Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
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Black Death: A Plague-Stricken Cat and the Race to Save a City

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Originally Aired: August 2, 1955

In Suspense #609, “Black Death,” Dr. Gebhardt, director of a biological research institute, faces every scientist’s worst nightmare when an infected laboratory cat escapes into a crowded city carrying the deadly plague bacillus. As panic threatens to erupt, police launch a desperate citywide manhunt while the doctor races against time to prevent an epidemic. But the search becomes deeply personal when he discovers his young daughter has befriended the very animal everyone has been ordered to kill. A gripping medical thriller that blends scientific realism, emotional drama, and relentless suspense into one of the series’ most memorable postwar episodes.

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Edgar Barrier, William Conrad, Mary McGovern, Gil Fry, Jack Edwards, Jim Musser, Joe Cranston, Barney Phillips

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