Lost: Suspense (October 14, 1954)

“Lost” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 14, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Alice, a woman with no memory of her own identity, is found wandering near Central Park in New York and taken to a police precinct, where Detective Mark Neal tries to learn who she is. Her name is found on her wedding ring and belongings, and she is sent to City Hospital, where Dr. Corday questions her. Alice is shown photographs and gradually learns that she is accused of a shooting. The episode is from the series Suspense, first broadcast on October 14, 1954, with Paula Winslow in the role of Alice.

New York City, 1950s: Fifth Avenue and Central Park, a police precinct, and City Hospital

Characters: Alice, Mark Neal, Dr. Corday, Vance Parker, Joyce Carlisle

Listen for: Alice's gradual recovery of her memory during her conversations with Dr. Corday

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.