ep03 The Vendetta: Weird Circle

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“ep03 The Vendetta” is an episode of Weird Circle, the old-time radio show that aired in 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

A gypsy woman tells a passerby the story of a young Corsican woman, Jenny Porta, whose family was destroyed in a blood feud. In Paris, Jenny falls in love with Luigi Porta, a hunted soldier hiding in an attic beside the art school where she studies under Mr. Savanne. Her friend Amelia has discovered the secret, and the tension in the household grows as the two lovers plan their escape. The story is told in the Weird Circle series, and the transcript breaks off before its ending.

Paris, in a tall white stone building with a studio skylight, in the years after Napoleon's banishment, with memories of a Corsican village.

Characters: Jenny Porta, Luigi Porta, Amelia, Laurie, Geneva, Mr. Savanne, Mr. DePinvo, Madame

Listen for: The gypsy's opening invitation and the penny bargain, then the tale of the vendetta, the hidden soldier in the attic, and Amelia's threat to reveal the lovers' secret.

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.