What happens
Professor Herbert Carpenter, a widower and botanist, marries Marian Markham, a bookshop clerk, after a chance encounter in her shop. Hermione, his domineering first wife, has spent twenty years managing his life and insists the couple will return from their American lecture tour for Christmas. Before leaving, Herbert works in the cellar of their London house, and Hermione is urged to come down to see a surprise. The episode is part of the CBS radio series Suspense, first broadcast on December 23, 1956, with Herbert Marshall in the lead role, based on John Collier's story.
London and a transatlantic flight to America, December 1956
Characters: Herbert Carpenter, Hermione Carpenter, Marian Markham, Freddie Sinclair, Amy
Listen for: Herbert's plan for Hermione in the cellar and what Marian and Herbert say about Hermione's wishes for their return
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.