The Voices by The CBS Radio Mystery Theater

The CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents... [door opening] [dramatic music] Come in.

Welcome.

I'm E.G. Marshall.

I think we've all heard that history repeats itself, but I know that I, for one, never had it happen to me until recently.

A tragedy replayed that still has me stunned.

If you remember the 1940s, war raging throughout Europe, Germany the invader, and among many cities and towns invaded was Domrémy.

Does that name ring a bell? Keep listening, for the bell will soon toll, undeniably loud and sorrowfully clear.

Lieutenant, how is the prisoner this morning?

She refused to eat.

Oh.

Is she in pain?

Not a flicker of an eyelash would betray it.

She is as brave as an Aryan.

There is a ring of spies here, and that girl is a courier.

The American we shot has delivered something to her.

What? I have every intention of finding out.

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Our mystery drama, The Voices, was written especially for the Mystery Theater by G. Frederick Lewis and stars Norman Rose and Amanda Plummer.

I shall return shortly with Act 1.

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Now, about this extraordinary event that happened to me, and which bears retelling.

Last summer, I was driving along the River Meuse in what the French call the Département of Vosges, and suddenly I was in Domrémy, the town where Joan of Arc was born and baptized.

I stopped and spoke with an old curé, or parish priest, who related this story.

Of course, monsieur, you remember the Great War, the last great war.

The Germans invaded France, and in June of 1940, they were in Domrémy.