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The Lodger
Originally Aired: February 14, 1948
In Suspense #284, "The Lodger," Robert Montgomery stars in this chilling adaptation of Marie Belloc Lowndes's novel set in 1888 London during the reign of terror known as Jack the Ripper. Ellen and Robert Bunting, a struggling middle-aged couple living in the Whitechapel district, desperately need a lodger to make ends meet. As they discuss the latest gruesome murder by the killer the newspapers call "The Avenger," a mysterious stranger arrives at their door seeking rooms. The man who calls himself Mr. Sleuth seems peculiar from the start, with his nervous…
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