What happens
Mrs. John Winston hires private detective Skip Webb to watch her banker husband, whom she suspects of infidelity. Webb reports that John has been meeting a woman named Terry Williams, and Mrs. Winston grows increasingly agitated and fixated on the affair. Her distress builds as she turns on Webb and pursues her own plans. This Suspense play aired on May 12, 1949, and stars Claire Trevor as Mrs. Winston. The story is told through her increasingly disturbed point of view and the escalating conversations with Webb.
Present-day city; the Winstons' home, Skip Webb's office, and the Brent Carlton hotel
Characters: Mrs. John Winston, Skip Webb, John Winston, Terry Williams, Harry, Eva
Listen for: Mrs. Winston's increasingly unstable conversations with Skip Webb
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.