Design for Murder: The Whistler (August 5, 1951)

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“Design for Murder” is an episode of The Whistler, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 5, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Charles Gilbert sees his wife Edna off on a vacation at a train station, with her friend Myrene Walker along. Charles has a secret affair with Helen, and the two plan to meet at a beach house he bought at Little Rock Point. Myrene, suspicious of the affair, confronts Charles there and threatens to tell Edna. Charles finds himself in a tense situation with Myrene at the isolated house. The story is part of the Whistler radio series, and the episode aired on August 5, 1951.

A railroad station, a city apartment and house, and a beach house at Little Rock Point, in the 1950s.

Characters: Charles Gilbert, Edna Gilbert, Myrene Walker, Helen

Listen for: Pay attention to Myrene's growing suspicion of Charles and the tense confrontation at the beach house.

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.