What happens
Three women wait through the final hours before Norman Landen is due to be executed for the murder of Sheila Warner. His wife Eileen, his sister Harriet, and their mother-in-law Mrs. Martinson gather in the family house, strained by grief, resentment and old quarrels as the clock moves toward eleven. Their attorney Mr. Mailer is working to reach the governor, and tensions rise as each woman reveals her feelings about Norman and about one another. Tonight's production is the suspense play Waiting, first broadcast on Suspense on February 22, 1955, starring Vivi Janis, Helen Cleve and Charlotte Lawrence.
The Landen family house on the night of Norman Landen's scheduled execution
Characters: Eileen Landen, Harriet, Mrs. Martinson, Norman Landen, Mr. Mailer
Listen for: The growing tension between the three women as the hour of execution approaches
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.