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The Story of Markham’s Death: Poe’s Lost Manuscript and a Fatal Alibi
Originally Aired: October 2, 1947
In Suspense #265, “The Story of Markham’s Death,” washed-up mystery writer Phil Martin (Kirk Douglas) stumbles upon what appears to be a lost manuscript by Edgar Allan Poe hidden in a bombed-out London house. Hungry for revival, Phil plagiarizes the work, passing it off as his own and winning literary acclaim. But his crime spirals into deeper deception when a Poe scholar confronts him, leading Phil to commit murder to preserve his secret. Ironically, in attempting to cover one killing, Phil builds the perfect alibi—only to be convicted of another. A sharp…
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