EPISODE · May 14, 2026 · 30 MIN
Where There’s a Will
from Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills · host OTR.FM Network
Originally Aired: February 24, 1949 Suspense #329, "Where There's a Will," Charles Ridgway finds himself in desperate financial straits, owing gambler Mr. Jepson ten thousand pounds with only four weeks to pay. His salvation appears to lie in his elderly Aunt Mary's newly revised will, which names him heir to her forty thousand pound fortune instead of his cousin Miriam. When Dr. Minnell warns that Aunt Mary's weak heart could fail from any sudden shock or fright, Charles conceives what he calls a "whimsical practical joke." He installs a radio in his aunt's home, insisting it will keep her mind distracted as the doctor ordered, then secretly rigs a microphone and wire from his old amateur radio equipment. One evening, while Aunt Mary sits alone listening to a Beethoven program, Charles speaks through the hidden microphone, impersonating her dead husband Patrick and claiming he's coming for her from beyond the grave. As Charles watches his plan unfold from the shadows, the line between practical joke and cold-blooded murder becomes dangerously blurred, with his mounting debts driving him toward an increasingly sinister solution to his financial troubles.
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Originally Aired: February 24, 1949 Suspense #329, "Where There's a Will," Charles Ridgway finds himself in desperate financial straits, owing gambler Mr. Jepson ten thousand pounds with only four weeks to pay. His salvation appears to lie in his elderly Aunt Mary's newly revised will, which names him heir to her forty thousand pound fortune instead of his cousin Miriam. When Dr. Minnell warns that Aunt Mary's weak heart could fail from any sudden shock or fright, Charles conceives what he calls a "whimsical practical joke." He installs a radio in his aunt's home, insisting it will keep her mind distracted as the doctor ordered, then secretly rigs a microphone and wire from his old amateur radio equipment. One evening, while Aunt Mary sits alone listening to a Beethoven program, Charles speaks through the hidden microphone, impersonating her dead husband Patrick and claiming he's coming for her from beyond the grave. As Charles watches his plan unfold from the shadows, the line between practical joke and cold-blooded murder becomes dangerously blurred, with his mounting debts driving him toward an increasingly sinister solution to his financial troubles.
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