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A Sleeping Draught
Originally Aired: June 19, 1956
Suspense #655, "A Sleeping Draught," a brutal drama unfolds aboard a convict ship bound for Australia. Captain and his crew transport 400 prisoners from London to the penal colony at Botany Bay, under the watchful eye of the ruthless guard Finch, who maintains order with his cat-o-nine-tails. Among the convicts is Jonathan Abbey, a gentleman murderer facing the gallows upon arrival in Sydney. When Finch reveals that each prisoner smuggled gold sovereigns aboard—amounting to over a thousand pounds—the voyage takes a deadly turn.
As the ship rounds the Horn…
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