What happens
Judith Webster, a young woman escorting the coffin of Mrs. Edna Prescott, boards a steamer bound for America from England in 1939, shortly before the war. On deck she meets a charming man calling himself Alan Bruce, and a loose lifeboat cover makes her suspect someone is hiding aboard. The episode was broadcast on Suspense on September 7, 1944, and stars Olivia de Havilland and Reginald Gardner.
A transatlantic steamer leaving Southampton, England, in 1939, with the coffin of Mrs. Prescott aboard.
Characters: Judith Webster, Alan Bruce, Mrs. Edna Prescott, Stuart, Charles Drew
Listen for: The first officer's radio message from London about a suspected stowaway, and the moment Judith realises the lifeboat cover was disturbed.
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.