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It is 1670 and Simon Fronwieser is in the town of Oberammergau to bring his seven-year-old son to boarding school. As he bids his boy a tearful farewell, news comes of a shocking murder: the man who was to play the part of Christ in the town's Passion play has been found dead, nailed to the set's cross. As there is no doctor in town, Simon is brought in to examine the body. The opportunities to spend more time with his son and to investigate the murder quickly convince him to stay.

Struggling for answers when two murders occur - the first on a crowded city bus, and the second a busy subway - inexplicably without witnesses, police lieutenant Marian Larch uncovers a deadly murder-for-hire ring.

Orson Welles both starred in and directed The Campbell Playhouse, a radio drama (1938-40) produced by Welles and John Houseman. The episodes include adaptions of classic novels and plays, as well as radio versions of the era's popular films.

Dr. Sadicarus ist kein Freund leerer Drohungen: Er zerreißt die Detektei Bates und Becky wird aus der Bahn geworfen. Wer wahrt im teuflischen Mummenschanz am Verladebahnhof sein Gesicht? Können Henry Bates, John Simmons und Oberinspektor Stickleback ihren Verbündeten trauen? Auf dem letzten Klassentreffen erhält ein Knastbruder ein ganz besonderes Souvenir.