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Written by Steven Oney - Performed by a full cast: Dave Ellsworth, Wally O'Hara, Carol McManus, Stephen Russell, Christine Rathbun, Bernadette MacPherson, Kevin Groppe, and others. Quintessential music by Mark Birmingham - Original Radio Theater - Fiction - 1 COMPACT DISC - 75 minutes

Publisher, Cape Cod Radio Theater Mystery Theater (2000)

For Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater's 20th anniversary we plan the release of a sequel to our very first Captain Underhill mystery, The Legacy of Euriah Pillar, this one called The Case of the Indian Flashlights.".

The story also takes place 20 years after the fact, after the dust had settled, the case nearly forgotten and after Euriah Pillar's strongbox has become a much sought-after item for collectors of crime memorabilia. In the show Carol McManus reprises her role as Tishua, the West Indian cook from The Case if the Automatic Murders.

The Case of the Indian Flashlights picks up the trail twenty years later. Euriah Pillar's strongbox, formerly a buried treasure that became a piece of courtroom evidence, now has become a sought-after item for collectors of crime memorabilia, one such person, the crooked antiques dealer by the name of Augie Nickleswipe (played by Stephen Russell) who runs a shop in West Barnstable. Also in the chase a beautiful, first year law student, Roberta Salizar (Christine Rathbun) as well as sweet old lady Mrs. Clattershaw (Bernie MacPherson) who also enters the fray. The reluctant-as-usual Doctor Scofield tags along with his friend, the retired police captain, Waverly Underhill, as he cleverly sets snares and unearths clues that lead the detective duo to an ancient tunnel running from a tavern under Route 149 and into the West Barnstable Burial Ground where lies the crypt of Jabez Howland.

Old Tishua, the West Indian character who first appeared in CCRMT's The Automatic Murders (played by Carol McManus), delivers the opening monologue, an amalgam of Cape Cod history and mystery, that sets up the tale that will spin itself out, answering many questions along the way, including one already implied: Exactly what are 'Indian Flashlights' and how do they end up saving the lives of Captain Underhill and Doctor Scofield?

About the Author: Steven Thomas Oney says, "Normally, our policy would be to avoid sequels like the plague, but re-visiting the Euriah Pillar script one day, I was struck with an idea for a continuation of the Pillar saga. Then I noticed that our group's 20th anniversary was approaching and thought wouldn't it be fun and nostalgic to once again allow the eccentric millionaire's cash strongbox to once again become the fulcrum for diabolical scheming. So we went ahead with the production, thinking we would hold it back once done, similar to Agatha Christie's holding back her final Hercule Perot manuscript, but the results were so pleasing, we couldn't stick with our original plan. This year is actually only our 17th anniversary, but here is our hope we all get there." Prediction: if you liked "The Legacy of Euriah Pillar you'll enjoy this one too."