The Talk Show Murders

Description for THE TALK SHOW MURDERS by Steve Allen: Elmo Finstetter was dead. Not only that---he was murdered on national TV, right in front of millions of his devoted rock fans. Toni Tennille, the hostess of the talk show he was appearing on, was horrified. But little did she or anyone else realize that this was merely the beginning of a series of bizarre murders that would send shock waves through Hollywood for months to come. The real question was why---why were all these murders taking place on talk shows? Why were all these victims, ranging from dazzling celebrities right down to regulars in the studio audience, getting bumped off on camera, in full view of millions of loyal talk show watchers? What kind of psychopath would need such an audience for his ghoulish crimes, and would the talk shows ever make a comeback now that almost no one was willing to appear on them---for obvious reasons? Steve Allen didn't know the answer. Neither did Johnny Carlson, Merv Griff