What happens
Lizzie Borden stands trial for the murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River. The prosecution calls witnesses including Dr. Bowen, the maid Bridget Sullivan, and Captain Harrington, who describe the discovery of the bodies, the locked doors, and Lizzie's account of being in the barn. Lizzie, played by Agnes Morehead, is shown in a later interview reflecting on the trial and insisting on her innocence. This episode of Suspense, a dramatization of the Fall River case, aired on January 14, 1952, with Agnes Morehead in the lead role.
Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1892, and later a courtroom and a reporter's visit to Lizzie Borden
Characters: Lizzie Borden, Dr. Bowen, Bridget Sullivan, Captain Harrington, Mr. Moody, Mr. Lippitz, Mrs. Borden, Mr. Borden
Listen for: The sequence of witness testimony about the locked doors, the barn loft, and the timing of the deaths
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.