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Tree of Life

Suspense · January 2, 1947 · 29 min · 4,896 words

The transcript of “Tree of Life”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast January 2, 1947. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Suspense plays Suspense free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant as Roma wines bring you Mark Stevens in a remarkable tale of suspense. Everything went wrong. From the very beginning, everything that possibly could went wrong.

Because you see, I had already planned. I planned for quite a while to kill my wife. The first thing was the doors. And that's funny too, because that was the thing that impressed me the most about the new place, the doors.

The house was a double bungalow. Twin potments really. white stucco with two doors in the front setter. The doors were exactly like made of modern yellow wood studded with nails. The nails spread out in a tree of life pattern, tree of life.

I can still see Helen standing with her slim elegant figure silhouetted against the door, and her hair blerning with its warm color, and her blue eyes burning with that strange acquisitive fire I'd once mistaken for passion.

Isn't it a beautiful door, Jimmy? I really think I'm clever to have found it, don't you? Don't you know it's definitely the smartest place we've ever had. But don't just stand there darling, come on, come on, you'll possibly love the inside.

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