Article: MYSTERY IN THE MAKING REITZ HOME FUNDRAISER SETS A '30S SCENE

@01-Drop Cap 4 lines w/QuoteMarks:"Welcome to the Evansville, Indiana, of 1933. Gambling, bootleg liquor and wild nightlife await you.."

And so begins "Reitz Home Radio Murders of 1933," a play

written by Evansville's Kelley Coures for the Reitz Home's 17th Annual Mystery Event, scheduled Saturday

The play is a fictional account of a murder with no shortage of suspects, but several of the main characters - and nightlife venues - that figure into it are not.

In the opening scene, the star of the locally produced Radio Mystery Hour, sponsored by Fendrich Cigar Co.and broadcast weekly on WGBF, is found dead at the Reitz Home, having eaten a poisoned piece of candy - a chocolate mouse from ...

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