What happens
Van Barkley, a young engineer new to Santa Monica, accepts a late-night drive from a striking blonde named Doris Ridgley. At her large house on the cliffs above the ocean, he discovers a dead man in a closet and is pressured into helping her bury the body. He escapes, and the next morning finds a hundred-dollar bill left for him at his hotel. Searching for the truth, he learns that the dead man was Alfred Hamilton, and he tracks Doris to a lake cabin. This is an episode of The Whistler, a radio mystery series, broadcast May 8, 1949, with Jack Webb and Joan Banks in the leading roles.
Santa Monica and the surrounding coast in California, the Ridgley house on a cliff above the ocean, and Anderson Lake
Characters: Van Barkley, Doris Ridgley, Alfred Hamilton, Mr. Ridgley, Pop
Listen for: Van's first meeting with Doris and the discovery in the closet at the Ridgley house
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.