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Never Steal a Butcher’s Wife
Originally Aired: August 10, 1954
Suspense #564, "Never Steal a Butcher's Wife," Harry Carr is fresh off the bus from New York when he lands a job as a liquor clerk in a Los Angeles supermarket. His trouble begins the moment he locks eyes with Mary, the beautiful checkout girl who works the cash register. Despite warnings from Nick, the vegetable man, Harry can't resist her. There's just one problem: Mary is married to Andy Krauss, the market's hulking butcher, a strange man with thick glasses and a habit of whistling while he works with cleavers and meat mallets.
When Mary starts waiting for…
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