What happens
Lydia Haskell buys an expensive bronze casket, telling the undertaker it is for herself and must be held for three weeks. A policeman calls to ask about the purchase, and Lydia tells him she expects to die soon and lives alone. Her twin sister Ellie, who has been unwell and cares for her small rituals, overhears the conversation. Lydia and Ellie quarrel over David, a man from their past, and Ellie learns that Lydia may want her gone. The Suspense episode The Sisters, broadcast on 1958-03-30, stars Frances Farmer and Cathy Lewis. The tense domestic setting builds as the sisters' rivalry grows darker.
A house in the city where Lydia and Ellie Haskell live together, and a funeral parlor where a casket is bought.
Characters: Lydia Haskell, Ellie Haskell, Miss Haskell's undertaker, Police officer, David
Listen for: Lydia's purchase of the casket and the sisters' argument about David.
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.