Custom-Made Murder: The Whistler (May 20, 1951)

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“Custom-Made Murder” is an episode of The Whistler, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 20, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

David Price, angry at his wife's older sister Harriet for her frequent visits and her attempts to pull Margaret away from him, sets out to be rid of her. The Whistler, an old-time radio anthology series, presents this 1951 episode, first broadcast on May 20, 1951. David learns that Kurt Kramer, a former tailor whom Harriet once had sent to prison, has been released and is bitter toward her. David visits Kramer's shop in Loma Vista, takes a pair of large shears, and begins to shape a plan that will cast suspicion on Kramer. Tension builds as David makes arrangements for Harriet to be taken to the shop.

A home and office in a West Coast city, and a tailoring shop in the nearby city of Loma Vista.

Characters: David Price, Harriet Gordon, Margaret Price, Kurt Kramer, George Willard

Listen for: David's plan to lure Harriet to Kramer's shop and the shears he takes from the 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.