Suspense Sundays (184) Feast of the Furies

Suspense was a radio series from 1942 to 1962.  I have a fondness for "Old Time Radio" as we call it now, and Suspense is my favorite show.  It sets up weird, dark, scary, or intriguing stories with a plot twist in the end, and all in half an hour.  For Suspense Sundays I'll give a short review of an episode.

"Feast of the Furies"

Air date: July 11, 1946
Starring Elliot Reed and Sheldon Leonard

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Casey regrettfully knocks Sam over the head and drives him to an undisclosed location.  He's under orders from his boss to take Sam somewhere.  Sam, tied up in the passenger seat of the car, tries to get Casey to tell him what it's all about.  And who his boss is, but Casey just tells him he can't reveal that, and he's sorry he has to treat him that way.  Casey just wants to talk about nice things, why make his job unpleasant?  When Sam realizes Casey isn't going to let him go, he tries to talk Casey out of what he's doing.

This was an interesting two character suspense story (two characters for the most part) and when it gets to Sam's story, it becomes very tragic which I wasn't expecting.  Casey is a fun character too - clearly a thug, strong and not very bright, but with a good heart, and I was hoping Sam would be able to get through to him.  Especially because Sam's story is so unfortunate.  The ending was not quite what I hoped, but it was a good one.