Coffin for Mr Cash: Suspense (March 27, 1960)

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“Coffin for Mr Cash” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 27, 1960. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Pete Wilson, night superintendent of the Lakeside Municipal Crematorium, is drawn back into crime when his old cellmate Al Thomas arrives with a plan to steal three million dollars in cash from an armored car headquarters across the street. Al's scheme involves a rigged building foundation and a stolen milk wagon, and Pete finds himself driving the wagon. The episode is from the Suspense series, originally aired on March 27, 1960, and the story is written by Robert Arthur. The cast includes Leon Janney as Pete Wilson and Mandel Kramer as Al Thomas. Pete keeps a secret about the money and the crematorium's furnace as the events unfold.

Lakeside Municipal Crematorium in a large city, and the nearby Dollar Delivery armored car building

Characters: Pete Wilson, Al Thomas, Danny Maxwell, Marty Brannigan, Officer Hunt, Officer Connolly

Listen for: Pete's conversation with Al about the plan, and the scene where the milk wagon is driven to the crematorium

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.