Radio Mystery Theater The Sign of the Beast 0029

Original Airdate: February 03, 1974

Episode 0029 "The Sign of the Beast"

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

What is the difference between man and beast? There are those who ask is there a difference? It wasn’t very long ago tat man himself was a beast, a carnivorous hunter with an insatiable appetite for raw meat. True quite a bit has happened since, we’re learned manners, invented civilization and culture, we’ve created a conscience, a code of morals a system of ethics.

But how deep do all these things go? Does the beast still slumber in each of us waiting patiently biding its time ready at any moment to assert its mastery with fang and claw? An impetuous female archaeologist violates the customs of a local South American tribe by offering them praise and she steals their artifacts. She soon finds there is a price to pay..

Starring: Dan Ocko, Tom Kenna, Paul McGrath, Lois Smith