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Well now it's time for today's episode of the fat man the original air date March 31st 1955 and the title is murder makes a black moon.

There he goes into that drugstore he's stepping on the scale.

Wait 239 hours for June danger.

Who is it? The fat man.

And now here's the fat man in murder makes a black moon.

There are a lot of places in the Midwest like boom city 20 to 30,000 people for our two good industries and the country club said.

I don't as a rule take job so far away from home but the lever had been pleading almost friends. Please Mr. Runyon please please come at once if anyone can help Tommy it's you there was a check and a promise of more and it was signed Lucy Nelson.

It took a shoe shine a haircut and across the cotton lunch to find out that Lucy Nelson lived with an aunt and uncle the uncle Frank Livingston was the local big shot.

He came from the oldest and richest family in town and he owned the eldest and most expensive house.

When I got there I girl opened the door she wasn't exactly beautiful now that you go by Hollywood standards.

But there wasn't anything wrong with her either. There was something clean and fresh about it made me think of burning leaves and football games.

Her brown eyes were troubled their hands kept folding and unfolding nervously before she spoke.

Mr. Runyon. Oh I'm so glad you're here. Tell me Uncle Frank and Aunt Muriel are waiting in the living room.

I'm Lucy Nelson Mr. Runyon. I'm engaged to Tommy Burns the boy I told you about in the letter.

We're going to be married this time week and then it's terrible thing happened.

Lucy wasn't yes Aunt Muriel it's Mr. Runyon. Come in Runyon come in.

My aunt and uncle Mr. Runyon. How you doing? It was good of you to come Mr. Runyon for Lucy she's been half crazy.

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