What happens
Ernie Madden, newly released from prison, meets Louise Fenton, who is secretly working with the imprisoned forger Pop Wiley. Ernie is drawn into a scheme involving a supposed letter from Aaron Burr hidden in the lining of a discarded suit. As Ernie tries to learn what Louise is planning, he keeps close watch on her and on his old friend Sid Nolan. The Whistler series aired on the Signal Oil program, and this episode was first broadcast on November 20, 1949.
Post-war California, including a prison yard, a city clothing store, a curio shop, and Mrs. Alden's house.
Characters: Ernie Madden, Louise Fenton, Pop Wiley, Mrs. Alden, Joe Bennett, Sid Nolan, Lieutenant Salari, Mr. Slagel
Listen for: Listen for the Whistler's opening whistle and the way Ernie uncovers the hidden letter in the discarded suit.
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.