Affair at Stoney Ridge: The Whistler (June 17, 1946)

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“Affair at Stoney Ridge” is an episode of The Whistler, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 17, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Myra returns to Stoney Ridge Farm, where she had hoped to marry Jody, only to find him waiting with a gun. Jody has come back for the money Myra's uncle, Rance, is said to hide on the farm, and he forces her to help him reach the cellar. Myra is caught between her love for Jody and the growing fear that he means to harm her. The Whistler's episode Affair at Stony Ridge aired on June 17, 1946, on the Signal Oil program, with Peggy Weber and Edmund McDonald in the cast.

Stony Ridge Farm, a remote farm in Tennessee, on a spring day as a storm approaches.

Characters: Myra, Jody, Uncle Rance, Bess, Mr. Binkett

Listen for: Listen for Myra's quiet escape from the house and the tension as Jody searches for the money.

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.