The Saxon Curse
Description
A fortune teller foretells that he will carry out the perfect crime in order to safeguard his betrothed. Armed with that knowledge, the haughty nobleman picks his target.
A psychic tells a proud rich man that he'll commit a flawless crime to protect his fiancée. With this information, the arrogant lord chooses his victim.
Lord Arthur Savile is urged by his ailing Aunt Clementine, who is suffering from the Saxon curse (headaches), to have his palm read. The palmist foresees young Savile committing a murder and not being caught for it. Even though he completely disbelieves what he has heard, Savile soon finds himself making preparations for Aunt Clementine's murder.
CBS Radio Mystery Theater is a radio drama series created by Himan Brown that was broadcast on CBS Radio Network affiliates from 1974 to 1982, and later in the early 2000s was repeated by the NPR satellite feed. In New York City it was not aired by the then all-news WCBS but by its originating station, WOR, which produced and announced it as simply Radio Mystery Theater.
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