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Too Little to Live On: Greed, Dependence, and a Deadly Pact
Manage episode 507907016 series 3582885
Originally Aired: February 7, 1946
In Suspense #179, “Too Little to Live On,” a struggling young couple, David and Myra O’Connor, care for Myra’s miserly Uncle Ed, who controls their future with the promise of a $30,000 inheritance. Bitter, trapped, and desperate, they begin to fantasize about ending his life—until desperation turns to action with a fateful switch of medicine bottles. But Uncle Ed proves far from helpless, revealing a cruel wit and a trap of his own making. A bleak and harrowing portrait of greed, dependence, and the crushing weight of confinement, culminating in a grim twist of irony and despair.
Cast:
George Murphy, Nancy Coleman
Tags:
Suspense, thriller, psychological, GeorgeMurphy, NancyColeman, toolittletoliveon, oldtimeradio, mystery, inheritance, greed, entrapment, poison, vintagecrime, 1940sradio, classicdrama, noir, suspensepodcast
189 episodes
Manage episode 507907016 series 3582885
Originally Aired: February 7, 1946
In Suspense #179, “Too Little to Live On,” a struggling young couple, David and Myra O’Connor, care for Myra’s miserly Uncle Ed, who controls their future with the promise of a $30,000 inheritance. Bitter, trapped, and desperate, they begin to fantasize about ending his life—until desperation turns to action with a fateful switch of medicine bottles. But Uncle Ed proves far from helpless, revealing a cruel wit and a trap of his own making. A bleak and harrowing portrait of greed, dependence, and the crushing weight of confinement, culminating in a grim twist of irony and despair.
Cast:
George Murphy, Nancy Coleman
Tags:
Suspense, thriller, psychological, GeorgeMurphy, NancyColeman, toolittletoliveon, oldtimeradio, mystery, inheritance, greed, entrapment, poison, vintagecrime, 1940sradio, classicdrama, noir, suspensepodcast
189 episodes
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