What happens
Sailor John Wolfolk anchors off a deserted stretch of the Georgia coast and goes ashore after noticing a lovely young woman, Millie Litchfield Stoops, and her frightened father in a crumbling plantation house. Their servant Nicholas, a large and menacing man, watches over them with hostility. Wolfolk senses a hidden dread in the household and learns that Millie is controlled by fear. The episode is from the radio series Escape, originally aired on 1947-12-17, with William Conrad as Halvard and Jeanette Nolan as Millie.
A deserted plantation house and cove on the coast of southern Georgia, where wild orange trees grow among ruins.
Characters: John Wolfolk, Halvard, Millie Litchfield Stoops, Litchfield Stoops, Nicholas
Listen for: The wild orange grove and the uneasy tension between the visiting sailor and the household's servant Nicholas.
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.