What happens
Harold Ellis learns that his wife Valerie has lost seven thousand dollars of their bonds gambling and owes five thousand to a casino. Harold visits the casino owner Kurt Krigen, who offers him a high-card cut to cancel the debt. Harold wins, but the evening takes a violent turn when Krigen's partner Jerry Lakeman is shot. Harold finds himself framed for the killing and must decide how to clear his name. The Whistler is a radio crime drama, and this episode aired on February 26, 1950 on the Signal Oil program.
A quiet residential street and a gambling casino in a city, with later scenes at a waterfront hotel, a railroad yard and a police station.
Characters: Harold Ellis, Valerie Ellis, Kurt Krigen, Jerry Lakeman, Judy, Sergeant Groff
Listen for: Listen for the moment Harold realizes he has been set up, and for the sound of the gunshots in Krigen's office.
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.