What happens
Leonora Carpenter, a discontented wife in a small town, sends a chain letter after a quarrel with her husband George, who is growing distant and has been spending time with his secretary, Betty Holden. The letter, which threatens evil to anyone who breaks the chain, is mailed to Peter Kachetsky, a foreigner who cannot read English. Tension builds as Leonora learns of consequences tied to the letter, and a confrontation leads to a violent chase and a shooting. The broadcast is Suspense, an episode aired on April 27, 1950, starring Agnes Moorehead.
A small town and a country house on a hill above a river, 1950s America
Characters: Leonora Carpenter, George Carpenter, Peter Kachetsky, Abby Reynolds, Betty Holden, Bert Reynolds
Listen for: The chain letter's threat and Leonora's growing fear as events unfold around her
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.