174- The Man with the Steel Teeth

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You are standing in a darkened room in the heart of Russia's dread, Lubianca prison, your mind tortured and the blankness, while across a desk from you, happily smiling at you, is the chief of Russia's secret police, who intends to drive you to insanity or to death.

Listen now, as escape brings you John Dana's exciting story, The Man with a Steel Teeth. It began on the evening of April 29th. I was seated in my box at the Bolshoi Opera in Moscow listening to a particularly fine performance of Boris Gudinov when I felt a slap on my shoulder.

Yeah, it's policy. Why don't you know? What do you want? Why don't you know M. Verde? What? Not the war. Now look here, what's this all about? You are under arrest. Arrest? What are you talking about?

Come. There were two other men with him, big men. In a moment I found myself escorted down the corridor, down the grand staircase and out into the dark street to a black limousine waiting in front.

No one said a word as we sped through the streets, the men on either side of me staring straight ahead. Then we rounded a corner, and in a second I knew our destination. The Bianca Prison, home of a thousand ugly secrets, and a dread MVD.

He swung down a long ramp and came to a stop at a huge unguarded bronze door. I was ushered into a small office bear except for a desk with some filing cabinets. A small round man in a drab grey suit was standing near the desk watching us.