What happens
Tommy Cochran, a private investigator, learns that gangster Lou Cromwell has sentenced him to death for turning in Maxie Dunn, one of Cromwell's men. Cochran has seven days to live. He flees to Santa Barbara, where he meets a dancer named Helen Ludlow, and the two fall in love. Cromwell's presence at their hotel suggests that the threat is not over. The episode is part of the radio series Suspense, which aired on November 4, 1948, with John Garfield in the lead role.
A city where Lou Cromwell runs the gambling, and the Swank Ocean Club Hotel in Santa Barbara
Characters: Tommy Cochran, Lou Cromwell, Helen Ludlow, Maxie Dunn, Brad Comings
Listen for: Cochran's growing awareness that his seven days are running out, and his conversations with Helen about her connection to Cromwell
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.