What happens
Mildred Hardwick and Hillary Gaines leave San Francisco in fog, planning to run away together, but their car strikes a man on the street and they drive off. Mildred's husband, Tommy Hardwick, is the victim. Afterward Gaines is approached by Baldwin, a blackmailer who claims to have seen the accident and demands money in exchange for silence. As the payments grow, Gaines begins to feel trapped and desperate, and he must decide how far he will go to escape the consequences. This is an episode of The Whistler, the radio mystery series, broadcast on January 7, 1951.
San Francisco, 1951, during a foggy night and the weeks that follow
Characters: Mildred Hardwick, Hillary Gaines, Tommy Hardwick, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Nolan
Listen for: The fog-bound drive and the hit-and-run, then Baldwin's blackmail visits and Gaines's growing fear
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.