Airing in February 1992, The Ray Bradbury Theater: The Utterly Perfect Murder was oddly intriguing and even compelling, which disturbs me a little. The show’s main star was Richard Kiley, who normally isn’t someone who captures my interest. That said, I have to admit that there was something about this half-hour story that kept me glued to the screen. It was a quiet piece, but it just kept me
hooked. I watched it all without the desire to multi-task even. This really surprised me.
In The Ray Bradbury Theater: The Utterly Perfect Murder, Kiley played a man named Doug who packs up an unusual small box of items and tells his wife he’s going to Chicago.
We see a lot of flashbacks of Doug’s childhood. Apparently, he was bullied by a boy named Ralph and Ralph’s buddies. We see ...