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I've been searching for this episode for almost 30yrs! I heard it on an old 8 track tape I found in a box of random cassettes, i didn't know the name of the episode but i remembered the introduction of "Suspense", some kind person was able to tell me the name of the episode in a reply to a comment i made on a random episode. Thanks for posting this!!
So I started listening to these when I began working a night cleaning gig over a year back. I started on this episode and got hooked, I went back and started over and now I’m on episode 690 and still going. It’s an amazing series.
@@Sheriff_GrimLawIt's basically a way of introducing or framing a discussion. It can be used to convey a certain level of enthusiasm. Lots of times it's used as a sort of transition, allowing people to set the tone for what comes next.
You might want to look up the essay I wrote about this episode. What is it that makes this episode so terrifying? What is in that closet? What could it represent? Why does Ellen, a seemingly nice woman, turn into a murderous monster? I try to answer these questions in my essay.
I haven't heard this one since 1969 from my collection. SUSPENSE was one of the best shows, with mostly famous actors with excellent stories for the most. I have over 1000 otr shows since 1969. I'm old enough to have heard these shows starting in the late 40's.
I was digging through my house when I was 8 or 9 and found a cassette tape. Those where obsolute at the time, but I was curious, so i continued digging and found a Walkman. I listenes to that cassette and on it was this story and fugue in c minor, two suspense stories. They genuinely traumatized me. They were so amazing and terrifying that even now I hid the cassette and it still give me chills just to look at it.
@@Misstess2010 Read the essay I wrote for Old Radio Times and you'll see there's A LOT going in this episode. Clue#1: The den is a "nice little room particularly for a man" and the closet is just off the den. The closet door is locked against the couple but easily opens for the cops. The blood oozes out and contaminates Ellen but can't be seen by the police. These thing and others add up.
Some other notable actors here that help make it so good. Joseph Kearns as the narrator was a wonderful radio actor, who later made fame as Dennis the Menace Mr. Wilson. Paul Fress, the man of many voices on commercials and radio, and part of the crowd when the body is found is Jim Backus, of Mr.Magoo and Mr. Howell fame...
Great story, and great sound quality! I've always wondered if it was inspired by William Hope Hodgson's _The House on the Borderland,_ as it shares a few similarities (though, admittedly, vague) and seems to fall more under the "weird fiction" umbrella than conventional horror. Also, I swear that the ghoulish howl must have been provided by Hans Conried, it really sounds like him, haha.
Tomcat?😱😱 time to go! This is a scary one to listen to just after midnight June 2020 pandemic! I had to stop and get some wine on this one. Wow good ones
I have this one on cassette tape. It was given to me by someone within my family and not just that I can present a story for you old people I would like to give you a suspense story on my own. Who is my dad? Your story, and hopefully radio can use it
I think-repeat-Think she turns into a cougar or leopard at night and wakes up w/out any memory. If you or any of your friends have another better idea please let me know. I'm still confused.
