What happens
Fibber McGee and Molly is a comedy series, and this episode from January 13, 1942, on NBC Radio, stars Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan. At breakfast, Fibber McGee and Molly discuss a nightmare Fibber had about breaking a window at Mrs. Uppington's house. The next morning the newspaper reports that a window at the Uppington mansion has been smashed, and Fibber begins to fear the dream was real. Fibber is visited by a police officer and a mayor, and the household's worries grow as more visitors arrive, including Mrs. Uppington herself, who asks Fibber to take her case.
The McGee home and the Uppington mansion in a small town during winter.
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly, Mrs. Uppington, Old Timer, Mr. Wilcox, Officer Frink, Mr. Wimble, Abigail
Listen for: Fibber's nightmare at breakfast and the newspaper report of the smashed window.
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.