Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Whistler (July 16, 1947)

“Beyond Reasonable Doubt” is an episode of The Whistler, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 16, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Gina Crane, wife of Clinton Crane, recognizes a man she knew in Seattle and learns that an old acquaintance named Floyd Durant is pressing her for money. After a confrontation at his room, she finds herself caught up in a murder case, and her own past resurfaces as the trial of Barbara Arnold unfolds. The Whistler series, first broadcast on July 16, 1947, presents this story in its episode Beyond Reasonable Doubt. The lead actors are not named in the transcript.

Hillcrest, with earlier events in Seattle, and a courthouse trial

Characters: Gina Crane, Clinton Crane, Floyd Durant, Barbara Arnold, Isabelle, Jenny Barton, Mr. Jackson, Mrs. Adamson

Listen for: The letter Gina receives and her meeting with Floyd Durant in his room

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.