Episode at Thunder Mountain: The Whistler (January 6, 1952)

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“Episode at Thunder Mountain” is an episode of The Whistler, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 6, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Paul Cameron, a wealthy man, is being targeted by gunfire while skiing on Thunder Mountain, and he suspects his brother-in-law Nicky. Paul's wife Sandra is wealthy, and Nicky depends on an allowance from her. During a hunting trip into the mountains, Paul and Nicky confront each other on the matter, and Paul arranges for the group to stay in a set of old cabins. Sandra is found dead in one of the cabins, and Paul gives an account of the events that night.

Thunder Mountain, a ski slope and lodge above a valley, and a group of old abandoned cabins on a mountain ridge

Characters: Paul Cameron, Sandra Cameron, Nicky, Helen Whiteside, Jim Morton, Mr. Seville

Listen for: The conversations between Paul and Nicky, and the testimony given by Paul after Sandra's death

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.