Strange Tales (Old Time Radio)
Jun 21, 2026 · 0 min · 10 segments
This week on Strange Tales, Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents Richard Widmark in, *Death Bound*. This episode originally aired February 3, 1947…
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[laughs] You see? We're going in for poetry tonight, but don't worry.
Nobody's going to be murdered in free verse.
Night, and in a small scrubby little park buried among the skyscrapers of a large city, a young man sits on a bench, sullenly sucking a cigarette.
He's lost in thought and hardly notices it when someone sits down quietly next to him.
Excuse me.
Hmm?
Have you got a match?
Here.
Thanks.
Keep 'em.
You're worried.
Who asked you?
You're worried about money.
Well, who ain't? And it's none of your business, see?
Sure.
Okay, so shut up.
You can't pay for that car, or the rent.
Yeah.
Well, how'd you know?
You've got a pretty wife.
Yeah.
She likes fine clothes.
You can't pay for them.
How do you know so much about me?
Doesn't make any difference, Rocky.
[laughs] You see? We're going in for poetry tonight, but don't worry.
Nobody's going to be murdered in free verse.
Night, and in a small scrubby little park buried among the skyscrapers of a large city, a young man sits on a bench, sullenly sucking a cigarette.
He's lost in thought and hardly notices it when someone sits down quietly next to him.
Excuse me.
Hmm?
Have you got a match?
Here.
Thanks.
Keep 'em.
You're worried.
Who asked you?
You're worried about money.
Well, who ain't? And it's none of your business, see?
Sure.
Okay, so shut up.
You can't pay for that car, or the rent.
Yeah.
Well, how'd you know?
You've got a pretty wife.
Yeah.
She likes fine clothes.
You can't pay for them.
How do you know so much about me?
Doesn't make any difference, Rocky.
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