What happens
Captain Arthur Jennings and his accomplices Gaudy and Jones plan to seize a cargo tramp steamer in the Atlantic. Posing as crew, they sign on with a drunken skipper, Captain Blee, and bring the ship under their control. Their scheme sours as the crew grows uneasy and the plotters begin turning on one another. This is an episode of the radio series Suspense, first broadcast on July 25, 1956, starring Ben Wright.
A tramp steamer sailing from Liverpool into the Atlantic, and the waterfront pub where the crew is recruited.
Characters: Arthur Jennings, Gaudy, Jones, Captain Blee, Bert, Austin, Stuart, Orsten
Listen for: Captain Blee's drunken exchanges with Jennings in the pub, and the gang's plans for the ship and its cargo.
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.