DEAD MAN’S LEGACY
[RADIO-SCRIPT]
[Hollywood Citizen-News, March 17, 1933] “KECA at 9:30 broadcasts ‘Dead Man’s Legacy,’ the
prize-winning Broadcast Weekly contest play. Carleton E. Morse, NBC staff writer, wrote the first
half of the mystery play, completing it after the prize was awarded for the best solution. The
winner was Art Clough. In the drama are five nieces and nephews of an old man who, at the
request of an attorney, gathered in their uncle’s home a year after his death. According to the will
they must spend one night in the house. In the morning one of them is found dead.”
[CHRONOLOGY]
(KPO, SAN FRANCISCO—NBC-COAST)
[Friday—9:30-10:00 PM]
March 17, 1933 “Dead Man’s Legacy”