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The wealthy classes in England are so afraid of Communism, which so far has not threatened them at all, that they have thrown themselves into the arms of Nazism and now don’t know which way to turn.

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—	Franklin D. Roosevelt to the British Ambassador, commenting on the Munich Crisis.

Where will he go next, this phantom from another time, this resurrected ghost of a previous nightmare – Chicago? Los Angeles? Miami, Florida? Vincennes, Indiana? Syracuse, New York? Anyplace, everyplace, where there’s hate, where there’s prejudice, where there’s bigotry. He’s alive. He’s alive so long as these evils exist. Remember that when he comes to your town. Remember it when you hear his voice speaking out through others. Remember it when you hear a name called, a minority attacked, any blind, unreasoning assault on a people or any human being. He’s alive because through these things we keep him alive.

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—	Rod Serling, “He’s Alive”

Radio Blue Heart presents TALES FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN!

Episode 67: The Hangman

A short film using limited animation, “The Hangman” is based on a poem written by Maurice Ogden in 1951 and published in 1954. This was a time when the wounds left by the Holocaust were still fresh and time in America when McCarthyism brought a new wave of fascism and tyranny.

It was inspired by the famous quote by Martin Niemöller:

“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”

Its about how fascism and tyranny thrive when apathy grows. When good people stand by and do nothing while other good people are robbed of their rights and lives. The Hangman claims victim after victim, his power overshadowing justice, while people do nothing to stop him.