Wireless by Agatha Christie. Short summary

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An elderly lady, Mrs. Harter, is given a radio by her nephew. A few days later it begins to speak in the voice of her husband, who passed away many years ago.

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Mary Harter, an elderly lady with a heart condition, the doctor advised her to be less nervous. The woman’s husband passed away more than a decade ago and she is being cared for by her nephew Charles. To distract and cheer her aunt, Charles persuades her to buy a radio. Mrs. Harter decides to rewrite her will in Charles’ favor.

Mrs. Harter enjoys listening to the radio, but one evening, when Charles is not home, her dead husband Patrick’s voice suddenly comes over the radio and utters: «I’m coming for you, Mary!» The message is repeated several times, and the woman begins to prepare for death.

The woman is afraid to be alone and asks her nephew to stay with her, but is forced to leave. At this time, Patrick shows up at the apartment. Miss Harter falls dead on the floor from fear, dropping the will she was holding in her hand. The paper is burned in the fireplace.

Charles removes his false beard — he was the one who scared his aunt on the radio. But the will burned and all the property went to Charles’s cousin, Miriam.