I Saw Myself Running: Suspense (May 24, 1955)

“I Saw Myself Running” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 24, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Susan and her husband Freddie live a quiet life until Susan begins having recurring nightmares in which she sees herself running from something unseen. In the dreams a second woman, also Susan, appears beside her and insists the threat is real. Susan grows exhausted and frightened, and visits a doctor who suggests rest and sedatives. Freddie tries to reassure her as her sense of what is real begins to slip. The broadcast was Suspense, first aired on May 24, 1955, with Charlotte Lawrence starring. The episode's full sequence of events is not covered in this guide.

A modern city apartment and a doctor's office, with the dreamscape of a great hall, staircase, garden, airplane and stone passageway.

Characters: Susan, Freddie, Dr. Peters, Dr. Niles, Betty

Listen for: The shifting voices of the two women in Susan's dreams, and the moment Susan realizes the second woman is also herself.

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.