Otto Lowly Wildcats - Nightfall CBC 81 02 27

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Wildcats Nightfall Air Date: 2/27/81 Writer: Otto Lowy (based on the German short story by Christian Noak) FromToronto Producer: Bill Howell Featuring: Jane Mallet, Ruth Springford, Neil Dainard, Sandy Webster When Julian's express train drops him off at a remote outpost by mistake, with no local service back to his own village until the next morning, his main problem is finding accommodations for the night. He is offered shelter at the Blue Trout Inn, a decrepit hotel run by two sisters with a penchant for administering morphine, and fighting – like wildcats. Otto Lowy For 22 years, up until his death in 2002, Lowy hosted The Transcontinental, CBC Radio's "musical train ride through Europe". During that time he also wrote and acted in several radio and television programs  In this episode, a man traveling by train (series regular Neil Dainard) disembarks at the wrong station and ends up having to spend the night at the old Blue Trout Inn, a run-down hotel from the days when the area was a major tourist attraction. The Inn is run by two elderly sisters (Jane Mallet and series regular Ruth Springford) who live in fear of the local wildcats. Having lived alone at the Inn alone for years, the two women realize they have a chance for company and plot to keep the man there by administering morphine and claiming he is ill. They also take advantage of the man's state to ask him detailed personal questions. Unfortunately for them, the man's truthful confessions inspire the women to make their own… http://www.bcradiohistory.com/Biographies/OttoLowy.htm

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.