What happens
Judge Richard Thornton sentences John Spencer to death for murder, and Spencer shouts a curse at him in court. Later, Thornton's invalid wife Laura hires a nurse, Margaret Cummings, and Thornton begins a relationship with her. Laura objects and demands the nurse be dismissed. Thornton then starts seeing a figure he believes is the dead Spencer. Inner Sanctum Mysteries, first broadcast September 23, 1946. This guide covers only the first part of the episode.
A courtroom, then the Thornton home and nearby city streets, mid-1940s.
Characters: Judge Richard Thornton, John Spencer, Laura Thornton, Margaret Cummings, Dr. Fletcher
Listen for: Spencer's curse in the courtroom, and the moment Thornton sees a man across the street who should be dead.
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.