What happens
Ivan Ivanovich, a penniless student in old St. Petersburg, plans to rob his employer, Prince Bolinin, with the help of his sweetheart Anna Petrovna. The plan succeeds, but Ivan is caught, convicted and sent to the salt mines of Siberia for twenty years. Clinging to his hope of riches, he tries to recover the stolen fortune, which is held in a safe deposit box under a name he must remember. The Suspense series broadcast this story, written by William N. Robeson, on September 11, 1960. Santos Ortega plays Ivan Ivanovich.
St. Petersburg, Russia, before the revolution, and later the Siberian salt mines
Characters: Ivan Ivanovich, Anna Petrovna, Prince Bolinin, Natasha, Yuri
Listen for: Ivan's repeated attempts to hold on to the name that unlocks the safe deposit box
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.