Cabin B13 - The Bride Vanishes

Diana Powell, in 100 American Crime Writers, wrote:


Cabin B-13 is the harrowing tale of a new bride who boards an
ocean liner for her honeymoon only to find out the groom has
disappeared and that the ship's crew doubt his existence and her
sanity. Her fear over her groom's whereabouts is heightened by a
threat to her inherited wealth and the stress of not being
believed.


Cabin B-13 was first broadcast on the American radio program
Suspense on March 16, 1943, with Ralph Bellamy  starring. It
was broadcast again on Suspense on November 9, 1943, this time
co-starring Margo and Philip Dorn. The trade publication Radio
Daily reported in its December 26, 1948, issue that the play
would "have its third airing over CBS Saturday, December 27" — as
a standalone program rather than being broadcast as an episode of
Suspense. Additionally, the article noted, "Screen executives on
the West Coast will hear Cabin B-13 in a special rebroadcast over
KNX, Hollywood, Saturday, January 3, 4:00-4:30 p.m. in order to
weigh its screen possibilities."


On September 11, 1943, Cabin B-13 was used for the premiere of
the  British Broadcasting Corporation program Appointment
with Fear. Richard J. Hand, in his book Listen in terror: British
horror radio from the advent of broadcasting to the digital age,
wrote, "Carr deliberately chose Cabin B-13 [for the first
episode] as he felt it was his best Suspense play and would be an
effective opening for this British series in the American style."