Will You Make a Bet with Death

The suspenseful of the night time, the hushed voice and the prowling step, the stir of nerves at the ticking of the clock, the rescue that might be too late, the crime that is almost permitted, mystery and intrigue and dangerous adventures.

We invite you to enjoy stories that keep you in suspense. Can a man stake his life against twenty-five thousand dollars? Can another and clever man track him down like a hunter, stocking his prey and kill him within five hours?

Can you make a bet with death and win? Or suspense tonight we present, Will you make a bet with death by John Dickson Carr? On a summer day, there's the beach, right colored with bathing suits.

There's the boardwalk, all straw hats and summer dressing. There's the ferris wheel and the rollercoaster, all humanity eating hot dogs and having a good time. And over there beyond that souvenir shop, is the haunted mill.

Get into a little boat. You float through a narrow tunnel into the dark while witches scream. But that fools nobody does it. There couldn't be any real terror while the bands are playing, The crowd goes by and...

I'm just a minute young fella, I know you want to get into the old hortle meal, but there's plenty of time, I'm gonna take it. I don't know. You better give me ten. Ten tickets? To hear that, ladies and gentlemen, here's a young fella who likes the old hortle meal so much he buys ten tickets.

I'm gonna call everybody for tension. Listen, I've got a better idea. Whatever boat comes after mine, I'll give you an extra dollar to send that boat through empty. Oh, that's a matter of the cops ain't that, you know?