What happens
Roseanne Wicksham is angry when her late father's will leaves his restaurant chain to her stepmother, Marla Wicksham, and places Roseanne in Marla's guardianship. Roseanne suspects her father's heart attack was not natural, and she starts her own investigation. She questions the physician who attended her father, Dr. Wells, and begins to look through the household's papers and belongings. Her suspicions grow as she notices a series of unsettling events. The episode is part of The Whistler radio series and aired on April 18, 1954.
A small town with a chain of restaurants, the Wicksham family home, a law office, and a ski lodge area.
Characters: Roseanne Wicksham, Marla Wicksham, Ralph Hamilton, Dr. Wells, Bob Gordon, Chief Brandon
Listen for: Roseanne's growing suspicion of her stepmother and the mysterious capsules she finds hidden in Marla's room.
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.