Heart’s Desire: A Life Missed, a Fortune Lost, a Name Forgotten

Originally Aired: March 22, 1945 In Suspense #135, “Heart’s Desire,” Lloyd Nolan stars as Henry Doyle, a man who spends his life chasing success and respectability, only to find himself lost in mediocrity and regret. After twenty years as a bank messenger, Henry’s dreams collapse—along with $50,000 in bank money that mysteriously disappears. Imprisoned for the crime, Henry clings to the memory of a secret he left behind: the location of the missing fortune, sealed away under a name he can no longer remember. As he scours the city—and his own failing memory—for the key to his “heart’s desire,” the story unfolds as a melancholy noir about ambition, loneliness, and the tricks memory plays when fate comes to collect. Cast: Lloyd Nolan Tags: Suspense, noir, LloydNolan, oldtimeradio, memory, lostfortune, regret, crime, psychological, 1940sradio, classicdrama, suspensepodcast, identity, heartbreak