A Statement Of Fact: Suspense (November 23, 1958)

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“A Statement Of Fact” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 23, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Deputy District Attorney Dale Christian questions Ellen Randall Dudley, who is held at the sheriff's office after a coroner's inquest linked her to the death of her husband, Robert Ames Dudley. Christian presses her for a statement while she explains the troubled years of her marriage. Her account of the marriage is told in her own words, and her feelings toward Christian grow more tangled as the questioning goes on. This episode of Suspense, the radio drama series, was originally broadcast on November 23, 1958, starring Cathy Lewis.

A sheriff's office where Ellen Randall Dudley is held after a coroner's inquest into her husband's death.

Characters: Dale Christian, Ellen Randall Dudley, Robert Ames Dudley, Sheriff Morrow, Mayor Bradford, Deputy P.G. Thaler, John

Listen for: Ellen Randall Dudley's shifting account of her marriage and her reactions to Dale Christian's questioning.

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.