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THE REVIEW
An Empress publication   published bi-weekly at 2120 Pershing Blvd, Dayton, Ohio by Walter E. Marconette..... This publication has no set
editorial policy ...... Five cents the copy or six for 25c

Vol. L No. 1 January 2, 1938 Whole Number 1

(Note: "The Phantom Under Traffic Bridge" and "The Masked Figure at Mardi Gras" are fictionized reviews of radio dramas of the same name.
The first was broadcast Sunday, December 4 and the second Sunday, December 11 over certain CBS stations at 10:30 P.M. . They constituted the 178th and the 179th dramatizations from the Hermit's Cave sponsored by Olga C? )

THE PHANTOM UNDER TRAFFIC Bridge

Arthur and Ella Thompson were speeding along a lonely, deserted stretch of road under Traffic Bridge when a hideous, ghostly form rose up before them. A man it seemed, but a man so cut and bleeding that a single glance brought numbing horror to the
beholders. Arthur brought his
auto to a jolting stop and leaped into the road; the man instantly vanished.
Something had to be done, and Arthur Thompson was the man to do it. Quickly he notified the local police. But the agents of law and order, ever a skeptical crew, laughed his story into absurdity. The papers were treated to another comical "hoax
yarn ".
But the matter ceased to be
comical when person after person reported the same weird appearance under Traffic Bridge. Reporters were dispatched to the spot, but returned bearing only desolate stories of failure. The Morning Register, whose editor was made of sterner stuff than
most men, put its ace man on the case with the ultimatum "bring back a story or don't come back, you bum!"
And so one dark night a reporter and his girl-friend parked their car under Traffic
Bridge. Hours passed and naught occurred. Then, as the young lady gasped her terror in a short scream, out of the blackness came a bleeding man. Slipping quietly from his car, the newspaperman raised his camera and swiftly clicked the shutter.
Quickly then he sprang forward. ....and, as before, the figure faded into nothingness.
The next edition of the Re-
gister carried the developed snapshot taken under Traffic Bridge. And the photograph showed, not a cut and bleeding man, but a grinning,
leering skeleton!
Weeks passed and the situation grew rapidly worse. Then, to the office of the Morning Register one day came Mrs. Arthur Thompson. She claimed that she could definitely explain the whole weird affair if the story would be withheld until after her death. Upon receiving a
favorable reply to her request,
she immediately launched into a strange and bizarre tale.
# # #
Ella's married life with Arthur Thompson, so she said, was
very happy except for one thing. He was exceedingly jealous. One night about a year ago she had gone to a movie alone. While returning under Traffic Bridge:

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THE REVIEW An Empress publication published bi-weekly at 2120 Pershing Blvd, Dayton, Ohio by Walter E. Marconette..... This publication has no set editorial policy ...... Five cents the copy or six for 25c Vol. L No. 1 January 2, 1938 Whole Number 1 (Note: "The Phantom Under Traffic Bridge" and "The Masked Figure at Mardi Gras" are fictionized reviews of radio dramas of the same name. The first was broadcast Sunday, December 4 and the second Sunday, December 11 over certain CBS stations at 10:30 P.M. . They constituted the 178th and the 179th dramatizations from the Hermit's Cave sponsored by Olga C? ) THE PHANTOM UNDER TRAFFIC Bridge Arthur and Ella Thompson were speeding along a lonely, deserted stretch of road under Traffic Bridge when a hideous, ghostly form rose up before them. A man it seemed, but a man so cut and bleeding that a single glance brought numbing horror to the beholders. Arthur brought his auto to a jolting stop and leaped into the road; the man instantly vanished. Something had to be done, and Arthur Thompson was the man to do it. Quickly he notified the local police. But the agents of law and order, ever a skeptical crew, laughed his story into absurdity. The papers were treated to another comical "hoax yarn ". But the matter ceased to be comical when person after person reported the same weird appearance under Traffic Bridge. Reporters were dispatched to the spot, but returned bearing only desolate stories of failure. The Morning Register, whose editor was made of sterner stuff than most men, put its ace man on the case with the ultimatum "bring back a story or don't come back, you bum!" And so one dark night a reporter and his girl-friend parked their car under Traffic Bridge. Hours passed and naught occurred. Then, as the young lady gasped her terror in a short scream, out of the blackness came a bleeding man. Slipping quietly from his car, the newspaperman raised his camera and swiftly clicked the shutter. Quickly then he sprang forward. ....and, as before, the figure faded into nothingness. The next edition of the Re- gister carried the developed snapshot taken under Traffic Bridge. And the photograph showed, not a cut and bleeding man, but a grinning, leering skeleton! Weeks passed and the situation grew rapidly worse. Then, to the office of the Morning Register one day came Mrs. Arthur Thompson. She claimed that she could definitely explain the whole weird affair if the story would be withheld until after her death. Upon receiving a favorable reply to her request, she immediately launched into a strange and bizarre tale. # # # Ella's married life with Arthur Thompson, so she said, was very happy except for one thing. He was exceedingly jealous. One night about a year ago she had gone to a movie alone. While returning under Traffic Bridge: