Radio Mystery Theater Ordeal by Fire 0061

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Original Airdate: March 21, 1974

Episode 0061 "Ordeal by Fire"

Original Story by Murray Burnett Directed by Himan Brown Host: E.G. Marshall

A woman asks her boyfriend to try to help her father who is turning his home into a fortress. He soon finds out his soon-to-be father in law must give $1 million to a cult or be burned to death.

Mark Twain once said, everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. The same thing might be said of the state of morality in the world today. Everyone talks about immorality and corruption, But no one seems to do anything about it. Can we do anything about it? This is the story of a group who tried, with results like this.

Prometheus' gift of fire to man was a blessing, bringing warmth, cheer, enabling man to cook his food, and also protect him from wild beasts. But along with the benefits came drawbacks. Fire proved to be destructive, and sometimes deadly, and man used it often to destroy. Thus was born the warning, don't play with fire. However, those who created one warning didn't follow their own advice, and they inevitably learned that they should have.

Starring: Julie Newmar, Mandel Kramer, Guy Sorel, Sydney Walker, Earl Hammond