Please Believe Me: Suspense (January 28, 1962)

“Please Believe Me” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 28, 1962. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Julia Cooper, a newly married woman, moves into a small apartment with her husband Tony, an out-of-work artist whose family has doubts about the match. Tony's behavior grows more unsettling as the couple argues about money, his relationship with her, and a letter she has received. Julia becomes convinced that Tony is plotting against her, and tensions escalate sharply during an evening at home. The episode is an installment of the Suspense series, first broadcast on January 28, 1962, with Joan Lorring and Robert Redick in the leading roles, written for the program by Ben Kagan.

A small New York City apartment and the Cooper family home in Connecticut

Characters: Julia Cooper, Tony Cooper, Gina

Listen for: Julia's growing suspicions about Tony's motives during the arguments in the apartment

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.