What happens
Joe Eichner, a newspaper police reporter, is pressured by his sweetheart Belle Schaffner to earn money quickly. He courts Linda Vail, a wealthy heiress who has been told she has only six months to live, and they marry. Joe begins writing a mystery novel while he quietly prepares for a staged scheme. The Suspense series presents this story starring Keenan Wynn, first broadcast on January 4, 1945 on CBS. Joe builds a careful alibi in Palm Springs and plans to be away from his house that night.
Newspaper offices and a Beverly Hills house in California, with a trip to Palm Springs
Characters: Joe Eichner, Belle Schaffner, Linda Vail, Saunders, Lieutenant
Listen for: Joe's calculated preparations for his alibi and the events of the night he is away
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.