CBS Radio Mystery Theater ~ Son of Satan 587

A man and his wife come across an old friend in a stroke of luck. They soon discover that not only has he changed his name, but he actually joined a devil-worshipping cult as well. Despite his religious inclinations, they soon pick-up their old friendship to the extent of even trusting him to babysit their newborn child!
Air Dates: First Run - January 17, 1977
Repeat - May 4, 1977
Actors:
Bell, Ralph
Gould, Gordon
Lovejoy, Joan
Writer: Eric, Elspeth

[@troyhayder6986]

Am I the only person who realises the father is not always like the son.. And the son is not always like the father.. And sometimes good can come from bad and vice versa.. Who is to say that Jesus's son is not an evil nasty sack of...

[@monicawarren3678]

That's absolutely possible.

[@jasonhurd4379]

As soon as 'Cato' told me he belonged to a cult called The Sons of Satan, I'd have said 'OK, nice to have reconnected, have a nice life, BYE!!!'

[@DSpeir-pi6tm]

👍👍😄

[@melfreemans]

Exactly! And aside from that he's an asshole!

[@ellierfromthebronx4531]

Me too...

[@monicawarren3678]

Yep..I'd have to keep walking.

[@0therun1t21]

She never heard od Satan? I find that harder to believe than the rest of the story all put together.

[@allamericananti-christ666]

That was it? Really?! Weak.

[@willlauzon3744]

This one was pretty lame

[@ericbonifield768]

That was lazy writing

[@0therun1t21]

Freaky episode, I really enjoyed it but wish it had a weirder ending. I'm curious about how the homunculus would do his thing.

[@scottherod7732]

Agreed. I had the same wish. I felt like the story ended prematurely.

[@dontaylor7315]

Cato wasn't ever going to bring his homunculus to life; only mothers have the power to do that (homunculus=fetus, as the story stressed twice). The real homunculus in the story performed its magic when the mom recovered from illness for no reason other than that the baby needed her. Cato's too immature and neurotic to create anything of value, much less create a homunculus. Ha! Even calling himself Cato tips us off that he's a little boy playing make-believe.

[@terencejones9044]

strange episode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@laurenstygar7996]

I had to listen to, it's not magical. The dreary devil was reduced to Co-deep want.

[@gdblackthorn4137]

I wouldn't trust a weirdo like that with my wife and kid!

[@richharvey9153]

Reminds me of a story of two grandparents abusing their granddaughter as part of a satanic cult. Worst part ... parents couldn't figure out what was wrong, so they recorded her hysterics and screams and protests when they went to drop her off. When the tape was presented to the authorities, the grandparents were arrested and the truth came to light. I couldn't understand why the parents kept dropping her off.

[@monicawarren3678]

​@@richharvey9153if it was done to the the grandchild 😮 quite probably done to the child and these things can be securely hidden in deep folds of of your mind.

[@violetfemme411]

WEIRD episode :-O

[@williamcornwell6823]

The skips/jumps/edits...whatever you want to call them...make this an episode that you should try to replace with a much better recording. Whoever made the original recording of this episode wasn't doing a very good job, that's for sure.

[@ellierfromthebronx4531]

The quality of recording was not as good as it is today.

[@dontaylor7315]

​@@ellierfromthebronx4531 Plus all or most of these still exist only because somebody recorded an episode or two off their radio, subject to whatever the condition of the signal happened to be at the time.

[@michellel564]

Its a CULT!! Run!

[@jeffwarren6906]

I'm running with you ,, lets GO !!!

[@robinson2589]

I am a huge RMT fan! However, This tale is beyond strange. Why would Tony and Rowena trust this Sam/Kato person to be around their baby? One would think rowena had a close girlfriend, sister, or aunt to help with baby. And why does the baby not have a name? I mean I wouldn’t trust someone who is conducting a “homunculus” experiment. Totally weird tale! Poorly written indeed

[@The62linda]

I agree with you. This was a weird tale. There's no way I'd trust anyone who's creating a Homunculus to come anywhere near my baby! No freaking way!

[@the1jmacify]

The skips were tough, but great story!

[@jeremybear573]

Bravo!

[@einlan2506]

Ha ha, what a twist

[@fireandpeacerecovery]

Just about to listen to this for the first time yyyaaaaasssssss

[@josephthomasjr.6551]

This episode is irksomely edited. It skips in places. Is that deliberate? And, if so, why?!?!

[@azimovist]

loved this one.

[@TheunisScheepers]

Very true that babies rule there world. I wonder how many people would like to back to that

[@jesusnovales4840]

Fa

[@jeffwhisman5389]

This is an audio hack job! Count the splices in VITAL areas of the story. Whats missing is the only relevant content of interest. WHY? and boo

[@realtorcsmith]

So that's what I was hearing?

[@fleabiskit5649]

These recordings were made by fans on cassette tapes. They were very old before the invention of mp3 recordings. For this story, this is probably the splicing together of the only useable pieces that have been discovered so far. Until someone finds a more complete recording, that’s all there is!

[@GenX-Rising]

that was... anti-climactic and stupid