Right on, Liam!  Henry Slesar was an outstanding writer and my favorite too!  One of CBS Radio Mystery Theater's absolute best!!  Slesar wrote the very first Radio Mystery Theater episode "The Old Ones Are Hard to Kill" and continued writing exciting and innovative dramas for many years.  Best was his character development; essential to a good radio play.  You cared about Slesar's characters - even supporting ones.  He accomplished this through precise and meaningful dialogue which was never wasted; never seeking merely to fill time.  I love his use of flashbacks too.  Among great episodes are The Final Vow and The Slave, BUT at the absolute TOP of my list of favorite episodes of ALL TIME, are 'Murder Preferred' and 'Prisoner of the Machines' (read my reviews on the respective episode pages).  Both are episodes I have listened to literally dozens of times and still never grow tired of them.  Slesar respected the intelligence of his audience, and of his actors.  I think the actors responded by giving Henry's radio plays their very best (examples: Tony Roberts and Terri Keane in 'Murder' and John Lithgow in 'Prisoner').  I invite Radio Mystery enthusiasts to spend some time focused on Slesar's stories.  You begin to understand the essential and complex elements of a successful story, which must be difficult for many other writers to capture because so many episodes from other writers have gaps.  Radio Mystery Theater and we listeners are fortunate to have had Henry Slesar as a resource. Thank you so much, Henry, for giving your creative self so devotedly for the enjoyment of so many!!  - JUROR #4 