What happens
Archie Spiller, a prosperous country gentleman, hosts an evening at his estate with his daughter Elizabeth, her fiance Ronald Prowfoot, and neighbour Rosalind Digby. His guest Sam Gooch, a former convict and an old acquaintance, is drinking heavily and making demands on him. The party plays cards, and Spiller takes Mrs. Digby home. Later, Gooch is found dead beside the garden fountain, and an inquest is held. Suspense is produced by Ted Bliss and Bernard Herrmann, based on the Dorothy Sayers story, and stars Edmund Gwenn. The series is Suspense, first aired 1943-08-10.
A small country estate in England, with a garden fountain and a lilac hedge.
Characters: Archie Spiller, Sam Gooch, Elizabeth Spiller, Ronald Prowfoot, Rosalind Digby, Masters, Inspector Francis
Listen for: The fountain's sound carrying through the still night air, and the inquiry into Gooch's death.
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.