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And now, a tale well calculated to keep you in... ...suspense. A construction gang boss is suspected of murder. He suspects his own sanity. Listen now to Man Trap, starring Don McLaughlin, and written especially for suspense by John Robert. We were in the Southwest, a construction gang building a highway, dynamiting through mountains of rock that rose 2,000 feet. I was gang boss. My name is Brick Delaney. Next in command was Artie Finch. We'd been on a lot of jobs together,…

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Synopsis

In the gripping episode Man Trap, Brick Delaney, a construction gang boss, is caught in a web of jealousy and suspicion when his colleague Artie Finch expresses his fears about Delaney's relationship with his wife, Lola. Set against the backdrop of a dangerous highway construction project in the Southwest, tensions escalate as Artie's jealousy drives him to take drastic measures. He insists on packing the dynamite himself, a task usually reserved for another worker, Pedro. This decision sets off a chain of events that culminates in a catastrophic explosion, leaving Artie's fate uncertain.

Host

W

Warren Moran

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D

Don MacLaughlin

Joseph Julian

Lawson Zerbe

Ralph Bell

R

Ralph Camargo

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Suspense 611126 902 Man Trap (132-44) 22914 23m36s.mp3

Suspense, Episode 902

Man Trap

Sunday, November 26, 1961 · 23:36

Suspense, Episode 902

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Sunday, November 26, 1961 · 23:36

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Brick Delaney, a construction gang boss, faces a deadly situation when his colleague Artie Finch becomes obsessed with jealousy over Delaney's relationship with Artie's wife, Lola.

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