This is another version of Ambrose Bierce's "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" which was required reading when I was in school way back when. I have seen or heard other drama's which use this wrinkle. Apparently Bierce was not even the first to use it.
I think there's a version of "Owl Creek Bridge" somewhere in the Suspense uploads, at least I remember hearing a radio adaptation as a kid in the '50s and I can't imagine any other show I'd have heard it on. Don't know when the story-narrated-by-a-dead-man framing was first used but my LEAST favorite use of it is in Sunset boulevard. I'm a film noir buff and that movie is considered a classic but to me that device belongs in fantasy not crime fiction.
I love these and listen to many other channels for the old time radio mysteries. You guys have many episodes I've never heard before. So glad I've just discovered your channel. *AND* No commercial interruptions! 😀
@@otrarchive And they're not a distraction. I'm one of the listeners who likes to hear those old commercials, to me they're part of the show. (I do have a bone to pick with OTR but that's a separate post elsewhere in the comment stream.)
I love OTR mainly horror which I guess this is pretty close. This was one of the best radio shows I’ve ever heard I was gripped from beginning to end excellent story that holds up 70+ years later.
SPOILER ALERT: SKIP THIS till you've played the video. OTR seems to be keeping the airdate a secret, so I don't know if I might've heard this as a kid in the 50s; if so, I doubt I'd have understood it. Listening today, the only reason I ever got the plot sorted out was the availability of pause and rewind. After a solution was announced and detailed at 13:16-14:15 I fell for the red herring and suspected Poggioli until he was actually arrested and with three minutes still to go there clearly must be another twist. In another minute it was clear the killer had to be H. Dass (whose name I can't spell because the transcript wouldn't load), the architect who built the temple, secret passages and all. Ok, all clear now? Nope, I'm still bewildered: The closing dialogue seems to be a spectral conversation with a dead man who was hanged over a month ago. Huh???
Clarification: I get, I just don't like it. I don't know when the story-narrated-by-a-dead-man framing was first used but my LEAST favorite use of it is in Sunset boulevard. I'm a film noir buff and that movie is considered a classic but to me that device belongs in fantasy not crime fiction.
Binging on Suspense. These stories are great
When I listened to this episode a second time, several weeks after the first time, I found it quite interesting and good.
Thank you so much for this playlist. It's such a great callback to my dad's era
Well I didn't expect that ending! Thank you for having this channel. Love SUSPENSE!
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6.5.2023 - From Kentucky.
12-25-2024
Outstanding!
This is another version of Ambrose Bierce's "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" which was required reading when I was in school way back when. I have seen or heard other drama's which use this wrinkle. Apparently Bierce was not even the first to use it.
I think there's a version of "Owl Creek Bridge" somewhere in the Suspense uploads, at least I remember hearing a radio adaptation as a kid in the '50s and I can't imagine any other show I'd have heard it on.
Don't know when the story-narrated-by-a-dead-man framing was first used but my LEAST favorite use of it is in Sunset boulevard. I'm a film noir buff and that movie is considered a classic but to me that device belongs in fantasy not crime fiction.
This was a pretty good episode!
I love these and listen to many other channels for the old time radio mysteries. You guys have many episodes I've never heard before. So glad I've just discovered your channel.
*AND* No commercial interruptions! 😀
Just the original ones 😁
@@otrarchive And they're not a distraction. I'm one of the listeners who likes to hear those old commercials, to me they're part of the show.
(I do have a bone to pick with OTR but that's a separate post elsewhere in the comment stream.)
I didn't expected that. 😮
Wow! That ending caught me off-guard! Perfect, loving these stories
I love OTR mainly horror which I guess this is pretty close. This was one of the best radio shows I’ve ever heard I was gripped from beginning to end excellent story that holds up 70+ years later.
The intro is even terrifying
Great twist
What the...? That ending was a shocker.
Wow that was a shock
SPOILER ALERT: SKIP THIS till you've played the video.
OTR seems to be keeping the airdate a secret, so I don't know if I might've heard this as a kid in the 50s; if so, I doubt I'd have understood it. Listening today, the only reason I ever got the plot sorted out was the availability of pause and rewind.
After a solution was announced and detailed at 13:16-14:15 I fell for the red herring and suspected Poggioli until he was actually arrested and with three minutes still to go there clearly must be another twist. In another minute it was clear the killer had to be H. Dass (whose name I can't spell because the transcript wouldn't load), the architect who built the temple, secret passages and all.
Ok, all clear now? Nope, I'm still bewildered: The closing dialogue seems to be a spectral conversation with a dead man who was hanged over a month ago.
Huh???
Clarification: I get, I just don't like it. I don't know when the story-narrated-by-a-dead-man framing was first used but my LEAST favorite use of it is in Sunset boulevard. I'm a film noir buff and that movie is considered a classic but to me that device belongs in fantasy not crime fiction.
Ty
Well what the heck. The ending always makes me shocked
Listened April 2023
Wait, what? Did I understand that ending correctly? What the heck???
Good morning 🌅 Randy
I see this one got a lot of comments
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Henry Poggioli is in Trinidad and sleeps one night in a Hindu temple. The next day, a recently-wed young lady is found dead in the temple.
Did anyone understand the ending?
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What?! 😨
Don’t read till after you listen … ok ? I don’t want to wreck for someone…. So my question is……. so he was dead when he was told he was innocent..???
Great show . Thank you 👍🏼
It appears so!
Yes. He is a dead man who discovers he is dead.
@@denisenoe3702 interesting indeed
"I see dead people"