Out of Control: Suspense (March 28, 1946)

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“Out of Control” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 28, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Captain Duncan McLean, a blind investigator, is staying at a mountain hotel in Gatlinburg with his dog Shnucky when he overhears Walter Crane blackmailing Marcia Fillmore over the death of her former companion, Eddie Hassen. Crane is later found dead after his car plunges over an embankment, and Marcia's husband, Dennis Fillmore, becomes a suspect. McLean sets out to determine how Crane died and what the sound he heard in the night reveals. Suspense is a radio drama series, and this episode was first broadcast on March 28, 1946.

Gatlinburg, a mountain hotel and a fishing lodge in the mountains

Characters: Captain Duncan McLean, Marcia Fillmore, Walter Crane, Dennis Fillmore, Sheriff Blackmer, Eddie Hassen, Shnucky

Listen for: The sound McLean hears in the night below his hotel window

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.