What happens
Catherine Palmer lives in the mansion of her dying grandfather, Grizzly Palmer, in Palmer City, Colorado, where his relatives gather as he nears death. Her estranged husband, Lewis Bentley, arrives secretly demanding a share of the fortune, and a shooting follows in the house. Catherine and her attorney, Ellison Hayes, face a dilemma as they decide how to handle the body. The story is a 1945 Lux Radio Theatre production, broadcast on March 19, 1945, starring Pat O'Brien, Lynne Barrie and Elizabeth Risdon.
Palmer City, Colorado, and the mansion of Grizzly Palmer on the mountainside above the town, 1940s
Characters: Catherine Palmer, Grizzly Palmer, Ellison Hayes, Lewis Bentley, John Fry, Albert, Tom Parker, Leona
Listen for: Grizzly Palmer's final will and the gun shot in his bedroom, which leads Catherine and Ellison to decide what to do with Lewis Bentley's body
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.