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The light drove them mad as she swung slowly and smoothly about. She blinded them in the fierce, stabbing bar of light, moving continually about, ever turning, ever touching, ever moving around and around.

17 seconds sound clip from the Three Skeleton Key (Escape) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:14:46 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- It was getting dark... One side of the room was lit in a soft filtered red. Sunset through the rats. Oh, ho. Very pretty.

- I set the weights, checked my fuel and then lit the lamp.

(Rats squeaking)

- It caught them, lit them in their gigantic wriggling web of pale, hairless bellies, twitching red tails, bright eyes.

- Then I started the rotary motor...

- The light drove them mad as she swung slowly and smoothly about. She blinded them in the fierce, stabbing bar of light, moving continually about, ever turning, ever touching, ever moving around and around.

- And they, twisting and stuttering, eyes flaming when they were struck by the light.

- The bright light moving and, behind, on the dark side of the room, so close... so close I dared not turn my back.

- But you cannot help turning your back when you're in a room made of glass...

- On the dark side of the room, you could not see them. Only their eyes. Thousands of points of blank red light, blinking and twinkling like the stars of hell.

- Louis relieved me at ten, but I didn't get much sleep that night.

[...]

Three Skeleton Key (Escape) Sound Clip

Three Skeleton Key (Escape)Memorable quotes with voice samples from Three Skeleton Key - Escape Radio Show episode aired on March 17, 1950, based on a story by George G. Toudouze.

Actors: Vincent Price (Jean), Jeff Corey (Louis), Harry Bartell (Auguste)

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