The Big Money

Murder by Experts. The Mutual Broadcasting System presents Murder by Experts. With your host and narrator, Mr. John Dixon Carr, world famous mystery novelist and author of the recently published bestseller, The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

This is John Dixon Carr. Each week at this time, Murder by Experts brings you a story of crime and mystery which has been chosen for your approval by one of the world's leading detective writers.

Those experts who are themselves masters of the art of murder and can hold density at its highest. This time, our guest expert is the noted mystery writer, Miss Francis Crane. From the many thrillers she has read and enjoyed, Miss Crane has selected a gripping and dramatic story by Philip Andrews.

And now we present James Stevens in The Big Money. The big money. Yeah, I was in the big money. An hour and a half ago, I had seven million dollars. I had a wife too. Slender, dark-haired, green eyes and a cute figure. But she's gone now.

She left me one hour and thirty minutes ago. No. One hour, thirty-one minutes and twenty seconds ago. And she took the money with her. That's not all she took. She took my life. I wish she'd come back. I want my life back.

I don't care about the money. She could keep that. After all, it only took me a month to earn it. That's right. One month. 30 days to earn seven million dollars. What's the trick? You have to be born for it. Born for the big money. And I was.

I always knew it. As far back as I can remember, even back in prison, even back before that in military hospitals while the dogs patched up my face and tried to patch up my memory.