What happens
Jason Torrance, a ruined and drinking man in San Francisco, is offered a deal by his uncle Jeffery: kill Jake Finch on the South Sea island of Palota in exchange for paying off his debts and providing for his wife Ellen. Jason agrees, sails to Tahiti and then aboard the schooner Lorelai, and begins to struggle with both the bargain and his drinking. The episode is the Escape radio drama of 1949, first aired on November 29, 1949, starring Frank Lovejoy as Jason, Will Geer as Jeff and Kay Brinker as Ellen. It is adapted from George F. Worts' story Sunk.
San Francisco, the schooner Lorelai, Tahiti and the South Sea island of Palota
Characters: Jason Torrance, Jeffery, Ellen, Captain Steve, Jake Finch
Listen for: Jason's struggle with his drinking and the bargain with his uncle Jeffery, and the moment he reaches the island and begins his search for Jake Finch
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.