The Unsuspected Page #10

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Drop the-Lower the trunk!

Once again,

the United Motors Company,

makers of fine automobiles

for nearly half a century,

present your genial host,

the renowned writer,

art collector,

and teller of strange tales,

Victor Grandison.

Good evening,

ladies and gentlemen.

Grandison speaking.

I have another story

to bring you-

An amusing and

delightfully stirring saga

of assorted mayhem.

It begins,

as all good stories do,

on a winter's evening

40 years or more ago.

I give you, "The Tragedy

of The Missing Head."

It is not difficult

to imagine the feelings

of-of the-uh,

the feelings of Henry Roberts,

for that is the name

of our murderer...

Um... Hmm?

When he came downstairs

that cold Christmas eve

and found his dear wife lying

before the fireplace, dead...

at the base of

the Christmas tree, its-

At the base

of the Christmas tree,

its ornaments tinkling,

an elfin counterpoint

to the caroling outside.

Ladies and... gentlemen,

you're about to experience

something unprecedented

in the history

of our program...

or, for that matter,

of radio itself.

And you who have

followed my adventures.

In the half-world of

Crime for so many years now...

you are listening

to my last broadcast.

Shall I cut him off?

No. He started this. Let

him finish it his own way.

For a time, the unsuspected

wore his mask safely.

Not for long, however.

Soon, he found it necessary

to commit two murders more-

A young woman who shared

His ominous secret...

And her husband...

Who begin to see

how enmeshed he became

in his own incredible folly.

Would you like to know

who the unsuspected really is?

It is I.

I am the unsuspected...

Your genial host...

Victor Grandison.

Good night.

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