What happens
Stephen Gare hires Jenny, a young woman who arrives at his isolated California orange grove seeking domestic work. Her intense watchfulness unsettles his wife Helen, and Stephen finds himself drawn to Jenny despite his unease. Their closeness grows into a secret plan that Stephen gradually comes to accept. Gregory Peck plays Stephen in this Suspense episode, broadcast on March 21, 1946, and presented by Roma Wines.
An isolated orange grove in California, with a farmhouse, a garage and surrounding hills, around the mid-1940s.
Characters: Stephen Gare, Helen Gare, Jenny
Listen for: Jenny's steady, watchful presence in the house and Helen's growing fear of her.
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.