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Welles and his Mercury Theater performed the suspenseful story of Ronald Adams, a man who is haunted by a mysterious hitchhiker during a cross-country road trip. Fletcher’s unconventional take on a ghost story subverts familiar tropes as it explores the nature of humans’ relationship to death.
Ronald Adams is a young man embarking on a cross-country drive from his mother's home in Brooklyn to California. Minutes after getting underway in a steady rain, a hitch-hiker steps into the path of Adam's car on the Brooklyn Bridge and he swerves to avoid hitting him.
all a story doesn’t have to appeal to the heart— it can also appeal to the spine. Sometimes you want your heart to be warmed—sometimes you want your spine to tingle. The tingling, it’s to be hoped, will be quite audible as you listen tonight to The Hitchhiker—That’s the name of our story, The Hitchhiker— 10 20 1.
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SPOILER ALERT: Highlight below to read the summary of story. Before Ronald Adams sets out on a cross-country trip, his mother warns him to be careful driving. As Adams crosses the Brooklyn Bridge in the rain, he barely avoids running over a hitchhiker in the roadway.
Sometimes you want your heart to be warmed—sometimes you want your spine to tingle. The tingling, it's to be hoped, will be quite audible as you listen tonight to The Hitchhiker—Tha€s the name of our story, The Hitchhiker—. (sound: automobile wheel' humming over concrete (music: something weird and shuddery) 50 Adams.
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Ronald Adams A “perfectly sane” 36-year-old (2), Adams encounters strange events on a drive from Brooklyn to California. Fletcher renders him somewhat generic, an everyman whose general relatability enhances the effectiveness of the story by helping listeners step into his shoes.
The Hitchhiker. As Andrea turned off the motorway onto the road to Brockbourne, the small village in which she lived, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, but already the sun was falling behind the hills. At this time in December, it would be completely dark by five o'clock. Andrea shivered.
