The Moonlighter
A man's friend offers him a chance to make twice as much money, which sounds perfect since his wife spends everything they have. But there's a catch - he has to trade part of his soul to get it.
When a friend tells him of an opportunity to double his income, a man with an extremely extravagant wife jumps at the offer. The problem is, he must give up a piece of his soul in exchange.
Finding themselves in need of extra cash, mild-mannered Stanley Morrison and his close friend, Frank Smith, both expert marksmen, become hit men for the syndicate. After Morrison completes several contracts he is surprised by his lack of remorse. Smith, on the other hand, does feel guilty and can no longer carry out his part of the bargain. When the syndicate learns Smith is reneging, its boss orders Morrison to kill him.
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 Moonlighter.” CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Radio broadcast, November 17, 1975.


