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The Columbia Network takes pleasure in bringing you suspense. Suspense. Columbia's parade of outstanding thrillers produced by William Spear and scored by Bernard Herman. Notable melodramas from stage and screen, fiction and radio, presented each week to bring you to the edge of your chair to keep you in suspense. Tonight's story by the noted American author T.S. Stribling deals with a crime of murder on an exotic and atmospheric island with ragged beggars who slept in a Hin…

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Synopsis

In A Passage to Benares, we meet Henry Paggiorli, an American psychologist who awakens in a Hindu temple on the island of Trinidad, disoriented and nursing a splitting headache. As he gathers his bearings, he learns from his host, Mr. Low, that a shocking crime has occurred: a bride, married just hours earlier, has been brutally murdered. The news sends ripples of intrigue through Paggiorli, who is drawn into the unfolding mystery surrounding the bridegroom, Budman Low, who is now in jail, accused of the crime. The juxtaposition of a joyous wedding celebration with the grim reality of murder creates an immediate tension that captivates both Paggiorli and the audience.

Host

Berry Kroeger

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A

Alan Hewitt

G

Guy Repp

H

Horace Brent

P

Paul Stewart

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Suspense 420923 013 A Passage to Benares (128-44) 28719 30m17s.mp3

Suspense, Episode 13

A Passage to Benares

Wednesday, September 23, 1942 · 30:17

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A Passage to Benares

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An American psychologist finds himself entangled in a murder mystery on the island of Trinidad, where a bride is found dead shortly after her wedding. The stakes rise as he uncovers dark secrets surrounding the case.

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That night in history

Headlines

  • 1942 — World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.

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