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This is Orson Welles, speaking from London. The Black Museum. A repository of death, a repertory of violence. Here in the grim stone structure on the Thames, in Chowsey's Scotland Yard, is a warehouse of homicide. For everyday objects, a carpet, a saw, a manicurist's orange stick, a ten-penny nail. All are touched by murder. Now this, a sheath knife. It's a familiar object. Maybe your son, if he's an outdoor sort of kid, has one. You may have one. If you enjoy wood carving a…

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Synopsis

In The Sheath Knife, Orson Welles introduces listeners to a grim tale of murder that begins on a chilly November night. Fred Winters and his wife, Evelyn, are returning home from an evening out when they are followed by two men. In a shocking turn of events, Fred is brutally attacked and killed right in front of their home. Inspector Bell is called to investigate the murder, which reveals a complex web of relationships and motives.

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The Black Museum, Episode 38

The Sheath Knife

Tuesday, September 16, 1952 · 29:27

The Black Museum, Episode 38

The Sheath Knife

Tuesday, September 16, 1952 · 29:27

Summary

In The Sheath Knife, a murder unfolds as Fred Winters is brutally killed, leading Inspector Bell to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death and the involvement of his wife, Evelyn, and her lover, Jimmy Davis.

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  • 1952 — The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.

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