What happens
In Krakow, Poland, in 1956, two middle-aged friends, Frederick Jalonco and Joseph Ostrowski, plan to escape the country by hijacking an airliner bound for Prague and forcing it to land in Austria. They recruit a third man, Vladimir Haleski, and the plan is set in motion. Jalonco is offered an official post to travel to Prague, and he begins to suspect that he is being followed. The story follows the three men as they board the flight and carry out their plan in the air. The episode is part of the Suspense series, broadcast on September 5, 1956, starring Parley Bear and Howard McNeer.
Krakow, Poland, and an airliner flying toward Prague and Austria, 1956
Characters: Frederick Jalonco, Joseph Ostrowski, Vladimir Haleski, Conrad
Listen for: The moment the plane is taken over and the sound of the gunshot in the pilot's cabin
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.