What happens
Martha Ivers, the heiress of Iverstown, is married to the district attorney Walter O'Neill, and the two share a secret about a long-ago night. When Sam Masterson, a childhood friend who once ran away from the town, returns as a gambler, old memories and tensions surface in the Ivers house. Martha and Sam reminisce about their past while Walter grows increasingly suspicious and hostile toward Sam. This episode of Screen Directors Playhouse is a radio adaptation of the 1950 film The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, broadcast on June 23, 1950, and starring Barbara Stanwick in her original role. The broadcast was directed by Lewis Milestone.
Iverstown, the Ivers family home, and the surrounding town
Characters: Martha Ivers, Walter O'Neill, Sam Masterson, Mrs. Ivers, Mr. O'Neill, Henry
Listen for: Martha's uneasy reunion with Sam, and Walter's growing suspicion of him
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.