 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. Tonight, the terrifying story of a young couple and a mad woman and what happened to them. So now, starring Harry Bartel and Virginia Gregg, here is tonight's suspense play on a country road. Lacks in this mess of traffic. Must be a wreck or something up ahead. This keeps up with what gets caught in the rain. Yeah, looks like a big storm building up too. Hey, you remember that shortcut? Which one? The little tarred road that goes across through Santa Moritz and comes out on the other highway. The one we took last summer? Yeah. I'll turn out there and duck this pile up. I'd like to get as far as possible before that storm. Why don't you put out your hand? Don't get angry, Dave. Well, he cut right in front of me to turn into that gas station. Maybe he needed gas. Stupid thing to do. Do we have plenty? I'll have to stop and get some. Turn on the radio, eh? See if you can get the news. And in safe. What? She escaped this morning from Restview Mental Hospital after the same Nellie Guller who a year ago that time. This station will broadcast a full description of our regular newscast which follows in just a few moments. My mother-in-law. Dave. And he would window the whereabouts of this woman. No, I'm good. Disaster communicate with Long Island. At least we aren't the only crazy people on Long Island. Why'd you change it? I didn't want to listen anymore. Why don't they put her to sleep instead of just locking her up where she can escape and kill more people? Who? The woman they were talking about on the radio. She can't help but she does, she's sick. What good does that do the people who get chopped up with a meat cleaver? I don't know. The laws were made before the doctors knew very much about the human mind. I still don't know much. I see what it is. There's a roadblock up ahead. What's happened? I don't know. It cops all over the road. I bet they're looking for that crazy woman. I guess so. Hey, what's up, officer? I'm just a checkup. Anything in the back seat? Just a blanket and some fishing tackle. We went surf fishing. Yes, ma'am. Seen any hitchhikers? No, just traffic. Okay. Move right along, please. Are you looking for the crazy woman? Move it along, let's go. He's busy. There's a insane woman who is somewhere on the island. What are you doing? She is described as tall, broad-shouldered, grey-haired, rather heavy. She may still be armed with a meat cleaver. 100 men are searching the area and they are prepared to shoot on sight. Here's another bulletin on the case which just came in. Just a few minutes ago, the decapitated bodies of an elderly man and woman were found by police near Center Mooridge's on Long Island. Here's that shortcut. We have found you. This will get us out of the traffic. Motorists are cautioned to stay off the lonely roads and not to pick up any hitchhikers. All persons are asked to be on the lookout for this woman. Here is her description again. She is tall, grey-haired, with broad shoulders and long arms. I thought you wanted to hear it. Well, that's enough of it. Short cut will save us a lot of time. You turned off the highway. Well, sure. I told you when I did it. We've come over a mile already. We'll save a lot of time. Didn't you hear what the radio said about staying off lonely roads? We just have to go across to the other highway. It won't take long. Are you sure? Of course. We go past Center Mooridge's and then take the left road and come out right by the highway bridge. Center Mooridge's is where she just killed those two people. Oh, you're acting like a child. What can happen to us while we're driving? Besides, the whole island is full of men looking for this lunatic. They'll catch her. Oh. It's just the storm, honey. You're jumpy. Oh, my gosh. I'm silly. David. Why? The gas gauge says empty. There's still a couple of gallons left when it points to empty. How long has it said empty? I don't know. I'll get gas when we get across to the other highway. Sweet state on the highway. If I'd known you'd act like this, I would've. It's not my fault. Well, it's not mine either. I'm having trouble enough just trying to see through the storm. David, what are we fighting about? I don't know. Driving through these burned-out woods in this kind of weather is enough to give anyone a will. I've got to see a head. Even in the headlights. There's something up there. Don't stop, David. It's only a sign. The crazy woman could be around here. Look, I'm not picking up anyone. I just want to know where I am. Don't get out of the car. I'm not getting out of the car. Now, calm down, will you? Please. I'm sorry. I'm jumpy. It's on both sides. Look, it's so dark we wouldn't have been able to see anything if it was there. It's rain season getting worse. Structures and motorists in the area are worn out. Now, stop that, Dorothy. That's why the police had a road blocked by this road. The crazy woman might be anywhere in these woods. But not necessarily where we are. What a place to run out of gas. No. You mean we're stuck here? I don't know. Here for the time being, anyway. The crazy woman is in the woods. She'll kill us. She is nowhere near us. Now, will you calm down? David, quick. What? Turn off your headlights. Why? Do you see something? No, no. I don't know. I should have got gas. Don't put the headlights on, please. Why? She'll see us if you do. Oh, for Pete's sake. I'm putting them on. David, please. Please turn them on. Listen, Dorothy. I don't want this silly thing to get to you now. Just look at the headlights. Poking into darkness at nothing but wet bushes and trees and rain falling. Please, David. Are you feeling any better sitting in the dark? It's only the thunder and lightning in the dark. Look, Dorothy, there's no sense in sitting here all night. It's only a few minutes past 10. I'll walk up the road a bit. There might be a house or something. We're not going to leave you here. I won't let you go. But, Dorothy, we can't sit here in the middle of nowhere for the rest of the night. We're safer here than up there. David, she's probably hiding in the woods just waiting for a chance to kill us. Oh, come on. Why should she be right where we've run out of gas? Why can't she be here? Oh, please stay in the car. Well, it's silly, but all right. Quick. Lock the doors from the inside. Why, what is it? Well, she can't get in here. She's nowhere near us. Don't be mad at me, David. I'm so scared. I know I'm acting very silly, but I can't help it. I'm sorry. Come here. David. Come here, sweetie. Put your head on my shoulder. Go ahead and cry. Make you feel better. Isn't this in popular music? I don't know. I'm pressing their search for the escaped insane woman who has killed five persons since fleeing from a Long Island mental hospital. Rain and darkness are hampering their search. In making her escape this morning, the mad woman killed a doctor, a nurse, and an attendant. You'll leave it off for a while. I'm so quiet. I'm lonely here. I wish it were morning. Dorothy, suppose I run up the road. There might be a house. David, no. Please. What? Listen, do you hear that? I don't hear anything. There it is. I don't... It's a dog. A little dog barking. David. I guess it's only a lost dog. Maybe there's a house nearby. Or the crazy woman. David, no. There's something at the back of the car. It's her. She'll kill us. Is the door locked on your side? Yes. Yes, what if she breaks the window? She's got a cleaver. That flash of lightning, I saw somebody. Is it the crazy woman? Can you see her? Is she still there? It's too dark to see. She'll kill us. Calm down. Calm down, please. What's she doing? She's at the window. Right next to me. Get away from that window. She's trying to get in the car. Face in her hair. Go all the way. We got a gun. We'll shoot. It worked. The more she's staring at you. I'm warning you. I'll shoot. Please. David, take your pipe. Hold it like a gun. It'll look like a gun to you. Now look. I got a gun. I'm going to shoot. Keep going before I start shooting. Oh, David. Oh, she's gone. Oh, she disappeared. You can't get out now. All we can do is sit here all night and wait for help. Where'd she go? She's out there though. Probably planning on how to get in this car. David. David, what are we going to do? She's the one. I know, but she didn't have a cleaver. She must have dropped it when she ran into the car. Face was all twisted. Her hair was hanging out. She's going to stay back there looking for that cleaver now. She'll kill us. Oh, she'll kill us. Dorothy, stop it. She'll kill us. Good evening to you on a country road. Tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills suspense. During World War II, the skies of Europe were broad highways of terror for bombardment. Your opportunity to guard our skies against surprises comes in parcels of time amounting to no more than two hours a week. Volunteer hours spent as ground observers. Two hours a week. If enough of us give the time, mean security. The local civil defense office. Earn your silver wings with the ground observers. And now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage Virginia Gregg and Harry Bartell starring in tonight's production of On a Country Road, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. She will go in. Get away from her. Stay out of the car. I'm coming in. I can't stand it out here. Stay out of the car. I warn you, I've got a gun. You wouldn't shoot. Go away. You're crazy. We know all about you. No, I'm not the crazy woman. Believe me. Let me in. What are you doing, David? She's trying to trick her. Listen to me, please. I've been running in this awful storm. My car is stuck in the ditch back there. How far back? I don't know. It seems like miles. I heard about the crazy woman on the radio. I was afraid to stay in the car alone. Let me in. No, David. Go back to your own car. No, Miss Storm. I locked the doors, but I was afraid. I could see things and hear things in the darkness. I couldn't stand it anymore. I got out of the rain. That's why I look like this. I'm not the crazy woman. She isn't the crazy woman. Maybe she's just scared and exhausted. No, David. She's the one. The crazy woman had a cleaver. I'm not out of this. We'll be safer together. I don't know. She makes sense to me, Dorothy. We would be safer with one more person. David, I don't know. Let me in. Please. I'm going to unlock the door, Dorothy. All right. Come on. Get in. But you make one move and I'll shoot you. There's a blanket on the floor back there. Try to dry yourself off with it. The darkness and the rain. It was enough to drive me out of my mind. Chasing after me, hunting me. You live near here? I used to live in Brooklyn. Can you use the metal hospice? I know. I'm used to the crazy people. But not at night in a lonely place like this. Not the kind of killed people. You live at rescue? Just near there. David, we can't sit here not knowing if we can get to a phone. A phone? Why? Call the police. Get some help. No. No, don't do that. Why not? Why don't you want the police? But you'll be killed. What do you mean? The woman. She'll kill him if he goes away from this car. David, did that dog again? Did you hear it? Somebody's out there. There might be a house nearby. Maybe it's barking to be let in. It senses somebody. There's somebody out there. The crazy woman's creeping around out there. Quick. Let's get away before we're caught. Look out, David. What? Go on me. What are you trying to do? Start the car. Quick. We'll get away. We're out of gas. Out of gas? You don't think we parked here for the fun of it, do you? David? What does it mean, David? David, we're so helpless. We can't just sit there. We've got to get away. I'm not a magician, lady. I can't make gasoline out of rain. We can't stay here the whole night. You hear me? Let go of me. There's nothing I can do. Try something, anything. Don't just sit there and scaring me, David. Stop her. Now, you cut it out. You'll have us all in hysterics. Give me your gun. Why? Why? I'll tell you I want it. Give it to me. David, what's the matter with her? Listen to me. I'm all right. But I can't sit here all night. I'd go crazy. Give me the gun and I'll go. I won't be afraid of the dark and the noises and the feet following me. I'll go. I promise you. No. But give me the gun. No, sit down. Please, I'll go. I'm sitting and I'll... Stop her. I told you to shut up. If you don't, I'll make you get out of the car. Not unarmed, not into the woods again. You're nice people, aren't you? Or do you want me to leave so you can shoot me? Stop it. We're not going to shoot you. We don't have a gun. Dorothy! A smoking pot. Oh, David, I'm sorry. Then, then you're not armed. I'm sorry, David. It's all right. Why did you tell me you had a gun? Why does it make a difference to you whether I'm armed or not? I don't know you. Maybe you two are more dangerous than the crazy woman. I'll tell you what I think. I think you're the crazy woman. The way you grabbed David when you wanted him to start the car. Now, Dorothy, stop it. Don't excite her. Don't excite me. Why? Maybe you think I'm dangerous, an old woman you took in your car. Two of you and you're afraid of me. We're not afraid of you. Now, sit back in the seat and don't try anything. I'm watching you all the time. David, this door is stopping. Maybe not the time. The time for what? What are you going to do? You two are off to something? No, shut up. My wife meant now is the time to go for help. I did not. I meant now is the time for us to escape. You only little... Stop and sit back in that seat. You haven't got a gun. No, but I have got a knife. David... It's my jackknife, but it's sharp and it's strong. Now, don't try any tricks. All right. Threaten me. Watch me. While that woman is out there, all you can do is sit and wait for her to make the next move. She'll kill us like that old man and woman. Must have been on the same road. They were in their cartoon. They must have let her in. We'll leave then. The three of us will walk. We'll stay close together and we'll be quiet. Anyone hiding in the woods won't hear us. Don't let her out of the car, David. We'll be killed. How would we find our way? It's too dark. We'll find our way. Look out there. The road's full of shadows. Kill you! Look, if you want to go, why don't you leave? You don't need us. We're willing to stay here until help comes. I'd be helpless alone. If I had a gun or something. You're nice. Come! That's the end of this. Nobody will come. There's no one in these woods. They're burned out and deserted. Honey, please. It was your idea. I couldn't help it. I got lost. I have to do something. All right. I'm going to do something. I'll go for help. That's it. Get help. David, in her hand. What? I saw it in the moonlight. It glittered. What is it? Your wife is hysterical. She's holding you. A long piece of broken glass. Long and pointed. She doesn't answer. She's just watching us. What's she waiting for? From the broken window. That's where she got it. So what if I have it? I'm not going to sit here defenseless. She's going to attack us. Don't be silly. It was all right for you to have a knife. Why can't I be armed for whatever it comes? Give me that broken glass. Give it to you. Do you think I'm crazy? Give it to me. You couldn't protect us from anything. David. David, what are you doing? Why are you climbing over the seat? I warn you. I'm through letting my wife be terrified. Give me that glass. Stay away from me. Once I'd left the car, you were going to butcher my wife with that broken glass. No. No, David. Give me that glass. You're crazy. Let me alone. You'll kill me. Drop that glass. She dropped it. She dropped it, David. Have you both gone crazy trying to kill me? Like you were going to murder us. I was. Don't make a break. David, if you have a knife, then I'll have glass. Hold it, David. It's much longer. I'm not crazy. Please believe me. Just give me that knife. That's all. Got my throat. You're joking. Your knife. David, use your knife. I couldn't help it. She was joking. You're covered with blood. It's going to kill us. The car's coming. The hell's coming. Everything will be all right, honey. The police. It's the police that last. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. We ran out of gas. Crazy woman. Put in a better spot. What with that woman running around loose. Officer. Officer. We wanted to tell you Yeah, we caught her. That is dog been barking at something. Who are you, cat? That's crazy woman. Dead. No, she's alive. She was trying to kill us. Will get into a hospital. You come with me. Lucky it didn't kill her we captured that crazy woman half hour ago. I don't know who this lady is Come on. Give me your hand with her suspense In which Harry Bartel starred as David and Virginia Greg is Dorothy with Helen Cleave as the woman Next week the story of a young girl who was able to win her way with all men Save one we call it simply pretty girl That's next week on Suspense Suspense is produced and directed by Norman McDonald with music composed by Lucian Morrowick and Conducted by Lud Gluckin on a country road was specially written for suspense by Walter Bazaar Also appearing in tonight's cast for Tom McKee and Jack Carroll Gun smoke is heard twice every Saturday on the CBS radio network