Suspense 1960-01-03 Zero Hour Ray Bradbury

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Harold's Old Time Radio

Episode: Suspense 1960-01-03 Zero Hour (Ray Bradbury)

Date of Original Broadcast: January 3, 1960
Podcast Release Date: December 26, 2025
Host: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode Theme:
A chilling adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s “Zero Hour,” as broadcast on the classic “Suspense” radio program. The story explores how children’s imagination—in the wrong hands—can become an existential threat, as an innocent-seeming game of “Invasion” takes a sinister turn. The episode taps into Cold War anxieties, generational divides, and the fear of the unknown lurking in everyday life.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. Setting the Scene: A Quiet Suburb and an Innocent Game

• The episode is set in a sleepy suburban neighborhood. Children are heard energetically playing a mysterious new game called “Invasion.”
• Mink, a young girl, is particularly invested, talking fervently to invisible friends in the garden.
  • Quote:
    • "Most exciting game ever." – Mink (01:51)
    • "Invasion." – Mink, naming the game (01:56)

2. Introduction of Drill and the Martian Plot

• Mink explains the game involves “Martians” trying to invade Earth, and a character named Drill is orchestrating the invasion by recruiting children.
• The parents, Mrs. and Mr. Morris, humor Mink, seeing her belief in Drill as child’s fantasy.
  • Quote:
    • "Martians are invading the Earth." – Mink (02:25)
    • "They thought of how grown-ups are so busy they never look under rose bushes..." – Mink on Martian strategy (02:53)

3. Children Everywhere, United in Play

• Mrs. Morris mentions on a call with her friend that children all around the country are playing the same game, suggesting mass influence.
  • "I got a letter from my sister in Boston. She says her kids are playing it too. It's sweeping the country." – Mrs. Morris (05:05)

4. Building Dread: Strange Behavior and Disturbing Hints

• Mink demands mathematical formulas and tools for the “game,” raising her parents’ suspicions as the talk grows more ominous.
  • Quote:
    • "Oh, we just need them. Drill's stuck halfway. If we could get him in all the way through, it'd be easier." – Mink referring to bringing Drill through a dimensional barrier (13:37)
• Children begin excluding those over 11 and anyone who mocks the game, hinting at peril for the non-believers.
  • "We'll get rid of them. Drill says it's okay to kill them, too." – Mink, chillingly matter-of-fact (09:46)

5. Parental Anxiety and Denial

• Mrs. Morris becomes increasingly unsettled by the children's singular focus and ominous comments.
• Attempts to dismiss her concerns, but as “zero hour” approaches, both she and her husband grow anxious.
• Efforts to distract Mink or get her to stop are unsuccessful.

6. Zero Hour: Unfolding Invasion

• As the clock nears 5:00 (the announced “zero hour”), tension heightens. The parents' unease turns into fear.
• Unexplained noises; the couple barricades themselves in the attic, realizing too late the threat is real and not just a game.
  • Quote:
    • "We've got to stay here, Henry. We've got to. You've got to stay here with me." – Mrs. Morris, panic rising (19:41)

7. Chilling Conclusion: Children as Agents of Invasion

• The fate of the parents is sealed as children, led by Mink and accompanied by alien forces, find them.
• The attic door “melts away” and Mink, joined by shadowy extraterrestrial figures, confronts her parents in their hiding place.
  • Quote:
    • "Peekaboo." – Mink, eerily playful as she opens the way for the invaders (21:39)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Quote | Speaker | |-----------|-------|---------| | 01:53 | "Most exciting game ever." | Mink | | 02:25 | "Martians are invading the Earth." | Mink | | 02:53 | "They thought of how grown-ups are so busy they never look under rose bushes..." | Mink | | 05:05 | "I got a letter from my sister in Boston. She says her kids are playing it too. It's sweeping the country." | Mrs. Morris | | 09:46 | "We'll get rid of them. Drill says it's okay to kill them, too." | Mink | | 13:37 | "Drill's stuck halfway. If we could get him in all the way through, it'd be easier." | Mink | | 19:41 | "We've got to stay here, Henry. We've got to. You've got to stay here with me." | Mrs. Morris | | 21:39 | "Peekaboo." | Mink |

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:31 – Introduction: "And now another tale well calculated to keep you in suspense..."
• 01:47 – The children are first introduced playing “Invasion”
• 02:25 – Mink reveals Martians are invading
• 05:05 – Mrs. Morris discovers children nationwide are playing “Invasion”
• 09:46 – Mink mentions “getting rid” of older kids and skeptics
• 13:37 – Mink requests tools to help Drill “get through”
• 16:07 – Parents reconvene and sense impending danger
• 17:54 – Mr. Morris grows increasingly agitated, time seems off
• 19:41 – Mrs. Morris urges Henry to hide in the attic
• 21:39 – Final confrontation: Mink opens the attic door, game becomes reality

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Tone & Style

The episode expertly blends the placid, everyday tone of 1950s America with mounting, existential horror. Voices are alternately whimsical and quietly menacing, especially as the children’s dialogue shifts from innocent to chillingly direct.

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Summary Conclusion

“Zero Hour” is a masterful parable, dramatized in this radio performance: what begins as a playful fantasy reveals itself step by step as a deadly serious, possibly world-ending conspiracy—aided and abetted by the very children grown-ups trust most. The episode ends with a gut-punch as the line between innocence and menace irrevocably blurs, leaving listeners gripped and unsettled.

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Transcript

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Mrs. Morris]

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[Henry Morris]

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[Mrs. Morris]

Radio 59 WROW, first on the dial. And now another tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. Zero Hour Written for suspense by Ray Bradbury. Only with love, discipline and luck can the helpless parents hope to lead the bewildered child toward the grown up world where things are not always what they seem. But what if the parents were to be denied that opportunity? What if the innocent little children were to take over the world at five o', clock, some quiet summer afternoon? Well, here's the answer as we bring you Ray Bradbury's chilling story of childhood. Zero Hour. What a game. Such excitement. The children hadn't known in their whole lives. Mink talked earnestly to someone near the rose bush. No one was there. And then the two little girls shouting, laughing at each other. Such fun, such tremendous joy. It was all Mink's mother could do to get her driving excited daughter in for lunch.

[Henry Morris]

Goodness, Mink, I've never heard such a racket out in the garden. What were you and Anna up to?

[Mink]

Most exciting game ever.

[Henry Morris]

Just ever. Oh, what's the name of the game?

[Mink]

Invasion.

[Henry Morris]

Invasion. Well, invasion will have to wait until you've eaten your lunch properly. Now slow down, young lady.

[Mrs. Morris]

Do you hear?

[Mink]

Can't. Drill's waiting for me.

[Henry Morris]

Drill. What a peculiar name. Is he a new boy in the neighborhood, dear?

[Mink]

He's new, all right.

[Henry Morris]

I don't think I've seen him. Which one is Drill?

[Mink]

Oh, he's just around. I've got to go now, mom, if we're going to have the invasion.

[Henry Morris]

You finish your milk, miss. Who's invading?

[Mrs. Morris]

What?

[Mink]

Martians are invading the Earth.

[Mrs. Morris]

Oh, I see.

[Henry Morris]

And Drill's the Martian?

[Mink]

I think so. He's had a very hard time getting here.

[Henry Morris]

Oh, I should imagine they couldn't figure.

[Mink]

A way to attack Earth. How to get in or something. Drill says they have to do it by surprise. Even get help from your enemy.

[Henry Morris]

Ah, Fifth column. Yes.

[Mink]

And all this time they haven't been able to figure out how to attack. Until one day they thought of children.

[Henry Morris]

Well, that was right of them.

[Mink]

And they thought of how grown ups are so busy they never look under rose bushes or on lawns.

[Henry Morris]

Is that where Drill is now? Under the rose bush?

[Mink]

Yes, with all his friends, too. He says there's something about kids under 11 with imagination. It's real funny to hear Drill talk.

[Henry Morris]

It must be. Well, you can run along now. So you can have your invasion before dark. Bath tonight, school tomorrow. You know, Drill says I won't have.

[Mink]

To take any more baths.

[Henry Morris]

Oh, he does, does he?

[Mink]

We can stay up till 10 o'.

[Henry Morris]

Clock. Well, your friend Mr. Drill had better mind his P's and Q's or I'm going to call up his mother and tell her.

[Mink]

That's just it. Drill says you're dangerous because you don't believe in Martians. Just like you think Drill's a kid. Well, he's not. And they're going to let us run the world when they get in, all of us kids. I might even be queen.

[Henry Morris]

Well, that's nice, dear. Now run along.

[Mink]

Mom.

[Henry Morris]

What is it, dear?

[Mink]

Mom, when the invasion comes, we'll have to get rid of you and Daddy. But I'll be sure it won't hurt very much.

[Henry Morris]

Well, thanks. Thanks a. Hello. Hello, Mary Helen. How are you? How nice. Are you in town? No, I'm up home in Plainfield. I was thinking of you. Thought I'd call. It's long distance, though. You shouldn't. Oh, I can afford three minutes. How's Henry? Fine. And Bill? Just fine. What about Mink? Oh, wonderful. Noisier than ever. She's got a new game now. It's taken the place of hopscotch invasion. Oh, is she playing that too? Yes. Or yours? Same thing. Some kind of geometric jacks, I suppose. Isn't it a scream? All the kids their age are playing it up here. Timmy's got a crush on some guy named Drill. I think that's what it is. It must be a new password. Mink likes him too. I didn't know it had got to your part of the world. Word of mouth, I suppose. You know, give funniest thing. I got a letter from my sister in Boston. She says her kids are playing it too. It's sweeping the country. Well, I wonder where they learned it. Don't ask me. All I know is what Timmy told me at lunch. Zero hours at five o'. Clock. When? Five o' clock today. That's when the invasion's going to be. They's kissing their imagination. Oh, I wanted to tell you about.

[Mrs. Morris]

And they talked a little more schoolgirl friends. Casual woman talk. But Mrs. Morris was thoughtful. She was thinking of other things. Of adults, of little children with imagination, rose bushes and their unseen friend named Drill.

[Henry Morris]

I will.

[Mrs. Morris]

She thought of how much she'd forgotten about being a child. And she wondered about Mink and all the kids everywhere who at that moment were playing Invasion. In just a moment, we will return for the second act of suspense. Meet star Stuart Irwin. Nothing's worse for an actor than a nasty cold. To feel better quickly, I take wonderful four way cold tablets. The fast way to relieve cold distress. Right. Tests of all the leading cold tablets proved 4 way fastest acting 4 way starts in minutes to relieve muscular pains, headache, reduce fever, calm upset stomach. Also overcomes irregularity. Take my advice for your next cold. Take four way cold tablets. The fast way to relieve those cold miseries. Four way only 29 cents. Our program will continue in a moment. Afterward, about another fine product of Grove Laboratories. Does dandruff dull your hair? Leave scalp itchy. Get Fitch Dandruff Remover Shampoo and get rid of unsightly dandruff in three minutes. Three minutes with Fitch regularly is guaranteed to keep embarrassing dandruff away forever. Apply Fitch before wetting hair. Rub in 1 minute. Add water, lather 1 minute. Rinse 1 minute. Every trace of dandruff goes down the drain. 3 minutes with Fitch. Unsightly dandruff's gone. Fitch can also leave hair up to 35% brighter.

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[Mrs. Morris]

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[Henry Morris]

Hello, dear. Hi, Mom. Can I have a glass of water? Of course. I'll get it.

[Mink]

PI r squared 47a over 56 to the 7th degree x t 7.

[Henry Morris]

What, dear?

[Mink]

Nothing, Ma.

[Henry Morris]

Here's your water.

[Mink]

Thanks.

[Henry Morris]

How are things going? The invasion? Oh, that. Yes, that.

[Mink]

Almost finished. Drill says we should be ready on time.

[Henry Morris]

Five o'? Clock?

[Mink]

That's right. How did you know?

[Henry Morris]

Helen called from Plainfield. She says Timmy's playing it too.

[Mink]

Hey, that's keen.

[Henry Morris]

Well, I guess all the kids are, aren't it? No, not all of them.

[Mink]

Not guys like Gil, Leslie, Jimmy Woods. They're going up make fun of us. They're worse than parents. Well, we'll get rid of them. Joe says it's okay to kill them, too.

[Henry Morris]

Now, I don't like that kind of talk, me. Do you hear me? I don't like it at all. I mean it. You keep on that way and there's no more playing. You'll have to tell Anna to go home. And you'll stay inside until bedtime.

[Mink]

I'm sorry.

[Henry Morris]

Well, I should think so.

[Mink]

Thanks for the water, Mom.

[Henry Morris]

Mink? Uh huh? What did those numbers mean?

[Mink]

What numbers?

[Henry Morris]

Those numbers you were saying to yourself a minute ago.

[Mink]

Oh, that. They're the things we have to do to get Joel and his friends out. That's all.

[Henry Morris]

Look, dear, why don't you and Anna go down to the drugstore and get some ice cream? You don't have to use your allowance. I'll give you the money.

[Mink]

Haven't got time, Mom.

[Henry Morris]

Thanks. Well, I. I never thought I'd hear you say that.

[Mink]

I've got to go now, Mom.

[Henry Morris]

Wait just a minute, Mink. I want you to tell me the truth. Now, what is this invasion silliness?

[Mink]

It isn't silly. It's just a game, that's all.

[Henry Morris]

Mom.

[Mink]

We're just playing an invasion. Excuse me, I gotta get back now. See you later.

[Mrs. Morris]

Misses Morris was disturbed. She wasn't sure why, but because she was disturbed, she did something she didn't usually Do. She called her husband at the office. Hello, dear.

[Henry Morris]

Hello, Henry. I'm sorry to bother you, but Ms. Maxson said you weren't busy. Not too.

[Mrs. Morris]

I should be able to get home early today. Everything all right?

[Henry Morris]

Yes.

[Mrs. Morris]

You all right?

[Henry Morris]

I'm fine. Mink. Oh, she's. Henry. What, dear? Oh, nothing. I. I just felt like talking to you for a minute, that's all.

[Mrs. Morris]

Listen, you sure you're all right?

[Henry Morris]

Yes.

[Mrs. Morris]

Mink been getting on your nerves?

[Henry Morris]

No, not. Not really.

[Mrs. Morris]

She.

[Henry Morris]

She's playing outside. She's fine.

[Mrs. Morris]

Honey, is something wrong?

[Henry Morris]

No. I. I told you I was thinking about you and. And wanted to talk, that's all. What time do you think you'll be home?

[Mrs. Morris]

About five, maybe a little earlier.

[Henry Morris]

Five?

[Mrs. Morris]

Oh, hey, what do you mean?

[Henry Morris]

Oh, well, I was just thinking. Nothing, really. Goodbye, darling.

[Mrs. Morris]

You are okay, aren't you?

[Henry Morris]

I'm fine. Goodbye.

[Mrs. Morris]

Bye. Another hour passed. It was half past four. Outside, it was quiet, the two little girls more intent than ever upon the endless movement of their game. Mrs. Morris watched from the window, and she had never known me to have such powers of concentration. She turned on the radio and sat drinking a cup of coffee, turning over her thoughts. Children. Children love and hate side by side. Sometimes children love you and hate you all in a half a second. Children, do they ever forget or forgive the whippings and the harsh, strict words of command? I wonder. I wonder how can you forget or forgive those over and above you? Those tall, silly dictators, those parents. Mom.

[Henry Morris]

What is it, dear?

[Mink]

Have we got a piece of lead.

[Henry Morris]

Pipe and a hammer? Well, I don't know. They might be in the garage. What do you want them for?

[Mink]

Oh, we just need them.

[Henry Morris]

Well, if you tell me, I can.

[Mink]

I can get them. Thanks, Mom.

[Henry Morris]

Is something wrong?

[Mink]

Drill's stuck halfway. If we could get him in all the way through, it'd be easier. Then all the others could come through after him.

[Henry Morris]

Can I help?

[Mink]

Thanks, Mom. I can do it.

[Henry Morris]

You better hurry, Mink. I want you to take your bath before your father comes home, all right? He's coming home early. And Mink?

[Mrs. Morris]

Mink? Mink has disappeared behind the shrubs. Mrs. Morris knew it was ridiculous to make an issue of it. Besides, what was the issue? Invasion. Drill. Zero hour. Just a child's game. Time passed, curious, waiting. Silence came upon the street, deepening. Then from the living room, Mrs. Morris heard. Five o'. Clock. Zero hour. It had come, and now it had gone. But was the clock right? And Mrs. Morris, knowing how foolish it was, knowing it, went to the phone and dialed.

[Henry Morris]

Silly, silly, The time is 4:50.4 and 20 seconds.

[Mrs. Morris]

04:54 and 20 seconds. And Mrs. Morris knew that it wasn't as silly as she had thought. Because it wasn't five o' clock yet, not zero hour yet. Then she heard the car drive up and her husband greeting her daughter. Hi, Mink.

[Mink]

Hi, Daddy. How's it going?

[Mrs. Morris]

Fine. Got a kiss for me?

[Mink]

I haven't got time now, Daddy.

[Mrs. Morris]

That's a nice thing. What are you doing?

[Mink]

We're playing invasions.

[Mrs. Morris]

Well. Your mother in the house?

[Henry Morris]

Yes.

[Mrs. Morris]

Okay. Be good.

[Mink]

I will. Zero hour in a few minutes, Daddy.

[Mrs. Morris]

All right. I'll be ready. Mary?

[Henry Morris]

In the living room, dear.

[Mrs. Morris]

Hi. Our daughter didn't have time for a kiss. How about you?

[Henry Morris]

Hi, Dave.

[Mrs. Morris]

Not particularly.

[Henry Morris]

Would you like a cocktail?

[Mrs. Morris]

You read my mind.

[Henry Morris]

Martini?

[Mrs. Morris]

Perfect. Anything exciting happen today?

[Henry Morris]

No. Oh, Helen called from Plainfield. I told her she was crazy, but she just felt like calling.

[Mrs. Morris]

Like you calling me this afternoon. Crazy, huh? What was that all about?

[Henry Morris]

I told you. I wanted to.

[Mrs. Morris]

Hey, incidentally, what's this new game the kids playing? Invasion. That's a nice, depressing thought. Is Mink all right? Come to think of it, she. She looked kind of funny.

[Henry Morris]

Yes, she's all right. What's the time, Henry?

[Mrs. Morris]

A couple of minutes after five. Why?

[Henry Morris]

No, the clock's wrong by your watch.

[Mrs. Morris]

Oh, I've got two minutes, too. I'm probably slow. You got something on the stove?

[Henry Morris]

No, no, I. I just want.

[Mrs. Morris]

Honey. Hey, look at me. What's the matter?

[Henry Morris]

Nothing. Really. No, really.

[Mrs. Morris]

Mink's been up to something. Of course not. Then what?

[Henry Morris]

I guess I'm a little tired. Upset, that's all.

[Mrs. Morris]

You want to go out for dinner?

[Henry Morris]

No. I've got a steak in the icebox.

[Mrs. Morris]

Tell you what, I'll barbecue it. How'd that be?

[Henry Morris]

Fine. What was that?

[Mrs. Morris]

What?

[Henry Morris]

I thought I heard something.

[Mrs. Morris]

I didn't.

[Henry Morris]

I. I must have been imagining it.

[Mrs. Morris]

You are jumpy. Why don't you have a drink? Do you good.

[Henry Morris]

I don't want one. What time is it now?

[Mrs. Morris]

Mary, what is this? I mean it. Something's wrong. Now I want to know.

[Henry Morris]

It's silly. I mean, it's so silly. I. I'm on edge, that's all.

[Mrs. Morris]

I don't like it. That kid's done something, hasn't she? I'm going to get her in.

[Henry Morris]

No, Henry, please. Please don't. She hasn't. It's nothing at all. I just.

[Mrs. Morris]

What's that?

[Henry Morris]

I don't know.

[Mrs. Morris]

Those kids haven't got anything dangerous out there, have they? I noticed A lot of junk lying around.

[Henry Morris]

I thought it was a game. She wouldn't have done it herself. They've made her do it.

[Mrs. Morris]

What the devil.

[Henry Morris]

Maybe you'd better go out and tell them to stop playing now. It's after five. You tell Mink to put off the invasion until tomorrow. Tell her that.

[Mrs. Morris]

What are they up to? I better take a look. It's outside, then.

[Henry Morris]

No, it's upstairs. I know it is. In the attic.

[Mrs. Morris]

Mary. Mary, it's not up there.

[Henry Morris]

It's outside in the attic. That's where it is.

[Mrs. Morris]

Her mind had worked that quickly. Any excuse to get her husband away from the outside, to get him upstairs to the attic in time. And outside there were more eerie excuses. And they could hear the children screaming with delight. It's not in the attic. It's outside. Mink's out there. What's the matter with you?

[Henry Morris]

No, no, Henry. I'll show you. Hurry. Get inside. Quick. Now we're safe until tonight. Maybe we can sneak out later. Maybe we can escape.

[Mrs. Morris]

Are you crazy? Why did you throw the key away?

[Henry Morris]

For heaven's sake? The kid's out there. Do you want her to? Oh, you don't know. You don't. We've got to stay here, Henry. We've got to. You've got to stay here with me.

[Mrs. Morris]

I don't know how the devil I can get out. Where's that light switch?

[Henry Morris]

Be quiet. Please be quiet. They'll hear us. They'll find us. Henry, please.

[Mrs. Morris]

There's that noise. It's in this house now. Mary. What is this?

[Henry Morris]

Mary, what's happening?

[Mrs. Morris]

You know. Answer me.

[Henry Morris]

Stop that.

[Mrs. Morris]

Mary. Somebody's downstairs.

[Henry Morris]

Who's down there? Oh, no. No, no, no, no. Please be quiet.

[Mrs. Morris]

Please.

[Henry Morris]

They might go away. Please.

[Mrs. Morris]

And between his wife's terror and the electric humming from below, Mr. Morris felt a great fear. They trembled together in silence in the attic. Mr. And Mrs. Morris, parents of a little girl named Mink. Then they heard steps coming up the stairs. In a voice.

[Mink]

Mommy. Daddy, where are you?

[Mrs. Morris]

And a queer, cold light became visible under the door crack. A strange odor. And the alien sound of eagerness in Mink's voice was almost more than they could bear. And another sound, and the lock to the attic door melted. Mink. Mink, with bright little eyes and tousled hair, peered inside. And behind her, tall, wavering blue shadows. Frightful shadows.

[Mink]

Peekaboo.

[Mrs. Morris]

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