What happens
Vern and Betty Lou Meeker are a farm couple whose quiet evening is interrupted by news of an escaped patient from the State Hospital, George Porter, who is armed and dangerous. Deputy McCall warns the neighbors to stay indoors and lock their doors. Later, a stranded couple, Tom and Patricia Jeffries, come to the farmhouse asking to use the phone, and the Meekers are uneasy about letting them in. The episode is broadcast as part of the Suspense series, a 1960 CBS radio program, with the story written by Walter Black. Ellen McCray, Bill Adams and Sam Gray lead the cast.
A farmhouse in the country at night, with the surrounding neighborhood on alert after an escape from the State Hospital.
Characters: Vern Meeker, Betty Lou Meeker, Mr. McCall, Deputy McCall, Tom Jeffries, Patricia Jeffries, George Porter, Jesse Frolic
Listen for: Listen for the moment the Meekers decide whether to let the stranded couple into their home, and for the first hints of who is really in the house.
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.