Decision: The Whistler (December 24, 1947)

“Decision” is an episode of The Whistler, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 24, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Dr. Paul Evans, a San Francisco physician, is called to examine John Cameron, a stockbroker with a heart condition. The doctor soon becomes romantically involved with Cameron's wife, Carol, and the two begin meeting in secret. When Cameron dies, Dr. Evans grows uneasy and suspects that something was wrong with his death. The Whistler is an old-time radio anthology series, and this episode first aired on December 24, 1947.

San Francisco, in November and December

Characters: Dr. Paul Evans, Carol Cameron, John Cameron, Lucinda Withers, Miss Carlton, Dr. Miles, Willard Stevens, Mrs. Harrison

Listen for: Dr. Evans weighing his feelings for Carol Cameron against his duty as a physician.

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.