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Three of Alfred Hitchcock's Famous Stories

Presented within "Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)

A serial killer known as "The Avenger" is on the loose in London, murdering blonde women. A mysterious man arrives at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting looking for a room to rent. The Bunting's daughter is a blonde model and is seeing one of the detectives assigned to the case. The detective becomes jealous of the lodger and begins to suspect he may be the avenger

Sabotage (1936)

A ring of saboteurs is causing havoc in London with a series of explosive terrorist attacks. Karl Verloc is part of the group, but he maintains a cover as a kind movie theater owner. His wife is beginning to suspect something, though, and so is Scotland Yard Detective Sgt. Ted Spencer. What neither of them know, however, is that Verloc uses his wife's little brother to deliver the bombs in film canisters

The 39 Steps (1935)

While on vacation in London, Canadian Richard Hannay becomes embroiled in an international spy ring related to the mysterious "39 steps." Then he meets agent Annabella Smith, who is soon killed in his apartment. He must elude the police, who are hunting him for murder, while he tries to stop Professor Jordan from sending secrets out of the country. Hannay is assisted by Pamela, an unwilling accomplice who discovers the truth.

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