What happens
Private investigator Scott Howell works for attorney Rick Parker, who rents him a cottage to hide a witness. After a phone call in which Scott hears a woman's voice and then gunshots, Parker is found dead, and Scott begins blackmailing Anne Farrell, Parker's former wife, who was seen leaving the apartment. When the police start looking for Nora Ralston, Scott sees a chance to take her jewelry and money. The story follows Scott's scheme to profit from both women while the police close in. The Whistler series, first broadcast on February 19, 1950, is presented as a mystery program.
San Francisco, California
Characters: Scott Howell, Rick Parker, Anne Farrell, Lieutenant Perez, Nora Ralston
Listen for: Scott's phone call with Rick Parker, in which a woman's voice is heard and then shots
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.