Lunch Kit

Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills · May 29, 2026 · 29m

Originally Aired: June 9, 1949

Suspense #344, "Lunch Kit," brings a chilling tale of sabotage and betrayal at an atomic plant. Jonathan, a young man torn between duty and conscience, reluctantly helps his father execute a deadly plan. His father, a fanatic convinced that atomic fission will destroy the world, enlists an old-timer mechanic named Gus to build a bomb disguised inside an ordinary lunch kit. As Gus carefully fills a thermos bottle with nitroglycerin and attaches a detonator set to explode at 6:30 the next morning, Jonathan's anxiety builds. He must transport this deadly device to…