Duke Red
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Oct 14, 2026
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
To the Universal Adjustment Bureau, Universal Building, Hartford, Connecticut.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Duke Red matter.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
15 minutes after I spoke with Terry Abbott on the phone, I looked out the window of the stable office and saw her starting down toward the stables.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
She'd changed clothes.
speaker_3VOICE_ACTOR
Times, weights, whole schedule and chart for every bit of stock on the place.
speaker_3VOICE_ACTOR
Do you know anything about horses?
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
Just one, Duke Red.
speaker_3VOICE_ACTOR
Oh.
speaker_4VOICE_ACTOR
I
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
have reason to believe that Duke Red wasn't destroyed exactly the way it was reported.
speaker_4VOICE_ACTOR
I'm not going to listen to any tall tales about a horse.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
Then maybe you'll listen to one about a man.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
What? Thomas Warner, Duke Red's trainer, is missing.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
I've turned the matter over to the police.
speaker_4VOICE_ACTOR
Oh.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
Location, San Pietro, California.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
To the Universal Adjustment Bureau, Universal Building, Hartford, Connecticut.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Duke Red matter.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
I had a strong suspicion that the death of Duke Red, a racehorse, had not happened as reported.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
The one man who could possibly answer my questions was missing.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
He'd left the Abbott Ranch in San Pietro without collecting a month's back pay and without telling anybody about his forwarding address.
speaker_1VOICE_ACTOR
Did you happen to see Warner leave here that night? Right after the accident, he was gone.
speaker_1VOICE_ACTOR
Mr. Abbott came up to the house about 9 o'clock.
speaker_1VOICE_ACTOR
He told us all that Duke Red had been hurt, he had to shoot him, and that he had taken care of the rest.
speaker_3VOICE_ACTOR
$65,000 worth of horse flesh.
speaker_3VOICE_ACTOR
Ever hear of Duke Red?
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
Yeah, I think so.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
The Futurity last year?
speaker_3VOICE_ACTOR
Johnny, Columbia Indemnity is going to have to settle a claim on him.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
Why?
speaker_3VOICE_ACTOR
Duke Red was seriously injured and had to be destroyed.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
Did you say $65,000?
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
Expense account submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar to the Universal Adjustment Bureau, Universal Building, Hartford, Connecticut.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Duke Red matter in San Pietro, California.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
Expense account item three, 48 cents, postage.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
I sent a registered letter containing a copy of Dr. Gorey's injury report on the racehorse Duke Red to a veterinarian service in Cleveland, asking them to verify the extent of injuries to the animal.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
Item 4, 25 cents, toll call to the Abbott's branch outside of San Pietro.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
Whoever answered the phone told me that Mr. Abbott was busy somewhere on the grounds.
speaker_6VOICE_ACTOR
Yes.
speaker_6VOICE_ACTOR
You're not an insurance salesman.
Roy RowanNARRATOR
Remember, there'll be another intriguing story for you beginning next Monday night.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
Next week, the Duke Red matter, a racehorse that could only be stopped by a killer, and the killer didn't stop with horses.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
Join us, won't you? Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.
Bob BaileyVOICE_ACTOR
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