What happens
Maggie Sloan, now Maggie Russell, is a widow living in a small town when an old boyfriend, Doug Tyler, unexpectedly reappears in her life. Doug has just come out of prison and is on the run after a robbery at a loan office in which a man was killed. He arrives at her house seeking shelter, and their old feelings for each other begin to complicate the situation. Maggie's young daughter Beth is also present in the house. This episode of Suspense, first broadcast on February 18, 1962, presents Elspeth Eric and Joseph Julian in the leading roles.
A small town in winter, with snow forecast; mainly Maggie's house and the surrounding streets and roads.
Characters: Maggie Sloan, Doug Tyler, Beth, Bill Russell, Chris, Mrs. Tyler
Listen for: The tension between Maggie and Doug as their past romance resurfaces while Doug holds Maggie and her daughter Beth 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.