What happens
Doris Ryan, a hitchhiker, is picked up in the Arizona desert by Glendon Braley, a young man on his way to visit his aunt, Delia Farnham, in Santa Barbara. After Braley is killed on the road, Ryan takes his place and arrives at the Farnham estate, where he is welcomed by Delia and her attorney, Mr. Crittenden. Ryan, with the help of Rina, a woman posing as a housekeeper, begins to plan his next moves while he tries to convince the household he is the nephew. The episode is a Suspense broadcast from November 10, 1949, starring Van Heflin.
Arizona desert highway and Santa Barbara, California, in the late 1940s
Characters: Doris Ryan, Glendon Braley, Delia Farnham, Mr. Crittenden, Rina, Mrs. Parker
Listen for: Ryan's attempts to pass as Glendon Braley, and the detail of the green cow drawing and the cat that could expose him
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.