Shadow on the Wall: Suspense (September 22, 1957)

“Shadow on the Wall” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 22, 1957. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Henry Harper quarrels bitterly with his older brother Roger over the fate of their late mother's Long Island house, which Roger plans to demolish for a modern home. The argument turns violent in the library, and Henry is left alone with his brother's body. He hides it inside the new house's unfinished fieldstone fireplace, then arranges for Roger to appear to board a flight to Los Angeles. Afterward, Henry is troubled by a shadow on his bedroom wall. The episode is part of the Suspense radio series, first broadcast on September 22, 1957, and stars Jackie Kelk.

Long Island, New York, the Harper family house and an adjacent estate under construction

Characters: Henry Harper, Roger Harper, Mrs. Loomis, Detective Sergeant Allen, Mr. Simpson

Listen for: The shadow on the wall that Henry keeps seeing in his room

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.