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Today’s Mystery:
The commuter train to Roseville becomes the setting for a deadly game of cat and mouse, passengers grapple with the terror of a serial killer at large. With every twist and turn of the conversation, the line between hunter and prey blurs, leading to an electrifying climax that will leave listeners in suspense!
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 13, 1960
Originating in New York
Starring: Vivian Smolen; George Petrie; Alan Manson; Maurice Tarplin
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NOTE: I REALLY ENJOYED THIS ENTRY IN THE “SUSPENSE” SERIES, AND IT’S NICE TO SEE (HEAR!) THAT RADIO DRAMA COULD STILL BE WELL-DONE IN THE WANING YEARS OF THE ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING. I’VE LONG HAD A LIKING FOR THE VINTAGE MURDER-ON-THE-TRAIN STORIES, SUCH AS THIS IN EFFECT WAS (ALBEIT THE “MURDERER ON THE TRAIN”, AND CUNNINGLY NOT BEFITTING THE TALE’S TITLE!). I HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF SUCH IN MY 16MM FILM COLLECTION, INCLUDING ONE OF MY FAVORITES, “BOMBAY MAIL” (UNIVERSAL; 1934), STARRING EDMUND LOWE, WHO DATED WELL BACK INTO SILENT PICTURES AND, IN TALKIES, WOULD ESSAY A GOOD NUMBER OF CINEMA DETECTIVES (HE’S THE PROTAGONIST-SLEUTH IN “BOMBAY MAIL”). A TRAIN MELODRAMA THAT’S UNFORTUNATELY LOST IS “THUNDER” (MGM; 1929), LON CHANEY’S PENULTIMATE MOTION PICTURE; IT HAD A MUSICAL SCORE BUT, I BELIEVE, NO TALKING SEQUENCES. NOT A MYSTERY FILM BUT A “TRAIN” ONE, ASIDE FROM ITS STAR, THE VINTAGE LOCOMOTIVE BACKGROUND MUST’VE BEEN A SPLENDID TIME CAPSULE!