"The Hitchhiker" [remastered] ORSON WELLES - SUSPENSE Radio's Best Episodes
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- ABOUT THE Hitchhiker: This is Orson Welles at his best . . . This guy REALLY WAS a creative genius. The Hitchhiker (written by Lucille Fletcher) was done previously on his Mercury Theater, and 20 years later became a well remembered Twilight Zone episode. Now, 60 years after the Twilight Zone, and 80 years after the Suspense broadcast, here's The Hitch-Hiker with the audio all cleaned up and remastered to near perfection! While listening, you'll have to remind yourself that it's an 80 year old recording from1942! These shows were performed live, and we're lucky they had the foresight to record these. Think of the tens of thousands of hours of programs back then that were broadcast just once . . . then gone forever. We missed some really good stuff. After the program you'll hear a pitch from Orson Welles for U.S. War Bonds, which paid a damn good return! We'll never, ever have such original and creative entertainment like Suspense. There's almost 900 episodes that still exist . . Like any series some episodes aren't very good, but you won't hear those on my channel. I'm uploading only the best stories here, always in the best sound quality!
#SuspenseHitchhikerOrsonWelles @SuspenseESCAPEremastered
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I just love these.
Moriarty I'm glad you enjoy these. I never get tired of em! Thanks for subscribing, too. It means a lot. (I like your name)
Orson is the Ka a n g!
He really wanted to tell you, us this story..
Little did he did he know..
that it would REALLY be enjoyed in the future.. the future year of
2021
I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like the incredible true story
@@yagurlkayyy3358 SAME
Back with old friends like
@@thepunisher_swf-yt5558 No I.D.,
Exactly
Who told you it was true?
Logic no pressure brought me here
Gavin Granbery Same
Same here
@@TheEvanMahon Some day, I wish someone would explain to me who or what "logic" is, and why it's bringing you here.
Suspense & ESCAPE! He’s a rapper look up the song Logic - No Pressure intro and he has the narration at the start from Orson Welles in the start of the song it’s pretty great! He also has used Orson Welles in his songs many many times before
Suspense & ESCAPE! Also listen to a song called Logic - Obediently Yours it’s a 6 minute speech from Orson Welles it’s incredible 👍🏼
My teacher showed this in our language art class
This is the longest name you seen in your life - Longest? Not really because I knew a guy who called himself: The slightly longer name you may have quite possibly perhaps seen at one time or another during your life so there. Anyway . . I hope my program was enjoyed, and opened the door for others to find out how really good these classic dramas from Suspense are. Thanks for tuning in. (So, your initials would be: TITLNYSIYL? Be careful sounding out the first few)
Suspense & ESCAPE! Can’t pass 50 letters
samee ✌
Sameeee
Mine in reading lol
Imagine tuning in to listen to this for the first time. This was the original feeling of waiting for a new season of your fave Netflix show to drop
Better cause its live!
Orson must have been in his early/mid 20s here. I'm always amazed at how commanding he was at such a young age.
Also, he rarely rehearsed. Often he would show up at the studio, ask the director what character he was, and nail the performance on live radio. I read that he was the only actor who could pull that off. Thanks for your comments - Charlie
He is about 27 i believe here. He was the master story teller!! i believe he didnt like doing rehearsals because he wanted to keep it fresh!
“Ay, No Pressure....” 😂
Never graduated but I school em like professor
@@dalton5570 growing up the world always told me I was lesser
@@R1KK1_- Growing up, the world told me I could not address her
@@rotez5813 gangsta put that heat to your head like a hair dresser
@Eysen Pollard hey logic Sleek here I hear your planning world domination
Who’s here after logics No Pressure
This episode recently surpassed 108,000 views, a number I never expected from any of my uploads! Even more remarkable, is that our channel has over 3 MILLION total views . . . Thanks to you!
These episodes, especially the older ones, are priceless and take us outside ourselves as we listen. Thank you again!!!!!!
People are sick of TV. These are very entertaining.
this is my favorite Orson Welles story!! I have it on cassette tape and vinyl!
What a fantastic example of old time radio. Excellent acting. Excellent music.
This was done live, with the orchestra in the studio! Timing had to be perfect (and it was)
Thanks for presenting this. I'll bet 99 percent of people think "The Hitch Hiker" was original to the Twilight Zone. Hats off to Orson Wells, Rod Serling and most of all, Lucille Fletcher, dthe writer.
I found out about this when I was in 8th grade. I’m 20 now and I love this story
I wonder what made 50 people dislike this because the story, audio, voice acting, and everything is great about this! At least there are more positive comments than the number of dislikes.
+Omega Chad less than one in a thousand don't appreciate the story. Thanks for sharing your thoughts
Absolutely perfect sound quality
Who else watched this in ELA class during online school?
Late response but I'm watching this in Musical Theater lol
@Lissandra Rodriguez Oh wait so did my class lol
@Lissandra Rodriguez srry for pinging but ur name looks familiar? R u by any chance in an anime club?
@Lissandra Rodriguez alright-, so I’m guessing we may go to the same school? I recently had two friends join the club, that’s kinda a hint as to who I am.
@Lissandra Rodriguez I responded to the post
Here before the No Pressure drop 😎 Rattpack forever!
“A lot of people asked us to do it again, so it’s gratifying to get the chance just to do it again, so it’s gratifying to get the chance just to do it again”
Orson Welles is a genius!! I love listening to old time radio dramas and comedies. Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen were a hoot! Hilarious and entertaining!! Too bad radio drama is a lost art. People born after us baby boomers. those born after 1965 have no idea what a radio drama is. Sad!
Steven Som I know how you feel. I'm trying to do my part by bringing the best ( and only in the best sound quality) Thanks for your comments, they provide encouragement for me to keep going!
+Constance Keller Believe it or not, I didn't discover these great shows until about 15 years ago! (and in 1975 I was a senior in high school)
I was born in 1993 I’m a musician I want people to listen to whole albums again so I have a really good idea to create albums that are cinematic with dialogue so listening to these are my research and helps me think on things on how to incorporate dialogue and create vignettes for my music to tell a story it’s a Epic long story comprised of poems aka songs
Yep. That conclusion gave me goosebumps. Orson delivers every time.
Also - the warning against the working class being reduced to slave class as we're seeing now under Democrat rule. The IRONY.
I'm looking at doing this as a pandemic theater piece at my school, so thank you for this.
You're welcome! Good luck with your project
My theater teacher had us listen to this in playwrighting and now I'm listening to it with my sister.
These are so relaxing. Thank you so much. Love hearing Orson Welles voice
Feed me Seymore I found "Old Time Radio" about 12 years ago, and was amazed at how many programs still exist (like around 100,000) and today the technology helps them to sound like new . . I still listen all night long, and never tire of em. I'll continue to upload as many as I can, and always remember I'm ONLY posting the best sound quality and only the best stories without repeats. Suspense has about 200 episodes that are repeats or do-overs of a same story with a different title. I'm the only guy on TH-cam doing this. Quality, not quantity! I'm glad you're checking out the playlists, too. Thanks again. - Charlie
There’s nothing like a good ghost story! You might be interested in this one, “The Odd Lot” and two others listed under “Claude Chabot Presents” right here on YT. Just follow the link here and enjoy! th-cam.com/video/tjMKxhE-elw/w-d-xo.html--Claud.
Claudio de Rochefoucault Thanks so much. That is very thoughtful of you ❤️
You're welcome. I'm glad you didn't mind being contacted about them. More to come...eventually...
Claudio de Rochefoucault I don't mind either . . . I love audio dramas! My only wish is that of the 9000 people who enjoyed this episode so far if only 10% subscribed to my channel I would break TH-cam's new 1000 subscriber qualifier. I've uploaded more than 650 programs (so far) 98% have improved or totally restored audio . . . I'm the only guy on TH-cam taking the time to provide ONLY the best. All I ask is the subscribe icon be tapped! (even if you never listen to another program) It costs zero!
"The Hitch Hiker" was written by Lucille Fletcher who the very next year wrote "Sorry, Wrong Number" whose husband Bernard Hermann scored the music for both (and many other radio shows including Alfred Hitchcock's movie "Psycho"). "Sorry, Wrong Number" is probably the most popular radio drama of all time. It was also done on "SUSPENSE" 8 times from 1943 until 1961 when the show ended. All of those performances starred Agnes Moorehead in a 30 minute version. In 1955, Miriam Hopkins flew to Sydney, Australia and performed it for the Australian LUX Radio Theatre in the only 60 minute radio version known to exist.
It is extremely well done and the plot is more developed due to the longer time slot. Miriam Hopkins is ably assisted by the creme of Australian radio actors of the time. The 60 minute version is available through Radio Archives in their Archives Treasures Volume 23.
Thanks for providing that info for listeners - You and I share similar knowledge of this great series. FYI: I uploaded Sorry Wrong Number last year (a 75th anniversary edition) Plus all of Agnes Moorehead's Suspense episodes are in one playlist on this channel, along with 3 dozen other collections. I hope you like my unique way of presenting these great programs! - Thank you for listening to my channel - Charlie
I wish you could upload the Australian LUX Radio Theatre 60 minute version of "Sorry, Wrong Number" episode with Miriam Hopkins. The comparisons of the 8 different versions with Agnes Moorehead are fascinating to hear each one, as they do differ and this version would only add to those comparisons.
I wish Agnes Moorehead had been able to perform the 60 minute version as did Miriam Hopkins, but all of the SUSPENSE versions were in 30 minute sequences. The extra 30 minutes really allows for a plot development which really makes more sense.
From all I have read, Lucille Fletcher wrote the various radio versions and also the LUX Australian 60 minute version. I think she also wrote the movie script with Barbara Stanwyck. Oddly, the movie version was Directed by Anatol Litvak who had been married to Miriam Hopkins! So much of old Hollywood, both in film and radio were interrelated. Georgia Ellis was married to Antony Ellis, Frank Lovejoy was married to Joan Banks and the list goes on and on.@@SuspenseESCAPEremastered
I love Suspense and Escape. Amazingly, they were able to get a copy of the Original Hitchhiker with Orsen Welles. He was an incredible man, with an incredible mind.
My language art teacher showed us some of it so I'm here to watch the rest of it because we have to wait till read and hear the rest of it
What an amazing story, thank you again.
Orson's voice makes the hairs on my arms stand on end. I love how his voice changed from him speaking during the intro to how he "drops" into character. Amazing.
The audio quality is fantastic too. Thank you.
The amazing thing about Welles is that he never rehearsed! Often, he would be reading the script for the first time on live radio. Thanks for listening to my uploads and thanks for your comments! - Charlie
Truly I have never met anybody who didn’t like the incredible true story
The audio quality here is the best on TH-cam - I like the sales pitch for War Bonds!
Charlie Stuckey's MIND Theater I try my best, everyday
This story is super cool! i'm glad my ELA teacher introduced me to these broadcasts, definitely subscribing!
That's great! Thanks so much for subscribing.
Fabulous, indeed ... THANKS!
Glad you liked it and thanks - Charlie
I am in love with Suspense! So glad to find this channel. This one was great.
Welcome! I fell in love with Suspense (and Escape) 15 years ago - I just had to pass this great form of entertainment along! Feel free to comment any time.
@@SuspenseESCAPEremastered How cool that's about the time I did too, 20 years ago I found cassettes with old radio shows and Suspense and the eerie bells stood out to me most. Thanks I will. :)
Heard this story as a radio play at first adapted into my language and instantly turned into one of my favorite plays. And the original also thrills me all play long, such a thrilling experience! Love it so much
Thank you SOOOOOOOOOO much!!!!!!! Whatta gem👁 🧠 💎
You're verrrrrrry welcome!
Wow this is a phenomenal restoration! Thank you this is my favorite! 👍🏼👏
Check out my playlist of "High Quality Audio" Suspense and Escape episodes - They all sound as good as this one! Thanks for listening to my uploads and thanks for commenting - Charlie
according to a book on the twilight zone the author, married to bernard herrman, wrote this for welles, who was shown it by herrman. she didn't like the tz switch to a female driver. thanks for running this.
. . . and thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Greetings,
Of all the old time radio I have collected over the years, few were as high a quality as Suspense. Some of the others really worth listening to for great acting and scripts was Gunsmoke and perhaps Our Miss Brooks.
This was a remarkable recording. Excellent remaster. Thank you for posting.
Thanks Mr Suspense!! Great stuff, especially snuggled up in bed on a cold night in the UK. 🙏💖🇬🇧
You're welcome, Mr. Snoman! It's a cold afternoon here in Michigan U.S.A ! (my family came from the U.K. in early 1800's)
@@SuspenseESCAPEremastered Wow... History is amazing. Its lovely to hear from you and your shows are great thanks again. My first name is Julia...God bless you and your family🙏
@@GodISGood103 Sorry about the "Mister!" I had a 50% chance to get it right. Whenever you can, read my descriptions for every upload (you'll see my name is Charlie) - Thanks, Julia - and may God bless you, too
Me and my school class are listening to these radio plays for English class and we love them we turn the lights off and my teacher thinks its funny to scream randomly in the middle of them and she does it in different spots of the rooms and some times she does it when the play is over and we start to talk about it and she screams and some kids think its funny and she will die of laughing when we have a few boys whom scream like girls and yes I am one of them but what ever
I'm glad you are enjoying these! A LOT of people all over the world use these to help learn English. Thanks for posting your comments - Charlie
0:58 - 3:04 he says all the lines from No Pressure but I have no clue when he says “and with 2 magic words!” 😂 I watch till 6:00 and he never said it and I don’t feel like watching the whole thing lol
He will say those words! ;-)
I grew up listening to this cassette my dad bought. He had many. I still have this tape.
I love the Music in the Beginning...Suspense are my favorites
Under pressure that’s how I felt
Congratulations on the success of your new channel! Also - Thanks for putting up the episode I asked for last week. Very thoughtful.
Gooqle Insider Success is relative, but I thank you and all of my other loyal subscribers most sincerely. - Charlie
Originally broadcast on September 2, 1942.
Barry I. Grauman Yes, I didn't start posting the full air dates right away figuring most listeners wouldn't be that interested. WRONG! Lots of people here are, so I now have the broadcast date in the description. Thanks for tuning in to my channel!
Love this so much
This was just the perfect recording to sample for an intro
Thanks to my digital restoration!
"My dogs are killin' me" hahah that gets me every time.
+greensourbelt
Yes, great casting+writing!
Here before No Pressure drops and everyone finds the snippet lmao
Yoooo you the real G for knowing it beforehand hahaha
How'd you know?
Orson Welles was better than i expected - maybe due to his changing character from his usual low monotone - to the enthusiastic then terrified young man - better than the Twilight Zone version - maybe cuz it's a psychological story - and that is easier to pull off in an inner monologue than a visual presentation - i was particularly fascinated with the mechanics of putting thru a long distance call from a phone booth at the time
There’s nothing like suspense! You might be interested in a NEW RADIO ghost story “The Odd Lot” a NEW comedy with Joyce Randolph from The Honeymooners, another ghost story and one VERY NEW mystery listed on my channel “Claude Chabot Presents” right here on YT. Just follow the link here and enjoy! th-cam.com/channels/jbSp48TT0w69okFvQcgnxA.html
Best thing to listen to for bed
Absolutely. I still listen to these shows every night - Charlie
It may be old but its a classic
No Pressure
i love this! eerie story.
I'm glad you enjoyed it and thanks for commenting!
Good story, I can see this as a little vignette....
Great episode - thanks!
I'd love to make something like this myself. At multiple times in the drama, repeating noises ( like the train crossing bell, or the cows mooing) and noises of different tempo (putting the coins in the pay phone) are used to create suspense or stress the listener. I'm sure there's people on here who would consider this pretty obvious, I'm more pointing it out for my own future benefit than anything else LOL.
I agree! Love the sound effects!
I first heard this done by the cbsrmt brilliant series guys n girls which I'm sure u all no of it but this version is much better!!!
Orson Wells is the American version- (in my opinion)- of Sir Lawrence Olivier, just his attention to detail in his narration and his delivery of his lines etc
Simon Mcgrath Welles was good, no question. He was friends with Sir Larry, also.
It is odd that the British Film Institute (BFI) voted Orson Welles as the No. 1 Actor of the last Century, I assume over Sir Lawrence Olivier. The British were very familiar with the work of Orson Welles as he lived and worked for quite a while in England and worked actively on the Stage, film and in radio, specifically starring in "The Adventures of Harry Lime" and "The Black Museum" which were radio shows all produced and popular to the 1950's British Commonwealth radio audiences.
My favorite radio play
I'm glad you enjoyed it and thanks for posting your comment!
thank you for uploading :D
I was sleeping till I woke up about the hitchhiker
Hiya
I never ever KNEW about these episodes
Thanks v much
Up until 15 years ago, I had no idea this stuff existed. I hope you'll enjoy these as much as I . . . I'm still amazed at the production quality. Thanks for your comments - Charlie
No Pressure 💜
This story is scary as fuckkk it always bring me bad vibes !!
You also said it was boring. (I guess you deleted that) Which is it? Please be honest.
cool story bro
cool comment bro
@@t_asty itll be kinda hot tbh
@UCo71YYN-kUvCKpdhXIMGTCg thanks
@@t_asty cool reply bro
buff mice
This is an amazing story
Ay, no pressure
The best one
Great 👍 👌 👍 👌 👍 👌
This episode was the basis for the TWILIGHT ZONE episode of the same name in which Inger Stevens played the Orson Welles character.
Welcome to the No pressure program
NO PRESSURE.
people here in a week like "omg no pressure sent me here"
Good evening
Hello.
Really good sound quaity for 1941
Lucille Fletcher was the best!
Wow WITH the lend a dime to Uncle Sam announcement!
As others mentioned, sound quality is exceptional - so often with many great dramas sound is so bad it renders them unlistenable. Noticed this has been remastered.... did you do this yourself, & if so, are you doing the same with all your uploads?
Derek Welford I'm sorry for this late response, somehow I missed your comment. Like you, I used to get frustrated with the sound quality of these shows posted elsewhere. Most guys just dump a bunch of programs on TH-cam then call themselves an "Old Time Radio" channel (they've never even LISTENED to the shows they post, either) I made a promise to provide the best quality audio available, and not to post the repeated episodes. Several years ago I purchased Suspense and Escape episodes on mp3 discs from a guy that restored and remastered programs by request (of course I had to pay for them) But the biggest problem is that there's no profit to be made, so there will always be thousands of shows all over TH-cam posted again and again with lousy sound quality (except here) The guy I bought them from doesn't do it anymore, because "It's not worth it" I'm willing to do it, but can't come close to affording the proper equipment and apps needed to do it correctly. It takes one to three hours to restore just one episode. The (lame) apps I use are too limited for total restoration and remastering, but I can improve the fidelity and level out the volume on every upload. I have nearly 800 uploads so far, and I'm going to keep on going as my channel is being slowly discovered and people subscribe. I'm already adding new series, but still have a few Escape episodes and about 100 more Suspense episodes to post. Thanks for commenting & subscribing. I will respond (eventually) to all comments.
Give it time! People appreciate your work..."Claud."
Claudio de Rochefoucault I get frustrated at times. I have a good core of loyal subscribers. I appreciate your input. Thanks -Charlie
Give it some years..
Never graduated but Im schoolin like professor
Damn Good story.
Cool
You can watch this on the Twilight Zone too...
Logic sample :O
If Logic Brought you here the skip to 1 minute. Lol
The air is crisply cool with dramatic sunsets…now is the time for ghost stores and fantasy! Perhaps two radio play ghost stories I’ve produced AND a brand new mystery listed on my channel “Claude Chabot Presents” right here on YT AND a radio fantasy comedy, “A Trip to the Moon” starring Joyce Randolph of The Honeymooners, which features Larry Robinson, who, as a child actor, actually worked with Orson Welles. Here’s the link: th-cam.com/video/Hex2ltykNTM/w-d-xo.html--Claud. If you don’t want to click the link just search “Claude Chabot presents” on TH-cam.
Spine Tingling!
And it's 76 years old! (this episode has the most views of any of my uploads)
Now we know where the Hitchcock Presents theme music originated from.
$1.49 for gas is crazy
Almost positive it is death because he first encounters him on the Brooklyn bridge where he supposedly died
I just watched Twilight Zone episode this play was based on. Interestingly enough, it was almost exactly the same. Major change being main character in TZ episode was female played by Inger Stevens.
A good number of Suspense episodes were done by Zone and Alfred Hitchcock.
The Twilight Zone rendition was a disappointment compared to the Orson Wells original 😕
The 1962 film "Carnival of Souls" was an obvious remake of this radio play.
My math teacher showed me this
maybe its him from the future
fr
What a cliffhanger. -_-
GOING TO CALIFORNIAAA?!
We watched this in class! For reading we’re in 5th
Hey! I was in 5th grade - about 40 years ago!
Logic anyone?
The air is crisply cool with dramatic sunsets…now is the time for ghost stores and fantasy! Perhaps two radio play ghost stories I’ve produced AND a brand new mystery listed on my channel “Claude Chabot Presents” right here on YT AND a radio fantasy comedy, “A Trip to the Moon” starring Joyce Randolph of The Honeymooners, which features Larry Robinson, who, as a child actor, actually worked with Orson Welles. Here’s the link: th-cam.com/video/Hex2ltykNTM/w-d-xo.html--Claud. If you don’t want to click the link just search “Claude Chabot presents” on TH-cam.
Did payphones ever really sound that musical when inserting coins? That bell/chime is awesome.
Yep. They had a different tone for each type of coin.
@@SuspenseESCAPEremastered Cool, thanks! I think by the time I was able to use a payphone (mid 70s) they were more modern and the tones weren't as rich sounding.
@@0therun1t21 This Suspense episode was the first time a real payphone was used on the radio - it was a ground breaking sound effect at the time!
@@SuspenseESCAPEremastered Awesome, thanks!
@@0therun1t21 I meant to tell you that I am JUST old enough to recall our phone number when I was a kid. CRESTWOOD 8-4881 or just CR 8-4881
2:48 War of the Worlds 1938 broadcast reference!
Greetings,
I don't know if Lucille Fletcher's 'Sorry, Wrong Number,' on SUSPENSE, and starring Agnes Moorehead, was ever remastered. If not, I'd love to hear a clean, remastered version of it. Preferably the second performance (August 21, 1943), since she flubbed her scream on the premier May 15, 1943 presentation.
'Sorry, Wrong Number,' is considered the greatest single radio script ever written."
Episode 43, May 25 1943, The East (live) and West Coast (recorded) versions contained a flubbed line at the end that made the ending confusing.
Episode 054, August 21, 1943 was a reprise performance that fixed the flawed ending.
I have the best sounding version (from 1948 and a with flawless performance) in my AGNES MOORHEAD playlist, fully remastered. Also in my Suspense Best Sound Quality playlist. I think you'll enjoy my playlists - thanks for your comments!
Cheaper than a funeral
HAAAAAALLLLLLLOOOOOOOOO!!! 😂😂😂✌