What happens when the person you trust most convinces you that you can no longer trust your own mind?
In this edition of Chesterton Radio’s Play of the Day Deep Dive, we enter the shadowy world of Gaslight, Patrick Hamilton’s psychological thriller, brought to unforgettable life by Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer in the April 29, 1946 broadcast of Lux Radio Theatre.
From the London stage to Hollywood and the golden age of radio, Gaslight became something more than a suspense story. It gave the world a word for one of the cruelest forms of deception: gaslighting.
We explore the remarkable performances, the art of creating terror through sound alone, and the deeper questions beneath the mystery. What is truth? How easily can confidence in reality be shaken? And what does it take to resist a convincing lie?
A story about darkness, deception, and the courage to believe that truth still exists.
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