What happens
Tom Peterson drives his wife Linda to the hospital as her labor begins, with their son Bobby along in the back seat. A rainstorm floods the San Fernando Valley streets, so they take the Hollywood freeway, where traffic is moving fast. Trouble strikes on the freeway, leaving the family stranded on the raised divider with no clear way to reach help. Suspense tells this story of Ivy Is a Lovely Name for a Girl, a 1960 episode from the Suspense series, first broadcast on October 2, 1960. The episode is written by Sam Pierce.
Los Angeles area, the Hollywood freeway during a rainstorm, and the Peterson home in the San Fernando Valley
Characters: Tom Peterson, Linda Peterson, Bobby Peterson, Dr. King, Mary, Gus
Listen for: The rising sound of the rain and traffic as Tom and Linda drive onto the freeway, and the siren that comes up the freeway later in the story.
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.