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Three Skeleton Key

December 23, 2009 By Fred 6 Comments

Three Skeleton Key Radio Drama Retelling

Image from Dvorak Blog

(Suspense/Horror)
Written by George Toudouze, adapted for radio by James Poe

Three men who tend the light at a reclusive island off the coast of French Guiana see a rogue ship adrift in the Atlantic. The reason for the derelict ship soon becomes obvious – it has been overrun by hundreds of thousands of ferocious ship’s rats.

The rats land on the isle and soon we are in for a claustrophobic tale of terror as the three men struggle to keep their minds from cracking under the pressure of thousands and thousands of squeaking, scratching, hungry rats.


Running Time: 24 minutes
Three Skeleton Key – MP3 Download

“Three Skeleton Key” is among the most famous of old time radio tales, and making something anew here was a challenge. FinalRune’s approach was to take a group of talented actors from the Mad Horse Theater Company and recording them in and around a real lighthouse to enhance the acoustic reality and physicality of the performance.

Many people have chronicled how much this story scared the bejesus out of theme when they were young. Learn much more about its history on the Escape and Suspense! Blog.

Great pictures of this location recording are available in FinalRune’s photo gallery and on Flickr.

Credits:

Producer and Director: Fred Greenhalgh

Cast:

  • Burke Brimmer as Jean
  • Craig Bowden as Louis
  • Philip Hobby as Auguste

Field recordist Randall Farr, Musical Score by Barb Truex.

Recorded on location at Goat Island Lighthouse off the coast of Cape Porpoise, Maine. Special thanks to the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust and lighthouse keepers Scott and Karen for use of the facility.

To learn more about the Mad Horse Theater Company, visit their website, www.madhorse.com

Filed Under: Mad Horse OTR, OTR Retelling, Stories