What happens
John Emerson wakes in a Whitehorse hotel room, unsure how he got there, and finds Willard Crofton's wallet and tickets in his possession. Crofton's messenger arrives with a telegram, and John learns he must travel on Crofton's tickets to escape Alaska before the body at the hunting lodge is found. The Whistler is a radio mystery series, and this episode aired on November 5, 1947. The story follows John's journey by train and steamer south toward Vancouver, with Crofton's partner Williams heading north on another ship. John's attempts to pass as Crofton draw the attention of a doctor and a fellow passenger, Helen Lockwood, whom John has met before.
Alaska and British Columbia, including Ketchikan, Whitehorse, Skagway, and the steamer route to Vancouver
Characters: John Emerson, Willard Crofton, Dr. Prentice, Stuart, Helen Lockwood, Williams
Listen for: The hotel telegram exchange in Whitehorse, the steamship office in Skagway, and the cabin scene aboard the ship with the doctor's thermometer
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.