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Dead Ernest
Originally Aired: March 24, 1949
Suspense #333, "Dead Ernest," stars Pat O'Brien in a harrowing tale of life and death hanging by a thread. Ernest Bowers, a 34-year-old man suffering from catalepsy, is struck by a car at a busy intersection. The accident appears minor—just a cut on the forehead—but Ernest's condition mimics death so convincingly that the ambulance doctor pronounces him dead at the scene. What no one realizes is that Ernest carries vital identification explaining his rare disease: a letter in his jacket pocket and a silver bracelet warning "Do not embalm me. I am not dead."…
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