What happens
Mr. Hardecker invites four strangers to dinner in his Manhattan home. Each man was in an express elevator a year ago when it crashed, killing the operator and Hardecker's son Wesley, who was later ruled a suicide. Hardecker has summoned them to his home to discuss the matter. The series is Suspense, and the story is by Cornell Woolridge, adapted for radio by Robert L. Richards, first broadcast on October 26, 1943 and starring Otto Kruger.
Mr. Hardecker's residence in Manhattan, and earlier the Norfolk building's express elevator
Characters: Mr. Hardecker, Ken Shaw, Mr. Lambert, Mr. Prendergast, Mr. Mackenzie, Wesley Hardecker, Chief Inspector McMahon, Johnson
Listen for: Hardecker's after-dinner story and the strangers' growing unease over his invitation
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.