What happens
Charles Gilbert sends his wife Edna away on a vacation while he carries on an affair with Helen. Myrene Walker, Edna's close friend, learns of the affair and confronts Charles at the beach house he has bought. Charles is left uneasy as Myrene's secret threatens to reach Edna, and he begins weighing how to end the trouble. The story is told in The Whistler, the original broadcast of September 8, 1955.
A railroad station cocktail lounge, Charles Gilbert's house in town, and a beach house on Lido Isle.
Characters: Charles Gilbert, Edna Gilbert, Myrene Walker, Helen, The Whistler
Listen for: Myrene Walker's accusations at the beach house and the sheriff's questions about the painting and the envelope.
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.