The Man Within: Suspense (April 27, 1953)

“The Man Within” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 27, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Francis Andrews, a former smuggler turned informer, flees the revenue men and hides in a cottage on the moors. There he meets Elizabeth, whose father has just died, and she agrees to pass him off as her brother at the funeral. Andrews is haunted by fear of Carl Ryan, a former smuggling comrade he betrayed. The episode is part of the Suspense series and aired on April 27, 1953, starring Herbert Marshall.

A cottage on the moors in England, the village of the funeral, and a town hotel and courtroom

Characters: Francis Andrews, Elizabeth, Carl Ryan, Harry Froley

Listen for: Andrews's growing terror of Carl Ryan and his strained relationship with Elizabeth

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.