Suspense - The Bluebeard of Bellac (#109)
Channel: Old Time Radio Researchers
Date: 25/04/2023

Suspense - 09/21/44, episode 109
Brought to you by the Old Time Radio Researchers, courtesy of The Suspense Project

Merle Oberon stars in a story about a French doctor and his wife who are members of the French underground. They set a trap for a German colonel in their home. The wife lures the Nazi officer when she tells him that she suspects her husband of being the local “Bluebeard Killer.” That mysterious killer has been murdering Gestapo officials.

The story is by Silvia Richards, wife of Suspense editor Robert L. Richards. Silvia wrote many Suspense scripts and also some screenplays.

There are two network recordings of this episode and is not known which coast they are for. One ends with Joe Kearns saying “Next Thursday, ladies and gentlemen” and the other ends with “Next Thursday, same time.” There is no Armed Forces Radio Service recording.

The better recording is the file named "Suspense 1944-09-21 The Bluebeard of Bellac ('Same Time')".

The story was included in Suspense Magazine #4 as “A Sense of Smell.” A copy of the story can be downloaded as a PDF from this page.

The cast: MERLE OBERON (Mlle. Cecile Cambre), LUDWIG DONATH (Kreutzer), John McIntire (Dr. Pierre Cambre), Joe Kearns (Man in Black), Bill Shaw (Streletez), Jeanette Nolan (Mlle. Boget), Ferdinand Munier?, Stefan Schnabel?

For more information, visit https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2023/04/1944-09-21-bluebeard-of-bellac.html