The Eloquent Corpse

Petri Wine brings you the case book of Gregory Hood. Tonight the Petri family, the family that took time to bring you good wine, invite you to listen to the story of the eloquent corpse, another exciting adventure from the case book of Gregory Hood.

But before we get started, I'd like to tell you about one swell dessert, chilled fruit with Petri California muscatel wine. It's really wonderful and so easy to fix. Just put chilled fruits in a dish and pour chilled Petri Muscatel wine over them.

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Believe me, Petri Muscatel is really good. And you can serve that Petri Muscatel proudly because those five letters, P-E-T-R-I, spell the proudest name in the long history of fine wine. Petri! Well, once again it's Monday night in San Francisco, and time to hear another chapter from the casebook of that celebrated importer and man about town, Gregory Hood.

Tonight's story begins in a small and shoddy waterfront bar in San Francisco. A bar affectionately referred to by its regular customers is bottlenecked bill. The barkeep, a gentleman by the name of bill, stands talking to his only patron.

A small, softly spoken man who sits on a bar still opposite. Hiya friend Larry. I've been okay Bill. Eh, what's new? That's something I really want to show you. Go ahead to play, Miss empty. Get a load of the...

Ever see coins like that? Hey, what kind of crazy mule is that? Well, screwy shapes with funny letters on them. What are they, Larry? That's what I want to find out. I took them to a hock shop on market, but the guy acted kind of funny, so I screamed.