What happens
Anne Barrie, private secretary to publisher Roger Newhouse, has embezzled more than $9,000 from his firm and flees to Las Vegas to hide. There she draws the attention of Mark Bradford, a young millionaire engaged to Cynthia Van Runkle, and sets out to win him. Anne's plans quickly take shape as she pursues a rapid marriage, and her ambitions come into focus as Mark's father, Anthony Bradford, becomes suspicious of her background. This episode of The Whistler, a radio mystery series, originally aired on December 20, 1953. The episode is part of a series presented by the United States Air Forces in Europe, and its story unfolds through the Whistler's narration.
Los Angeles and Las Vegas, with a later episode set at the Bradford house
Characters: Anne Barrie, Roger Newhouse, Mark Bradford, Cynthia Van Runkle, Anthony Bradford, Joe Bartlett, Carl Van Runkle, Detective Lieutenant Graves
Listen for: Anne's deliberate steps to win Mark and the growing suspicion of his father Anthony Bradford
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.