What happens
Sam Endover, a civic-minded husband and father in Happy Valley, builds a fallout shelter in his backyard. Mayor Charlie Lemon, eager for publicity, turns the project into a televised event, and Sam dares his family to spend a weekend inside it to prove it is comfortable. Days later, a storm sends mudslides across the area, and the family finds themselves sealed in with their air supply cut off. This episode of the Suspense series, starring Court Benson and Grace Matthews, was written by William N. Robeson and aired on October 1, 1961.
Happy Valley, a small American town, around the backyard fallout shelter of the Endover family and the surrounding hills affected by a storm.
Characters: Sam Endover, Mary Lou Endover, Sandy, Cindy, Charlie Lemon, Mr. Richards, the mayor
Listen for: Listen for Sam's attempts to keep his family calm while they realise their air supply is blocked, and for the radio reports on the mudslides and the rescue effort.
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.