What happens
In the small town of Hampton Crossing, Josh Ellaby, manager of his wealthy brother Henry's affairs, faces exposure when Henry confronts him over missing money. After Henry is shot, suspicion falls on Eddie Watkins, the young man courting Henry's daughter Kit. Josh works to steer the townspeople's anger, and a meeting is called as talk of mob action grows. This episode of The Whistler, from the Signal Oil program, is an original 1947 radio broadcast with an air date of June 9, 1947.
Hampton Crossing, a small town, in the Ellaby house on the hill, Josh's office over Hyde's grocery, the county jail and courthouse
Characters: Josh Ellaby, Henry Ellaby, Kit Ellaby, Eddie Watkins, Sheriff, Ellie, Ruth, Frank
Listen for: Josh's conversation with Henry in the library, and the growing crowd gathering outside the jail
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.