Do you always have to keep a secret?
Short & Curly
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4.6 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
If your friend asks you to keep a secret, should you ever break that promise? When should you keep your mouth zipped and when should you spill the beans? Join us for an old-fashioned detective story involving a crime and a secret.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is an ABC podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | We apologize in advance for our very, very bad European accents. |
| 0:10.1 | We hope you can forgive us civil play. |
| 0:13.0 | Short and Curly presents a very secret murder, |
| 0:18.0 | a tale of intrigue and ethics. |
| 0:22.0 | We start our story in 1936 in the French countryside. There is a storm |
| 0:31.2 | raging as we meet a retired French detective named Matthew Waro. |
| 0:38.0 | Bonsieur. |
| 0:39.0 | Monsieur Wauro is traveling in his horse and carriage through the heavy rain. |
| 0:45.0 | It is almost midnight when he spots a quaint little motel. |
| 0:51.0 | He parks his carriage and runs for cover. |
| 0:58.6 | The kind and friendly motel owner stands at reception. |
| 1:04.0 | His name is Frederick Hubbard. |
| 1:07.0 | Vonsfaire Monsieur, welcome to my quaint little motel. |
| 1:11.0 | Mr. Hubbard was about to finish for the night. |
| 1:15.0 | He'd been looking forward to a light supper of eggs |
| 1:18.0 | before a good night sleep. |
| 1:20.0 | The hotel is almost empty. |
| 1:24.0 | There are only two other guests. |
| 1:27.0 | Room for one, if you play. |
| 1:29.0 | Ah, but of course, you must be exhausted after your travels. |
| 1:35.0 | Detective Mathieu Barrow goes to his small room and lays down exhausted. |
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