In "Memory of a Murder," a young man becomes involved in a love triangle with a jealous magician and his beautiful assistant.
As the episode opens, Harry Jonas speaks of a vision....first, of a man digging a grave in a cemetery...and then later...of the same man's face on a poster for a vaudeville act.
The poster is an advertisement for...Constantine, Prince of Illusion.
While Harry is standing outside the Pageant Theater staring at the poster, the manager comes out to post a "Help Wanted" sign. Before he can finish, Harry talks himself into the job.
Constantine's act involves knife-throwing and other illusions of violence, with which he is assisted by the lovely Marietta.
Even though Harry finds the act distasteful, he becomes smitten with Marietta. Then, he discovers that his predecessor, Nino, was in love with Marietta, too. Constantine didn't like Nino, so he killed him out of jealousy. It was Nino's grave that Harry saw Constantine digging in the cemetery!
Will Constantine go after Harry this time, Or Marietta?
""Memory of a Murder" was specially written for Suspense by John Roberts, but in his book, Suspense: Twenty Years of Thrills and Chills, Martin Grams, Jr. states that the episode was originally written for the CBS radio program Tales of Fatima (1949). Bruno Zirato, Jr. produced and directed. Philip Sterling starred. Also appearing were Connie Lemke, Ralph Bell, Ethel Everett (Remy), James Monks, and Lawson Zerbe. This episode aired on March 25, 1962.
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