Death Has a Thirst: The Whistler (August 22, 1942)

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“Death Has a Thirst” is an episode of The Whistler, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 22, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Donna Jackson and her friend Harvey Davis have her husband Victor committed to a sanitarium after his drinking has grown severe, and Dr. Saunders supports the plan. Victor is then taken aboard a yacht and sent out to sea, where Donna's worries about his mental health and his suspicions of her and Harvey grow sharper. The Whistler is a CBS radio drama, and this episode first aired on August 22, 1942. Donna and Harvey must now decide what to do next.

A sanitarium, the Jackson mansion and a yacht at sea, with later scenes on a desert island

Characters: Donna Jackson, Harvey Davis, Victor Jackson, Dr. Saunders

Listen for: Victor's growing suspicion that Donna and Harvey are plotting against him

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.