What happens
Crime Classics, a 1953 episode, tells the story of Colonel James Fisk Jr., a wealthy New Yorker who becomes entangled with a young widow named Josie Mansfield. Fisk's friend Edward Stokes begins a relationship with Josie, and the Colonel's jealousy sets off a bitter rivalry between the two men, marked by lawsuits, arrests and threats. Stokes and Josie grow desperate for money as the feud escalates, and tensions mount through a series of confrontations in New York in 1872. The episode was broadcast on June 29, 1953, hosted by Thomas Highland.
New York City, 1872
Characters: Colonel James Fisk Jr., Edward Stokes, Josie Mansfield, Annie Wood, Quimby
Listen for: The escalating feud between Colonel Fisk and Edward Stokes over Josie Mansfield, and the letters that become the center of their dispute.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.