Edward Robinson, who’s a bit of a dreamer, has fallen in love with a beautiful red sports car. Against his better judgement (and, he is sure, against the wishes of his very practical fiancée Maud), Robinson buys the car. … Strange events and sounds also begin to occur and although Mrs. Lancaster wants to put them all down to natural explanations, her father isn’t so sure. And then Geoffrey becomes very ill and the real truth eventually becomes clear. The Strange Case of … …

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