What happens
In Germany in 1945, Commander Ernst von Muller, a Nazi officer, takes advantage of the death of American prisoner Frederick Pontiac in a prison camp. Von Muller mutilates his own fingerprints and assumes Pontiac's identity, then sails to New York to claim Pontiac's life. There he faces a lawyer demanding back alimony, a bank manager, and a former wife who tries to reconnect with him. Von Muller is pursued through the city as his new life starts to fall apart. The Whistler, a mysterious narrator, introduces the tale as part of a radio series. The episode first aired on May 28, 1945.
Germany, then New York City, during and after World War II
Characters: Commander Ernst von Muller, Frederick Pontiac, Mitchell, Gloria Pontiac, Crane, Lucky Chandler
Listen for: Pay attention to the lawyer Mitchell's demand for alimony and the detectives who follow the man claiming to be Pontiac.
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.