What happens
Professor Anthony Sheldon, a psychology professor at a Midwestern college, is at home one evening with his wife Mary when escaped convict Howard Wilson and his accomplice break in and take the household hostage. Wilson, a volatile and dangerous man, is restless and suspicious, and Sheldon tries to calm him by questioning him about his past and his troubled dreams. The series is Screen Guild Theater, and this episode aired on November 18, 1946, starring Edward G. Robinson as Sheldon and Frank Albertson in his role. The tense standoff unfolds as Sheldon attempts to keep his family safe while probing Wilson's mind.
A home of a Midwestern college psychology professor, in the evening after the school term ends
Characters: Professor Anthony Sheldon, Mary Sheldon, Howard Wilson, Fred Landis, Jeff
Listen for: Sheldon's calm, probing questions to Wilson and the escalating tension as Wilson grows suspicious
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.