1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,960 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 2 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:22,300 Tonight the terrifying story of a young couple and a mad woman and what happened to them. 3 00:00:22,300 --> 00:00:28,680 So now, starring Harry Bartel and Virginia Gregg, here is tonight's suspense play, On 4 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:33,240 a Country Road. 5 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:55,240 Relax, David, there's no hurry to get home. 6 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,160 Who can relax in this mess of traffic? 7 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,120 Must be a wreck or something up ahead. 8 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,840 If this keeps up, we'll get caught in the rain. 9 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,560 Yeah, looks like a big storm building up too. 10 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:06,600 Hey, you remember that shortcut? 11 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:07,600 Which one? 12 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:12,040 The little tarred road that goes across through Santa Mariches and comes out on the other highway. 13 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,480 The one we took last summer? 14 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:15,480 Yeah. 15 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,200 I'll turn out there and duck this pile up. 16 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,720 I'd like to get as far as possible before that storm. 17 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,720 Why don't you put out your hand? 18 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,440 Oh, don't get angry, Dave. 19 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,720 Well, he cut right in front of me to turn into that gas station. 20 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:27,720 Maybe he needed gas. 21 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:28,720 Stupid thing to do. 22 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:29,720 Do we have plenty? 23 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:30,720 No. 24 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,720 I'll have to stop and get some. 25 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:34,720 Turn on the radio, will you? 26 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:35,720 See if you can get the news. 27 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:42,720 Police this afternoon issued two warnings to all residents of Long Island to be on the 28 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,720 lookout for Nellie Gohler, a middle-aged woman described as dangerous and insane. 29 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:47,720 What? 30 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,720 She escaped this morning from Restview Mental Hospital after fatally butchering a doctor, 31 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:53,720 a nurse, and a ward attendant with a meat cleaver. 32 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:54,720 Oh. 33 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,720 This is the same Nellie Gohler who a year ago murdered three persons on a Brooklyn street, 34 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,720 also using a meat cleaver as a weapon at that time. 35 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:06,720 This station will broadcast a full description of our regular newscast, which follows in just 36 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:07,720 a few moments. 37 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:08,720 My mother-in-law? 38 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:09,720 Dave, what are you doing? 39 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:10,720 No, I'm good. 40 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,720 At least we aren't the only crazy people on Long Island. 41 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:14,720 Why'd you change it? 42 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,720 I didn't want to listen to it anymore. 43 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,720 Why don't they put her to sleep instead of just locking her up where she can escape and 44 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:22,720 kill more people? 45 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:23,720 Who? 46 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,720 The woman they were talking about on the radio. 47 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:27,720 She can't help what she does. 48 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:28,720 She's sick. 49 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,720 What good is that to the people who get chopped up with a meat cleaver? 50 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:31,720 I don't know. 51 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,720 The laws were made before the doctors knew very much about the human mind. 52 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:37,720 Still don't know much. 53 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,720 I see what it is. 54 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,720 There's a roadblock up ahead. 55 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:42,720 What's happened? 56 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:43,720 I don't know. 57 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:44,720 There are cops all over the road. 58 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:45,720 I bet they're looking for that crazy woman. 59 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:46,720 I guess so. 60 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:47,720 Hold it a minute. 61 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:48,720 Hey, what's up, officer? 62 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:53,720 Just a checkup. 63 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:55,720 Anything in the backseat? 64 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:57,720 Just a blanket and some fishing tackle. 65 00:02:57,720 --> 00:02:58,720 We went surf fishing. 66 00:02:58,720 --> 00:02:59,720 Yes, ma'am. 67 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:00,720 Seen any hitchhikers? 68 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:01,720 No, just traffic. 69 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:02,720 Okay. 70 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:03,720 Move right along, please. 71 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:04,720 Are you looking for the crazy woman? 72 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:05,720 Move it along. 73 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:06,720 Let's go. 74 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:07,720 He's busy. 75 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:12,720 All residents of Motor Sun Long Island are warned to be on the alert for the escaped 76 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,720 insane woman who is somewhere on the island. 77 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:15,720 What are you doing? 78 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,720 She is described as tall, broad-shouldered, gray-haired, and rather heavy. 79 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,720 She may still be armed with a meat cleaver. 80 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,720 One hundred men are searching the area, and they are prepared to shoot on sight. 81 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,720 Here's another bulletin on the case which just came in. 82 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:33,720 Just a few minutes ago, the decapitated bodies of an elderly man and woman were found by police 83 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,720 near center morages on Long Island. 84 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:36,720 Where is that shortcut? 85 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:37,720 We haven't found her yet. 86 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:38,720 This will get us out of the traffic. 87 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:43,720 Motorists are cautioned to stay off the lonely roads and not to pick up any heavy equipment 88 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,720 All residents are asked to be on the lookout for this woman. 89 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:47,720 Here's her description again. 90 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,720 She is tall, gray-haired, with broad shoulders and long arms. 91 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:52,720 We haven't found her yet. 92 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:53,720 No. 93 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:54,720 Turn that off, will you, Dorothy? 94 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:55,720 I thought you wanted to hear it. 95 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:56,720 Once and not for all. 96 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,720 Shortcut will save us a lot of time. 97 00:03:58,720 --> 00:03:59,720 We turned off the highway. 98 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:00,720 Well, sure. 99 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:01,720 I told you when I did it. 100 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:02,720 We've come over a mile already. 101 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:03,720 We'll save a lot of time. 102 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,720 Didn't you hear what the radio said about staying off lonely roads? 103 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,720 We just have to go across to the other highway. 104 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:09,720 It won't take long. 105 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:13,720 Are you sure? 106 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:14,720 Of course. 107 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,720 We go past Santa Moriches and then take the left road and come out right by the highway bridge. 108 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:18,720 Santa Moriches? 109 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:20,720 It's where she just killed those two people. 110 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,720 Oh, you're acting like a child. 111 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:24,720 What can happen to us while we're driving? 112 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,720 Besides, the whole island's full of men looking for this lunatic. 113 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:27,720 They'll catch her. 114 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:28,720 Oh. 115 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,720 It's just the storm, honey. 116 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:31,720 You're jumping. 117 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:33,720 Oh, I guess I'm silly. 118 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:34,720 David. 119 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:35,720 What? 120 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:36,720 The gas gauge says empty. 121 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,720 There's still a couple of gallons left when it points to empty. 122 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:40,720 How long is it set empty? 123 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:41,720 I don't know. 124 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,720 I'll get gas when we get across to the other highway. 125 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,720 David, I'm scared. 126 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:48,720 Relax, honey. 127 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:50,720 I wish we'd stayed on the highway. 128 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,720 If I'd known you'd act like this, I would have. 129 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:53,720 It's not my fault. 130 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:54,720 Well, it's not mine either. 131 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,720 I'm having trouble enough just trying to see through the storm. 132 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,720 David, what are we fighting about? 133 00:04:58,720 --> 00:04:59,720 I don't know. 134 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:01,720 Driving through these burned out woods in this kind of weather 135 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,720 is enough to give anyone the willings. 136 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,720 God, they are so fast. 137 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,720 Now, if you see ahead, even in the headlights. 138 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:10,720 There's something up there. 139 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:11,720 Don't stop, David. 140 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:12,720 It's only a sign. 141 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,720 A crazy woman could be around here. 142 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:15,720 Look, I'm not picking up anyone. 143 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:16,720 I just want to know where I am. 144 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:17,720 Well, don't get out of the car. 145 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:18,720 I'm not getting out of the car. 146 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,720 Now, calm down, will you? 147 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:22,720 I see the mortgages that way. 148 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,720 We'll take this road. 149 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:25,720 The mortgages. 150 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,720 This must be the road that she killed those people. 151 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:32,720 Dorothy, please. 152 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,720 I'm sorry, I'm jumping. 153 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:37,720 Turn on the radio. 154 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:41,720 We haven't passed the house yet. 155 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:43,720 Miles of woods on both sides. 156 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,720 Look, it's so dark, we wouldn't have been able to see anything 157 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:47,720 if it was there. 158 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:49,720 This rain season is getting worse. 159 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:50,720 Those strangers and motorists in the area 160 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,720 are warned not to open their car doors. 161 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:53,720 David. 162 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:54,720 Now, stop that, Dorothy. 163 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,720 That's why the police had a roadblock by this road. 164 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,720 The crazy woman might be anywhere in these woods. 165 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,720 But not necessarily where we are. 166 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,720 But not necessarily where we are. 167 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:10,720 David, what's the matter? 168 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:12,720 Oh, fine. 169 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,720 What a place to run out of gas. 170 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:15,720 No. 171 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:16,720 You mean we're stuck here? 172 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:18,720 I don't know. 173 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,720 Well, we're here for the time being anyway. 174 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,720 The crazy woman is in the woods. 175 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:31,720 She'll kill us. 176 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:32,720 She's nowhere near us. 177 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:33,720 Now, will you calm down? 178 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:34,720 David. 179 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:35,720 Quick. 180 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:36,720 What? 181 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:37,720 Turn off your headlights. 182 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:38,720 Why? Did you see something? 183 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:39,720 David, I don't know. 184 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:40,720 I don't know. 185 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,720 I'm scared. 186 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,720 I should have got scared. 187 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:47,720 Don't put the headlights on, please. 188 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:48,720 Why? 189 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:49,720 She'll see us if you do. 190 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,720 Oh, for Pete's sake. 191 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:52,720 I'm putting them on. 192 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:53,720 David, please. 193 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:54,720 Please turn them off. 194 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:55,720 Listen, Dorothy. 195 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,720 I don't want this silly thing to get to you now. 196 00:06:58,720 --> 00:06:59,720 Just look at the headlights. 197 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,720 Poking into darkness at nothing but wet bushes and trees. 198 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,720 And rain falling, please, David. 199 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,720 All right. 200 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:09,720 There. 201 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:10,720 They're off. 202 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,720 Do you feel any better sitting in the dark? 203 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,720 If only this pandering lightning would stop. 204 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,720 The rain. 205 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:19,720 Look, Dorothy. 206 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,720 There's no sense in sitting here all night. 207 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:23,720 It's only a few minutes past 10. 208 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:24,720 I'll walk up the road a bit. 209 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:25,720 There might be a house or something. 210 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:27,720 You're not going to leave me here. 211 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:28,720 I won't let you go. 212 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:30,720 But Dorothy, we can't sit here in the middle of nowhere 213 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:31,720 for the rest of the night. 214 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:33,720 We're safer here than out there. 215 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,720 David, she's probably hiding in the woods 216 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:38,720 just waiting for a chance to kill us. 217 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:39,720 Oh, come on. 218 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:41,720 Why should she be right where we've run out of gas? 219 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,720 Why can't she be here? 220 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,720 Oh, please stay in the car. 221 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:47,720 Well, it's silly, but all right. 222 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:48,720 Quick. 223 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:49,720 What? 224 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:50,720 Lock the doors from the inside. 225 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:51,720 Why? What is it? 226 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,720 She can't get in here. 227 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:54,720 She's nowhere near us. 228 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:55,720 Don't be mad at me, David. 229 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:56,720 I'm so scared. 230 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,720 I know I'm acting very silly, but I can't help it. 231 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:02,720 I'm sorry. 232 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:03,720 Come here. 233 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,720 Let me put my arms around you. 234 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:07,720 There. 235 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,720 Oh, David. 236 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:10,720 Come on, sweetie. 237 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,720 Put your head on my shoulder. 238 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,720 Please, don't. 239 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,720 Please forgive me, David. 240 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,720 Go ahead and cry. 241 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:21,720 It'll make you feel better. 242 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:23,720 Isn't there some popular music? 243 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:25,720 I don't know. I'll see. 244 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,720 ...who are pressing their search for the escaped insane woman 245 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:32,720 who has killed five persons since fleeing from a Long Island mental hospital. 246 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,720 Rain and darkness are hampering their search. 247 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:36,720 In making her escape this morning, 248 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,720 the mad woman killed a doctor, a nurse, and an attendant. 249 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,720 You'll leave it off for a while. 250 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,720 It's so quiet and lonely here. 251 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,720 I wish it were morning. 252 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,720 Look, Dorothy, suppose I run up the road. 253 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:53,720 There might be a house. 254 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,720 No, David, no. Please. 255 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:57,720 David. 256 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:58,720 What? 257 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:00,720 Listen, do you hear that? 258 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:01,720 I don't hear anything. 259 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:03,720 Listen, there it is. 260 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:05,720 I don't... 261 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,720 Oh, it's a dog. 262 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:09,720 A little dog bark. 263 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:10,720 David. 264 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:12,720 I guess it's only a lost dog. 265 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:13,720 Maybe there's a house nearby. 266 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,720 Or the crazy woman. 267 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:16,720 David! 268 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,720 There's something at the back of the car. 269 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:19,720 The door! She'll kill us! 270 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:20,720 Is the door locked on your side? 271 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:21,720 Yes. Yes. 272 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:22,720 What if she breaks the window? 273 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:24,720 She's got a cleaver. 274 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:27,720 That flash of lightning, I saw somebody. 275 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:28,720 Isn't the crazy woman? Can you see her? 276 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:29,720 Is she still there? 277 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:30,720 Too dark to see. 278 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:31,720 She'll kill us! 279 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:33,720 Now calm down. Calm down, please. 280 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:34,720 What's she doing? 281 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:35,720 I don't know. 282 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:38,720 She's at the window. Right next to me. 283 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:39,720 Get away from that window! 284 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:40,720 David! 285 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:41,720 She's trying to get in the car. 286 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,720 That face in her hair. 287 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:44,720 Go away! 288 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:45,720 Let me in! 289 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:47,720 I'm not crazy! 290 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,720 The crazy woman is after me! 291 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:50,720 David, don't let her in. 292 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:51,720 Go away! 293 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,720 We've got a gun. We'll shoot. 294 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:54,720 It worked. 295 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:55,720 It worked. She's staring at me. 296 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:56,720 I'm warning you. 297 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:57,720 I'll shoot. 298 00:09:57,720 --> 00:09:59,720 Please don't leave me out here. Please! 299 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:01,720 That woman will kill me! 300 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:02,720 Please! 301 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:03,720 David, take your pipe. 302 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,720 Hold it like a gun. It'll look like a gun to you. 303 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:08,720 Now look. 304 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:09,720 I've got a gun. 305 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:10,720 I'm going to shoot. 306 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:12,720 She's backing away. 307 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,720 Keep going before I start shooting. 308 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:16,720 Oh, David. 309 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:18,720 Oh, she's gone. 310 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:20,720 Oh, she disappeared. 311 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:23,720 We can't get out now. 312 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:26,720 All we can do is sit here all night and wait for help. 313 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:27,720 Did you see her? 314 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:28,720 Where'd she go? 315 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:29,720 I don't know. 316 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:31,720 She's out there though. 317 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:33,720 Probably planning on how to get in this car. 318 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:35,720 David. 319 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,720 David, what are we going to do? She's the one. I know it. 320 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:39,720 She didn't have a cleaver. 321 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:41,720 She must have dropped it when she ran into the car. 322 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:43,720 Her face was all twisted. Her hair was hanging down. 323 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:45,720 She must be back there looking for that cleaver now. 324 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:46,720 She'll kill us. 325 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:47,720 Oh, she'll kill us. 326 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:48,720 Dorothy, stop it. 327 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:49,720 She'll kill us. 328 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:51,720 Oh, David. 329 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:53,720 David. 330 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,720 You are listening to On a Country Road. 331 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:16,720 Tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 332 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:17,720 Suspense. 333 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:30,720 During World War II, the skies of Europe were broad highways of terror for bombardment. 334 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:35,720 Your opportunity to guard our skies against surprises comes in parcels of time, 335 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:40,720 amounting to no more than two hours a week, volunteer hours spent as ground observers. 336 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:44,720 Two hours a week. If enough of us give the time, means security. 337 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:49,720 Ask at your local Civil Defense office. Earn your silver wings with the ground observers. 338 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:55,720 And now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Virginia Gregg and Harry Bartel, 339 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,720 starring in tonight's production of On a Country Road, 340 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:16,720 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 341 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:23,720 The window, David. She broke the window. 342 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:24,720 Get away from here. Stay out of the car. 343 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,720 I'm coming in. I can't stand it out here. 344 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:28,720 Stay out of the car. I warn you, I've got a gun. 345 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:29,720 You wouldn't shoot me. 346 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,720 Go away. You're crazy. We know all about you. 347 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,720 No, I'm not the crazy woman. Believe me. Let me in. 348 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:38,720 You do it, David. She's trying to trick us. 349 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,720 Listen to me, please. I've been running in this awful storm. 350 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,720 My car is stuck in the ditch back there. 351 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:46,720 How far back? 352 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,720 I don't know. It seems like miles. 353 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:55,720 I heard about the crazy woman on the radio. I was afraid to stay in the car alone. 354 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:56,720 Let me in. 355 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,720 No, David. 356 00:12:58,720 --> 00:12:59,720 Go back to your own car. 357 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:04,720 No. It's so dark and so lonely in this storm. 358 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,720 I locked the doors, but I was afraid. 359 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,720 I could see things and hear things in the darkness. 360 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:15,720 I couldn't stand it anymore. I got up and ran. 361 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,720 It's the rain. That's why I look like this. 362 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:22,720 I'm not the crazy woman. Let me in, please. Let me in. 363 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,720 Maybe she isn't the crazy woman. Maybe she's just scared and exhausted. 364 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,720 No, David. She's the one. 365 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:32,720 The crazy woman had a cleaver. I'm not armed. 366 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,720 The three of us will be safer together. 367 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:37,720 I don't know. She makes sense to me, Dorothy. 368 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,720 We would be safer with one more person. 369 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:41,720 David, I don't know. 370 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:46,720 Let me in, please. I'm wet to the skin. 371 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,720 I'm going to unlock the door, Dorothy. 372 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:49,720 David, I... 373 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:50,720 All right. Come on. Get in. 374 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:55,720 But you make one move and I'll shoot you. 375 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:59,720 Oh, it's good to sit down. 376 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,720 There's a blanket on the floor back there. 377 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:05,720 Try to dry yourself off with it. 378 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,720 The darkness and the rain. 379 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,720 It was enough to drive me out of my mind. 380 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,720 I ran and ran. 381 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:19,720 All I could hear was feet chasing after me, hunting me. 382 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:21,720 You, um... 383 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:22,720 You live near here? 384 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,720 Farther out, near Restview. 385 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:27,720 I used to live in Brooklyn. 386 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:28,720 We had to use the mental hospital. 387 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:32,720 I know. I'm used to the crazy people. 388 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:37,720 But not at night in a lonely place like this. 389 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,720 Not the kind of kill people. 390 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,720 You live at Restview? 391 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:45,720 No. Just near there. 392 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,720 David, we can't sit here not knowing. 393 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:49,720 If we can get to a phone. 394 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:51,720 A phone? Why? 395 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:53,720 Call the police. Get some help. 396 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,720 No. No, don't do that. 397 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,720 Why not? Why don't you want the police? 398 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,720 I do. But you'll be killed. 399 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:02,720 What do you mean? 400 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,720 The woman. She'll kill him if he goes away from this car. 401 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:08,720 David, it's that dog again. Do you hear it? 402 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:09,720 Somebody's out there. 403 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,720 There might be a house nearby. Maybe it's barking to be let in. 404 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,720 It senses somebody. There's somebody out there. 405 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:18,720 The crazy woman's creeping around out there. 406 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,720 Quick. Let's get away before we're caught. 407 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:22,720 Look out, David. 408 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:24,720 Go away. What are you trying to do? 409 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,720 Start the car. Quick. We'll get away. 410 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:27,720 We're out of gas. 411 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:28,720 Out of gas? 412 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,720 You don't think we parked here for the fun of it, do you? 413 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,720 David. It stopped barking. 414 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:36,720 What does it mean? 415 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:40,720 David, David, we're so helpless. 416 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:42,720 She can kill us easily. 417 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,720 You can't just sit there. We've got to get away. 418 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,720 I'm not a magician, lady. I can't make gasoline out of rain. 419 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,720 We can't stay here the whole night. You'll hear me. 420 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,720 Let go of me. There's nothing I can do. 421 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,720 Try something, anything. Don't just sit there. 422 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:58,720 You're scaring me, David. Stop her. 423 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,720 Now, you cut it out. You'll have us all in hysterics. 424 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:04,720 All right. All right. I'm sorry. 425 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,720 I've got an idea. Give me your gun. 426 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:11,720 Why? 427 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,720 Why? I'll tell you I want it. Give it to me. 428 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:15,720 David, what's the matter with her? 429 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:17,720 Listen to me. I'm all right. 430 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:21,720 But I can't sit here all night. I go crazy. 431 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:23,720 Give me the gun and I'll go. 432 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,720 I won't be afraid of the dark and the noises and the feet following me. 433 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,720 I'll go, I promise you. But give me the gun. 434 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:30,720 No, sit down. 435 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,720 Please, I'll go. I promise. I can't stand sitting in the dark like this. 436 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:34,720 Can't you stop her, David? 437 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,720 I told you to shut up. 438 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,720 If you don't, I'll make you get out of the car. 439 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:41,720 You wouldn't. 440 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:45,720 You're not unarmed, not into the woods again. 441 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,720 You're nice people, aren't you? 442 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:50,720 Or do you want me to leave so you can shoot me, assassin? 443 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:51,720 Stop it. 444 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,720 We're not going to shoot you. We don't have a gun. It's only a pipe. 445 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:55,720 Dorothy! 446 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:57,720 A pipe? 447 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:58,720 David. 448 00:16:58,720 --> 00:16:59,720 A smoking pipe? 449 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:01,720 Oh, David, I'm sorry. 450 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,720 Then you're not armed. 451 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:04,720 I'm sorry, David. 452 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:05,720 It's all right. 453 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,720 Why did you tell me you had a gun? 454 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,720 Why does it make a difference to you whether I'm armed or not? 455 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:13,720 I don't know you. 456 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:15,720 Maybe you two are more dangerous than the crazy woman. 457 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,720 I'll tell you what I think. 458 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,720 I think you're the crazy woman, the way you grabbed David when you wanted him to start your car. 459 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,720 Now, Dorothy, stop it. Don't excite her. 460 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:24,720 Don't excite me? Why? 461 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:28,720 Maybe you think I'm dangerous, an old woman you took into your car. 462 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:29,720 Two of you and you're afraid of me. 463 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,720 We're not afraid of you. Now, sit back in the seat and don't try anything. 464 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:33,720 I'm watching you all the time. 465 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,720 David, the storm is stopping. 466 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:38,720 Maybe now's the time. 467 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:40,720 The time for what? 468 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,720 What are you going to do? You two are up to something. 469 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:44,720 Oh, shut up. 470 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,720 My wife meant now is the time to go for help. 471 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:51,720 I did not. I meant now is the time for us to escape. 472 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:53,720 David, can't you see it? 473 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:55,720 She's the one. She'll kill us. 474 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:56,720 You little... 475 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:57,720 Stop it. Sit back in that seat. 476 00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:58,720 You haven't got a gun. 477 00:17:58,720 --> 00:17:59,720 No, but I have got a knife. 478 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:00,720 David. 479 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,720 It's my jackknife, but it's sharp and it's strong. Now, don't try any tricks. 480 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,720 All right. Threaten me. Watch me. 481 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:10,720 While that woman is out there, all you can do is sit and wait for her to make the next move. 482 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,720 She can kill us like that old man and woman. 483 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:15,720 Must have been on the same road. 484 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,720 They were in their car too. They must have let her in. 485 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,720 We'll leave then. The three of us. We'll walk. 486 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,720 We'll stay close together and we'll be quiet. 487 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:24,720 Anyone hiding in the woods won't hear us. 488 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,720 Don't let her out of the car, David. We'll be killed. 489 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:29,720 How would we find our way? It's too dark. 490 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:30,720 We'll find our way. 491 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,720 Look out there. The road's full of shadows. 492 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:35,720 Get her out of the car, David. She wants to kill us. 493 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:36,720 Kill? 494 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,720 Look, if you want to go, why don't you leave? You don't need us. 495 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:41,720 We're willing to stay here until help comes. 496 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,720 I'd be helpless alone. If I had a gun or something. 497 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:46,720 What? 498 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:47,720 Your knife. 499 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,720 Nobody'll come. Where are the police? I can't stand this. 500 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:54,720 Nobody'll come. There's no one in these woods. They're burned out and deserted. 501 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:55,720 Honey, please. 502 00:18:55,720 --> 00:19:00,720 It was your idea to use this road. You wouldn't listen to me and stop again. 503 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:02,720 I couldn't help it. I got lost. 504 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,720 You should do something, not just sit there waiting and waiting. 505 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,720 Do something before we're murdered. Are you so helpless? 506 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:12,720 All right. All right, I'm going to do something. I'll go for help. 507 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:14,720 That's it. Get help. 508 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:15,720 David, in her hand. 509 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:16,720 What? 510 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:17,720 I saw it in the moonlight. It's glittering. 511 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:18,720 What is it? 512 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:19,720 Your wife is hysterical. 513 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,720 She's holding a long piece of broken glass. Long and pointed. 514 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:28,720 See? She doesn't answer. She's just watching us. 515 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:30,720 What's she waiting for? 516 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,720 From the broken window. That's where she got it. 517 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,720 So what if I have it? I'm not going to sit here defenseless. 518 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:37,720 She's going to attack us. 519 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,720 Don't be silly. It was all right for you to have a knife. 520 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:42,720 Why can't I be armed for whatever may come? 521 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:43,720 Give me that broken glass. 522 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,720 Give it to you? Do you think I'm crazy? 523 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:47,720 Give it to me. 524 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,720 You couldn't protect us from anything. 525 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,720 David, what are you doing? Why are you climbing over the seat? 526 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:56,720 Now, I warn you, I'm through letting my wife be terrified. Give me that glass. 527 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:57,720 Stay away from me. 528 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,720 Once I left the car, you were going to butcher my wife with that broken glass. 529 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:01,720 No, no. 530 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:02,720 David. 531 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:04,720 Give me that glass. 532 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:06,720 You're crazy. 533 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:10,720 Leave me alone. Hold her. Hold her. Don't let her free. 534 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:11,720 She got my arm. 535 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:13,720 You'll kill me. 536 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:14,720 Drop that glass. 537 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,720 She dropped it. She dropped it, David. 538 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:20,720 Have you both gone crazy trying to kill me? 539 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:21,720 Like you were going to murder us. 540 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:22,720 I wasn't. 541 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,720 Don't let her get free. 542 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:28,720 David, if you have a knife, then I'll have glass. 543 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:29,720 Hold it, David. Hold it. 544 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,720 I can't take much longer. 545 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:36,720 I'm not crazy. Please believe me. Just give me that knife. That's all. 546 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,720 You got my throat. You're joking. 547 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:40,720 Your knife. 548 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:42,720 David, use your knife. 549 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,720 You killed her. 550 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:55,720 David, you killed the craziest woman. 551 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,720 I couldn't help it. 552 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:07,720 She was choking. 553 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,720 You covered her with blood. 554 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,720 She was going to kill us. 555 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:14,720 David. 556 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:21,720 Look, lights. 557 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,720 The car's coming. The help's coming. 558 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:25,720 Everything will be all right, honey. 559 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:37,720 Hey there. You in the car. 560 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:38,720 Why are you parked here? 561 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,720 It's the police. It's the police at last. 562 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,720 We ran out of gas. 563 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,720 The crazy woman. 564 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:47,720 Couldn't have picked a better spot. 565 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,720 What with that woman running around loose? 566 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:51,720 Officer. 567 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:52,720 We wanted to tell you. 568 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:53,720 The bomber up the road called us. 569 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,720 Said his dog's been barking at something. 570 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:56,720 We caught her. 571 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:57,720 Who would you catch? 572 00:21:57,720 --> 00:21:58,720 The crazy woman. 573 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,720 She's in the back seat. Dead. 574 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:02,720 What? 575 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:06,720 No. 576 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,720 No, she's alive. 577 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:10,720 Badly hurt, though. 578 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,720 She was trying to kill us. We fought. 579 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:15,720 We'll get her to a hospital. You come with me. 580 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:16,720 Lucky it didn't kill her. 581 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:18,720 We captured that crazy woman half hour ago. 582 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,720 I don't know who this lady is. 583 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:42,720 Come on. Give me your hand with her. 584 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,720 Suspense. 585 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:53,720 In which Harry Bartel starred as David and Virginia Greig as Dorothy with Helen Klebe as the woman. 586 00:22:53,720 --> 00:23:00,720 Next week, the story of a young girl who was able to win her way with all men, save one. 587 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,720 We call it simply Pretty Girl. 588 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:28,720 That's next week on Suspense. 589 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:36,720 Suspense is produced and directed by Norman MacDonald with music composed by Lucian Morawick and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 590 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:47,720 On a country road was specially written for Suspense by Walter Bazar, also appearing in tonight's cast for Tom McKee and Jack Carroll. 591 00:23:47,720 --> 00:24:07,720 Gun smoke is heard twice every Saturday on the CBS Radio Network.