Captain Friday, a reckless detective who heads his own agency, investigates strange events in the City of the Dead, an abandoned cemetery. In this episode, he and his companion Dr. Tuner find bodies in a burning cabin, and then encounter a skeleton that carries a message about Theodore Beverly. Phyllis Carroll, who has been stabbed in the back, is caught up in the mystery, and her fiance Jimmy Parker is suspected of the attack. The story is from the Adventures by Morse series, created and written by Carlton E. Morse, and first aired on January 5, 1944.
With Captain Friday, Dr. Tuner, Phyllis Carroll, Jimmy Parker, Clawfoot, Theodore Beverly.
Listen for: The skeleton carrying a message, and the cry at the caretaker's cottage that alarms Captain Friday and Dr. Tuner
First aired on January 5, 1944.
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26 min
26 min