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Stories: Wireless
Advised to avoid undue exertion, Elderly Mary Harter indulges in a new radio instead. It isn't long before she starts hearing her dead husband’s voice calling her over the broadcasts. From The Hound of Death and Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories.
Stories: Triangle at Rhodes
A love triangle ruins Poirot’s holiday and can only end in murder. From Murder in the Mews.
Stories: The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
Elderly Mr Maltravers is found dead in a field, with his grieving wife claiming it has been natural causes. But as he recently took out life insurance, the company bring in Poirot to establish if it was suicide. From Poirot Investigates.
Stories: Three Blind Mice
Snowed in, the residents of a guest house find themselves trapped with a murderer. This story would later become the famous play, The Mousetrap.
Stories: The Third Floor Flat
When a body of a woman is discovered in the third floor flat of Friar Mansions, it is fortunate that Hercule Poirot lives in the same block and is on hand – but can he help? From Poirot's Early Cases and Three Blind Mice and Other Stories.
Stories: The Witness for the Prosecution
1920s London. A murder, brutal and bloodthirsty, has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and enormously rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily’s dedicated housekeeper Janet Mackenzie stands by in court. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic chorus girl Romaine, can prove his innocence.
Stories: The Veiled Lady
Lady Millicent is soon to be married but an old lover is blackmailing her, threatening to send her future husband an old love letter she wrote. Lady Millicent implores Poirot to find the letter, but will he have to turn to crime to do so? From Poirot's Early Cases and Poirot Investigates (US).
Stories: The Submarine Plans
Poirot is summoned to the home of Lord Alloway, the aspiring Prime Minister. Plans for England’s new submarine have been stolen from Alloway's household and Poirot is his only hope. From Poirot's Early Cases and The Under Dog and Other Stories.
Stories: The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael
A man takes on the habits of a cat but only his psychologist seems able to see a real cat in the house. In The Hound of Death and The Golden Ball and Other Stories.
Stories: The Red Signal
“Danger ahead” – the red signal which a young man sees whenever his life is threatened. From The Hound of Death and The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories.