What happens
Vic DeRudiga, a small-time gangster broke and tired of his life, sets out to marry Madeline Rawlins, a wealthy heiress he met by chance on Vine Street. Partnered with his associates Barney and Pinky, he takes up the scheme of marrying her and then arranging her death. Over several months of married life, Vic finds himself unexpectedly drawn to her, and the plan begins to weigh on him. This is the Suspense play Spoils for Victor, starring Dane Clark, first broadcast on May 23, 1946. The transcript covers only the first part of the story.
Los Angeles and Bel-Air, California, in the 1930s, including a Bel-Air mansion and a mountain cabin at Arrowhead.
Characters: Vic DeRudiga, Madeline Rawlins, Barney, Pinky, Bonnie, Harry, Marie, Helen
Listen for: Vic's growing unease as he comes to care for Madeline while the plot against her moves forward.
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.