What happens
Harold Fenton, a cashier who has worked thirty years at Waterman's department store, is locked in the store vault by two masked bandits and loses a large sum of cash. Fenton is praised as a loyal servant on the eve of his retirement. Later, his supervisor Mr. Cartwright pressures him over the amount taken, and Fenton begins to suspect the man's motives. Suspense is the radio series, which aired this episode on June 2, 1952, with Jack Benny in the lead role. Fenton must decide how to handle Cartwright's demands while his own honesty is questioned.
Waterman's department store and its cashier's vault, with scenes at a city park and at Fenton's home
Characters: Harold Fenton, Mr. Waterman, Mr. Cartwright, Miss Prentice, Mother, Lieutenant
Listen for: Fenton's careful explanation of the robbery and the tension when Mr. Cartwright questions his account of the missing money
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.