The ABC Murders

the man in black, here again to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. Our distinguished stars tonight are two of the world's acknowledged masters of the art, Suspense. They are Mr. Charles Lawton and Miss Elsa Landchester. Mr. Lawton, who will soon be seen in the Metro Goldwood mayor picture, the man from down under, is here to play a remarkable character,

created by England's noted thriller author, Agatha Christie. A mild-mannered character whose initials were ABC, and about whom revolved a series of savage murders, all neatly and alphabetically arranged. ABC was stamped upon all his belongings, those being his rightful initials, and ABC was stamped too upon the large railway timetable he always carried.

There was nothing so odd about that detail. Since no traveler in the British Isles would dream of planning a journey without consulting this famous railway schedule, the ABC. And so with the ABC murders by Agatha Christie, Written for radio by Robert Tolman and William Sphere, and with the performance of Charles Loughton, we again hope to keep you in...

...for closing Bell Reg in the public library. Alexander Bonaparte-Kust started, picked up his battered briefcase for the almost faded initials ABC, closed the book he had been reading, and shuffled over to the librarian's desk.

It's the most interesting book library, and I started to come back sometime and read it on the chap-trovert if I may. Quite. Yes, Mr. Clark. Can I help you, sir? No, hurry. Well, I'll be going along now. Thank you.

You're bummed that you checked that. What do you think he was reading? Studies in epileptic somnemulism. Medical stuff, eh? Oh, I say the little fellow left his briefcase. I'll catch him at the door. I say, sir, just a moment.