What happens
Harry Jordan, a fire insurance investigator, becomes suspicious of his wife Marie after she slips out at night and returns from a fire-damaged building on 98th Street. Harry discovers a clue in a broken locket and begins to suspect that Marie has a hidden connection to recent fires. The episode is from the radio series Suspense, first broadcast on December 9, 1943, and stars Robert Young and Margot. Written by Cornell Woolridge and directed by William Spier, the play follows the couple's growing unease as Harry gathers evidence and confronts his wife about the matches and clippings he finds in her possession.
New York City, a fire insurance district near Third Avenue and 98th Street, in the early 1940s
Characters: Harry Jordan, Marie Jordan, Johnny Jordan, Steve, Mr. Palmer, Commissioner
Listen for: Harry's growing suspicion as he finds the locket fragment, the matches, and the clippings in Marie's purse
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.