Cover Up: The Whistler (November 7, 1948)

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“Cover Up” is an episode of The Whistler, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 7, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Joan Harper learns that her sister Adele has been found dead in the family home in the coastal village of Benton Cove. Adele's husband, David Blaine, is summoned to the house, and Joan begins to suspect he was there the night of the death, though he claims to have been elsewhere. Sheriff Mark Quinn takes an interest in the case as Joan's doubts grow. The story is part of the Whistler radio series, first broadcast on November 7, 1948, and this episode is narrated by the Whistler.

The big house on the hill above Benton Cove, a fog-shrouded coastal village, and nearby Los Angeles

Characters: Joan Harper, Adele Blaine, David Blaine, Mark Quinn, Mrs. Hastings, Ben, Joe Larkins, Dr. Ferguson

Listen for: Joan's discovery of a letter in David's room and the revelation of David's whereabouts on the night of Adele's death

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.