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Nocturnal transmissions is proud to present

the Spider, or as the original German title would have it, Dishpinner. Let's take it for a spin. When the student of medicine, Richard Bracquemont, decided to move into room number seven of the

small Hotel Stevens, Rue Alfred Stevens, Paris Six, three persons had already hanged themselves from the crossbar of the window in that room on three successive Fridays.

The first was a Swiss travelling salesman. They found his corpse on Saturday evening. The doctor determined that the death must have occurred between

five and six o'clock on Friday afternoon. The corpse hung on a strong hook that had been driven into

the window's crossbar to serve as a hanger for articles of clothing. The window was closed, and the dead man had used the curtain cord as a noose.

Since the window was very low, he hung with his knees practically touching the floor. A sign of the

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