What happens
John Lawrence, a garage mechanic, is unable to win back his estranged wife Anna, who refuses to reconcile and wants a divorce. Furious and resentful, he begins a scheme involving a young shop clerk named Joyce, who believes she is helping a private detective. Dennis O'Keefe stars in this 1947 episode of Suspense, which aired on October 23, 1947. The transcript covers the early part of the story, including Lawrence's failed meeting with Anna, his purchase of a wristwatch, and his first encounter with Joyce, and ends before the plot's outcome is revealed.
New York City, including a department store, a garage, and the subway to Brooklyn
Characters: John Lawrence, Anna, Joyce
Listen for: The conversation between John and Anna as she refuses his pleas to return, and John's first meeting with Joyce at the jewelry counter
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.