Run Faster: Suspense (August 5, 1962)

“Run Faster” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 5, 1962. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Dave Coughton works the night shift at the Midland radio station on Dawson Field, a small emergency landing strip, while his wife Chris waits for him at their nearby house. His brother Dink, who uses a wheelchair, is with him at the station. Their marriage has grown strained over Dave's restlessness and his longing for flying excitement. A stranger arrives at the station on a foggy night, asking for help and making Dave uneasy. As the weather closes in, Dave learns that a stranglers is at large in the area, and he fears for Chris alone at home. Tension builds between the radio room and the house as an airliner approaches through the fog.

Midland radio station at Dawson Field, a small emergency landing strip, and the Coughtons' house a mile away, on a foggy night

Characters: Dave Coughton, Chris, Dink, Bill, Hank, Sheriff Grover

Listen for: The stranger's arrival at the radio station and the mounting dread as Dave tries to reach Chris

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.