What happens
Marty Heath, a New York insurance applicant, is turned down by several companies after a doctor's report reveals he has only three months to live, and he hides the news from his wife Clara. A stranger named Blaine approaches him in a bar, offering ten thousand dollars in exchange for a confession to a murder Blaine has arranged. Marty must decide whether to accept the offer, knowing what it would mean for Clara after his death. The Whistler is a radio mystery series, and this episode first aired on July 8, 1946.
New York City, 1946, spring, including the Ajax Life Insurance Company offices, the Heaths' apartment, and a bar on Third Avenue
Characters: Marty Heath, Clara Heath, Blaine, Dr. Chandler, Stanley Rovar, Molar
Listen for: Blaine's offer of ten thousand dollars in exchange for a confession, and Marty's decision about whether to accept it
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.