What happens
Paul Fenley, half owner of a small Nevada nightclub, is in Los Angeles and sees a Spanish dance team, Ramon and Rita, performing at a nightclub there. Hoping to gain full control of his club, he plans to use Ramon's jealousy against his partner, Frank Wilson. Fenley books the couple to work at his Nevada club and begins showering Rita with gifts sent in Wilson's name, provoking Ramon. Fenley cultivates Ramon's trust with a gift of his own. The Whistler, presented by the United States Air Forces in Europe, is a radio mystery series, and this episode first aired on January 31, 1954.
A nightclub in Los Angeles and a nightclub in Nevada, with a police headquarters and the outskirts of town.
Characters: Paul Fenley, Frank Wilson, Ramon, Rita, Kitty Henderson, Baxter, Mr. Daniels, Captain
Listen for: Notice how Fenley arranges each small event, from the flowers to the cigarette case, so that suspicion would fall on Ramon.
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.