Jealousy: The Whistler (September 27, 1942)

“Jealousy” is an episode of The Whistler, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 27, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Gilbert Durant and his wife Lucia live in a grey stone mansion on a cliff above the sea. Since Lucia's half-sister Beverly came to stay, Lucia has grown fearful, sensing Gilbert's affection cooling and suffering dreams of a figure approaching her bed. When Gilbert and Beverly press a medicine on her, Lucia suspects a plot against her life and sets out to find out what is really happening. The Whistler presents this story of jealousy, which aired on September 27, 1942, on CBS.

A grey stone mansion on a cliff overlooking the sea, and the nearby town

Characters: Lucia Durant, Gilbert Durant, Beverly, Mrs. Benson, Dr. Handy

Listen for: Lucia's growing suspicion of her husband and her sister, and the tonic that is put in front of her

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.