The most famous Suspense episode of all-time may be the most famous single radio show of the entire golden age of radio, Sorry, Wrong Number! Written by author Lucille Fletcher and starring Agnes Moorehead (who was a member of Orson Welles famous acting troupe Mercury Theatre players and would go on to play Samantha's mother, Andora on TV's Bewitched). First broadcast on May 25 1943 it would be re-created 7 more times because it overwhelming popularity among radio fans. All 7 times Moorehead played the lead role and rumor has it that she used the same script for all 7 shows for luck. The show's theme of a woman dialing a wrong number and overhearing the plot to murder someone became a pain in side for phone companies which got complaints about their operators service. I've heard it a hundred times and it always entertains....from Feb. 24th 1944 here is a repeat performance...
Agnes Moorehead from The Bat, 1959.
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