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Before Hitchcock’s Rear Window … There Was This | Suspense: “The Thing in the Window” (1946)
A chilling 1946 tale of mirrors, madness, and the terror of seeing too much.
Suspense – “The Thing in the Window” (1946)
Step back into the golden age of radio with Suspense — the legendary “theater of thrills.” In this haunting classic, “The Thing in the Window,” a man begins to lose his grip on reality when no one believes what he says he sees.
After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes trivia — including how the story prefigures Rear Window, the sound design tricks that made it unforgettable, and what “mirror horror” revealed about postwar anxieties.
Originally aired: 1946
Approx. runtime: 29 minutes
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By The PorcupineA chilling 1946 tale of mirrors, madness, and the terror of seeing too much.
Suspense – “The Thing in the Window” (1946)
Step back into the golden age of radio with Suspense — the legendary “theater of thrills.” In this haunting classic, “The Thing in the Window,” a man begins to lose his grip on reality when no one believes what he says he sees.
After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes trivia — including how the story prefigures Rear Window, the sound design tricks that made it unforgettable, and what “mirror horror” revealed about postwar anxieties.
Originally aired: 1946
Approx. runtime: 29 minutes