The Enormous Radio (CBSW)

A young couple who are avid radio listeners buy a new set with unusual properties.

This episode impresses me every time I listen to it. It's not a happy or pleasant story. But it is a well-crafted tale, by John Cheever and adapted by Antony Ellis, that exposes the depravtiy of the human condition in an unusual way.

There's a bit of a joke at the beginning where the husband says "Don't you want to hear The Workshop? It's a pretty good show." We can only assume he is referencing the series itself, the CBS Radio Workshop.

Escape #16
The Enormous Radio
11 May 1956
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CBS. Virginia Gregg, Hans Conried, Antony Ellis (producer, director, adaptor), Stacy Harris, Eve McVeagh, Charlotte Lawrence, Joseph Kearns, Paula Winslowe, Herb Butterfield, Helen Kleeb, John Cheever (author), William Conrad (narrator), George Walsh, Irene Tedrow, Robert Chadwick (special effects), Bill James (special effects), Clark Casey (special effects), Hugh Douglas (announcer).

Hans Conreid