What happens
Bill Gilchrist and his wife Lillian receive a letter from her half-brother Clarence, a former mental scientist returning from India, who announces he is coming to America. Clarence arrives uninvited at their home, claims to have plans to resume his career, and quickly unsettles the household with unsettling remarks about the couple's daughter Jeannie. Bill grows suspicious of his guest's hypnotic influence and his unwelcome presence in the house. This Suspense play, presented by Roma Wines with Laird Krigar and Hans Conried in the leading roles, is a 1944 broadcast, first aired March 16 of that year.
A house in an American town in 1944, after Clarence's return from India, with later scenes at a state institution.
Characters: Bill Gilchrist, Lillian Gilchrist, Clarence, Jeannie, Dr. Miller, Dr. Crossman
Listen for: Clarence's hypnotic influence over Lillian and Jeannie, and Bill's growing suspicion of his brother-in-law.
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.