What happens
Howard Martin, a methodical businessman, learns that his wife Andrea intends to divorce him and expose his dealings with her wealthy friends. Howard resolves to silence her and then turns to Sam, a former associate and gunsmith, to alter a pistol. The Whistler, a tale of planning and deception, follows Howard as his plans grow tangled. The story is told in the series' radio drama format and was first broadcast on August 5, 1946.
A wealthy household in a city, the library and bedrooms of the Martin home, and a dingy gun shop in the city's slums
Characters: Howard Martin, Andrea Martin, Sam, Edward, Inspector William Conrad, Joe Maron
Listen for: Howard's careful plotting against Andrea and Sam's sudden reversal in the gun shop
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.