Project Audion (https://projectaudion.com/about/) has announced it will re-create a missing Suspense episode in May 2024. It is near-tradition to produce a Suspense episode every May.
This episode is The Life of Nellie James and is based on the Lizzie Borden murders in Fall River, Massachusetts in the late 1890s. It was a popular topic for storytellers, and it was presented three different times on Suspense, each time with original scripts and in a different manner of presentation.
This is a newspaper clipping from the 1942-06-24 Harrisburg (PA) Evening News
The information about the first season of Suspense, Summer 1942, is not complete. The original episode date for this episode was planned to be 1942-06-24, but it was most likely broadcast a week later, 1942-07-01. It was the first Suspense script that was not an adaptation of an existing work. There is no information about the cast beyond its star, Jeanne Cagney.
The Project Audion YouTube channel is at https://www.youtube.com/c/projectaudion
A list of Suspense "truly missing" episodes and the currently available recreations from all sources is at https://sites.google.com/view/suspenserecreations/home
The recreation of Life of Nellie James means that all of the "truly missing" episodes of the Summer 1942 season will be completed. There are 12 "truly missing" Suspense episode for which broadcast recordings have not been found. These shows were performed only once on the series and the scripts were never used in a repeat performance.
Suspense fans appreciate the dedication and care that Larry Groebe, founder of Project Audion, and all of its actors demonstrate in preserving this famous and ground-breaking radio series.
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