Radio Mystery Theater I Thought You Were Dead 0127
Scott's Old Time Radio · Scott W. Fields
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Original Airdate: Aug 05, 1974
Episode 0127 "I Thought You Were Dead"
Written by Sam Dann, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall
An authoress begins to get phone calls from the husband and writing partner she killed out of professional jealousy. What does he want with her? An ancient Chinese anecdote tells of a poor man who meets a philosopher. The poor man begs for charity. The philosopher says, Look at that pebble. He points to a tiny stone. The stone turns to gold. The poor man says, May I have something bigger? The philosopher points to a rock, and it too turns to gold. The poor man again asks for something bigger. The philosopher points to a mountain. The entire mountain turns to gold. The poor man is still unhappy. Finally, the philosopher asks, What do you want? And the poor man replies, I want your finger. The moral of this and the tale you're about to hear you can't satisfy everybody.
A statement, a slogan. Should never be accepted merely because it is widely held and seldom challenged. For instance, they say dead men tell no tales, but this is not necessarily so, as many a murderer has discovered, but too late. A dead man, especially a recently dead man, can tell a veritable anthology of tales to people like doctors. and detectives. But what has all this to do with Jennifer Partridge? Jennifer Partridge. Sleek, slender, sophisticated Jennifer. In exactly ten seconds the telephone will ring in Jennifer's elegant penthouse apartment. And Jennifer is going to speak to a dead man.
Starring: Arlene Francis, Robert Dryden, Mary Jane Higby, Guy Sorel