What happens
Jeannie Dunne, a photographer's model, is questioned in a studio dressing room by a detective about her invalid mother and her boyfriend, Ted Walker. Her mother's medicine and a copper tea strainer draw his attention, and the detective presses her about the morning's routine and her relationship with Ted. Jeannie's memories of her strained home life and her last night out with Ted surface as the questioning intensifies. The broadcast is a Suspense radio play, originally aired on April 21, 1949, starring Betty Greyble.
A photography studio dressing room on a rainy day, with flashbacks to Jeannie's home, a neighborhood dance hall, and a drugstore.
Characters: Jeannie Dunne, James Erwin, Ted Walker, Jeannie's mother, Mrs. Grogan, Mr. Harman
Listen for: The detective's questions about the tea strainer and Jeannie's mother's medicine, and the flashbacks to Jeannie's morning at home.
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.