What happens
Frederick Eklam, a ski instructor married to the wealthy Barbara Eklam, is being blackmailed by a small, prim man named Mr. Penny, who knows of an old incident at Sun Valley. At Clear Valley ski lodge, Frederick's marriage is strained as he sees Mr. Penny collecting payments and then threatening him over his interest in a young singer named Susan. Frederick slips a deadly poison into a capsule and tries to set up Mr. Penny's death, and the story turns as the threat escalates. This episode of The Whistler, the Signal Oil radio series, first aired on March 20, 1949. The cast is not named in this guide.
Clear Valley ski lodge, a nearby village and its drugstore, and the lodge's terrace, lounge and point
Characters: Frederick Eklam, Barbara Eklam, Mr. Penny, Susan, Pop Grandin
Listen for: Frederick's plan with the capsules at the drugstore and Mr. Penny's threat to Barbara
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.