What happens
Eddie Franklin, a divorced salesman, picks up a young woman named Eileen Hall at a bus stop on a Sunday evening in early autumn. He offers her a ride, and they stop for sandwiches before going to a drive-in and then a dance spot, where a series of confrontations draws attention to them. The episode is part of the CBS series Suspense, and its dramatization is based on a real crime. Cornell Wild stars, and the broadcast aired on March 29, 1954.
A town on the eastern seaboard in early autumn, including a street lined with maples, a drive-in, and a juke joint.
Characters: Eddie Franklin, Eileen Hall, Shirley, Lois Anderson, Bernie, Detective Thomasino
Listen for: Eddie's escalating anger at his ex-wife and his conversation with Eileen during their evening together.
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.