In a similar vein to "Sorry Wrong Number," Laura Mirsky plays the role of Mary, an aging blind woman who must rely on her senses to deal with..."The Unexpected!"
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Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 15.6- Heard But Not Seen(081124)
[MUSIC PLAYING] This episode is brought to you by Experian. Are you paying for subscriptions you don't use, but can't find the time or energy to cancel them? Experian could cancel unwanted subscriptions for you, saving you an average of $270 per year, and plenty of time. Download the Experian app. Results will vary. Not all subscriptions are eligible. Savings are not guaranteed. Paid membership with connected payment account required. You are listening to the new Mutual Audio Network. Welcome home. The following audio drama is rated PG for Parental Guidance. It's season 15 of the Sonic Summer Stock Playhouse. [MUSIC PLAYING] Performing through the summer months, the Sonic Summer Stock Playhouse is presented by the Sonic Society for the Mutual Audio Network, and features producers and actor troops from the modern age of audio drama, who recreate and reproduce classical time radio plays. The Playhouse endeavors to bring shows to a contemporary audience for the love of the medium, and not in any intended form of copyright infringement of these classic radio plays. And now, we go to our host to the Sonic Summer Stock Playhouse, Mr. David Alt. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome. Thank you. Welcome, welcome. Good evening, everyone. And welcome back to the Sonic Summer Stock Playhouse. I'm your grateful host, David Alt, for this 15th season extravaganza. This week, we're thrilled to reintroduce to the Playhouse, Ms. Rachel Pulliam and Cast, as they bring us another episode from the 15 minutes terror melodrama from 1958, The Unexpected. So sit back, relax, as we begin tonight's weird story with "The Heart But Not Sea." [APPLAUSE] Greetings from Vincent, the Reaper Tierney. Tonight, we listen to another episode from the Soul Twin Audio Network. As I sit here and listen, you will become a witness to something most remarkable, as I place myself in a trance and embark on a journey to slip through the barrier of time and space. If I succeed, you may just hear my voice in the year 2024. [LAUGHTER] Modern-day era, driving you up a wall. Time travel, not likely in your future. Then funnel me for a healthy offering of yesteryear with all-time radio fear. Your remedy for unwanted 21st century pain. [MUSIC PLAYING] Laura Mirsky, in? I'm alone tonight. Alone in the wind and storm, I'm afraid. I'm afraid that I'm going to meet the Unexpected. The Unexpected. A secret future, a hidden destiny waiting for you. Where? When? Who knows? Tomorrow? Today, an hour from now. Perhaps in just a moment, you too will meet the Unexpected. [MUSIC PLAYING] Robert, what are you doing? Just closing the window, Aunt Mary. It's going to rain. Yes. I felt a storm coming on all day. Come over here, Robert, where I can touch you. Oh, you got a good flannel suit on. It's gray, isn't it? Yes, Aunt Mary, it's gray. You're going out again tonight. You're going to leave me alone, here in the house. I'll be silly, Aunt Mary. I'll only be away a couple of hours. All day long, I sit here waiting for the few moments when you'll come and talk to me. You don't know what it means to be old and helpless and blind. Blind? Blind? Blind? Oh, shut up, you stupid blind. Please cover the Patrick, Robert. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Look, Aunt Mary, I don't have to go into Willow Springs tonight. I'll stay home with you. No, no, go ahead. I'd rather be alone with Polly than feel I was keeping you from having a good time. Very well. Good night, Aunt Mary. Good night. Robert. Yes, ma'am? I think perhaps we should move into town. Why? Well, it's very lonesome out here. No neighbors. I don't like living so close to the asylum. He's gone. Left me here with only a parrot for company. Poor Polly. I don't know what I'd do if anything should ever happen to you. Now, where's my cane? Oh, yes. There. Now you'll be able to see me. We will listen to the radio together. Won't that be fun, Polly? Now I'm on the left. Yes. Yes, this is the one. Here is a bulletin just received. Residents of the Willow Springs area are warned to be on the alert for a homicidal maniac who has escaped from the state institution for the criminally insane. Escape. He's the notorious question mark killer, James Mark. Dark, heavy set, about six feet tall. Oh, no. When last seen, he was wearing a blue denim shirt and trousers. This man is the confessed slayer of 10 victims. Oh, Polly. Each of which he strangled with a piece of cloth and cut a small question mark into their forest. Strangled. Mark is a homicidal maniac and extremely dangerous. Turning now to the weather we're looking for-- murderer, loosen the woods. Why? He might come here. He might see the light. I'd better turn it off. Yes, that's it. The switch is by the door. There, that's done. What if Robert did turn out the lights? Then I turned them on again and the murderer could see the house. He'd be sure to see it, but I don't know. I don't know if the lights are off or on. I can't tell. What am I doing, flashing the light? He's certain to see that. Why isn't Robert here? Why isn't somebody here? The girl. The girl. That's it. I'll telephone the girl. She'll come and stay with me. Number, please. Operator, get me 69J. Operator? What's wrong with this phone? Operator? Operator. Operator. It's no use. The telephone's dead. Dead, dead, dead. There's nothing I can do but sit here and wait. Can't telephone, can't go for help. Just wait for Robert. What? What? He's quiet. Paulie, be quiet. Don't make a sound. He doesn't know we're here. He'll go away. He's got to go away. Anybody is there. Quiet, Paulie. Quiet. Hey. Is anybody inside? Come on. Open up. I know there's somebody in there. I saw the lights flash. Don't try to hide from me. Open up. Who are you? I'm a guard from the asylum. You're hunting for an escaped killer. Let me in. Oh, that's different. Just a minute. Thank you. You live here all alone? No. My nephew stays with me. Where's he? Why? He had to go into town. It isn't. It isn't safe for you to be here all alone tonight. There's a maniac in these woods. Yes. Yes, I know. Say, you're acting awfully funny. What are you so afraid of? Nothing. No one. I believe I believe you're afraid of me. Why? Why would I be afraid of you? Well, that beats me unless you think I'm that loony killer. Well, I'll be. You don't really think that now, do you? I don't know. I don't know. I'm not sure. Oh, look, lady, that guy Marcus Tall and Dark. I'm only 5'6" and I've got red hair, can't you see? No, I can't. I'm blind. Gee, lady, I'm awfully sorry. I didn't know. You're really a guard? Yeah, lady. Guard O'Reilly. Oh, thank heaven. I was so frightened. Well, I've got to be running along. Just had to be sure he wasn't hiding here. Good night. You take care of yourself. Mr. O'Reilly. Mr. O'Reilly, please stay. I'm afraid to be alone. I'm... I'm afraid. I'd like to help you out, lady, but I can't. You'll be all right here. Nothing to worry about. But please, if you just-- Good night, lady. Good night. Good night. He's right. Isn't he, Polly? We're safe. We're perfectly safe. They've probably already caught the fella. I've got to get a hold of myself. I can't go on like this. What? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? The wind must have come rattling the door. That's all it is. Just the wind. No, no, somebody is there. It can't be the wind. Somebody's shaking the door. It's-- it's Robert. It's got to be Robert. He forgot his key. It's Bobby. It's my Bobby. Oh, please make it be Bobby. Bobby! Bobby! Bobby! Bobby! Bobby wouldn't break in, Polly. Who are you? What do you want? What is it? What do you want? What do you want? Go away. Please go away. I'm blind. Can't you tell I'm blind? I promise. I won't tell anyone you was here, I promise. You've torn down the curtain. Why are you doing that? You don't want to kill me. I'm just a harmless blind old woman. What are you doing in that drawer? I haven't any money. What's that? A paper knife? No. No. I'll get away. I'll run. I've got to get away. Where's my cane? Not catch me. You're not going to kill me. The door. Where's the door? Let go of me. Let go of me. I don't want to die. I don't want. You'll call me. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want. I don't want to die. You'll call me. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. Why are you trying to frighten me? Why did you break in? Why did you tear up the curtain? Because I'm going to kill you. The question mark killer will claim another victim. Mommy will suspect your hope broken nephew. Let me go. Let me go. Help. Don't touch me. Oh, Bobby. Please don't. It won't take long, Aunt Mary. Bobby? Bobby? Bobby? Bobby? Bobby? Bobby? Bobby? Bobby? Bobby? Bobby? You think the story is over? Don't you? But wait. Wait for the unexpected. And now, Laura Mirsky and the surprising conclusion of "Herd But Not Seen." It will rightly warden. I'm at the Shilton Place. Well, of course I got a phone line fixed. I'm talking, ain't I? Oh, it was Marko, right. He strangled her with a piece of curtain. And then used a paper knife on her forehead. Oh, old blind woman. Strangled her parrot, too. No, no, she wasn't alone. Now she had been. I'd blame myself for not staying with her. But her nephew must have got back before it happened. Yeah. They found his body in the bedroom. Ah, murder just like his aunt. Yeah. Poor boy. I guess he was trying to save her and that's probably why he got it. They say Robert was a nice young fella. Always took mighty good care of his aunt. "Herd But Not Seen." A drama of the unexpected. Was written by Robert Lipit and Frank Burt and starred Laura Mirsky as Mary Shelton. Jake McCaskill as Robert Shelton. Sharon Grudwald as Polly the Parrot. John Bell as Vincent Tierney. As the radio newscaster. And Dean T. Moody as O'Reilly the Asylum Guard. This recreation of the unexpected was produced and directed by Rachel Pulliam for Soul Twin Audios. Especially for Jack Ward's Sonic Society Summerstock Playhouse. All incidental themes and music were by Ross Bernhardt with sound effects by freesound.org. This is Dean T. Moody. Inviting you to listen again soon for another dramatic tale of the unexpected. And now with the conclusion of this week's Sonic Summerstock Playhouse. Mr. David Alt. Thank you. Thank you once again Ms. Rachel Pulliam for another stellar performance on the Sonic Summerstock stage. And thank you all for your attendance. Be sure to join us next week for our seventh feature as Ms. Pulliam and her company enjoy the hospitality of Halifax before performing an incredible recreation of a classic suspense play. Until next week I'm David Alt. Good day from Halifax Nova Scotia. [Music] And that concludes our feature this week for Sonic Summerstock Playhouse. All productions, features, characters, and scripts presented in the Playhouse belong strictly to their copyright holders and no infringement is assumed or intended. The Sonic Summerstock Playhouse is part of the Sonic Society and is a proud member of the mutual audio network where we listen and imagine together. Please join David Alt and myself next week at this time for our next brand performance feature. 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