What happens
John Aaron's step-brother Robert is convicted of murdering Jed Peters, a neighbor who had come to buy the family farm. John testifies against Robert and Robert is sentenced to prison. Three years later Robert escapes, and John waits alone in the farmhouse, certain his step-brother will come for revenge. The Whistler series, with its usual host, presents this 1952 episode, first broadcast on March 30, 1952. The story is told through John's growing fear and the sheriff's investigation, as the family's old tensions resurface.
A rural farm on a dark country road, where the Aaron family home stands near a small village.
Characters: John Aaron, Robert Allen, Jed Peters, Sheriff, Charlie Briscoe
Listen for: John's fearful wait in the dark house as the storm rises and the phone keeps ringing.
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.