Script by Mark Brady: Suspense (March 22, 1959)

“Script by Mark Brady” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 22, 1959. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Mark Brady, a mystery writer, grows uneasy about his beautiful wife Mary and his best friend Jason Roberts, who spend time together while Mark works on scripts. After discovering Mary's car parked outside Jason's house during his police ride-alongs, Mark confronts the situation and prepares to face Jason at home. The story is told as a confession script in Suspense, the CBS radio drama, which first aired on 1959-03-22 with Marie Windsor starring. The account is narrated by Mark, and the events lead up to a tense meeting between the men.

The Brady home and a Hollywood Hills street, Los Angeles, in the present day of the 1950s

Characters: Mark Brady, Mary Brady, Jason Roberts, Jane Stanley

Listen for: Mark's narration of his suspicions and his confrontation with Jason at his 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.