What happens
Julia Chandler plans to kill her husband, Bruce, so she can be free to pursue a singing career with her teacher, Gregory Blaine, and inherit his wealth. Her affair with Ralph Ellis, Bruce's business partner, has come to light, and she sets a plan in motion at the family's hilltop house on Canyon Road. The Whistler is a radio mystery series, and this episode first aired on July 21, 1948. Its lead actors are not named in the transcript. The story unfolds in the days after the planned killing, as Julia's plans begin to unravel.
A steamer dock, a nightclub, a singing teacher's studio, and the Chandler house on Canyon Road in Southern California
Characters: Julia Chandler, Bruce Chandler, Ralph Ellis, Gregory Blaine, Edith, Lieutenant Scilly
Listen for: The gunshot from the window during the singing lesson and Julia's reaction in the study
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.