What happens
Buddy Birdwell, a sixteen-year-old, is angry that his stepfather Oliver Tipper will not let him use the family car for a date. His girlfriend Sue, who works at a mall shop, hears him talk about killing his stepfather that night. Alarmed, she goes to babysit for Mrs. Foster, who contacts the police and then searches for the boy's address. The episode is part of the Suspense series, first broadcast on September 16, 1962, and stars Peter Fernandez and Rosemary Rice.
A town with a mall shop, a hardware store and a church, in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
Characters: Buddy Birdwell, Sue, Mrs. Foster, Oliver Tipper, Mr. Schmidt, Dr. Devon
Listen for: Buddy's threats against his stepfather and Mrs. Foster's frantic search for the Birdwell family's phone number.
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.