The Hitch-hiker (Lucille Fletcher) | Mercury Summer Theatre, 1946

Mercury Summer Theatre with their adaptation of the famous radio and television story by Lucille Fletcher, The Hitchhiker. This episode aired Friday, June 21, 1946.Story: Ronald Adams takes a cross-country drive from New York to California. Along the way he see's a hitchhiker, the stranger keeps appearing over and over no matter how long Ronald drives. The hitchhiker seems to be stalking Ronald, a fateful call home tells Ron that maybe it's safer to stay home.Featuring: Alice Frost, Hart McGuire, Bernard Herrmann (conductor), Ken Roberts (announcer), Orson WellesOrson originally did an adaptation, November 17, 1941, on The Orson Welles Show (a lost episode).: : : : :You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account:https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- SCI FI x HORROR -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCES.Subscribing is free and you'll receive new post notifications. Also, if you have a moment, please give a 4-5 star rating and/or write a 1-2 sentence positive review on your preferred service -- that would help me a lot.Thank you for your support.https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr#orsonwelles #oldtimeradio #otr #radioclassics #citizenkane #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #mercurytheatre #duaneotr:: :This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp