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A Watery Grave

Suspense · March 10, 1952 · 29 min · 3,918 words

The transcript of “A Watery Grave”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast March 10, 1952. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Suspense plays Suspense free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Auto-light and its 96,000 dealers bring you Mr. Joseph Cotton in tonight's presentation of South Spence Tonight Auto-light presents the story of a man who craved power position and money and destroyed himself Accomplishing it a tale we call a watery grave starring mr. Joseph Cotton Why it's Oscar Otto you're looking way below par I feel that way too

Well, let Dr. Wilcox have a look. Huh. Well, Oscar, I'd say you're suffering from a case of worn-out spark plugs. Let's visit the nearest auto-light spark plug dealer. He and his exclusive auto-light plug check indicator will quickly show if I'm right.

And suppose you are. Well, if that exclusive auto-light plug check indicator shows that your spark plugs are worn-out, or wrong for your style of driving, the auto-light spark plug dealer will install a bright brisk set to the ignition-engineered auto-light spark plugs to give you smoother performance, quick starts and gas savings.

Okay, let's go. But how do I find the location of the nearest? That's easy. We'll call Western Union by number and ask for operator 25. She'll gladly tell us his location. Let's go Oscar, because from bumper to tail light, you're always right with auto-light. And now with a watery grave and the performance of Mr. Joseph Cotton,

All the light hopes once again to keep you in South Spence. How did it happen when everything was so good? How did it get destroyed in five short hours? How did I start to die?

In our city, a district attorney is an important man. Our city is an important city in the nation. Therefore, I am important as its district attorney. The logic of law, the deductive reasoning that leads to everything.

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