Black Museum-06-The Brass Button

This is Orson Welles, speaking from London. Here in the Grimstone Structure on the Thames, which houses scuff in the art, is a warehouse of souvenirs. Where everyday objects, a candlestick, a china doll, a broom, all are touched by murder.

Now take this button, this brass button, the symbol of a barracks parade ground, but this was not found on any parade ground. This is interesting, sir, a brass button. Very interesting, Sergeant. It's from an army uniform.

Today, that button can be seen in the Black Museum. From 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 Awesome Wells. The Black Museum starring Awesome Wells. Scotland Yards Museum of Murder, Curious and Repelent Objects.

To kill, illustrate it in many, many ways. Here lies death. Here in the echoing stillness of the long room, one stands and looks at violence. at violence, expressed by the exhibits that line the shells, the tables, and the walls.

The repellent they may be, but by reason of their association only for most of these tokens of murder are very ordinary objects. It's a medicine bottle. The drug it contained was beneficial in small doses, but since a woman was forced to drink the The whole contents and died shortly after.

The jury called it murder. Here's a kitchen knife. No householders without one. But this knife was not used solely for kitchen tasks. It was found embedded in a man's heart. Ah, here we are, the brass button.