What happens
George J. Vary, travelling by car from California toward New York, is shadowed by a one-armed hitchhiker named Jones and a stranger who follows him through Nevada and beyond. Eileen Harrison, a woman he meets along the road, joins him as the pursuit grows more threatening. Suspense is the series, and Jean Kelly stars in this 1944 episode, first broadcast on April 27, 1944.
A long highway from California to New York, with stops in Reno, a roadside cafe, and a steakhouse in Chicago
Characters: George J. Vary, Jones, Eileen Harrison, Steve Brown, Mr. Jeffery
Listen for: The tense sequence on the road as Vary tries to shake off a car that seems to be following him
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.