The Philosopher’s Stone
Description
Harry Lawson has trouble paying his rent because, even though he works in a bank, he often lends his own money to persons be believes really need it. For a piece of stone that looks like a marble kids play with, Harry lends a man $100—of bank money this time—much to the consternation of his older brother, the bank’s president who thinks Harry’s turned crazy. The borrower says the marble is the Philosopher’s Stone and should change Harry’s life in many ways.
A soft-hearted banker gives in and accepts a so-called "philosopher's stone" as collateral when a man hard-up on luck walks in to ask for a $100 loan. He then discovers something about himself in the process.
A kind banker agrees to take a mysterious "philosopher's stone" as security when a desperate man comes in asking to borrow $100. Along the way, the banker learns something new about who he really is.
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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