Death Sees Double: The Whistler (November 20, 1944)

“Death Sees Double” is an episode of The Whistler, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 20, 1944. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Twin sisters Mona and Martha Spencer look so alike that even their fiancé, Bill Everett, cannot tell them apart. Martha, bitter that Mona always gets the best of everything, plans to kill her sister and take over her identity. The Whistler series presents this 1944 episode, first aired on November 20, 1944. Martha carries out her plan, shooting Mona and dressing the scene as a suicide. Weeks later, Martha begins to suspect that Bill is hiding something, especially after he signs a marriage license in an unexpected name. Her doubts grow as she prepares for the wedding.

A home at 437 Oak Street, the town of Raleigh, and a mountain road

Characters: Mona Spencer, Martha Spencer, Bill Everett, Inspector Dudley

Listen for: Martha's growing suspicion when Bill signs the marriage license with a different name

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.