Devilstone: Suspense (September 30, 1962)

“Devilstone” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 30, 1962. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Timothy Martin, a comfortable Dublin gentleman, inherits a property called Devilstone in County Fermanagh after his uncle dies. When he attempts to lease it, the prospective American tenant, Mr. Stoker, returns furious after his wife has been badly shaken by a visit there, and Martin's solicitor, Ian Carney, hints at something unsettling about the house. Martin and his servant Evans drive out to investigate, taking the dog Kim along. Strange footsteps, a locked door and a voice warning them to leave draw them deeper into the mystery, and Carney then recounts the history of the house and its builder, Jason O'Flynn. The name is on the listed cast as Christopher Carey and Neil Fitzgerald, in the 1962 Suspense broadcast of September 30, 1962.

Dublin and Devilstone, a house in County Fermanagh near Inishkillen

Characters: Timothy Martin, Evans, Ian Carney, Mr. Stoker, Kim, Jason O'Flynn

Listen for: The footsteps in the court and the voice warning Martin and Evans to leave Devilstone

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.