What happens
On a rainy Saturday, the Princey family is at home when a visitor's body is found hidden on the sun porch. Frederick Princey, his wife Millicent, their son George and their daughter Melissa are questioned about the death of the curate Withers, and the family's guest, Captain Smollett, is drawn into the dispute. The household's tense conversations reveal rivalries, a secret about Millicent's feelings, and a fear of exposure. This is the second episode of CBS's Suspense series, adapted from John Collier's short story Wet Saturday, broadcast on June 24, 1942.
The Princey family's home on a rainy Saturday, including the living room and the sun porch, with the garden and croquet court outside.
Characters: Frederick Princey, Millicent Princey, George Princey, Melissa Princey, Captain Smollett, Withers, Brigitte, Constable
Listen for: The gradual shifts in the family's accounts of what happened to Withers, and the way Captain Smollett's situation changes.
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.