What happens
Lux Radio Theatre presents an adaptation of Leave Her to Heaven, broadcast on March 17, 1947, starring Jean Tierney and Cornell Wild. Novelist George Harlan meets Ellen Barrett on a train and soon falls for her, and they marry within days after a brief engagement to another man. At a remote lodge in the mountains they settle in with George's disabled younger brother Danny, while Ellen grows increasingly possessive. Tension rises when Ruth, Ellen's younger cousin, and Ellen's mother arrive unexpectedly at the lake, and George grows uneasy about Ellen's behavior.
Maine and New Mexico, the 1940s; a ranch in New Mexico and a remote lodge on a lake in the Maine mountains
Characters: George Harlan, Ellen Barrett, Ruth, Danny, Luke Thorne, Russell Quinton, Mrs. Barrett, Dr. Mason
Listen for: Ellen's shifting remarks about Danny and her growing possessiveness toward George, and the arrival of Ruth and Mrs. Barrett at the lake
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.