What happens
Joe Reese walks into a police station, gun in hand, and tells the desk sergeant and Captain Cassello that he will tell his story before anything else. Recalling a loveless childhood with cruel relatives, he describes how he came to find pleasure in killing. Later he takes a summer job at the home of the wealthy Stewart family, where he meets Peggy Stewart. The episode is from the series Suspense, originally broadcast on August 30, 1945, with Peter Lorre in the lead role.
A police station squad room, and flashbacks to Joe Reese's childhood home, the Stewart house, and a mountain shed.
Characters: Joe Reese, Captain Cassello, Peggy Stewart, Uncle Walter, Sergeant
Listen for: Joe Reese's account of his childhood and his first encounter with Peggy Stewart at her home.
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.