What happens
Evie Stryker, newly married and recently acquitted of murdering her wealthy grandfather, moves into a new house with her husband Harry. A persistent newspaper reporter, Cochran, has begun pressing them with questions, and the couple's fear and mistrust of each other grow. Evie begins to suspect Harry of wanting only her grandfather's money, and tension between them rises sharply. This episode of the Suspense series, first broadcast on May 3, 1951, stars Rosalind Russell. The story is told through the couple's strained conversations and Evie's memories of her grandfather, with the tension building throughout the evening.
A newly purchased house, where Evie and Harry Stryker have just moved after her acquittal in her grandfather's death.
Characters: Evie Stryker, Harry Stryker, Cochran, Grandfather
Listen for: Listen for the tense exchanges between Evie and Harry as her suspicions about his motives grow, and for the arrival of the reporter Cochran.
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.