Molle Mystery Theater – Comic Strip Murder. 441024

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In a penthouse apartment, a district attorney and a woman sit talking together. The high-profile murder has all the newspaper reporters and legal types buzzing, and we learn the details surrounding the crime. Through the combination of voiceover and flashback drama we discover a love triangle, and a jealous jilted lover.

When a proposed idea for murder is first mentioned to his gal, she thinks it’s just a plot for the comic strip he draws. As life in the swanky players unfolds, there’s more than only a murder in the funny papers afoot.

At the crucial moment, the cops rush in, and truths are revealed, proving the story being spun for the listener might be full of lies. What tipped off the district attorney to the plot that was intended to involve him in inadvertently providing a defense for the killer?