Episode 22

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1st Jun 2022

Suspense | Wet Saturday, 1942

This week's drama is from Suspense, titled Wet Saturday. This episode aired June 24, 1942.

Based on the short story of the same name by John Collier, which was first published in The New Yorker in 1938. The Suspense radio production has a modified ending from the original story.

Wet Saturday was also adapted for television by Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) and the British television series Tales of the Unexpected (1984).

Suspense was broadcast on CBS Radio from 1940 through 1962.


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