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Crank Letter

Suspense · February 21, 1960 · 23 min · 2,971 words

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Another tale well calculated to keep you in. Have you ever received the letter threatening your life? And if you did, what did you do about it? Well, let's find out what Dr. Fraser did as we listen to Crank letter, written for suspense by Walter Black.

Dr. Fraser speaking. Hi, now. Oh, you believe in telepathy, Lieutenant? Big problem. Well, I was just about to pick up the phone to call you. call you. Oh, notified me about what? No. No, you see, I got a letter and I wanted to talk to you about it. Could I drop in later today? Well, I guess it can wait. Let me see.

Can you come in at four today? Yes, I can. I'll see you then, Doc. The only tenant? Now the outer door will be locked. So just call out and I'll let you in. Can put your shirt back on now, Lieutenant.

Okay, well what's the verdict? Oh, your sound is a pre-war dollar. Although if I were you, I'd take off a couple of pounds around the middle. Now I keep telling myself I will, but when it comes to my wife's cooking, I...

Oh, I got all the willpower of a jelly thing. All right, Doc. Now it's your turn. You mentioned the letter. Yes. Yes, here. You quacks are all alike murderers. Honest people aren't safe from butchers like you.

If the law won't punish you, I will be a danger. Now she went to a lot of trouble, didn't she? Cut out all the letters from the magazine? She reads like a woman. Could be a man, of course.

I suppose you've handled this, haven't you? You mean fingerprints? Mm-hmm. Yes, I guess so. I didn't know what it was, of course. Well, it doesn't matter, Doc. doesn't matter dark she probably wore gloves I wouldn't worry too much about it you wouldn't worry about it no no it's not addressed to you now now now take

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