"Lost" Suspense Episode Found!

One strange thing about the old-time radio hobby is that it can be difficult to determine what exactly is available out there. Resources like the Old Time Radio Researchers Library try to acquire copies of all that there is, but they've been known to overlook certain episodes. And even then, when a "lost" episode is found, unless you're actively part of that program's fan community it could be some time before you learn it exists. That was the case last year when I suddenly realized a number of "missing" episodes of Inner Sanctum Mysteries and the Whistler had been found yet I'd been ignorant of it.

Me, I feel that when a "lost" episode of a program you like is found, you owe it to your fellow fans to spread the word because you can't trust that they follow the same websites that you do. To wit, a few days ago the Old Time Radio Researchers released a "lost" episode of the series Suspense! It's titled "The Beetle and Mr. Bottle" and first aired August 23, 1955. If it sounds a little familiar to you, well, we already had the rebroadcast version from September 20, 1959. But that version was from the latter days' New York version of Suspense - this is from the period where Suspense was still being produced in Hollywood with the familiar CBS cast of performers.

Here's the episode!