Life Ends at Midnight

Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills · Oct 9, 2026 · 30m

Originally Aired: October 18, 1955

Suspense #620, "Life Ends at Midnight," presents a desperate situation that forces a mother to face the consequences of her protective love. Johnny Bates arrives unannounced at his mother's shabby apartment after an overnight train ride from Pittsburgh, claiming he's come just to visit. But the truth quickly emerges: he's embezzled fifteen hundred dollars from his employer and needs the money by midnight to cover his tracks before the books are checked Monday morning. His mother has already exhausted the bonds his father left her to bail Johnny out of…