Dead of Night: A Brother’s Terror and a Beachside Corpse

Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills · Dec 18, 2025 · 29m

Originally Aired: June 19, 1947

In Suspense #250, “Dead of Night,” Jimmy Barton returns home to find his sister Helen bruised, terrified, and desperate to flee her violent new husband, Phil. When Phil ends up dead, Jimmy and Helen go on the run—dragging a body through motels, hiding it in the bathroom, and ultimately staging it on a sunlit California beach. But as nosy neighbors, ball-playing kids, and a well-meaning beat cop close in, the mystery of how Phil died begins to unravel. A tightly wound thriller of misjudged guilt, drugged delusions, and a twist that redefines the killer.

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