Will You Walk Into My Parlor?: Fortune’s Tent, a Fatal Fiancee, and the Thirteenth Dinner

Originally Aired: February 23, 1943

In Suspense #30, “Will You Walk Into My Parlor?” an English garden party turns sinister when American visitor Philip Lester’s fiancée insists on visiting the fortune teller’s tent. But the turbaned “seer” is no mystic—he’s a Scotland Yard inspector investigating a string of poison murders tied to a mysterious woman. When Mary Sherwood enters the tent, the inspector recognizes her face... and her pattern: three husbands, all dead. What follows is a tightly coiled blend of mistaken identity, charm, and sudden violence. Starring Geraldine Fitzgerald and Cedric Hardwicke, this tale by John Dickson Carr delivers its final shiver with cold-blooded precision.

Cast:
Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cedric Hardwicke

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