Brother John: Suspense (April 15, 1962)

“Brother John” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 15, 1962. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Charlie McGee, recovering from a stroke in an Army veterans hospital, hears his brother John talking with the doctor about his speech and recovery. Once his own speech returns, Charlie leaves the hospital and moves into the apartment over the garage of Gerald and Constance Tremaine, where John had worked as a butler. John has been killed, and Charlie decides to poke around the household to find out who might have wanted him dead. William Redfield stars in this Suspense episode from April 15, 1962, written by Elspeth Eric.

A veterans hospital, then the Tremaine house and its garage apartment, in an American city

Characters: Charlie McGee, John McGee, Gerald Tremaine, Constance Tremaine, Doctor

Listen for: Charlie's conversation with Constance in the kitchen and his conversation with Gerald over lunch

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.