Rue Morgue Redux by Neil Munro


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Rue Morgue Redux by Neil Munro Taking his cue from the brilliant Poe, the author sets his intriguing mystery in Toronto on New Year's Eve, 1889. August Dupin and the police work to solve a particularly grisly crime – a crime that has its particular twists and turns. Read by Dennis O'Connor, Guy Bannerman, Jesse Collins, George Buza, Greg Spottiswood, Thomas Hauff, Richard Clarkin, Shawn Mathieson 7.  MYSTERY PROJECT: This week on The Mystery Project, Part One of Rue Morgue Redux - veteran actor-director Neil Munro's take on what many regard as the first-ever detective story: Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders In The Rue Morgue. Reset in Toronto on the night before New Year's Eve, 1889, this version features rival police inspectors - one of them a guest from Montreal. That's this Saturday evening on the Mystery Project at 6:30 (7:30 AT, 8:00 NT) on CBC Radio One. HOT SHEET FOR WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY 22 & 23, 2003 7.  MYSTERY PROJECT: This week on The Mystery Project, the conclusion of Rue Morgue Redux. The conclusion of Neil Munro's revisionist dramatization of the famous Edgar Allan Poe short story. On New Year's Eve, 1889, the solution to a pair of grisly murders on Morgue Street, Toronto, may indeed be found around the corner on Front Street. But only if Inspectors Dupin and Hudson agree to get along. That's this Saturday evening on the Mystery Project at 6:30 (7:30 AT, 8:00 NT) on CBC Radio One. HOT SHEET FOR WEEKEND OF MARCH 1 & 2, 2003 2004 International Radio Festival of New York Gold Winner.

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