What happens
Christopher Daniel, an English professor from New Haven, is unhappy in his marriage to Blanche when an old friend, Neil Baldwin, visits and then unexpectedly dies in a hotel fire. Chris takes Neil's identity, flies to Bermuda, and begins a romance with Dorothy Gilbert while Neil's wife is due to arrive. Chris is torn between his new life and his old one as the pressure builds. The Whistler series aired this episode on November 8, 1953.
New Haven, New York, and Bermuda, 1950s
Characters: Christopher Daniel, Blanche, Neil Baldwin, Dorothy Gilbert, Jim Mason
Listen for: Chris's decision to take Neil's identity and his growing unease as the story unfolds
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.