What happens
John Sheridan, city treasurer and chairman of the Board of Public Works, is secretly taking payoffs from racketeer Frank Devon in exchange for steering city construction contracts to Devon's contractors. His wife Edith learns of the arrangement and demands that he break with Devon and end his affair with his secretary, Ann Allison. Her ultimatum leaves John trapped between his lucrative dealings and the threat of exposure. The episode is part of the radio series The Whistler and aired on May 14, 1950.
A beach home in New England and the city hall offices of a coastal town around 1950
Characters: John Sheridan, Edith Sheridan, Frank Devon, Ann Allison, Katie, Chief Harry Thompson, Nick
Listen for: Edith's ultimatum to John, Devon's threat delivered by his hired man, and Katie's remarks about Edith's swimming
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.