What happens
Pamela Barrett, a young concert pianist, is preparing for her debut when her stepmother Denise Barrett and the family attorney Marty Drake begin to plot against her. Denise has been secretly embezzling from her late husband's estate with Marty, and she fears Pamela will discover the theft if she marries Richard Matthews. Denise tries to persuade Pamela to postpone the wedding, then turns her attention to Richard. The story is part of the Whistler radio series, which first aired on October 9, 1949, and features Mary Lansing and Frank Lovejoy.
Southern California, including the Barrett home, a swimming pool, a concert hall and a cafe overlooking the sea in Santa Monica
Characters: Pamela Barrett, Denise Barrett, Marty Drake, Richard Matthews, Elma
Listen for: Denise's conversations with Marty about the embezzlement and her growing plan against Pamela, and the discussion of the poisons in Thomas Barrett's curio collection
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.