Vincent Price returns to star in an Escape and Suspense favorite, sometimes known as “the one about the rats.” The horrifying tale of three lighthouse keepers and the swarm of gigantic, ravenous rats, all hungry, and heading toward the lighthouse may have been repeated at this time to draw attention to the new but temporary Suspense broadcast Saturday time slot.
Background about the original story and first Suspense broadcast is at
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2025/03/1956-11-11-three-skeleton-key.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP561111 is where recordings can be downloaded and streamed.
The 1956 version has as its opening line by Price “Picture this place...” while this 1958 production starts with “Try and picture this place…”
The program was recorded on Wednesday, October 1, 1958. Rehearsal began at 2:00pm with recording starting at 4:30pm. Including in-studio edits, that session ended at 6:00pm. Additional production edits were made until 8:00pm.
Two recordings have survived, a complete network broadcast (shared with pioneer collectors by Vincent Price) and an Armed Forces Radio Service recording (AFRS#696). The network recording is the better of the two, but the AFRS recording is also very good.
LISTEN
TO THE PROGRAM or download in FLAC or
mp3
https://archive.org/details/TSP581018
THE CAST
VINCENT PRICE (Gene), Ben Wright (Auguste), Larry Dobkin (Louie), Phil Candrova (Musician), George Walsh (Narrator)
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