Couple of thoughts:

- I've heard the RMT's adaptation of "The telltale heart" and I can see some similarities. However, Arnold Moss (who besides acting in has penned a couple of interesting tales for the RMT) seemed inspired heavily by the old Twilight Zone with this one, off the top of my head by Judgment night (recurring judgment), A stop at Willougby (a guy playing mind games with himself) and Dead man's shoes (A gangster living in fear of his life due to a partner he was responsible for killing and who promised to kill him in return).

- This one was TWZ cool, not as much for the plot as for the execution of it. (No pun intended). The music was all right, but the sound effects were bowling pin hitting, hoodlum-frisking, mirror breaking cool, IMO.

- This was a role that in later years might have gone to an actor like Larry Haines. Himan Brown or whomever was casting director made a better choice: Joe Julian, a blue collar radio guy (you Ohio RMTers, he was a former announcer at WLW-AM in Cincinnati) who sounded like he was Sammy Rogers. Julian and Michael Tolin were made for each other in this play. (Julian didn't do much at the RMT, but he was the gruff sounding yet kindly Uncle Pietro ("That's 'Pete' kid, and don't you forget it!") in "The horror within", and also acted in "Hurricane" and "You only die once".)

- How many RMTs do we get to have a cast of characters (heard or not) named Johnny, Sammy, Benny, Tommy, Vinnie, Joey, Luigi and Little Red Mike?