Another journey into the realm of the strange and terrifying.

I hope you will enjoy the trip that it will thrill you a little and chill you a little.

So settle back.

Get a good grip on your nerves.

Where are we going?

You'll find out when we get there. Suspense.

Suspense. The thrill of the nighttime, the hushed voice and the prowling step, the crime that is almost committed,

the finger of suspicion pointing perhaps at the wrong man, the stir of nerves at the ticking of the clock,

the rescue that might be too late or the murderer who might get away.

Mystery and intrigue and dangerous adventure.

We invite you to enjoy stories that keep you in

Suspense.

For suspense, tonight we present the Lord of the Witch Doctors by John Dixon Carr. The Lord of the Witch Doctors by John Dixon Carr. The drums were beating that night.

The Lord of the Witch Doctors was on his way.

Twenty miles off the East African coast,

fanned by the blistering heat of the Indian Ocean, lies the

island of Zanzibar.

Here, many years ago.

To be exact, in the year 1889.

Three nations were rivals for trades at Mogadishu, or the Italians.

A mixed population boiled along that coast, Portuguese, Arabs, Swahili.

On the island itself, Sayyad Khalif, Sultan of Zanzibar, ruled the remains of a once mighty empire.

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