The Case Of Maggie Ralenson

Whitehall 1212. For the first time in history, Scotland Yard opens its official files to bring you the true stories of some of its most baffling cases. These are the true stories. The plain unvarnished facts just as they occurred reenacted for you by an all British cast.

Only the names of the participants have obvious reasons been changed. The broadcasts are presented with a full corporation of Scotland Yard. research on Whitehall 1212 is finished by Percy Hoskins of the London Daily Express the stories for radio are written and directed by Willis Cooper the voice you will now hear is that of Chief Superintendent John Davidson custodian of

Scotland Yards famous Black Museum good afternoon police officials from every part of the city eyes well come to see us here at U Scotland yard Many of them are old friends of ours, of course.

There are few enough police forces with whom Scotland Yard has not been in contact. The suretiff, France, the American FBI, Canada's famous RCMP, we're all enlisted in the war against crime. And, as the Bible says, state chapter of Ecclesiastes, third verse, There is no discharge in that war.

We have an interesting visitor with us today. He came to glance at the exhibits here in case number 202131. Here, a doctor's instrument case and a pair of child's rompers. These with certain other objects which were later given Christian burial were important objects in that case. And our visitor is the man who had so much to do with solving the case.

Captain Lionel Watt, the former chief constable of Lancaster. I must tell you at once that this was a matter for the Lancaster Constabulary and the police of Dumfriesia and Scotland purely let us say a local matter. No, Scotland Yard was not engaged in this case at all. Captain Watt and his people saw this most baffling case themselves.