What happens
Freddie, the nephew of Bert Macklin, is living on a fortune he expects to inherit, and Bert is being blackmailed over the death of a former associate. After a staged attempt on the blackmailer, the pair receive a call from private investigator Sid Hawker, who demands payment. Freddie begins to suspect several members of the household, including Uncle Frank and Lloyd Gillis, and he starts working out how to trace the blackmailer's telephone number by listening to Hawker's calls. The story is from The Whistler, broadcast on December 17, 1950.
A country house and the town nearby, including a lonely road on the outskirts of town and Sid Hawker's office downtown.
Characters: Freddie, Bert Macklin, Sid Hawker, Veronica, Lloyd Gillis, Uncle Frank, Mrs. Felton
Listen for: The telephone dialling sequence Freddie counts, and his plan to trace the blackmailer's number.
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.