DIARY OF A MADMAN

[SHORT-STORY]

Based on an 1885 story by Guy de Maupassant.

[CHRONOLOGY]

THE CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER (WRVR, NEW YORK—CBS)

[???day—10:07-11:00 PM]

March 25, 1974Diary of a Madman

[“…A judge who murders because he thinks he’s ‘obeying the laws of

nature’ later sits in judgment of innocents accused of his crimes and

keeps a record of his misdeeds in a diary. In order to continue his mad

adventures he keeps the diary safely (he hopes) locked up in a desk

drawer…”]

SCRIPT: Sam Dunn (adapted from the story by Guy de Maupassant).

PERSONNEL: Himan Brown (producer-director).

CAST: Bob Dryden (Pete Simmons), Larry Haines (Frank Wallis), Evelyn

Juster (Estelle Wallis), William Redfield (Jim Downard).

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