William Conrad stars in the third offering of this James Poe script about a love triangle in a butcher shop. A shop with all implements used for carving and chopping flesh and bone is not a place to confront a jealous and vengeful butcher. It’s a classic Suspense story that culminates in a well-staged but gruesome sequence that surprises at its extent.
Information about the prior broadcasts with Kirk Douglas and Hy Averback are available at these resources:
1950-02-09 Kirk Douglas
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2024/03/1950-02-09-butchers-wife.html has background about the author James Poe and other background information
https://archive.org/details/TSP500209 is where recordings can be downloaded or streamed
1954-08-10 Hy Averback
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2024/11/1954-08-10-never-steal-butchers-wife.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP540810 is where recordings can be downloaded or streamed
This program was recorded on Wednesday, December 18, 1957. Rehearsal began at 2:00pm and ended at 5:00pm. At that time, recording began. That session, with some edits, concluded at 7:00pm. Additional editing continued until 9:00pm.
The advertisers on the network program were Kent, Grove Laboratories, Ex-Lax, and Chef Boyardee. The surviving recording is likely a network program in which the ads were edited out.
This episode was the first appearance of Cathy Lewis on radio in two years. Elliott officially filed for divorce in November 1957. They had not been together for a while, and really did not do any work together after On Stage left the air in 1954.
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https://archive.org/details/TSP571229
THE CAST
William Conrad (Harry), Cathy Lewis (Mary), Joe de Santis (Nick), Lou Merrill (Kraus), George Walsh (Narrator)
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