What happens
Marty Fisher, a prisoner, learns that his wife Helen has missed a visit, and his fellow inmate the Baron hints that she may be seeing Johnny Rigo, a man connected to Marty's old payroll robbery. Marty must decide whether to trust the Baron, who knows where the stolen money is hidden and wants a share of it. The Whistler series presents the tale as a prisoner's suspicion grows over several visits. The episode is an installment of The Whistler, originally broadcast on 1949-03-27.
A state prison and the surrounding city, including the prison visitors' room, the prison library, and a house on Marvell Boulevard.
Characters: Marty Fisher, Helen Fisher, The Baron, Johnny Rigo, Nick Hellman
Listen for: The Baron's hints about Helen and Johnny Rigo, and the bargain he offers Marty over the hidden payroll 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.