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The Waxwork
Originally Aired: May 1, 1956
Suspense #648, "The Waxwork," Raymond Hewson, a struggling freelance journalist desperate to support his wife and family, strikes a deal with the manager of Mariner's Waxworks to spend a night alone in the notorious Murderer's Den for a story. The manager warns him that the cellar filled with wax figures of history's most appalling killers creates an oppressive, sinister atmosphere that would unnerve anyone. Despite his own revulsion, Hewson needs the money from selling his article to the Morning Echo, plus the five-pound bonus the manager promises.
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