Body in the Barn story
An old woman tracks down her husband's murderer. Directed by: Joseph M. Newman. Story by: Harold Swanton.
16 total · 9 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| controlling partner | major | The story follows Henry as he frames his domineering wife for his own apparent murder. |
| coping with a terminal illness | major | The elderly woman Bessie was receiving palliative care for an unspecified ailment. She'd come to terms with the reality that her days were numbered. |
| framing someone for a crime | major | Henry faked his own death as part of an elaborate plot to make it look like his domineering wife had murdered him. She was arrested, found guilty, and put to death. |
| human self-esteem need | major | Camilla humiliated Henry pointing out that he hen-pecked by his wife, Samantha. Henry then decided to go out into the world and make a profession so that he could come home with some pride. |
| husband and wife | major | Henry and Samantha Wilkins had a troubled marriage. Later Henry married Camilla. |
| mother and daughter | major | Bessie and Camilla. |
| neighbor and neighbor | major | The story surrounds a quarrel between Bessie and her neighbor over a newly erected fence. |
| shrew character | major | Samantha was a shrew to Henry in the Shakespearean sense. |
| spouse murder | major | Samantha was framed for her husband Henry's apparent murder by none other than Henry himself. This was Henry's dastardly plan to have Samantha executed. |
| alcohol abuse | minor | Dr. Adamson admonished Bessie for hitting the brandy a bit too often. |