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Psycho by Robert Bloch

1. Mama's Boy

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Having absconded with $40,000 of her boss’s money, Mary Crane arrives at the gloomy Bates Motel.

Robert Bloch’s 1959 classic horror story - made into the iconic 1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Abridged in eight parts by James Robertson.

Read by William Hope.

Producer: David Jackson Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998. Show less

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