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The Fatal Marksman

A normal office worker quits his job to become a hunter so he can win over the woman he loves. But this breaks a promise he made to his dead mother. Her angry ghost curses him and now his gun can't hit anything. Then a helpful spirit offers him magic bullets - but they cost more than he expects.

A regular clerk leaves his vocation to become a hunter - in order to impress the girl he loves. But this breaks a vow he made to his deceased mother. Her vengeful spirit puts a curse on him for doing so and his gun misses every single target. However, another friendly spirit gives him charmed bullets - that come at a price.

To win the hand of his beloved Katherine, William must demonstrate to her father his prowess as a hunter. Not a hunter by profession, William retrieves his dead father’s enchanted gun, breaking a solemn deathbed oath to his mother. Initial success gives way to persistent failure, leading William to forge magic bullets, one of which has the power to destroy all his dreams.

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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“The Fatal Marksman.” CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Radio broadcast, August 28, 1974.

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