Lazarus Walks: Suspense (October 31, 1946)

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“Lazarus Walks” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 31, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Dr. Robert Graham, a psychiatrist, gives a formal statement about the strange events that have struck his household. His wife Isabel is a pianist, and her career and health are strained. Roger Holcomb, a man who was briefly dead and then revived, comes to Graham for help. Holcomb says he now knows hidden truths about people and cannot keep them to himself. Graham agrees to house him while he studies the condition. Tension grows between Graham, Isabel and Holcomb as their confidences and secrets come to light. The broadcast is a Suspense play starring Brian Donlevy, first aired on October 31, 1946.

A drawing room and home of Dr. Robert Graham in Los Angeles, with its surrounding rooms, in the 1940s.

Characters: Dr. Robert Graham, Isabel Graham, Roger Holcomb, Aunt Jane

Listen for: Holcomb's claim that he knows hidden truths since his brief death, and the tension between Graham and Isabel.

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.