EPISODE · Jul 2, 2026 · 29 MIN
Christmas for Carole
from Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills · host OTR.FM Network
Originally Aired: December 21, 1950 Suspense #408, "Christmas for Carole," Paul, a bank teller earning $48.50 a week, faces a desperate crisis when his pregnant wife Carol must stay bedridden for two months with round-the-clock nursing care costing more than his entire salary. As Christmas approaches, Paul watches money pass through his hands daily at the bank, feeling the mounting pressure of debts and his wife's deteriorating condition. When elderly Mr. Forbes withdraws his life savings of $8,000 in cash to secretly buy a farm as a Christmas surprise for his wife, Paul sees what he convinces himself is the answer. He contacts Rocky Perea, a criminal, and together they plan to steal the money. Now Paul stands in a dark alley with Rocky on Christmas Eve, the stolen cash in hand, but Rocky insists they wait to see if the elderly couple returns home and reveals where more money might be hidden. What began as Paul's desperate one-time solution to save his family has become something far more dangerous than he imagined.
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Originally Aired: December 21, 1950 Suspense #408, "Christmas for Carole," Paul, a bank teller earning $48.50 a week, faces a desperate crisis when his pregnant wife Carol must stay bedridden for two months with round-the-clock nursing care costing more than his entire salary. As Christmas approaches, Paul watches money pass through his hands daily at the bank, feeling the mounting pressure of debts and his wife's deteriorating condition. When elderly Mr. Forbes withdraws his life savings of $8,000 in cash to secretly buy a farm as a Christmas surprise for his wife, Paul sees what he convinces himself is the answer. He contacts Rocky Perea, a criminal, and together they plan to steal the money. Now Paul stands in a dark alley with Rocky on Christmas Eve, the stolen cash in hand, but Rocky insists they wait to see if the elderly couple returns home and reveals where more money might be hidden. What began as Paul's desperate one-time solution to save his family has become something far more dangerous than he imagined.
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