What happens
Milton Burrell plays Sam, an actor rehearsing a play at a theater when he is told by the director, Norman, that he will be replaced in the lead role. Sam grows furious, threatens Norman before witnesses, and then buys a gun. Suspense presents this 1950 episode, titled Rave Notice, on October 12, 1950. The story follows Sam's unsettling mental state as he prepares for what happens next and considers how a courtroom might view his actions.
A theater during rehearsals in New York, then a gun shop, a police station, a lawyer's visit, and a psychiatric ward
Characters: Sam, Norman, Milton Burrell
Listen for: Sam's shifting claims about his state of mind, and the exchange with the doctor about whether he is sane
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.