What happens
Ruth Ellinger, a patient in psychoanalytic therapy, arrives for her afternoon session with Dr. Werner, her analyst. Their hour quickly turns from routine questioning to an emotionally charged confrontation. Ruth reveals that she and Werner have become lovers, and that she has come to the office carrying a gun. She recounts her childhood bond with her father, her unhappy marriage, and the way she came under Werner's care. Their conversation turns on love, fear, and the limits of his profession. Starring Agnes Moorehead, this Suspense broadcast from August 23, 1959 is written and directed by William N. Robson.
Dr. Werner's psychoanalyst office, late afternoon
Characters: Ruth Ellinger, Dr. Werner, Mrs. Allender
Listen for: Ruth's confrontation with Dr. Werner over their affair and her gun, and the shifting power between patient and doctor
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.