down below you can have those vines creeping up making this feel like even more Of a part of nature, but we've spoken so much about this area right here We should go right off to the formal dining room area And there's two ways either we can go back through the formal lounge area Or follow this pathway with these beautiful trellises on the right hand side And you'll find yourself immediately in your formal dining room area Plenty of space here as you can see I don't think any of these houses will ever feel small or cramped with immediate access to your kitchen And another sliding door right over there Again, this is a testament to light to air to openness And with the color of the walls it really does feel so fresh and peaceful in here You'd never think it's a winter day, but now I think it is time to take a look at that kitchen So coming out of the dining room area the pocket door behind me leads into your formal lounge And right here we're skidding straight into the kitchen First thing you'll notice is this massive island here center island Also can be used as a breakfast nook and then we've got wraparound cupboards Going all the way around this kitchen beautiful quartz countertop Plenty of under counter cupboard space And then above the counter right on this side over here You'll see space for your microwave as well as upper cupboard space with over here And I'm going to run there quickly We've got your display cabinet lit up As well as more under counter cupboard space With all the access to your plug sockets you'll need Over here double oven electric stove top More under counter cupboard space And place for your fridge right here But this isn't the only place for your fridge Because just around this corner we've got a pantry area there And that's where you'll find your double sink and a lot more goodies So let's go check that out Coming into your pantry area you'll find on the right hand side a door That opens up into another storage room for all of your dry goods As well as a floor to ceiling cupboard right next to where your fridge is kept For even more storage space Then there is that double sink front and center with cupboard to the left and right of it And then underneath the counter you'll find space For your appliances both dishwasher as well as washing machine Now let's take a walk out of the kitchen And into all the other living room areas in this house This house has been done up so well with so much character That there's really so much to speak about So and here we are approaching the front of the outside area And no home can come close to what this home does When we talk indoor outdoor living Stackable doors on both sides aluminum frame So you know you're not going to have any issues with wear and tear And it leads right out onto your patio But before I go any further this way Let me talk about what's over there You've got another sitting room area That can effectively be used as a separate bar area You've got space for a bar fridge there One's already in place And you can see all your guests Friends, family, sitting here chilling and enjoying some time together Because there is just so much space in this outside area To really hammer that point home Take a look at this bar Plenty of undercounted storage right over here You've got your teppanyaki grill So if you are one of those chefs guys I'm waiting for the invite to the cookout But wait until you see the pool And the view you have from that pool So let's flip that camera around And let me show you what a real pool should look like A room flow pool that flows right over the edge Giving you beautiful views Of the rest of Danefern Golf Estate Now this pool is as eclectic as the rest of the home You've got lighting built into the flooring Throughout the tiles as well as a fountain there Giving you the beautiful sounds of water For you to sit down and relax too Now another really cool feature of this pool Is the wooden deck to the right hand side That you can sit down, relax, catch a tan on or even If you really want to step your game up Throw a jacuzzi on too So stepping back in is as simple as that Like I mentioned, this home really has so much character And take a look at this informal lounge area Beautifully set out, absolutely massive Lighting throughout the roof As well as these lighting pieces Yeah, pay good attention throughout the video At some of the incredible lighting you'll see throughout the house I really love interesting or different lighting pieces And this home has got all of them you can imagine So, scooting around the car chair And what a massive car chair It looks so comfortable You've got another breakfast nook Leading into your kitchen right over here And then you'll find yourself in another Indoor outdoor area Absolutely huge stackable glass doors Pushed aside leading you out onto your garden With views of one of the two fairways You'll find in Danefern Golf Estate And take a look at how wonderful this is I mean right here we've got an office And can you imagine sitting down here Kicking up your feet Maybe picking up the telephone Working from home has become so commonplace nowadays And where would you want to work from home More than right here within the Danefern Golf Estate With these incredible views Cameraman, show them what they'd be looking at And walking out of this sunroom You'll find yourself in your garden With a stunning water feature on the left hand side As well as 180 degree views Of the fairway in Danefern Golf Estate And just behind me take a look at the deck Now your outside deck has got a stunning tree Providing you all the shade you could ever want Furnished wood leading up onto a verandah Where you can place your outdoor furniture And really enjoy not only the sun But the view as well as if you're into golf You can probably enjoy yourself a good game of golf We've seen people swing in their clubs Throughout the day And then just behind the deck You'll find a golf cart garage Specially made for you to park your very own golf cart With immediate access onto the fairway Through a small gate on the left hand side So right now we are going to be heading upstairs To showcase the bedrooms to you But before we do that I want to mention That this home comes with its very own Fully kitted domestic flatlets Two bedrooms, a lounge As well as living room areas Everything your domestic would need This home has got it And you've got it covered But right now upstairs Let's take a look at the bedrooms Now I'd like to take a moment to stop right here On this landing Because this pocket door over here Leads onto your half bathroom You've got your single vanity Under counter storage mirror As well as so much light Which is really not common Within these half bathrooms But this one is exceptionally well lit Really nice, really airy So much of the character in this home You'll find throughout the different rooms But right now We're on a mission to show you these bedrooms So come along As you come up to this landing You'll see beautiful wood flooring As well as wood framing Through all of the door entrances And down this hallway On my left there's a bathroom right there Let's take a look at that bathroom And then we're going to head into this bedroom On my right hand side Now this bathroom on my left hand side Services the bedrooms on this hallway Even though two of the bedrooms Do have ensuite bathrooms Two of them do not This bathroom fully kitted out Double vanity, plenty of under counter storage Your very own bathtub Windows looking out onto that golf course And then without a doubt What bathroom would be complete Without a walk-in shower And yeah Coming through this wood lined portal You'll find yourself within the first bedroom That we're showcasing you Sliding door leads out onto your very own private balcony We're going to talk about that private balcony last Once we showed you that bedroom on my left hand side But very nice and spacious bedroom Fan above me Covered space all behind me Everything you'll need in a guest bedroom Another office space Or even just your third or fourth bedroom This bedroom has got So now let's go out onto this balcony And we'll go visit that other bedroom So coming through that glass sliding door You'll find yourself on your own private balcony Now we've set this out so nice You'll see there's a beautiful table Art here for you to enjoy some meals If you would at the top And then you have got an incredible view Across the whole of Daneford And you can see the top of Stain City Really the view is priceless And it's an ultra large balcony at the top here It's such a good use of space And I love how it's done But it is shared with the other bedroom And walking into that bedroom You can see why beautiful spacious bedroom Plenty again of cupboard space We've got the fan above us We have got heated flooring right here Literally I'm going to fall over when I saw the heated flooring Literally all of the amenities You could ever wish for Right here it's got it I love the placement of all of the windows behind me Because it floods this room with so much light But this bedroom also comes with an ensuite bathroom And we're going to take a look at it right now Your ensuite bathroom has of course Your very own walk-in shower Single vanity on the right Mirror above it Undercovered storage below it And then two windows looking out Onto your beautiful golf course Coming out of that walk-in shower Though what I'd like to mention is There's a special skylight Vult right into the ceiling Giving you just that much more natural light So two bedrooms down That means you've got three more to go But right here while we're on this landing I want you to pay extra attention to all the windows On this landing area So often they're dark So often they're dingy But this house seems to be the king of the sunroof Because right over there We've got another one Bringing in all this light And dispersing it among the stairwell Glinting off of the stainless steel railings Really does give such a cool feel to this home But right now on my right hand side We've got another bedroom Let's take a look So this is the third bedroom we're going to be looking at And I think me and this bird Are going to have a fight About who talks the loudest But definitely not The smallest bedroom we've ever seen on this show Really well spaced Really well designed Plenty of cupboard space again And then this over here Which is something quite unusual Now this has been placed here temporarily Probably so that I don't fall off Or my cameraman does But if we reach across Can I do this without turning this into a blooper reel You can pull You can pull these stackable glass doors All the way across But I really like how this is almost a balcony A room that's a balcony I dig it I don't know what you guys feel about it Let me know in the comments I love reading your comments I love getting your guys opinion And right over here We've got another balcony And here it is The other balcony in this home Now this balcony Looks out onto the beautiful golf course Within the Daneford Golf Estate As well as leads into the master suite You can see through that massive window Right over there Some of the master suite But how nice has this house been set up? I think it's got so much character And for the right person This could be an absolutely incredible home That serves them Through years and years to come I love how it's designed I love how eclectic and different it is So let's take a look at that last bedroom Let's take a look at some other really cool features of this home And then let's come up to the creme de la creme The master suite And let me show you what that's got to offer And we have teleported downstairs To the lower level of the home Just to showcase the very last bedroom Or at least the lowest bedroom And this is almost like a self-sustaining Room slash flatlet If you may You've got a small kitchen area over here Plenty of space behind me For a living room slash bedroom area And then just in front of me There's a walk-in shower there Massive window Leading in so much fresh air from the front of the house Right in front of me as well And then behind me There is pretty wall Here we are Within the master suite Let me straighten this baby up This is exactly where you want to be And you can see it immediately So much light So much ambience So much character Windows right here Leading out onto that large balcony We spoke about earlier We'll go take a look at that in a moment But take a look at how big this is And a lot of you might be wondering Chad, where are the closets? And for those fans of the show For our top fans on Facebook and on YouTube You know exactly where the closets are Because there is a walk-in closet right over there Let's take a look at that And let's zoom back in here And then let's take a look at the master On suite bathroom A pocket door inset Separates your bedroom from your walk-in closet And that walk-in closet is extra large On your left hand side it extends With cupboard space As well as straight ahead with more shelf space Then you've got three mirrors Located within your walk-in closet A his and a hers Should I say full length mirrors So if you're trying out outfits And you want to know what looks best on you Those mirrors are going to serve you well Then as you walk into your walk-in closet You'll find a desk there With a mirror above it So if you're trying on jewelry If you're trying your makeup out That is where you're going to be wanting to sit That is where you're going to be wanting to do that And then coming out of your walk-in closet In front of you You've got more of that balcony It wraps along the length of the house And every single bedroom On the right hand side of the house Or the north wing Has access to it Massive balcony So much character So much space And what a view But right now It's time for that on suite bathroom Now let's talk on suite bathrooms Yeah, we have a jacuzzi bathtub With windows on the left and right That open up Getting you a cross breeze While you're sitting in your steaming hot bath Enjoying this life of luxury Then if you don't want a bath If a shower suits you better This shower is one of the best we've seen Because it is a steam shower Completely sealed off from the rest of the bathroom With its very own temperature control Steam control system Right there you can have your own steam shower Own steam room Who needs the gym? Who needs him? When you've got this in your bathroom And then double vanity Of course extra large mirror And plenty of under counter storage With your toilet separate from the rest of the bathroom With its very own door So yeah, we are on the grounds of Danefern Golf Course And within the Danefern Golf Estate And really it's to show you what you get The beauty, the serenity, the peacefulness But also the fact that Should you come here You've got access to two restaurants You've got access to schools Private access to the school So your kids can happily and safely Walk to their education It's a lifestyle that you're buying in here It's not just a beautiful home And what a beautiful lifestyle Snap it up Because it is going to be going fast I'm considering it myself Take a look at that stunning view However, this is where we do have to say goodbye I'm on this golf course I'm going to go straight around this place To take a look at it So from myself, Chad Raveiros From the team at Private Property From everybody at The Home Shopper Show We love you We can't wait to see you on the next episode Thank you and goodbye


Welcome, Weirdos! I'm Darren Marlar and this is Retro Radio Sunday on Weird Darkness. Each week I bring you a show from the golden age of radio, but still in the genre of Weird Darkness. I'll have stories in the macabre in horror, mysteries in crime, and even some dark science fiction. If you're new here, welcome to the show and be sure to subscribe or follow the podcast so you don't miss future episodes. If you're already a member of this Weirdo family, please take a moment and invite someone else to listen in with you. Spreading the word about the show helps it to grow. If you're here because you're already a fan of nostalgic audio and print, you'll want to email WeirdDarkness at RadioArchives.com. When you do that, you'll get an instant reply with links to download full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp ebooks, and old-time radio shows for free. That email address again is WeirdDarkness at RadioArchives.com. Coming up, it's an episode from Murder Clinic. Murder Clinic was a short-lived radio anthology series that each week adapted a detective story from some generally well-known mystery writer, including Edgar Wallace, Carter Dixon, Agatha Christie, G.K. Chesterson, Stuart Palmer, and others. Tonight, it's an episode from September 22, 1942, a tale based on a story by Hubert Putner entitled The Scrap of Lace.  Murder Clinic, stories of the world's great detectives, men against murder. Each week at this time, W.O.R. Mutual turns the spotlight on one of the world's great detectives of fiction and invites you to listen to the story of his most exciting case. Tonight, Madame Rosika's story in The Scrap of Lace. Good evening, Madame Story. Your being at Murder Clinic is certainly a novelty. You're surprised to see a woman detective, that's right, and even more surprised to see a very beautiful detective.  Most people think so, Mr. Knight, but you see, being a woman gives me one great advantage. My adversaries usually underestimate me. Yes, I suppose they would. Now, what's the tale you're going to tell us, Madame Story? It's called The Scrap of Lace. I chose it because it seems to me so unusual a crime. A strange story of jealousy and death. Of course, you know the great family of Kruger, who ruled New York society for generations. When Mrs. Peter John Kruger III died, her mantle descended as a matter of course to Mrs. Peter John Kruger IV. This beautiful and charming young woman, Mimi by name, inherited not only her mother-in-law, Scepter, but also Teresa de Guion. Teresa de Guion was the first and certainly the greatest of social secretaries. The story begins one summer morning at Karris Woods, the enormous and rather monstrous Kruger estate in Upper Westchester. Mimi and Teresa de Guion were together in the breakfast room. Oh, Teresa, must we go to that del dinner at the brand-sums tonight? I think I'll call it off. Mimi, you simply can't do that. The dinner's being given for you. I was most insistent that I'd be consulted about the other guests. After all, my dear, you have certain responsibilities. Your mother-in-law, Mrs. Kruger III, was I know. She was a parallel of the social virtues. She didn't mind being bored to death. Oh, Mimi, you are so lax. What would you do without me? You worry too much, Teresa. You're living in the past. Your little assistant Louise Mayfield could possibly take over very well. Louise? Louise Mayfield? That's quite that giant. My dear, Teresa, she's 21 and very competent. After all, you trained her. Yes, and I am very fond of Louise. She's like a daughter to me. But take my place. Surely you're joking, my dear. Oh, yes, yes, of course. You know Mimi. I'm a bit worried about Louise. She's been acting very odd lately. This party she's going to tonight. I have no idea of where it is. Well, who her hostess is to be? Well, wherever it is, she'll have a better time than I will. You know, Teresa, I shouldn't be surprised if Louise has been acting strangely because she's trying to keep away from my handsome cousin, Jack Roecliffe. She doesn't seem very grateful to you, Teresa, for arranging to marry a morph to Vera McPeak. Jack Roecliffe and Vera McPeak are a splendid match. He has family, position. Vera is young. She can be molded. She can be torn. Oh, certainly, yes. And her father has 100 millions. But I don't blame Jack for straying from the fold. Louise is very lovely. And I found Vera a very trying guest. In fact, I find it all very trying. Oh, there's Louise. Louise, we're in the breakfast room. Come in here, my dear. Good morning, Mrs. Kruger. Mrs. De Guillaume, did you want me this morning? No, Louise, I did. Teresa insists we go to this dinner tonight. Jack and Vera are going with us. We'll be leaving around 7. Tell Jack, won't you? Must I, Mrs. Kruger? Mrs. Kruger has asked you to deliver a message. Do so, my dear. Jack, I came only to tell you about the dinner. Louise. Please. Must we go through all this again? Why don't you leave me alone? Because I'm mad about you, Louise.  I'm in love with you.  Don't be silly, Jack. It does sound silly, doesn't it?  You've changed me, Louise. I love you. There's nothing I wouldn't do for you. And what about Vera McPeak? No, Jack. I'm afraid you've been bought, paid for, and delivered.  I'll tell her tonight that I'm through, Louise.  Come back if you like, Jack. Good. I'll be back at about. But I won't be here. Where are you going, Louise? Why don't you tell me? It's another man. I know it's another man. Who is it? Who is it? Nonsense has gone far enough. What I do is my own business. Do you understand that, Jack? No, it's my business. You're mine, Louise. Do you hear? You're mine. I'll have you when no one else will. Jack, let go of my wrist. Louise, tell me. You're hurting me, please. Louise, I want to know. Let me go. Well, Jack, bill banking passes at the servants, I see. Perhaps it's just as well you saw. You might as well have this out now.  I can handle this. It's pretty easy to see what Miss Mayfield's little game is. She thinks she'll marry into the great Kruger clan. Well, let me tell you, Miss Mayfield. Jack hasn't got a cent to his name and never will have. Vera, please. I understand perfectly, Miss McPete. I assure you, I have no ambitions in Mr. Roker's direction. Quite the lady, aren't you, Miss Mayfield? Well, what's your step? Sure, I know what you all think of me. Volga. Common. But let me tell you, we common Clay McPeaks from Pittsburgh know how to get what we want. And we know how to keep it. Think that over, Miss Mayfield. Think that over. Yes, come in. Miss Louise. Madam Kruger has sent me to help you dress for your engagement. Come in, Lou. How thoughtful of Mrs. Kruger to send you, Cézanne. Have they gone? But we, Zika, she left long ago. Oh, don't you see, we're not happy. Mr. Jack, you say nothing. And Mademoiselle is fiancee.  Oh, you see, she's very angry. Even Madame, she wants not to go. Well, let's not think of them, Cézanne. I'm happy, and I'm going to have a wonderful time. Now, Mademoiselle is very charmant. Very lovely.  It is for your young man that your eyes shine so. Maybe. You're too smart, Cézanne. But how do you think my young man will like me? How do I look? Oh, rubbish, mademoiselle.  You are so lovely.  Yes, yes. A letter from Miss Mayfield. Oh, thank you. It is a letter for you, mademoiselle, for me.  How lovely. What an exquisite handkerchief. Who could have sent it to me? Madame Cluever must have sent it. It is one of these six you bought in Paris. It is perfect, mademoiselle, for your costume, Miss Pat. Oh, it's lovely. What a darling, Mrs. Cluever is. You wish she is more generous. You'll carry this, no? Of course. Shall I put she sent the perfume and it, mademoiselle? No, thank you. I'll do it myself, Cézanne. Oh, just put that bottle of Godinia perfume on my dressing table, please. Oui, mademoiselle. Now you can go, Cézanne. I won't need you anymore. Merci, mademoiselle. Bonne voir, mademoiselle. Good night, Cézanne, and thank you. Oh, it's so lovely. One more drop. Years of experience, Mimi. I have never had to cope with anything so, so sordid. Tell me, Racer, how can you think of appearances with Louise, that beautiful child, lying in there dead? But I must think of them. After all, Dr. Plummer refuses to sign a death certificate. That dole farfel with his hints of foul play. Maybe he's right, Vera. What do you mean, Jack? What do you know of Louise Mayfield's death? Well, I... Stop strangling you two. Dr. Plummer was kind enough to give us 36 hours. He's risking a great deal going as far as that. Oh, why doesn't Madame Storey get here? Are you sure you acted wisely in calling her in, Mimi? Well, it was either she or the police. You said she had a reputation for discretion. Madame Rosika Storey and Miss Bella Brickley. Thank heaven you're here, Madame Storey. This is a terrible situation. Terrible. Oh, but let me introduce you. I am Teresa de Guillaume. This is Mrs. Peter John Kruger, the first. How do you do, Miss McPeek? Hello. Mr. Roque. How do you do, Miss Roque? It was good of you to come so quickly, Madame Storey. This unfortunate accident is likely to create a dressing scandal for Mrs. Kruger. Accident, Mr. Guillaume? From what you told me over the phone I gathered Louise Mayfield had been murdered. Nonsense. We don't know that, Madame Storey. Nobody does. We only know Louise is dead. Poor child. We found her when we returned last night from our dinner party. It is nonsense, Teresa, and you know it. Madame Storey is perfectly right. You'll be very foolish to ask her help and not give her all the facts. What facts, Mimi?  You ask me.  That's an interesting idea, Miss McPeek, though I must confess that so simple and clever a scheme would never have occurred to me. But surely Dr. Plummer offered some other reason for refusing a death certificate? Yes. He says... Oh, it's impossible, but he says Louise was as fixy as...  There isn't a gas outlet in the house. How helpful of you to know that, Miss McPeek. You won't mind, will you, if I check for myself? I don't mind what you do. What's the use of all this? We've nothing to tell. All of us were at a dinner party 20 miles from here together. When we got home after 11, we found Louise... Well, that is Miss Mayfield dead. I see. Mr. Guion, when you phoned me, you said something about some missing object. Yes. Suzanne the maid insists a lace handkerchief came in the mail for Louise, as she was pressing to leave. When we phoned her, the handkerchief had disappeared. Very interesting. Suppose I start then by questioning this maid, Suzanne. Maybe she can tell me more about this missing handkerchief. Good morning, Bella. Good morning, Madam Story. Typing last night's notes, I see. Yes. Say, you look worried. What is it? Oh, how can one look out at that peaceful garden and realize it in this house? There's someone carrying the mark of cane on this soul. And you believe Louise Mayfield's death was not a natural one. That she was murdered? No doubt of it. Bella, that girl was asphyxiated. Oh, how horrible. So, you know what I'm saying? How horrible?  Yes, isn't it? And it's our job to find out who killed her. Have you finished typing those notes you took at our intemnable interviews last night? Not quite. I'm almost finished. Well, then I think I'll step out in the terrace. Maybe the fresh air will help me think. Something is bothering you. Yes, Bella, what happened to that lace handkerchief Louise Mayfield received in the mail? I'm sure that was the thing that killed her. I must find it. Well, you'll call me when you're through with those notes, please.  Do you always make such pretty speeches even so early in the morning, Mr. Roecliffe? Ah, beautiful lady. You remember my name. Yours would be a difficult name to forget, Mr. Roecliffe. Hmm? Thanks to the Rotical Viewer in the Picture Magazine. Oh, that. You know, I had no hope of ever meeting you. I can't aspire to your circle. Much too clever. Hmm. It all depends. I should say that you were quite clever enough for your own purposes, Mr. Roecliffe. I'm just a lightweight. Oh, I wonder. Now, see, you're standing out under her window. There is Miss Mayfield's room up there, isn't it? Yes. Well, that was her room. Ivy clad walls, old English ivy. Sturdy and strong, too. I wonder why the vines are so torn and broken. Oh, are they? I hadn't noticed. You loved Louise Mayfield very much, didn't you? Yes. I loved her more than anything in life. And she? Oh, why should she care for me? What am I? Nothing but a waste room. She was in love with someone else. I know it. I could tell. But if I'd known who it was, I... Why didn't you tell me, Mr. Roecliffe? You'd left your dinner party and came back here last night. How did you know that I did? I didn't. You've just told me. Thank you.  What time was it when you got here? Well, I don't know. It was about 9.30, I think. I see. You came around back here in the garden. You saw a light in her window, called her, got no answer. And you climbed that ivy up to her window, didn't you? Well, who saw me? Nobody, as far as I know. That broken ivy tells its own story, but not all of it. Tell me, what did you do when you got up there? I suppose you're thinking that I killed her. I wouldn't blame you if you did. I don't care much if you do. I've got nothing... Please, please, Mr. Roecliffe. I'm sorry. Well, I went in and found her lying there on the floor dead. Then, like the coward I am, I got scared. How could I explain my being there? So I climbed down again the way I went up and drove back to Quaker Ridge. I suppose you don't believe me. Suppose I say I reserve judgment. No. Will you give me the handkerchief that you took from Louis Mayfield's hand?  How did you know that? It's obvious. I suppose that you took it as a remembrance of her. Yes, I did. It was the last thing she touched. Here it is. Madam Story, could you come into the office a moment? Certainly, Bella. We'll continue this talk later, Mr. Roecliffe. Will you excuse me now, please? So this letter was pushed under the door. Did you open it, Bella? No. I saw it was addressed to Louis Mayfield, so I called you. I see. Oh, it's postmarked by Roecliffe. Here's a notation on the envelope and pencil. And a very literate correspondent, Bella. If you want to buy any more info about this letter, we can make a deal. I'll drop around at eleven. Well, may have longed to wait. Now, let's read the letter. Darling, I can hardly wait till Tuesday night when I'll see you again. I'm moving heaven and earth to arrange things, so we'll be together for always. All my love, dear, it's signed J. J? That must be Jack Roecliffe. In the light of what we know of their relationship, does it sound like Jack Roecliffe?  But the initial. It could be the J stands for John, Peter... Peter John Kruger. This must be our mysterious correspondent now. Come in. Well, ladies, there I am. Johnny on the spot, like I says. Do we do business?  You're against a name, chauffeur and bodyguard. I'm sure you're efficient in both departments, Mr. Gargan. But, uh, why the bodyguard? Well, it's like this. The Krugers are important people, see? They're likely to be bothered by cranks and not around desirable citizens, yet. Then he's protection. And the guy that can protect him. Yes, I can see that, Gargan. But now, um, about this letter. Yeah, that's right. Well, do I sing it, don't I? That depends on your song, Gargan. First, tell me. How did you manage to get hold of this letter? Well, it's like this. I always get the mail, see? And I always deliver it. But yesterday Mrs. Kruger and the old aimer were with me. I go in and get the mail, and I look through it to see if there's something for me. And I see this letter. Well, when I come out to the car, Mrs. Kruger says, give me the mail. I hands it to her. And when I get it back, this letter ain't with the others. Well, I don't take much about it till last night when this mayfield aimer's bumped off. Then I'll be in a smellerette. And this morning, I does a little moochin' around. And here it is. Very graphic, Gargan. How's that? Oh, skip it. Now, what further information have you to give us, Gargan? I can tell you who sent that letter to the Mayfield aim. So, how much? Half a G. Five hundred dollars? That's an expensive song, Gargan. Ah, nuts. You can put on the expensive count. You're right. Nuts it is. The five hundred dollars are yours. Tanks. Here you are. Now, who sent this letter to Louise Mayfield? Well, there was no one to do that. Gargan, Madam Story, is he dead? Yes. The shot came through that window. But why? To keep him from telling us who sent that letter to Louise. Help me put him in that closet over there. Brzeke, I won't let you. You can't. You've got to report it. If I report it now, the police would interfere with all my plans. I need twenty-four hours. You're risking your reputation. We've taken risks before. But this is concealing a murder. Why do you need twenty-four hours? To learn the secret of this, Bella. Why? Well, that's one of Mrs. Kruger's handkerchiefs. No, Bella. It's the handkerchief. The one Roe Cliff found on Louise Mayfield's body. I'm staking my reputation on this little scrap of lace. Madam Story, Potter is back. Oh, that's good, Bella. Did you bring back the handkerchief and the laboratory report? Yes, here they are. Hmm. Just as I thought.  This handkerchief was the murder weapon, Bella. But how could it have been? Because our murderer knew that Louise Mayfield used gardenia toilet water. But can we find out who sent it? I'd rather think we can. Bella, get those four lace handkerchiefs that Suzanne got for me for Mrs. Kruger. What are you going to do now? Now, my dear Bella, I'm going out to present a noose to a murderer. Mr. Roe Cliff, I wanted to return this handkerchief to you for safe keeping. I'll want it back tomorrow morning. I don't know how at present. But I feel this handkerchief will be the means of proving who killed Louise Mayfield. So, guard it carefully. Well, I'll do that. You can depend on me, Madam Story. Thank you, Mr. Roe Cliff. Ms. McPeak, the greatest proof that I'm not against you is that I'm going to ask you to keep this handkerchief for me. The most important piece of evidence I have.  But it would never be supposed that I'd given it to you to guard. Will you keep it for me until tomorrow morning? No, don't worry. I'll keep it safe. Thank you, Ms. McPeak. Mrs. Kruger, what I came to see you, Chief. Well, it's not. It's the handkerchief. It's the one that was sent to Louise Mayfield. Where'd you get it? Well, I can't tell you that now. But I'm afraid it was the cause of her death. Oh, how horrible. What I'm going to ask you to do is to hold it for me just until tomorrow morning. But, Mr. Guion, you can help. What is the real situation, Madam Story? Oh, I wish I knew.  I can go no further without the assistance from the chemists. Whom do you suspect? Oh, you know. I'm afraid I do. Well, what I want you to do is to keep this dreadful handkerchief for me until tomorrow morning. Mrs. Kruger, I've asked you, Mr. Guion, Ms. McPeak and Mr. Roe Cliff, to meet me here this morning in order that we may determine who murdered Louise Mayfield. Who murdered her? What do you mean?  I believe I do, Mrs. Kruger, but I hope to prove it. I know that laced handkerchief was sent to her through the mail was the murder weapon. Perhaps that can tell us something. May I have the handkerchief, please? Why, certainly. Oh, here you are. Why, I thought that... Why, I say, what is this? So, a trick. That's right, Ms. McPeak, a trick. But one only a guilty person need fear. But really, Madam Story, I'd rather just turn... Yes, Madam Story, please take the handkerchiefs one at a time. Mark each in pencil with the initials of the person from whom you receive it. May I have the handkerchiefs, please? One at a time. One at a time. All right.   That has never left my possession. Here it is. But I don't understand. This handkerchief in my hand is impregnated with a deadly poison. When moistened with alcohol, it releases a lethal gas, which is instantly fatal. May I remind you that perfume is 90% alcohol. And a young girl about to go out on a romantic trist would inevitably moisten it with perfume. How horrible. Yes, Mr. Guillaume, I agree with you. But surely you don't suspect any of us. Why not, Ms. McPeak? I found that a murderer is usually actuated by fear. Fear of what the victim might do to them. All of you face that fear as far as Louise Mayfield was concerned. But one of you feared so deeply that you dared risk murder to protect what you had. You feared loss of position, prestige, supplanting by a younger, more attractive girl, loss of all that had made life worth living. That one person alone knew what the fatal handkerchief contained. I gave each one of you what you thought was that handkerchief. I was curious to see what disposition you would make of the evidence. Bella, yes? Please examine those four handkerchiefs carefully. And when you've done that, tell me if any of them have changed since they left our hands last evening. Yes, this one has been washed. Washed? Read the initials on it. T-D-E-G. Teresa. Teresa! Keep away from her. Keep away from me, I say. Keep away from me. I'll shoot! Karen, she's shot herself. Oh, it's all my fault. Poor Teresa. Poor things. She was old. She couldn't stand it. She just couldn't stand it. No, Mrs. Cougar, it wasn't your fault. It was better so. The end of a passing world. Exit an era. You have been listening to Murder Clinic. Murder Clinic, the W-O-R mutual series which brings you each week one exciting case. One member from the select band of the world's great detectives. Next week, Murder Clinic will bring you Sir Henry Merrivale, known to his host of admirers as H.M. in Death in the Dressing Room. This famous detective finds a brilliantly clever pickpocket and discovers an even more clever murderer. Tonight's detective was Madame Rosika's story, played by Elizabeth Morgan. Original music was composed by Ralph Barnhart and conducted by Bob Stanley. This program was an international exchange feature over the coast-to-coast network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Fails told on Murder Clinic are adaptations by authors Lee Wright and John A. Bassett. 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