What happens
Charles Forrester, a struggling businessman, has mortgaged his family's possessions and lost a large sum gambling, and his wife Ellen is left to face the consequences. Charles grows secretive, spending long nights in a laboratory in the garage, while Ellen becomes increasingly uneasy about what he is doing. An insurance agent, Bill Dover, arrives with a policy that would pay out thirty thousand dollars on a death, and Ellen begins to suspect a dangerous plan. The episode is part of the Suspense series, broadcast on CBS on February 2, 1950, with Rosalind Russell starring as Ellen and John McIntyre as Charles.
A suburban home in an American city around 1950, including a backyard laboratory and garage
Characters: Ellen Forrester, Charles Forrester, Bill Dover, Dr. Henson, Tom, Zella
Listen for: Ellen's growing suspicion as she discovers the dry ice, the insurance papers and the strange letter about the dog
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.