This broadcast of Suspense was on 1944-08-10. Charles Laughton stars in a Dorothy L. Sayers story adapted by Evelyn Keller. His character is especially curious about how one might go about committing an undetectable murder. He meets a stranger who seems to know a little bit too much about the subject. You’d think that would make him worry. The stranger explains that just by using a few chemicals it was easy to do. A few days pass and the newspapers have stories about people who died exactly that way. Was that the person whom he met on the train? It's an interesting story and Laughton does it well.
The east and west network recordings have survived, and an Armed Forces Radio Service recording (#64) is also available. The main identifier is Laughton's last line in the story:
East and AFRS: coast: “Sulfate…sulfate of…thanatol…”
West: “Sulfate of…sulfate of…sulfate…thanatol…”
The west network broadcast is the better of the three recordings.
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THE CAST
CHARLES LAUGHTON (Everett Pender), Ian Wolfe (Charles), Hans Conried (Smith, alias William Buckley), Joe Kearns (Man in Black / Salesman / Second Man at Club), Raymond Lawrence (First Police Officer), John McIntire (Man at Club), unknown (Mrs. Digby / Bartender), unknown (Second Police Officer)
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