Even with its dated Cold War theme, SHELTER is a fantastic ‘what if’ story with strong performances and a tension-charged claustrophobic scenario that holds the listener’s attention throughout.  Within Henry Slesar’s sci-fi yarn – which has global catastrophe overtones reminiscent of Radio Theater’s dark and entertaining modernized version of Poe’s MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (episode 201 by George Lowthar) – a wealthy media mogul invites his wife’s lover into his private fallout shelter to ride out a nuclear Armageddon.  As things get progressively worse outside, the tension within the love triangle builds until wife Petra must make a life and death decision between the two contentious alpha males.  As always, Slesar fills 45 minutes with quality dialogue and spell-binding situations, culminating with a fatal twist on par with the climax of his opus, MURDER PREFERRED.  When I think about my favorite Radio Theater episodes, more often than not Henry Slesar is the auteur – for more of Slesar’s sci-fi greatness, check out PRISONER OF THE MACHINES.  SHELTER earns 4 out of 5 stars – JUROR #4.