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In this gripping episode of Suspense, titled Never Steal a Butcher's Wife, we follow Harry, a young clerk who has just started working in a Los Angeles supermarket. Fresh from New York, he is eager to make a good impression but quickly finds himself captivated by Mary, the wife of the supermarket's menacing butcher, Krauss.
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