Suspense (1942-62) aired “The Hitch-hiker” on September 2, 1942 as its 11th episode of nearly 1,000. Starring Orson Welles, it is one of the most famous shows in radio history, surpassed only perhaps by “Sorry, Wrong Number” which Orson Welles proclaimed “the single best half hour radio script ever written.” Lucille Fletcher (1912-2000, very young …
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X Minus One aired James H. Schmitz’ “Caretaker” on January 30, 1957 as its 86th episode. It first appeared as a short story in the July 1953 issue of Galaxy. A rescue mission has been sent to retrieve the lone survivor of a previous expedition stranded for some twenty-plus years. They find that the survivor …
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