# 0539 - To Hang by the Neck (10/21/1976)

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Podcast: [CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600)
Published: 2026-05-24T14:00:02+00:00
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0539 - To Hang by the Neck (10/21/1976) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Marian Seldes; Bob Kaliban; Ann Pitoniak; Martha Greenhouse; Bill Griffis. With the Civil War concluded, Becky Pryor returns to a Texas ranch and, with a Northerner ranch hand's help, tries to determine if, one year earlier, friend Carrie Conway's death by hanging (on the eve of her wedding) was suicide or foul play.

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