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Riabouchinska: The Ventriloquist’s Obsession
Originally Aired: November 13, 1947
In Suspense #271, “Riabouchinska,” a renowned ventriloquist’s act becomes the center of a baffling murder investigation when a blackmailer is found strangled in a theater cellar. Detective Lieutenant Krovich questions the performer John Fabian, his bitter wife Alice, and the couple’s press agent—but the most unsettling witness is Fabian’s lifelike dummy, Riabouchinska. As the interrogation unfolds, Fabian reveals a haunting past: years earlier he fell desperately in love with a beautiful assistant who mysteriously vanished. In grief and madness, he carved…
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