I agree about RMT's adaptations. In fact---not to get off the subject---but I would even go so far as to say that they were more than occasionally excellent, especially in the case of the many Guy de Maupassant stories they adapted. Their version of "Diary of a Madman" was horribly spine-chilling, suspenseful and, at the very end, extremely satisfying as well. They took the one or two page original by de Maupassant, which is chillingly effective but very simple, and expanded it into something really amazing. (Can't recall who did the adaptation on that one.) I think the RMT version of Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart" also expands upon the original quite effectively, not to mention that it provides Robert Dryden with perhaps his most wonderfully disgusting lecherous-old-man role. (Then there's Fred Gwynne who, as usual, is just incomparable.)

But, back to "The Hand"----I'm very curious to find out where in the story Martin foreshadows an explanation to the crime. I've actually heard the episode twice pretty recently, but I just can't remember where it would be. Could you possibly send a private message to clue me in? (I wouldn't want to spoil it for those who haven't listened yet.) Thanks!