Radio Mystery Theater A Long Time to Die 0051

Original Airdate: March 05, 1974

Episode 0051 "A Long Time to Die"

Original Story by Sam Dann, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall

It happens now and then that a man will vanish without warning, disappear completely, without leaving a trace, or a man will suddenly lose his memory. His body remains, but his mind has gone. What is essential in him leaves us and we are left perplexed, mystified, frustrated. All we have to go on is rumor, speculation, theory and since we cannot explain it after a while we tend to stop thinking about it. Until it happens again To somebody else.

His name is Alfred Stuart Ainsley he’s 41 years old average height, average weight, average looks, nothing about him to make him memorable. Indeed he has never in his life done anything to bring him notice from beyond the circle of his immediate family and his close friends. His name was in the newspaper twice, first when he was born and then thirty years later when he was married. Right now his name is on the front pages of newspapers in every country of the civilized world, Alfred Stuart Ainsley, quiet, unassuming has it in his power to shape the government of the most important country in the world and perhaps alter the course of history…

Starring: Mandel Kramer, Grace Mathews, Arnold Moss, Nat Polen, Mason Adams