Blogger Christine Miller has an interesting introduction to the broadcast https://www.escape-suspense.com/2013/09/suspense-till-the-day-i-die.html
In Till the Day I Die, Suspense puts their own spin on the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Dane Clark stars as a hoodlum who discovers that everything he ever wanted ...belonged to the man he murdered.
Clark’s character has committed a successful armed robbery of a store, and wants to start enjoying his ill-gotten fruits. His wife is upset that he killed the store owner. The local paper reports on the murder, the goodness of the murdered man, and publishes a picture of the victim. He looks exactly like Clark’s character! It’s too dangerous to stay in town, so he sends the wife away with plans to meet after some time passes. A chance meeting with the now-fatherless son of the victim results in the boy running up to him as he thinks he is his father. He falls in love with the widow. A tragic story unfolds where he learns that the man he murdered was his twin brother, and they had been separated and raised by different families after their parents died.
The clue to the story is that Clark’s character is named Cane. We learn much later that his murder victim had been adopted by a family named Abel. Spoiler alert… late again. There’s still a surprise ending that means the story has been narrated from the grave! Another late spoiler alert…
This is the fourth script by Michael Ryerson, and it is adapted by Robert L. Richards.
Clark was originally planned as the star of Easy Money on this date. That was held for another six weeks and starred Jack Carson.
There are two network recordings of this episode. They are differentiated by the closing announcements by Joe Kearns. One has “make it a point to listen” and the other has “make it a point to listen, ladies and gentlemen.” The recording that leaves out “ladies and gentleman” (designated as “noL&Gtease”) is the much better recording. There is a skip early in the story at 1:27 that does not affect the storyline but just misses a couple of words at most. Despite the skip, it is still the preferred choice.
Spier appears again to chat with Dane Clark in the closing moments of the broadcast.
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THE CAST
DANE CLARK (Frankie Cane), Betty Lou Gerson (Barbara Page), Cathy Lewis (Pat Cane), Joe Kearns (Signature Voice), Henry Blair (Teddy), unknown (Porter)
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