The Imp in the Bottle
Description
A guy purchases a magical charm that grants whatever he desires. However, to save his spirit, he needs to get rid of it before his death by selling it for less money than what he originally paid.
A man buys an amulet that can make his wishes come true. But in order to salvage his soul, he must dispose of it before he dies by selling it for a lesser price than he had bought it for.
Upon wealthy Jasper Sheridans death, his nephew Barry Holden inherits an antique bottle containing an imp able to grant Barry any amount of money he desires. The owner must resell the bottle, however, to another before his death for less than he paid for it, or the imp will claim his soul for the devil. When the bottle goes to Barrys former wife, whom he still loves, Barry wants to save her soul by repurchasing the bottle, but Lisha only paid a penny for it.
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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