The End of Indian Summer story
Insurance investigator Joe Rogers is ordered to re-examine old claims made by Mrs. Gillespie, whose previous two husbands died under mysterious circumstances, and is now engaged to a third. Just after Gillespie and her new fiancée, Fieldstone, leave for their wedding, Joe discovers that Fieldstone is also being investigated by an insurance company, because he had made claims following the deaths of his four previous wives. Directed by: Robert Stevens. Story by: Maurice Baudin Jr., James Cavanagh.
7 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| insurance fraud | choice | The story concerned a woman who had suspiciously collected two life insurances for late husbands, and a man who had done the same for four late wives. |
| serial murder | major | The story concerned two serial spouse murderers who were about to get married. |
| spouse murder | major | Gillespie and Fieldstone were both investigated by insurance companies because their numerous past spouses had all died while holding lucrative life insurance policies. |
| engaged couple | minor | Fieldstone and Gillespie were engaged to be married. |
| femme fatale | minor | Mrs. Gillespie was describe as a femme fatale by the insurance manager in the beginning. |
| husband and wife | minor | Joe and Mrs. Rogers posed as husband and wife as they investigated Mrs. Gillespie for insurance fraud. |
| poison murder | minor | Joe speculated that Mrs. Gillespie had her two previous husbands cremated to conceal that she'd poisoned them. |