Afterlife sins equalled their goodness, were indecisive in their lives, or were not judged. The Fields of Punishment were for people that had sinned often, but not so much as to be deserving of Tartarus. In Tartarus, the soul would be punished by being burned in lava, or stretched on racks. Some heroes of Greek legend are allowed to visit the underworld. The Romans had a similar belief system about the afterlife, with Hades becoming known as Pluto. In the ancient Greek myth about the Labours of Heracles, the hero Heracles had to travel to the underworld to capture Cerberus, the
Wicked Is the Vine Wicked Is the Vine Wicked is the Vine is a 1947 radio play by Sumner Locke Elliott. It was inspired by the Lizzie Borden murder. In 1918, two sisters, Sarah and Ellie Vinson, come into conflict. It results in murder.. Elliott wrote the play in Australia for "Lux Radio Theatre". It was one of the few original plays they had commissioned. He wrote it while trying to emigrate to the US. The original production aired in 1947 and starred Brenda Dunrich and Neva Carr Glynn. One listener wrote in complaining saying the show was "well acted and well produced, we