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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 61 – Missing Person, Part 1: "The Man in the Mask."

This is ESL Podcast episode 61. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

This episode is the first of a special series called Missing Person. Unlike our regular podcasts, the next 12 episodes will all be connected as part of one longer story – a detective story, a murder mystery.

The format of these Missing Person episodes is just like our regular episodes: we’ll listen to a story, then explain it, then hear it again at a normal speed. We will begin each episode by recapping or reviewing the previous episode, beginning with part 2, of course. There are 12 parts to our Missing Person special episode series.

As you’re listening to the story, don’t worry about trying to understand every word, but rather, try to get the general meaning of the story. Now, let’s get started with part 1 of Missing Person. The title of part 1 is “The Man in the Mask.”

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