I've always intepreted the title to mean--just what it says-- "Death Is a Woman (In the form of Evelyn and/or the painting)". Certainly, their obsession and jealousies of Evelyn led to the demise of two of the central characters. And, what happened to Gregory Chalmers? Was he ever prosecuted? Thus, also, "dying" (at least figuratively --with the loss of freedom and the life he had known-- by being sent to prison) at the hands of a woman. Certainly, the authorities would have eventually investigated the disapperance of Blaine and Whitehead and the trail led right back to Chalmers. Did he try to pin it on Evelyn? What happened to Evelyn? Did Chalmers try to end her obsession of him permanently? Perhaps, Jenson, who certainly began to suspect what had really happened at luncheon --when he saw the broken railing-- was resourceful enough to cover up everyhting. ("That Jenson..... he can do anything!")

Another question I have-- was Evelyn an innocent in all this? Was she just as heart-broken as the others-- loving the one person she could never have? Or, did she lead Blaine and Whitehead on-- knowing, eventually, somewhere, sometime there'd be a fatal confrontation between the two? Did she instigate the whole reunion, with Chalmers as her puppet?

I'm also curious to know what other listeners think about the painting. Did it really have supernatural powers? Or, was it all auto suggestion? Did the characters just hear what their own insecurities and obsessions led them to hear? Or was the painting some kind of demi-goddess "Entity" --seeking sacrificies? Where did the painting come from? And, where is it now?

Just some more food for thought.