What happens
John Sheridan, city treasurer and chairman of the Board of Public Works, takes bribes from racketeer Frank Devon in exchange for steering city construction contracts to Devon's contractors. His wife Edith learns of the arrangement and threatens to expose him unless he breaks with Devon. Pressed from both sides, John begins to plan a way out of his predicament. The episode is part of the radio series The Whistler, aired on May 14, 1950, with Bill Foreman, Willard Waterman, Mary Lansing and William Conrad in the cast.
A New England beach town, including the Sheridan house, a guest cottage near the beach, and the city offices.
Characters: John Sheridan, Edith Sheridan, Frank Devon, Katie, Nick, Chief of Police Harry Thompson
Listen for: Listen for Edith's ultimatum to John and for how Devon responds to the threat she poses.
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.