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Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Ep.38 Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot: The ABC Murders

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

Detective, Fiction, Crime, Arts, Radio Show, Mystery, Tv & Film, Performing Arts, Drama, Old Time Radio

4.8588 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2021

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot: the world-renowned, moustachioed Belgian private detective, unsurpassed in his intelligence and understanding of the criminal mind, respected and admired by police forces and heads of state across the globe. Since his inception over 100 years ago, Poirot has stolen the hearts and minds of audiences from Azerbaijan to Vietnam, and his celebrated cases have been recorded across 33 original novels and over 50 short stories. The ABC Murders: There’s a serial kil...

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to another episode of nostalgic mystery radio. I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.

0:26.2

For today's episode, I bring you a special BBC radio presentation of Agatha Christie's Hercule Perot and the ABC murders,

0:35.4

where there's a serial killer in Belouse working its way through the alphabet,

0:39.5

and the whole country is in a state of panic, and with each murder, the killer is getting more confident,

0:45.9

but leaving a trail of deliberate clues to taunt the proud Hercules Perot might just prove to be the first and fatal mistake.

0:53.9

This one is definitely one of my favorites.

0:56.3

So sit back and relax,

0:58.6

and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.

1:02.1

Thank you for listening.

1:06.9

This is Audible.

1:13.9

Now then, my friend, may I offer you a little refreshment?

1:17.7

Your usual whiskey and soda, perhaps?

1:19.7

No, thanks, Poirot.

1:20.7

So it's a little early in the day.

1:22.1

As you wish.

1:23.3

You do not object if I drink a little tizan.

1:25.9

Of course not.

1:26.5

Though I can never understand what you see in that disgusting stuff.

1:30.1

And while I sip my tisan, there is something I would like you to take a look at Hastings.

1:35.6

It came by this morning's post.

1:37.9

Read it.

1:40.1

Mr. Acu Poirot, you fancy yourself, don't you, at solving mysteries that are too difficult for our thick-headed British police? Let us see how clever you can be. Perhaps you'll find this not too hard to crack. Look out for Andover on the 21st of the month. Yours, ABC. We present John Moffat as Urquil Poirot in Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders.

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