What happens
Melissa Thornton travels by train with her ill husband Martin, who is carried aboard on a stretcher and placed in compartment E. During the journey Melissa gives him sleeping pills, and Martin becomes suspicious of her intentions. Her scheme and his awareness of it come into the open as the train nears Chicago, where Martin plans to see a clinic. The Suspense play is presented by Roma Wines, starring June Dupre as Melissa and William John Stone as Martin, in the Suspense series from June 20, 1946.
A passenger train travelling to Chicago, in and around compartment E of a sleeping car.
Characters: Melissa Thornton, Martin Thornton, Porter Robert, Conductor, Dr. Stevens
Listen for: The tense exchanges between Melissa and Martin in the compartment and the cat-and-mouse dialogue as Martin reveals he knows what she is doing.
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.