Black Museum-25-The Mandolin String

of course in Wales, speaking from London. The Black Museum. A repository of death. Here in the Grimstone structure on the Thames, which houses cut in the yard, is a warehouse of homissery. Where everyday objects, a crumpled newspaper, a tin can of lighter fluid, a small radio, all are touched by murder.

A mandolin string. For a better object. I'm told, Inspector, that mandolin's a mighty popular with young folk these days. Popular? Yes, they are. I'm rather happy to say that popularity is confined to music, not to murder.

Today, this mandolin string can be found in the Black Museum. In the annals of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Police, We bring you the dramatic stories of the crimes recorded by the objects in Scotland Yard's gallery of death.

The Black Museum. In just a moment you will hear the Black Museum starring Austin Wells. The Black Museum starring Austin Wells.

Black Museum, Scotland Yard's Museum of Murder. Here lies death. Arrange neatly on the shelves and tables open to your view. He has a spoon.

It's a simple household spoon. Our murderer was meticulous. With this he measured out a careful dose of poison. That ore up there on the wall. That was used by the stroke of a famous rowing aid at Henley.

Later it was used in anger, swung at a man who stood on the edge of a pier, stunninging him. The man drowned in the Thames very quickly. Hi, the mandolin string. Just a coil of rust spotted wire now.

string from a mandolin, a relic of another era, an era of polished carriages, well-groomed horses, simple, sedate living, at Wardian England, and Louise Evans. Louise, my dear, Stuart Darling, I'm paying for you. In more ways than one, she's playing for you, Stuart.