Radio Mystery Theater The Horla 0044

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Original Airdate: February 22, 1974
Episode 0044 "The Horla"

Original Story by Guy de Maupassant, Adapted by Sam Dann, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall

A man becomes obsessed with a ship in the harbor he is convinced harbors a terrible evil that is the doom of mankind.

At one time, the great cold-blooded reptiles ruled supreme on the face of this earth,but they sickened and died. And dominion was seized by savage, ferocious, hot-blooded killers with hideous fangs and terrible claws. Today, the undisputed Lord and Master of the planet is man. Yet, in the fullness of time, every victor is finally vanquished. Will we, in our turn, also be conquered? Who waits to make of us what we have made?

His name was Guy de Maupassant. He was probably the greatest writer of short stories who ever lived. He died in the year 1893. He died young. He died insane. And if you read the stories he wrote toward the end of his life, the critics tell us, you can see how his madness slowly destroyed him. That's how they look at it. He himself insisted he was being possessed. His mind and all of his vital were being forces were being drained from him by a mysterious, supernatural, and superior being. He called it the Horla. And the Horla is one of the last stories he ever wrote. Is the Horla merely the raving of a man going mad, or is it an inspired prophecy of a fate that awaits us all? You decide.

Starring: Paul Hecht, Dan Ocko, Bryna Raeburn, Robert Dryden

Chapters:
00:00:00-00:02:22 Opening
00:02:23-00:14:20 Act One
00:14:21-00:30:38 Act Two
00:30:39-00:43:12 Act Three
00:43:13-00:45:02 Closing