DAS TOTE HAUS #krimihörspiel #retro HEINZ BAUMANN 1968

Krimi-Zeit at Hör mal zu. Gute Unterhaltung und danke für dein Like. Heinz Baumann. Cornelia Frohbös. Das Tote Haus. How old is he? I don't know. But he's around 60. Approximately. Does it matter? Are you nervous? If you're nervous, we can't do it. I'm not nervous. It's all thought out. Yes, I'm not saying anything. We can leave it at that. Do you want that? No. He's with Kroll now. Usually he needs five minutes before he's here. Five minutes? Approximately. He has a schedule and he keeps it. He has his habits and he doesn't change them. Why are you drinking now? Are you nervous? Not at all. Do you hear him? He must be at Biberk's. At Biberk's he said recently that your bell doesn't work. Biberk said, knock. Don't you think we can't hear you? We can't hear you, but we can even smell you. He's not popular anywhere. What are you doing there? The rental book. Wait a minute. I want to put it on the table. Why shouldn't it be there when he comes in? He's asking for a rental book at the age of credit cards. He writes his name 46 times in 46 rental books. Received, Kurusch. 46 times. That's 12,000 marks, I guess. Is he coming now? Go to the door. Bells and knocking. Why does he do that? Should I open the door? Maybe we don't open the door at all. We can still think about it. It's all thought out. Good day, Mr. Kurusch. Come in. Everything is prepared. Does the girl live here? No, she doesn't live here. The last two times she was here. We work together. Can I see the bathroom? Why do you want to see the bathroom? The apartment is rented to one person, not two. But I say yes. I don't care how many people live there. Then you would have to pay. I told you. All right. So... 100... 50, 60, 70... 73... 20, 173... 20... What's going on? There are no blanks. Does it matter? Why don't you have an eraser? I don't care if your signature is readable or not. Well... Goodbye. Did he notice anything? What should he have noticed? He looked at us. Yes, he looked at the money. Now three more parties. That's 12 minutes. Did you kill him? Buy this hammer. Exactly this one. But not here on the street. Drive over to Sindling. A big deal. You can't be remembered afterwards. Let's go, it's important. No. I won't go until you tell me what happened. What happened? I woke up and he was already dead. I think the shock went into the limbs. I can assure you of that. Can we take the dead man down now? Yes, from here. He had a nice look. A piece of art, 46 apartments. He could choose the most beautiful one. And what do you think of this apartment here? Apart from the nice look? He didn't want much. And what could he afford? Well, a villa on Lake Starnberg. Maybe he has them too. I don't think so. I know the guy. They have a lot of money, but they don't know how to start with it. Their only pleasure is to own this amount of money. Do you want to take the witness now, boss? Yes, and the young girl, the traitor of the dead, or whatever her name is. Yes, the niece of Mr. Kurusch. Please, Mr. Kurusch. And come with me right away, please. You found the dead man? Yes, I found him. Excuse me, Inspector, may I light a cigarette? Are you nervous? Yes. Yes, please. I've never seen a dead man before. And besides, I wasn't paying attention. What's your name? Ewald Larcher. And where do you live? Next door. I have an apartment in Hochparterre. Room, kitchen, bathroom. Yes, tell me what happened. Yes, well, I came up to pay my rent. That's not true. Why is that not true? My uncle is a cashier. He came from a cashier. So he must have been with you. Is that right? Yes, yes, that's right. Mr. Kurusch was with me, but my transfer wasn't there yet. I get 250 marks from home and have to pay 173.20 for the rent. So you didn't have the money. No, I said, Mr. Kurusch, if you wait just a moment. I get the money borrowed from a friend. She promised me to come here to bring me the money. I said, I'll bring it to you right away. You don't have to wait half an hour. And he really didn't have to. My friend came 10 minutes later after Mr. Kurusch had left and brought me the money. So I came up and found the door. The door outside was locked. I called Mr. Kurusch. He didn't answer. I said, Mr. Kurusch, I'll bring the rent. No answer again. Then I saw him sitting there in the chair. I said, Mr. Kurusch, what's wrong with him? Then I saw that he was dead. I was so incredibly surprised, so completely speechless that I turned around and ran out. You're lying. You ran out because they killed him. I saw how terrified you were when you saw me. I stood there for a moment. Then he ran down the stairs. Why didn't you really say, there's something going on inside? Why, why? My thoughts were gone and the police were calling. That's not true at all. I went into the room. The first thing I saw was a burning cigarette in the ash tray. The cigarette of my uncle. It was still burning. The cigarette was still burning? I didn't pay attention to that. But what does that mean? Let me think. There's only one explanation. The murderer killed Kurusch. And I surprised him. It couldn't have been any other way. He hears me coming in, sees the door opening, and hides. He probably went in here. Do you know how the curtain was? It was closed, it was open. The curtain was open, wasn't it? Then the murderer must have seen me. He must have seen me. What did you do when you caught your uncle? You ran out. Where to? Does this man hear me, Inspector? Let me ask you a few questions, Inspector. It's about finding out how the murderer got out of this apartment. Nobody got out of this apartment. I was in the staircase until the police came. All the time? No, I phoned a floor below. So you were in an apartment, not in the staircase. I think that's enough. We don't ask you. So you wanted to pay your rent. Where did you get the money? Here is the money. My girlfriend came ten minutes after he left Kurusch and gave me 100 marks. That's you. And where is your rent book? Rent book? You wanted to pay rent and didn't bring your rent book with you? No. The man demanded that rent books be led. He forced 46 renters to buy stupid rent books. I refused. He said, then you don't have a receipt. I said, I don't need a receipt if I have to lead a rent book like a schoolboy. Who would have told you, if someone refused to lead a rent book? I didn't have one. Do you know this hammer? A hammer is a hammer, Mr. Commissioner. I have a hammer, too. How can I know it? Is it bloody? Yes. Really bloody? I don't know. I can't say anything about it, Mr. Commissioner. There is a door to the head of the court here. It is always closed, but this time it was open and this key was plugged in. It doesn't quite fit. It has been folded to the right. Excuse me. And you don't know this key, either? No. Where do you get to, over this yard? To the next house. Don't you live in this next house? Yes. Did you perhaps come over the yard? No. Do you live here, Miss Kurusch? No, I live with my father. My father would never live in a house that belonged to his brother. And why were you here today? I come to every first and pick up the money. Ah, the mortgages. Yes. And he entrusted them to you? Yes. What do you do with the money? I count it. You count it? You? No, I take it home, count it, deposit everything and bring it to the bank. Your uncle agreed that you count the money at home? Yes, the money, when he had it for the first time, he was no longer interested in it. I bring him the bank receipts, I don't even know if he even picks them up. Did you know how rich he was? No, I don't think so. Can I take the briefcase now? No, we'll take it with us to the office. Do we have the address of Miss Kurusch? Yes, can you go? Yes, please. You can't go yet. Please, Mr. Inspector, the question must be answered how the murderer got out of this apartment. Mr. Inspector, it may be difficult to determine later what can be determined now. We'll help you with the determination, we're here all the time. Confirm the case. It was this man. Did he agree? No, he hasn't agreed yet. There's nothing to... Well, he's got a nerve. What is it? He still hasn't agreed. You've caught him, haven't you? There you are. What is he doing? He's the murderer. Make way, please go to the side. Thank you very much. Don't be afraid, Heger. This is criminal law. Good day. A murder took place in the next house. The owner of the house was murdered. Who are you? What's your name? That's... Let her answer herself. My name is Helga Schwerin. And what are you doing here? You see, we work together. She's a student, we're friends. Yes. Did you lend money to this young man? She gave me... How much? 100 marks. I wanted to pay my rent, Helga. I found him in a hurry. Beaten up, dead. It must have happened shortly before. May I look around your room? Yes, of course. You can refuse. Why should I? If you tell me what you're looking for, I could be helpful. Do you have a tool? Tool? Why do you want to see my tool? Yes, of course, it's there. Look at the hammer, boss. It's exactly the same and brand new. Even the price is still on it. Where did you buy it? At the end of the street, there's a store for household goods. Krustermeyer. And an arrow. We'll have to take it with us. Why do you want to take this arrow with you? But please, if you want... May I look around? Yes. Can I have a drink, Inspector? Yes, please, you're at home now. Thank you. So you both study mathematics? Yes. Nothing. Shall we take him with us? No. Well, thank God. You know, I got into a suspicion. But you're right. I didn't kill Mr. Kursch. Yes, I still need your address. What do you need my address for? Well, give it to me. Melungenstrasse 23. Yes, write it down, please. Goodbye. Goodbye, Inspector. Oh, yes, I'd like to see the hammer again. The hammer, of course. Thank you. And now I'd like to have a photo of you. A photo? I don't have a photo. You can. But you have security, don't you? Me? Yes, I... Well, go to the Inspector. Yes. And you have to keep yourself available, so no sudden departure and so on. Why should I? I'm interested in that myself. Thank you. I'll get it back, of course. Goodbye. That man doesn't believe me. He pretends to believe me, but he doesn't. What can he do? What else could he do? You can't do anything to me. Nothing at all. You have to take the case from me. Without a doubt for the accused. As far as possible. You can't prove it because I have the hammer. I have the hammer. That was the best idea. You can't do anything to them. Suspicions don't help you. Did you get a car? Yes. What is it, Helga? Nothing. You're sitting there as if everything is lost. Nothing is lost. Nothing at all. Good evening. The Inspector would like to speak to you again. We should go to the office. No. You both. Why both? You have nothing to do with it. The Inspector would like to speak to Ms. Schwerin. Good. Please, Helga. It won't take long. They can't want much from us. It looks worse for you. Worse? That would be a mistake, Inspector. I didn't kill Kurisch. That's something I know. And that gives a calm... a very calm feeling in the end. Then we want to shake your calm feeling a little. We counted the rent. And your rent, Mr. Lerche, was there. Is there? Impossible. I wanted to bring it to you first. I have it in my pocket. I still have it in my pocket. Exactly 173.20 marks should be missing. But they are not missing. They are there. Do you have an explanation for this? No. That's strange. I admit it's strange, but I don't have an explanation for it. It's not my money. Where did the money come from? I don't know. I'm sorry. That's your file. My file? May I see it? I... I don't know if that's my file. That's the one I took from your apartment. That may be true. But it's not my file if you want to express a property relationship with it. I found this file on the yard when I went to the bin. I picked it up... When was that? Yesterday. The day before yesterday. What about this file? This file was used to open the yard door. You found it in the lab? Yes. That's very interesting, but as I said... Yes, I know. You found the file on the yard yesterday. The day before yesterday. But boss, this man is lying. Why am I lying? I made a statement that I will sign. You have two things against me. My rent has apparently been paid. A key has been filed with the file. As far as the rent is concerned, I argue that it's not my money. There is no remittance. I found the file. It's something you have to believe me. What else do you have? Do you actually know what state you are in? Yes, I know. And I also know that I have to use my mind. What else do you have? You bought a hammer eight days ago. In a shop at the end of the street at Klostermeyer. Yes, we asked there. Of course you asked there. I expected you to ask there. You have the murder weapon there. Or what you showed for the murder weapon. Yes. And the saleswoman remembers this hammer. This kind of hammer. You lead him there. That's what you wanted to say. She also remembers you. Why shouldn't she? I bought a hammer there. You noticed her. You would have stared at the hammer for minutes. You seem to have behaved quite strangely when you bought your hammer. How do you behave when you buy a hammer? Can you tell me that? Come, please. All right, Helga. So he told you, I can't pay the rent. Lend me 100 marks. Yes. When you came up to him, how did he express himself exactly? He said, Kurusch was here. I didn't have the rent. I gave him the money and he left. Open the drawer. Did you see such a hammer at Ewald Lerche? He had it in the drawer. Why did he buy it? Pictures. He wanted to hang pictures. Did he hang pictures? When did he buy the hammer? Eight days ago, I think. How often are you with him? Every day? Almost every day. Then you must have seen something of his preparations. How long has he been working on this key? I've never seen him working on a key. Admit that you knew. You knew that Ewald Lerche had planned to murder Kurusch. No. You didn't find out anything. You were great. Again and again, you're talking about the hammer. It didn't leave you alone. Did I buy two? You didn't rule out that I could have bought two. What do you want? Excuse me. I have a question. Please answer. I have a question. It's about the following. This Annemarie Kurusch. Did she call you? Do you have a phone? I don't have a phone. Did you call the police? Yes, but what the hell do you want? You were at home. What did you hear? Did Annemarie Kurusch call you? Now listen to me. It's about the following. The murderer must have come down. Now listen to me. What kind of theater are you playing for me? Get out of here. What's going on here? The guy is here again. Get out of here. I have to find something. Please, please. I'll help you. Wait a minute. You have killed Kurusch and are here again. Get out of here. Don't let me see you again. Where is he? Who is there? Police. Come in here. I'm sorry I asked. But the people in this house are making me trouble. Trouble? Yes, I bought one. And you think I'm the murderer. You show it to me and you tell me. Do you think I'm the murderer? Yes, you are, aren't you? Show me your hammer again. Where did you buy it? In the shop at the end of the street at Klostermeyer. No. This hammer was bought in the shop at the end of the street at Klostermeyer. Not yours. I paid 6.20 marks for the hammer. And what does it say on it? It cost 6.70 marks. I looked into it closely. In recent times, such a hammer has never been sold for 6.70 marks. That means, logically, that the hammer you have there was bought elsewhere. But, according to my saleswoman, you actually bought a hammer at Klostermeyer at the end of the street. Where is it now? I'll tell you. This is the hammer we found next to the dead man. The arrest warrant will be brought with it. A different price tag? Well, you should have taken it off. Yes. Yes, that's right. I didn't think about that. Inspector, I didn't do it. I didn't kill Kurisch. I wanted to, but I didn't do it. I wanted to kill him. But he was already dead. He was already dead. Why don't you finally say, yes, I did it? Every court in the world will convict you, even without your confession. I know that. Do you think I didn't know that? Then why don't you confess? I'll make you a proposal. A proposal to me? Give me three days and I'll bring you the murderer. Three days? If you do it. What would you do in those three days? I would continue what I started to do. Look for the murderer. It's the only chance I have. Look for the murderer. Yes. You already had the hammer. Yes, I already said that. You know, even if I think that everything is as you say, you already had the hammer. Look at me. You are a murderer. No, I'm not. Yes, you are. No, I'm not. It's about the fact. The fact is not fulfilled. You're mistaken. You did the deed as well as you did it. No, I didn't. I'll give you the three days. But you're not convinced of my innocence. No. Good. It doesn't matter. The first thing we have to do is to look for the young girl. Annemarie Korisch. Father, this is the commissioner. And this is the man I surprised. Why do you bring this man here? It's about a few questions I have. The commissioner allowed me to question you. To question you. Is that true? Yes, that's right. Please follow me. Why don't you believe that he is the murderer? When you found the dead, what did you do? You ran downstairs. Did you call? Did you call loudly? Yes, I called loudly. What did you call? Did you call murder? I don't know that anymore. Was it heard all over the house? That was certainly heard all over the house. You ran downstairs. How far did you run? Up to the next floor. There I knocked on both doors. Ringed. Leonhard and Bross. Who opened? Both. At the same time? First Leonhard. I told him what was going on and if I could call. So you went into the apartment. How long did it take? How long? Yes. I have to know how much time the murderer had to disappear. Not three minutes. Three minutes. Bross. Where was Bross? He came in, asked what was going on. I said murder. The murderer walked past me. Then I followed you. We talked on the phone. Your murderer, if there was another one, would only have had half a minute to get to the street. Half a minute? Not even. 20 seconds. You're in trouble. Yes, I am. 20 seconds is too little. You're not lying either. I have to take everything you say. In 20 seconds or five minutes. Maybe you saw the murderer and help him. What? You made a remark. Your father would never live in one of his brother's houses. Why not? Mr. Kurusch. Your daughter comes once a month with a file bag full of money. Where does the money count? Here? Yes, he pours the bag out. Here on the table. Here on the sofa. I smoke a pipe and watch how it counts. May I ask how you are financially? Poor. You don't love your brother? No. Still, you see how your daughter counts the money on this table, his fortune. It was an experience every time. Do you have a key to your uncle's apartment? Yes, why? Where do you have it? It's here. So everyone can use it. You mean I could have used it? Why not? I ask why not. Maybe you killed your brother. Your daughter comes up, sees you, sees what you did and lets you run before she goes up the stairs and shouts. It could be like that. Is the man crazy? Dear friend. If it were so, I would have had time to take the money. Yes, that's true. Excuse me. Excuse me, please. Do you understand? This is a problem with a solution. A very simple one, probably, but... What are you doing, Mr. Kursch? What do you mean? We have a bright morning. I'm lying here on the sofa. Maybe you can go on vacation. No. I have a small tobacco business. It's closed today. Because of the car? If I wrote that on it, my customers would laugh at me. They know exactly what I think of my brother. No. Sometimes I open the shop. Because I don't feel like it. Why do you make yourself worse than you are? You don't open the shop for the first time today. Does that concern you? So yes, I'm sad. Stop it. My brother has been completely indifferent to me for 20 years. That's not true. You talk about him all the time. You know, Commissioner. My daughter doesn't see it that way. She doesn't know my brother. I know him better than you do. He gave you proof of his trust. Come here, give me the books. There you have the money. Take it to the bank. But she never realized that my brother did all this just to meet me. She should spend the money here on the table. I should see his money. Every month I should see how she counts it. My daughter. His money. Is that how you saw it? That's how I should see it. Come on, Father. It's not true at all. He always said the best things about you. He said how sorry he was that you were estranged. He really wanted... What did he really want? To reconcile with you. He was completely alone. Do you know how he waited for me when he knew I was coming? He knocked on the door for an hour before. He said if he didn't have me, he wouldn't know what to do in this world. He cooked coffee. He bought cake. Stop it. We don't want to talk about that. It doesn't matter to the commissioner. He's looking for a murderer. That's his problem. My brother was beaten with a hammer. Have you found out where the hammer comes from? Yes. Who owns it? Was it your hammer? No. No? Open the door. Mr. Gildas. Hi. This is your criminal commissioner. This is my sister-in-law, Frau Kursch. You've been drinking again. I told you not to drink. Criminal commissioner? Why are you here? Why? Your husband was murdered. The murderer is still wanted. Wanted? I thought someone was arrested. A young man, I think, who was surprised at the crime. There he is. Is that you? I don't believe it. What is this man doing here? Why is he here? There are a few questions to be answered. Bernhard, give me something to drink. No. Besides, I don't have anything at home. I can go down and get something. No, you stay upstairs. If you don't have money, I do. It's for me. My husband is dead and I have enough money. Helga. You live apart from your husband. But you didn't divorce. No. Why didn't you divorce? I didn't want to. He didn't want to. Does that matter? Why didn't my husband give me any money? He had enough. It's over, Mr. Commissioner. I hope you see that. You can't do anything with him now. That's it. Listen to me, please. Now get out of here. I'd like to see the murder house again. Would you accompany me, Mrs. Borusch? Yes. So you came up here unnoticed. Yesterday. Yes. And then you were here. Where did you have your hammer? I had it here in my chest pocket. Is it locked now? No. No? How far did the door open? Can you show me? Why do you want to know all this again? Oh, are you torturing me? Yes. But that has nothing to say. There is no evidence. Without complete evidence, everything is as good as nothing. So you took the hammer out and went to the chair and raised your hand. Where were you? Show me exactly where you were. Here I was, right here. He had to see me. Hear. Now he had to turn around. Get up, scream, do something. He didn't do anything. He stayed seated. He was dead. Mr. Commissioner, I swear to you, he was already dead. Stay still. Your uncle had no connection to his wife? No, he didn't want to see her. Why not? She had cheated on him. Oh, Mr. Commissioner, this woman doesn't deserve anything. She only brings misfortune. Did your uncle say that? No, he never said that. He didn't want to see her anymore. Although he loved her. Yes, that was my impression. I was here once. My uncle was sitting in this chair. He was always sitting in this chair when it suddenly rang. He said, if it's her, don't let her in. He said, she sometimes comes first when she knows I have the money here. She wants money, only money. It was really Mrs. Kurusch. She knocked on the door and said, open up. I know you're there, open up. Then he said to me, he whispered, don't open up, please, don't open up. I can't stand it. Then I saw that he loved her. At first, that was at first... Keep your mouth shut. I'm sorry, Mr. Commissioner. And this is where you called? Yes. There's no one in Berlin. Mr. Commissioner? Yes, it's about the phone call. But I can also ask you. Mrs. Kurusch rushed down the stairs and screamed. Did you hear that? Yes, I heard it. And then she rang and knocked on your door and on the door of Leonhard. Knocked is not enough. She almost knocked on your door. Leonhard was first at your door. I was in the bathroom. Washing myself. I ran out, but I didn't see anyone anymore. The door of Leonhard was open. I went in and asked what was going on. How much time could have passed between the moment when you were knocked on your door and the moment when you went into Leonhard's apartment? A few seconds. You know, Mr. Commissioner, here in the house, no one understands why the police don't say, the murderer is caught. We have him. This man is kidnapped. Mrs. Kurusch? Yes, I thought I would still meet you in the apartment upstairs. What did you want? It's all mine. Yes, we found a will at the desk of the deceased. But it hasn't been opened yet. I'm his wife. I'm not divorced. What belongs to me, belongs to him. Excuse me? I have nothing against it. Mr. Commissioner. Didn't I tell you to keep your mouth shut? You see murderers everywhere. And forget that you are one yourself. What is Mrs. Kurusch doing now? She's still standing there. And? Now she's leaving. Why did she hurry? Excuse me. It's strange. She goes into the pub. There she is more often. Yes, I know that. She also belongs to my uncle. Hello. Hello, Siebeck. Well, let's see what you have to drink at the end of the day. What do you want to drink? If you show me your beard. You are good. Do you know who you will pay your rent to in the future? Maybe you. Yes, me. Whiskey. Give my whiskey to me. Take it with you. I invite you. I invite all my tenants to pay their money to me first. To me. Do you understand, Siebeck? To me, because he is dead. Because he doesn't give them anymore. Because he is dead. Out. I didn't get any money from him. I could sit in front of his door and say what I wanted. Sometimes I cried. Not a penny he took out. And now I have everything. Ah, here it comes. Do you want to drink something too? Give him something on my bill too. It's all on my bill. What do you want? I can pay now. Now I can pay everything. Give me a whiskey too. Tell him, why don't you give me anything? You know I like to drink. Why don't you give me money so I can drink? He said, I don't care what you do. I don't care. Should I say you're dead too? I don't care. Yes. That's something I can say now too. In a few days, the body will be released from the public prosecutor's office. Then I have to take care of everything. Who does that? I have to do that. And then I can go back to the apartment. Do you want to move in again? It's my apartment again. And I have to take care of everything. I have to look for a coffin and I have to get a grave. No one has done that yet, right? No, no one has done that yet. So it was Boss. Yes. He knows. And me. We both know it. Thank you for being there. Thank you for a like. Always stay nice and retro.