What happens
Suspense presents An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, starring Joseph Cotton, first broadcast on December 15, 1957. During the Civil War, Peyton Farquhar, a planter in Alabama, is condemned to hang from a railroad bridge after being caught by Union soldiers while attempting sabotage. As the rope is cut and he plunges into the creek, Farquhar begins a desperate attempt to escape through the woods. Along the way he encounters a man named Jethro and is haunted by fear and memories. The episode builds tension through his flight, his confusion, and his shifting sense of reality.
Northern Alabama during the Civil War, a railroad bridge over Owl Creek and the surrounding swamp and woods.
Characters: Peyton Farquhar, Jethro, Jeff, Captain, Lieutenant Hall, Sergeant, Corporal
Listen for: The sound of the rope breaking and Farquhar's escape through the swamp, with Jethro's encounter as a key moment.
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.