What happens
Suspense presents Strange for a Killer, starring John Dana, first broadcast on September 6, 1955. Henry Hayden returns home one evening to find the police have surrounded his block while hunting a fugitive. Hayden learns that the man, Roy Jaleska, may be hiding in his own apartment with his wife Jesse and their son Johnny. Hayden goes upstairs alone, and inside the apartment he finds himself face to face with the desperate, armed killer. The tense confrontation unfolds between the three family members and the man holding them.
A city neighborhood block near the river, with a drugstore, boarding houses and apartment buildings connected by alleys and fire escapes
Characters: Henry Hayden, Jesse Hayden, Roy Jaleska, Charlie, Captain Farrell, Johnny
Listen for: The tension in Henry's phone call with Jesse, and the way Jaleska takes control of the 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.