This week’s episode corresponds to our first Mysterious Old Radio Watching Society episode! After listening to “Wear the Dead Man’s Coat,” from Quiet Please, head over to our YouTube page to watch the adaptation of the story that was presented as part of the Lights Out television series! This audio version features a hard-luck resident of Chicago who decides to help a local grifter find a coat for the evening. What supernatural legend is associated with a dead man’s coat? How will this story compare to the televised version? Does anyone have a lukewarm reaction to sushi? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!
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Really enjoyed this one. Excellent point about what causes the tramp to ‘die’. I kind of like the idea that the main character realizes he is already dead, then dies. Of course, Zombies are dead, but they don’t really ‘die’ until the brains are destroyed. So if you remove the coat or recieve a mortal wound, you are undead.
So putting on the coat makes you undead.