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Hitch-Hike Poker
Originally Aired: September 16, 1948
Suspense #307, "Hitch-Hike Poker," presents a harrowing tale of betrayal on the open road. Ridge Fowler, a college student hitchhiking home, gets picked up by the seemingly affable J. Stuart Beldon, a well-dressed middle-aged man driving a canary yellow convertible. As they travel down the California coast, Beldon teaches Ridge a harmless game called license plate poker and even gifts him an expensive camel's hair coat. But the friendly atmosphere takes a deadly turn when Beldon suddenly transforms into a cold-blooded predator on a treacherous mountain…
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