What happens
Leonard Snell, an insurance agent who gambles heavily, is secretly short $1,800 in company money on the day his wife Celia pressures him for cash. After a violent quarrel at home, he finds himself in a situation where he believes he can escape the consequences, and he begins to act on that belief. Dan Duryea stars in this Suspense radio play by Emil C. Tepperman, the third of five Friday night performances in a special limited series. The episode was broadcast on December 12, 1947, on CBS.
New York City, 1947
Characters: Leonard Snell, Celia Snell, Mr. Mosley, Ellen, Floyd Houston, Jerry Maloney
Listen for: Leonard's escalating reasoning as his luck seems to turn, and the tense exchanges with Celia and Mr. Mosley
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.