What happens
At a class reunion, Dr. Phil Martin brings his old college friend Ted Wolf home to dinner, and Ted mentions he is leaving for Ecuador. Phil confides that his marriage to Gwen is unhappy, and later he learns that Joe, the woman he loves, has decided to end their affair because of the strain it puts on her. That night a house fire kills a man in cowboy boots, and Phil sees the body and realizes it is Ted. The Suspense series aired this episode on May 19, 1949, with James Stewart in the lead. This summary covers only the opening portion of the story.
A city home and a hospital in the late 1940s, with later scenes at a mountain cottage near Caribou Lake.
Characters: Dr. Phil Martin, Ted Wolf, Gwen Martin, Joe Reynolds
Listen for: Phil's confession to Ted about his unhappy marriage, and his conversation with Joe at her office.
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.