The Lady Pamela: Suspense (March 31, 1952)

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“The Lady Pamela” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 31, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Pamela Barnes, a jewel thief working with David Archer and a man called Halliday, helps steal a tiara and other valuable jewels from a dealer named Mr. Tillit in New York. After the robbery, the police arrest Archer and question Pamela, and she goes to prison for her part. Years later she returns to New York and begins searching for Halliday, who has vanished along with her share of the money. Her search leads her to a man named Robert Wiley, who offers to help her find Halliday. The story is broadcast as a dramatic report on Suspense, featuring Deborah Carr in the title role.

New York and San Francisco, later London, in the early 1950s

Characters: Pamela Barnes, Mr. Tillit, David Archer, Halliday, Mr. Bolin, Robert Wiley

Listen for: Pamela's meeting with Robert Wiley at the hotel bar, where he proposes a deal to find Halliday

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.