What happens
Danny Thorpe, a broke man with good clothes, is approached in a cocktail bar by a woman named Monica who offers him fifty dollars for a job. Overhearing her phone call, Danny suspects a setup and follows her to an apartment building. There he finds himself caught up in a tense confrontation with a man named Otto, who is dealing with a mysterious visitor expected at the door. The story is part of The Whistler, the Signal Oil Company radio series, and this episode aired on August 28, 1949. Jack Webb and Kay Brinker star in the production.
A cocktail bar and an apartment building in a West Coast city
Characters: Danny Thorpe, Monica, Otto Felding, Mrs. Granger
Listen for: Danny's suspicion as he eavesdrops on Monica's phone call and decides to follow her
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.