The Man Who Stole the Bible
Suspense · November 25, 1956 · 30 min · 4,817 words
The transcript of “The Man Who Stole the Bible”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast November 25, 1956. 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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Thus spent. And the producer of radios outstanding theater of thrills the master of mystery and adventure William and Robeson Mardi Gras from the French meaning fat Tuesday the day before Lent begins Carnival from the Latin meaning goodbye to meet and Bible from the Greek meaning book Put them together and they spell terror.
Terror for John Lund as he plays the man who stole the Bible. A tale well calculated to keep you in Susbense. I didn't mean to steal the Bible. That wasn't my intention. I have never taken as much as a towel or an ashtray out of a hotel room.
And if I'd known the night of terror would lead me into, I'd never have taken it at all. Marty Grohne New Orleans. A gay time, a lot of laughs if you're in on it. But me, I was stuck in a stuffy hotel room waiting for a call from the boss. And the sound of all
those people out in the street having fun got on my nerves. Operator. Operator. Oh come on, operator. This is Mr. Cummings, room 302. What happened to that bell hop I I said this is Mr. Cummings's operator, operator.
A bellhop. I want him to bring me something to read. Anything. He said half an hour ago he was on his way up. He has not. Operator. I paced back and forth. Wishing the boss would call me so I could get out of that room.
I didn't dare leave. Even to go down and get a paper. He's that kind of a guy. He expects you to be on tap all the time. There was no radio in the room and nothing to read.
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