The Most Dangerous Game
Short story by Richard ConnellWikipedia
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Search complete. 52 mentions across 10 episodes found for "The Most Dangerous Game".
Oct 14, 2026
The CaptainHOST
Th- that's very interesting because, yes, I think he was a thrill killer, but I also think he executed the first murder so easily that by maybe contacting the police, it was another rush because it was another point in the crime where he could get caught.
Mike MorfordGUEST
Yeah, and he, he was about, all about cat-and-mouse activity with the police in, in getting them to engage with him, and there was some evidence that he was inspired by comic books and movies, like The Most Dangerous Game, and I think he thought of himself as this villain or made himself into this, this villain called Zodiac.
Mike MorfordGUEST
And I, I think part of the, the fun for him, part of the thrill from him was that interaction with police.
Mike MorfordGUEST
I mean, his murders, confirmed murders anyhow, they range from December '68 until October of '69.
Mike MorfordGUEST
It's the same things mentioned in, um, uh, the, the card to Avery.
Mike MorfordGUEST
So from that, it's almost definite that's where he had to have got that from.
Mike MorfordGUEST
When you base that, when you base on some of the other clues, he mentioned, uh, the short story The Most Dangerous Game.
Mike MorfordGUEST
He makes references to theatrical stuff like The Mikado.
The CaptainHOST
We're almost there.
NicHOST
Well, and we'll get into the decipherment here in a minute, but the cipher contained misspellings, as you said, and the killer seemed to be referencing the most dangerous game.
NicHOST
Now, for those that don't know, the most dangerous game was also, it's a story that was also published as The Hounds of Zaroff.
NicHOST
It's a short story by Richard Connell.
NicHOST
After Decoded...
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
[tense music] On October 1st, 1947, CBS aired the eighth episode of Escape.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
In "The Most Dangerous Game," adapted for radio by Irving Ravetch from Richard Connell's short story, big game hunter Sanger Rainsford is separated from his yacht near a remote Caribbean island and comes ashore seeking help.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
There he encounters General Zaroff, played by Hans Conried, a cultivated host whose interest in hunting soon places Rainsford in an ordeal requiring nerve, ingenuity, and knowledge of the wilderness.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Paul Frees is Rainsford with Ted von Eltz as Whitney.
speaker_2NARRATOR
[tense music] Worried about the price of butter and eggs? Fed up with the housing shortage? Wanna get away from it all? CBS offers you Escape.
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[dramatic music] You're alone and unarmed in the green hell of a Caribbean jungle.
speaker_2NARRATOR
You're being trailed by a pack of fiercely hungry dogs and a mad hunter armed for the kill, a mad hunter who believes that you, a human being, are the most dangerous game.
Ted von EltzVOICE_ACTOR
The Columbia Broadcasting System and its affiliated stations present Escape, produced by William N. Robson and directed tonight by Richard Sandville.
Steven CambianHOST
There's just, there's just some things that are just such great stories.
Steven CambianHOST
Like, you know what one of my favorite stories is of all time? Um, The Most Dangerous Game, and that's a book about a group of, uh, like rich, elite hunters that weren't challenged enough by animals, so they would go and get a human and let him loose in the woods, and they would hunt the human.
Steven CambianHOST
And there have been probably 10 movies based loosely on the story of The Most Dangerous Game.
Steven CambianHOST
There's one with Ice-T in it as the guy getting hunted.
Steven CambianHOST
And, uh, I'm interested in making films, and on my short list of stories that I would really like to make a film about is The Most Dangerous Game.
Steven CambianHOST
And it's interesting that, uh, most people don't really even give credit to the book.
Steven CambianHOST
It's a pretty original story.
Travis FieldsHOST
It's probably already smarter.
Travis FieldsHOST
The only difference, you know, I don't know, I read a story with the students and used to with the freshmen, and we read it in the eighth grade the other day, by Richard Connell called The Most Dangerous Game.
Travis FieldsHOST
And in this, a guy gets shipwrecked, ends up on this island run by this twisted Russian guy who is ta- he's a big game hunter himself.
David BarnettHOST
You drink, you feel better.
FrankHOST
But intended as a satire on the profound political divide between the American left and right, in the film a group of elites abduct working-class people to hunt them.
FrankHOST
Okay, so it's The Most Dangerous Game, basically.
JerryGUEST
Yeah.
FrankHOST
Okay, let's get into the plot synopsis and discussion.
speaker_2NARRATOR
You're being trailed by a pack of fiercely hungry dogs, and a mad hunter armed for the kill.
speaker_2NARRATOR
A mad hunter who believes that you, a human being, are the most dangerous game.
speaker_3NARRATOR
The Columbia Broadcasting System and its affiliated stations present Escape, produced by William N. Robeson and directed tonight by Richard Sanville.
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Escape, carefully planned to free you from the four walls of today.
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Free you for a half hour of high adventure.
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[dramatic music]
speaker_2NARRATOR
Tonight, we escape to an island in the Caribbean, and the weird sportsmanship of a madman, as Richard Connell tells it in his unforgettable story, The Most Dangerous Game.
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[dramatic music]
DB SpitzerHOST
... kinda weird on my end for a little bit.
DB SpitzerHOST
Uh, no, no, no. It's, it's, um, just pretty much, uh, talking about, uh, the most dangerous game, uh, which is man.
DB SpitzerHOST
Which is man.
DB SpitzerHOST
I don't know if you know that or not.
DB SpitzerHOST
[laughs]
Aunt GoreHOST
[laughs]
DB SpitzerHOST
Um, anyway, no, uh, we're gonna be talking about, uh, the most dangerous game and Ready or Not, which, I don't know, uh, 2019 horror comedy.
DB SpitzerHOST
But we'll talk about that.
Farmer DaveHOST
Just pretty much
DB SpitzerHOST
talking about the most dangerous game, which is Man.
DB SpitzerHOST
Which is Man.
DB SpitzerHOST
I don't know if you know that or not.
DB SpitzerHOST
Most Dangerous Game, which I believe is lawn darts.
DB SpitzerHOST
And if you're from the Midwest, your family still has that box from the 50s.
DB SpitzerHOST
Anyway, no, we're going to be talking about the Most Dangerous Game and Ready or Not, which, I don't know, 2019 horror... comedy but we'll talk about that yeah we'll talk about that so yeah um yeah so most dangerous game who wants to start us off here okay i guess that's me the most dangerous game um also published as the hounds of zaroff A short story by Richard Connell, American writer.
DB SpitzerHOST
First published in January 1924 in Collier's Magazine.
VictorHOST
watched that movie?
WalkerHOST
I haven't watched The Hunt, but I know it's based off of Most Dangerous Game, which is essentially hunting humans in the forest.
WalkerHOST
Yes, so let's do
VictorHOST
that.