What happens
Jefferson Casey, a drifter in a sun-baked town, walks into Marcus Junction to have his shoes repaired and meets Sheriff Benjamin Maxwell, who strikes up a friendly conversation. Jefferson later visits a restaurant where a waitress named Rachel serves him coffee, and their talk turns to drinking together upstairs in her apartment. Suspense, the radio drama series, presented this episode on October 26, 1950, starring Richard Widmark. Jefferson wakes in a confused state and must work out what has happened around him as the afternoon heat builds.
Marcus Junction, a small, sweltering town on a summer Saturday morning
Characters: Jefferson Casey, Benjamin Maxwell, Rachel, Kenny, Mr. Clover
Listen for: Jefferson's confused state after the drinking, and the sheriff's questions as the afternoon unfolds
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.