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CBS Radio Mystery Theater_79-05-02_(0976)_The Fabulous Pillow

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Tom cuts open a pillow to find $60,000 in stolen bank money, sent by a dead man.
Tom Porter, a former bank employee haunted by a robbery he witnessed years ago, has a car accident and encounters the ghost of John Sutter, who confesses to the crime and offers him stolen money as compensation. Tom receives $60,000 hidden in a needlepoint pillow, leading to a supernatural mystery where he must clear his name with the help of ghosts and confront those who wronged him.

As heard by us

A dead man's money, a vanished farmhouse, and a marriage tested by guilt.

The Fabulous Pillow turns a marriage argument into a question of justice, with Claire Porter hearing Tom insist that John Sutter, dead for years, sent him money after the First Federal robbery and the job he lost. E.G.

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You want a dead man's money, a disputed accident at a culvert, and a mystery that keeps asking whether Tom dreamed the rest.

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