What happens
Wally and Janet Pindell buy an old trunk at an auction for three dollars. When they open it at home, they find what appears to be a trunk full of jewels. A small, insistent man named Anatol Minchi arrives at their door offering to buy it, and his offers rise steadily while he warns them of consequences. Their phone is on a party line, and they struggle to reach the police. The episode is part of the Suspense radio series and was broadcast on November 23, 1950. Aussie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard are featured in the lead roles.
The Pindells' home after an auction, in the city, on an evening when a thick fog hangs over the street.
Characters: Wally Pindell, Jan Pindell, Anatol Minchi, Mr. Flang, Mr. Martin
Listen for: The trunk's contents and the stranger's escalating offers at the door.
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.