What happens
Dorit Sharples, a hitchhiker crossing the Arizona desert, is picked up by John Braley, a young man on his way to visit an invalid aunt in Santa Barbara. Sharples learns a good deal about Braley and his family during the drive. The episode is part of the Suspense series, first broadcast on February 17, 1957, and stars Glenn Ford. Sharples makes plans that depend on Braley's identity and on Aunt Delia's money, and he brings in a woman named Rena to help him carry them out.
Highway 70 across the Arizona and California desert, and the Farnham estate near Santa Barbara, California, 1957
Characters: Dorit Sharples, John Braley, Aunt Delia, Rena, Mrs. Parker, Mr. Crittenden
Listen for: Pay attention to the small details Braley shares about his childhood and his aunt, and to the moment Sharples slips in the house.
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.