What happens
Pilot Lu Cardone, a former fighter pilot who now flies cargo for hire, accepts a well-paid job from a man named Gunther. Gunther hires him to fly a mysterious cargo to Argentina, and Cardone agrees despite misgivings. Before takeoff Cardone meets his two passengers, a woman named Lisa Talbot and a silent man named Stender, and the flight begins. Trouble follows over open water, and the three are soon adrift in a life raft with dwindling supplies. Tension grows between Cardone and Stender as their suspicions about each other deepen. This episode of John Steele Adventurer, first broadcast on July 12, 1949, stars Don Douglas as John Steele.
Cardone's airfield and aircraft, a flight over open water toward Argentina, and a life raft at sea
Characters: Lu Cardone, Lisa Talbot, Stender, Gunther, John Steele
Listen for: The tense exchanges between Cardone and Stender in the life raft, and the revelation of Stender's true identity
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.