What happens
Hank Latham, a laid-off factory worker, grows increasingly unsettled by newspaper coverage of murders near Lake Park in Chicago. His wife Beth tries to keep him calm while money runs short and tensions rise at home. One night Hank leaves the house upset, and Beth follows him to a street where a crowd gathers around a police officer. Beth waits at the station, where a doctor named Dr. Bratton speaks with her about her husband's condition and the choices ahead. The Suspense episode Study of a Murderer, first broadcast January 20, 1955, stars Charlotte Lawrence and William Conrad.
Chicago, during a period of news coverage of murders near Lake Park
Characters: Beth Latham, Hank Latham, Dr. Bratton
Listen for: Beth's growing fear as Hank's behavior changes after he loses his job, and her conversations with Dr. Bratton
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.