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Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Ep.85 Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot: The Bride Wore Fright

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

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

4.8588 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2021

⏱️ 30 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 Bride Wore Fright: Poirot a...

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to another episode of nostalgic mystery radio.

0:20.9

I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.

0:26.1

For today's episode, I bring you Herculo, episode titled The Bride War Fright,

0:32.5

originally aired December 7, 1945, where Perrault arrives at his apartment to find a woman in a wedding dress

0:40.1

hiding from a dangerous groom. So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic

0:47.0

mystery radio. Thank you for listening. Time and the Little Gray Sells.

1:02.3

These will always catch the criminal.

1:06.5

If you follow, Detective Extraordinary.

1:15.5

The Hercule Pollo, Detective Extraordinary. From the thrill-packed pages of Agatha Christie's unforgettable stories of corpses, clues, and crime,

1:20.9

Mutual now brings you, complete with bowler hat and magnificent mustache,

1:24.6

your favorite detective, Hercule Prow, starring Harold Huber in The Bride War Freight. Oh, Pia, it's good to get home.

1:52.0

A thousand candles, what is it called with a light?

1:56.1

Oh, well, there is always the lamp.

2:00.3

Oh, please, I'm not a thief. I'll go out quietly. I didn't take anything. I didn't really. Unless

2:05.6

you count a cup of coffee. I was so hungry. I'll pay for that. Just let me get out of here and please

2:10.7

don't say anything about it. Please, mademoiselle, give me a moment to think and let me turn on the lamp and look at you.

2:16.5

Oh. Oh, indeed, mademoiselle. Or should I say, Madame, inasmuch as you are wearing a wedding gown? No, it's not Madame. That's why I'm here. Mademoiselle, I am not a minister. No, you don't understand. I didn't get married. I ran away. They chased me, so I hid in this apartment. And how did you get in? Well, I ran in here because I saw Peter coming around the corner.

2:51.2

I ran into the elevator and told the boy to take me to the top floor. Then I went up on the roof. I knew Peter would come after me, and so I climbed down the fire escape, but your window was opened. That was most careless of me. Oh, please, you're not going to have me arrested, are you? I'm not a thief, really I'm not.

2:53.4

Metra-inil, we will discuss that question in due time.

2:51.2

Just now, there are... Not me. Oh, please, you're not going to have me arrested, are you? I'm not a thief, really, I'm not.

2:53.4

Mademoiselle, we will discuss that question in due time.

2:56.4

Just now, there are many things I do not understand.

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