The Bat (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)

Author(s): Mary Roberts Rinehart, Stephen Vincent Benét

Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction, Dramatic Readings

Narrators: Group

Number of Chapters: 22

Length: 07 hours and 21 minutes

Language: English

A Mysterious killer—Man? Beast? Or devil?—spreading terror throughout a nation, flouting law and lawless alike … Curious GOINGS-ON in a house rented immediately upon the death of its owner … A WARNING to leave the house, underlined with threats of death … A SHADOW bearing one gleaming eye [ … ] Wouldn’t You Like to Know – What happens when the indomitable Miss Van Gorder refuses to be frightened from the house of murder? What nerve-shaking word is spelled out by the Ouija board? [ … ] Who is the stranger who arrives half dead? Who is the Bat?” ~ from the ad in the book. Originally published in 1926, Rinehart's entertaining mystery offers suspense and humor, and you will see evidence of that era's Asian xenophobia and Prohibition in the United States. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins)

Cast List

Narrator: Lynette Caulkins

Police Chief: JT

Millionaire: Kelly Taylor

Young Detective: Johan Supertramp

Underworld Voice: TJ Burns

City News Editor: Kirk202

News Editor Colleague: Linette

Detective Anderson: Scott Caulkins

Cornelia Van Gorder: Ciufi Galeazzi

Doctor Wells: Chris Pyle

Sally Ogden: Leanne Yau

Lizzie Allen: Jennifer Pratt

Dale Ogden: Shelly

Billy: Todd

Brooks: Estelle

Richard Fleming: EJ Wiley

Reginald Beresford: Adam Bielka

Unknown: Tommy Hersant