EPISODE · Jun 23, 2026 · 29 MIN
A Case of Nerves
from Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills · host OTR.FM Network
Originally Aired: June 1, 1950 Suspense #387, "A Case of Nerves," stars Edward G. Robinson as Albert Baker, a man driven to murder by years of watching his wife Louise suffer from trigeminal neuralgia, a painful nerve condition. After observing Louise's debilitating symptoms for four long years, Albert devises a chilling plan. He travels to Toledo, where he deceives a young doctor named Dr. Martin into prescribing morphine tablets by faking his wife's very condition. The unsuspecting physician, convinced by Albert's convincing performance of the symptoms, provides the prescription that Albert intends to use as poison. Returning to Cleveland with the deadly tablets concealed in his pocket, Albert prepares to slip them into Louise's warm milk, a nightly ritual. As he moves through the hospital where Louise is confined, he encounters the staff who have come to know him as a devoted, suffering husband, including the sympathetic cook Nelly and the attractive Nurse White. The tension mounts as Albert finds the perfect moment to execute his plan, but unexpected interruptions and the routine of hospital life threaten to expose or delay his murderous intentions.
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Originally Aired: June 1, 1950 Suspense #387, "A Case of Nerves," stars Edward G. Robinson as Albert Baker, a man driven to murder by years of watching his wife Louise suffer from trigeminal neuralgia, a painful nerve condition. After observing Louise's debilitating symptoms for four long years, Albert devises a chilling plan. He travels to Toledo, where he deceives a young doctor named Dr. Martin into prescribing morphine tablets by faking his wife's very condition. The unsuspecting physician, convinced by Albert's convincing performance of the symptoms, provides the prescription that Albert intends to use as poison. Returning to Cleveland with the deadly tablets concealed in his pocket, Albert prepares to slip them into Louise's warm milk, a nightly ritual. As he moves through the hospital where Louise is confined, he encounters the staff who have come to know him as a devoted, suffering husband, including the sympathetic cook Nelly and the attractive Nurse White. The tension mounts as Albert finds the perfect moment to execute his plan, but unexpected interruptions and the routine of hospital life threaten to expose or delay his murderous intentions.
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