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The Headhunters

In the future: Erna Stearns, a reactionary still chooses natural food and believes in normal relationships despite living in a period where people are modified to become model citizens by a computer. When her fiance suddenly calls off their engagement, she asks her father to look into the matter and they soon discover a terrifying government secret.

In the future, Erna Stearns refuses to eat artificial food and wants normal relationships, even though a computer changes people to make them perfect citizens. When her boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her, she asks her father to find out why, and together they uncover a scary government secret.

Erna Stearns is a reactionary in the year 2100: She prefers natural food and still believes in true love. When her fiancé abruptly cancels their engagement, she asks her father, a professional “changer” who alters criminal personalities into more acceptable characters, to investigate. He discovers a conspiracy that could be reshaping society.

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 Headhunters.” CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Radio broadcast, May 22, 1981.

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