144:"A drama of darkest Africa founded on that hideously cruel cult of diabolism, -Voodoo. In the Smoking room of the Whiteway Club, an aristocratic London resort, is often to be found a young man seated alone. His name is Ricksby Windsor Torrence, a man of a good English family. Though nearly all his life has been spent in England he 'is only now learning to speak the language. A noticeable thing about him is that his hair is quite white. What turned it- white? To tell that the listener must be transported! back in time and away in space, In fact ta a small clearing in, the Congo jungle."
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113:Moon Magic
102:1939-05-12
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