What happens
Helen Anderson, recently married to Harvey Anderson, learns that a long-distance call from Pittsburgh has brought news of Harvey's brother Al, who has a hidden history of violence. Harvey shows her papers describing Al as a man committed to a state hospital for the criminal insane. Helen then faces an unexpected visitor at the house while Harvey is away. The story is told in the Suspense radio drama of 1946, broadcast on May 16, 1946, starring Claire Trevor as Helen.
A small town in Pennsylvania, in the Anderson house and nearby, around the 1940s.
Characters: Helen Anderson, Harvey Anderson, Al Anderson, Lieutenant, Rutherford, Matilda, Pearl, Ralph Gufford
Listen for: The moment Helen realizes the visitor is Harvey's brother and what she decides to do in the house.
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.