What happens
Gorgo, a three-foot-tall acrobat in a vaudeville act with his domineering partner Vladimir Petrov, hopes to become a normal-sized man. Dr. Mead has developed an extract called XR3 that may make stunted creatures grow, and Gorgo begs to be the test subject, but Petrov refuses to give permission. Gorgo steals the capsules and begins to grow, and the story follows his struggle as he tries to live among people of ordinary size. The episode is part of the Murder at Midnight series.
A vaudeville theatre and hotel rooms in San Diego, a doctor's office, and a boarding house, with a death house framing the story.
Characters: Gorgo, Vladimir Petrov, Dr. Mead, Rhoda Devlin
Listen for: Gorgo's account to the priest in the death house, and the mirror scene where he sees he is still growing.
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.