Bela Lugosi beckons us to enter The Mystery House! This recording, “The Thirsty Death,” is a considerable mystery unto itself. The story features Lugosi and John Carradine in a mad tale of love, suspicion, and rabies in the jungle. What terrible revenge has Lugosi’s character concocted for his revenge? How did this episode get made in the first place? Why would someone move to a city being terrorized by rabid dogs? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!
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“Oh no! We are locked in! No way out! No windows to break, no nothing! No way out.”
[creeaak]
Hello. I have entered this room. One of you will die. Here is an axe for the other one. Ha ha. I have done this thing to you. I will explain it while you sit here and listen. Ha ha. There is no way out. Now I will slowly and casually leave this room there is no way out of.
[creeaak]
“No way out of this room!”
Like Eric said, it’s very SCTV.
“You can’t be mad at it.” – Eric lollllll
Totally disagree with the naysaying. Doesn’t remotely drag (I mean, seriously, c’mon), yes, duh, Bela sounds like Bela and John sounds like John, and that’s what you pay for and expect with enterprises like this, and the premise is the most messed up of any OTR show. You guys are waaaaaaay overthinking it IMO. The nastiest, creepiest OTR show I’ve ever listened to, and at least my girlfriend agrees so it isn’t completely just me. 😎 That said, love your show; I just disagree vehemently with ya on this one. A crime that it wasn’t picked up. I would have… Read more »
This story would have been significantly better had Bela just owned the murder and been like “Looks whos going to jail for murder, not the insanely jealous husband”! The Ex could have been like, “well might as well go down for two murders then”.
The unable to escape should been much better setup, so ridiculous as it is now. It would have been so noisy to secure the who house. It could have been done well, but the writing is just clumsy.