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I have had a long time to meditate upon folly, and I think if I could live my life over again, this would be a better world today, dwelt in by happier people. For I think I would not have committed the folly of my youth, the folly that has drawn the lines for conflict and suffering that you are heir to now. My father and my mother, I know, committed a greater folly, but the punishment that was laid upon them was the sentence of an all-wise judge, and in the end of the monste…

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Cast›

A

Albert Buhrman

Alice Reinheart

A

Arthur Kohl

E

Ernest Chappell

L

Lon Clark

Network›

M

Mutual net

Network

The story of Cain and Abel, from Abel's point of view! Imaginative radio!

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Ep 62 · Monday, August 23, 1948 · 21:36

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Ep 36 · Monday, February 9, 1948 · 29:05

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Ep 57 · Monday, July 19, 1948 · 24:41

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Ep 42 · Monday, March 22, 1948 · 29:07

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A "lens louse" continually steps in front of a news photographer with surprising results! A good example of Albert Buhrman's organ composition and performance.

Ep 47 · Monday, April 26, 1948 · 27:51

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A magic lamp gives a man an unusual opportunity to travel in time.

Ep 67 · Sunday, September 26, 1948 · 29:18

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Quiet, Please, Episode 64

The Third Man's Story

Monday, September 6, 1948 · 21:54

Quiet, Please, Episode 64

The Third Man's Story

Monday, September 6, 1948 · 21:54

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