“‘Greetings to the police! This is the Snatcher!’ The words were spoken in precise English. Steve Huston whipped a wad of copy paper from his pocket, to miss none of them. ‘My own receiving set indicates you obligingly went off the air for me,’ rasped the voice. ‘I thank you. In return I, the Snatcher, will give to the police the news you await.’ Out on the night streets, in cruising white-topped prowl cars, bluecoats sat listening to the brazen known. ‘Your four vanished millionaires are in my hands! How did I whisk them away? Where do I hold them?’ There came a mocking, satanic laugh. ‘That you will never know. But just as you could not stop me from capturing these men, so you cannot interfere with my collection of ransom. I warn you, I will brook no interference!'”
Creators/Key Contributors George A. McDonald (using Robert Wallace pseudonym)
First Appearance “The Trail of Death” in Phantom Detective (May 1941)
First Publisher Better / Nedor / Standard / Pines [CB+] [DCM] [GCD]
Appearance List Reprinted: The Phantom Detective #08: The Trail to Death (Regency/Corinth, 1965)
Sample Read The Phantom Detective (May 1941) [Pulp Covers]
Description “‘Greetings to the police! This is the Snatcher!’ The words were spoken in precise English. Steve Huston whipped a wad of copy paper from his pocket, to miss none of them. ‘My own receiving set indicates you obligingly went off the air for me,’ rasped the voice. ‘I thank you. In return I, the Snatcher, will give to the police the news you await.’ Out on the night streets, in cruising white-topped prowl cars, bluecoats sat listening to the brazen known. ‘Your four vanished millionaires are in my hands! How did I whisk them away? Where do I hold them?’ There came a mocking, satanic laugh. ‘That you will never know. But just as you could not stop me from capturing these men, so you cannot interfere with my collection of ransom. I warn you, I will brook no interference!'”
