What happens
In Czechoslovakia, a young university student named Enric and his fiancée Milada are expelled and threatened by Communist authorities for reading forbidden books. They decide to flee to freedom on foot, hoping to reach the border and the free world. Walking through the countryside, the young lovers depend on the kindness of strangers while facing hunger, storms, and constant danger. Their journey is shaped by fear and determination as they push toward the frontier. This episode of the radio drama Suspense, broadcast on May 31, 1954, features Robert Wagner and Mona Freeman in the lead roles.
Czechoslovakia and the Czech-German border region, 1953, including Prague and the surrounding countryside
Characters: Enric, Milada, Stepon, Mikolash, Radik, Alex
Listen for: Radik, the armed guard who appears to offer help to the young couple, and what happens when they seek shelter in his barn
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.