A Stolen Life: Lux Radio Theatre (August 25, 1947)

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“A Stolen Life” is an episode of Lux Radio Theatre, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 25, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Kate Boswell, a painter, travels to an island off Cape Cod to visit her cousin Freddie, and along the way she meets Bill Emerson, a young man bound for the lighthouse where he works. Kate and Bill grow close during their days together, but Kate's twin sister Pat, who shares her looks, enters the story and complicates things. The episode is from the Lux Radio Theatre series, originally broadcast on August 25, 1947, and this portion covers the early stages of the romance and the rivalry between the sisters.

Cape Cod and an island off the coast of Massachusetts, with later scenes in New York City

Characters: Kate Boswell, Pat Boswell, Bill Emerson, Freddie Lindley, Evan Folger, Connor

Listen for: Kate and Bill's conversation at the lighthouse, and the moment Pat arrives on the island

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.