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Welcome.

I am E.G. Marshall.

Welcome to the sound of suspense.

The voices of victims.

The fear you can hear.

For the next 52 minutes, we're going to take you into the world of mystery and murder,

but mostly into the world of terrifying imagination.

The story you're about to hear might be called a morality play.

It's a story which has a question you can ask yourself. What is your price tag for killing a man? If you think you don't have one, listen to the story of Walter Van Haas

and the Chinaman button. Mr. Van Haas, I'm making this as easy for you as...

As pushing a button.

Now, if you give your approval, my agents in Johannesburg will be contacted within hours.

The rest will be handled simply and with dispatch.

My God, I really think you mean it.

I really think you'd commit murder.

Our mystery drama, The Chinaman Button,

was written especially for the radio mystery theater by Henry Slesser and stars Paul Hecht.

It is sponsored in part by the Kellogg Company, makers of Kellogg's special K cereal.

I'll be back shortly with Act 1.

Thank you. Act 1.

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