How Much Land Does a Man Need?
Description
In 1700s Virginia, rich landowner Tom Morgan wants more and more land. A mysterious stranger gives him a chance to buy huge territory past the Mississippi River, but Tom must race against time to get it. Worn out and sick, Tom falls down at the end and dies. He gets buried in a grave that shows how much land a man really needs.
CBS Radio Mystery Theater is a radio drama series created by Himan Brown that was broadcast on CBS Radio Network affiliates from 1974 to 1982, and later in the early 2000s was repeated by the NPR satellite feed. In New York City it was not aired by the then all-news WCBS but by its originating station, WOR, which produced and announced it as simply Radio Mystery Theater.
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