One thing that fortunately doesn't happen to me very often when I listen to CBSRMT programs is the inability to understand from the outset of a program what is happening and who the players are.

This is a program where I had problems getting "into it". But, there was a point at which I finally seemed to grasp what was happening.

I'll confess that I had to listen to the first 10 minutes of the program again to zero in on the story but from there it was smooth sailing.

This story happens in the 1700's in Scotland and is tied to witchcraft and Halloween. It is an adaptation of a Sir Walter Scott classic tale.

A man without many means owes a great deal of rent to a local landlord who taxes those who live around him.

He eventually borrows the money to pay and goes to the castle with cash in hand.

He hands over the payment but the landowner dies on the spot, and before he gives him a receipt.

In the ensuing confusion, the money disappears and now the man has a real problem - he has no proof that payment was ever made.

The dead landowner's son takes charge and he too demands payment. 