Radio Mystery Theater The Pharaoh's Curse 0067

Original Airdate: April 02, 1974

Episode 0067 "The Pharaoh's Curse"

Original Story by Ian Martin Directed by Himan Brown Host: E.G. Marshall

An archeologist and a songstress unearth valuable jewels, artifacts and a curse in an Egyptian tomb.

For the four centuries before Christ, a remarkable combination of priests and monarchs established one of the most astonishing cultures in the world. The rulers were the pharaohs of Egypt and they left an enduring series of monuments behind them. The Sphinx, the pyramids, the temples of Karnak and Luxor, and most strange of all, Their mummified remains, embalmed by a process lost to modern science. This is the story of one such mummy, and the eternal curse she left to be visited on any violator of her tomb.

1924, 50 years ago, belongs to another world. Certainly in the Middle East, almost midway through the period of the great archaeological excavations that make Egypt a mecca for tourists from all over the world. And in that era, no singer and entertainer reigned more supreme than Diane Elliot. The toast of two continents already, and now in the process of conquering a third with an engagement at Shepard's world famous hotel in Cairo.

Starring: Kim Hunter, Arnold Moss, Ian Martin, George Petrie, Dan Ocko