Old Mr. Wiley

In a grand yet fading manor, the frail heir of the Wiley line lies listless on a silk‑lined bed, attended by a worried father and Miss Beaver, the house’s intuitive nurse. The boy, Frank Wiley IV, refuses to awaken, his vitality drained by an unnamed lack of purpose, and the family’s desperate attempts to spark any interest become a matter of life and death. As the household struggles with medical opinions and old superstitions, the uncanny presence of Old Mr. Wiley, accompanied by a shadowy dog, visits the room each night.

The new night‑nurse, a strikingly beautiful young woman, arrives with a cool confidence that unsettles Miss Beaver, whose own doubts about the family’s motives grow sharper. Tension mounts as the parents argue over whether love, memory, or some deeper, perhaps supernatural, understanding might revive the boy’s waning spirit. Listeners are drawn into a slow‑burning mystery where aristocratic decay, psychological strain, and the whisper of otherworldly forces intertwine, leaving everyone to wonder: what does the boy truly need to live again?