What happens
In the seaside village of Scarlet Town, Barbara Allen meets her sailor sweetheart Will on the lonely strand at night, while her father sits by the fire and the shopkeeper Sean watches with resentment. Tension builds as rumors of rivalry and a stranger named Moya spread through the town, and a tavern dispute leaves Will badly hurt. Heard on the CBS program Suspense, the episode first aired on October 20, 1952, with Anne Baxter in the title role. The opening portion sets up the romance, the jealousies and the coming trouble in a bleak coastal setting.
A storm-battered coastal village called Scarlet Town, with its strand, dunes, ruined churchyard and tavern.
Characters: Barbara Allen, Will, Sean, Bob Rowland, Moya, Old Woman
Listen for: The storm-tossed sea and wind over the strand, and the tense exchanges in Sean's tavern.
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.