Kindra K. (Onion) reviewed Case of the Murdered Miser/Audio Cassette (Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater) on + 105 more book reviews
You say you've heard the story about Ebenezer Scrooge and Bob Crachit? But you've never heard it told quite this way! Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater has taken Chrarles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol", and cleverly rewoven it into a murder mystery which takes more turns than old Scrooge's walking stick.
A newspaper report published in the Dec 25, 1832 edition of the London Herald tells the story:
"An elderly man was murdered last night in his home on Cheapside Row. The victim, identified as Ebenezer Scrooge, was found shortly after midnight. Police reports state that he had been strangled with a section of bell cord and a stake of holly driven through his heart. The suspect, apprhended as he was fleeing the scene, has been identified as Bob Crachit."
Did Bob Crachit actually murder Ebenezer Scrooge? That is the question that will be pondered by the jury assembled in Judge Francis Hawkin's courtroom. This case, which has attracted considerable attention due to the gruesome manner in which the murder was carried out, is the first murder trial covered by the budding newspaper reporter "Dickey-Boy." His full name is Charles Dickens.
Now that you've been introduced to the characters, sit back and listen to this variation on a Dickens theme which will have you guessing right up to the end who really murdered Ebenezer Scrooge.
A newspaper report published in the Dec 25, 1832 edition of the London Herald tells the story:
"An elderly man was murdered last night in his home on Cheapside Row. The victim, identified as Ebenezer Scrooge, was found shortly after midnight. Police reports state that he had been strangled with a section of bell cord and a stake of holly driven through his heart. The suspect, apprhended as he was fleeing the scene, has been identified as Bob Crachit."
Did Bob Crachit actually murder Ebenezer Scrooge? That is the question that will be pondered by the jury assembled in Judge Francis Hawkin's courtroom. This case, which has attracted considerable attention due to the gruesome manner in which the murder was carried out, is the first murder trial covered by the budding newspaper reporter "Dickey-Boy." His full name is Charles Dickens.
Now that you've been introduced to the characters, sit back and listen to this variation on a Dickens theme which will have you guessing right up to the end who really murdered Ebenezer Scrooge.
