Always Room at the Top: Ambition, Blackmail, and the Ghost of a Fall

Originally Aired: February 20, 1947

In Suspense #233, “Always Room at the Top,” Helen Brandt is a sharp, determined advertising artist who claws her way into a top position after the sudden death of her predecessor in a mysterious fall from a skyscraper. But Helen's ascent is shadowed by whispers, hauntings, and a tightly wound secretary named Marie who knows far too much. When Helen discovers that her boss and new lover is entangled in an insurance fraud scheme involving the supposedly dead woman, the stakes turn lethal. Ann Baxter stars in this unnerving tale of ambition, deception, and a final twist that traps its players in a gilded cage.

Cast:
Ann Baxter, Wally Maher, Cathy Lewis

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Suspense, thriller, AnnBaxter, noir, deception, ghoststory, officepolitics, blackmail, oldtimeradio, 1940sradio, classicdrama, suspensepodcast, ambition, murderplot, revenge